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Bug 616242 - Should be possible to specify the screensaver pictures directory
Should be possible to specify the screensaver pictures directory
Status: RESOLVED OBSOLETE
Product: gnome-screensaver
Classification: Deprecated
Component: general
unspecified
Other Linux
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: gnome-screensaver maintainers
gnome-screensaver maintainers
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2010-04-20 02:15 UTC by Tad Marko
Modified: 2011-03-06 06:46 UTC
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Description Tad Marko 2010-04-20 02:15:09 UTC 
Though it is possible to tell the Gnome Screensaver to use a different pictures directory by changing the XDG_PICTURES_DIR variable, this affects other programs that use this directory. The screensaver should use its own variable, such as XDG_SCREENSAVER_PICTURES_DIR so that a person could easily point the screensaver to the part of their pictures collection that contains images suitable for a screensaver.
Comment 1 William Jon McCann 2011-03-06 06:46:14 UTC 
Thanks for taking the time to report this bug.
However, you are using a version that is too old and not supported anymore. GNOME developers are no longer working on that version, so unfortunately there will not be any bug fixes for the version that you use.

By upgrading to a newer version of GNOME you could receive bug fixes and new functionality. You may need to upgrade your Linux distribution to obtain a newer version of GNOME.
Please feel free to reopen this bug if the problem still occurs with a newer version of GNOME.