Re: [gentoo-user] Xscreensaver fails to start : solved

2021-08-31 Thread Philip Webb
210831 Arve Barsnes wrote: > On Tue, 31 Aug 2021 at 16:27, Philip Webb wrote: >> I just updated to the latest Xscreensaver-6.01-r1. > Did you mean -r3 ? Yes, a typo. >> I emerged it with USE flag 'elogind' & don't use Systemd. >> 'which xscreensaver-systemd' finds nothing >> nor can I see any he

Re: [gentoo-user] Xscreensaver fails to start

2021-08-31 Thread Arve Barsnes
On Tue, 31 Aug 2021 at 16:27, Philip Webb wrote: > > I just updated to the latest Xscreensaver-6.01-r1. Did you mean -r3? I've been on that for over a month, and the only other version available to me is 5.45-r4. > I emerged it with USE flag 'elogind' & don't use Systemd. > 'which xscreensaver-s

[gentoo-user] Xscreensaver fails to start

2021-08-31 Thread Philip Webb
I just updated to the latest Xscreensaver-6.01-r1. If it starts at reboot, individual savers crash with a screen box saying ' crashed with Status 1'. If I stop the daemon, then restart it from CLI, I get : xscreensaver-systemd: 10:15:26: user bus connection failed: No such file or directory

Re: [gentoo-user] xscreensaver-demo has vanished

2021-04-25 Thread Arve Barsnes
On Mon, 26 Apr 2021 at 06:13, Philip Webb wrote: > Can anyone explain what has happened ? Although this is set to disappear in the next version (not in gentoo yet), it is still there for me in 5.45. >From the next version it will be called xscreensaver-settings. I would try re-emerging the pac

[gentoo-user] xscreensaver-demo has vanished

2021-04-25 Thread Philip Webb
I've updated Xscreensaver to 5.45 (from 5.43 IIRC) & 'xscreensaver-demo', which runs the interactive config screen, has vanished. 'man xscreensaver' says it's available, but when I enter 'xscreensaver-command -demo', it says "xscreensaver-command: could not exec xscreensaver-demo: No such file or d

[gentoo-user] Xscreensaver is very slow

2019-06-18 Thread Philip Webb
Recently, I updated to Xscreensaver 5.42 & now it's very slow : some savers aren't moving at all. Has anyone else experienced this ? Does anyone have a solution ? -- ,, SUPPORT ___//___, Philip Webb ELECTRIC /]

Re: [gentoo-user] Xscreensaver 3D modules don't work

2016-03-28 Thread Philip Webb
160328 Corbin wrote: > On 03/28/2016 02:09 AM, Philip Webb wrote: >> Since I set up the system in my new machine in Oct 2015 , >> the 3D modules in Xscreensaver (now 5.34) have refused to run ; >> the rest of Xscreensaver is working as advertised. >> I did drop Perl support, but that seems to be re

Re: [gentoo-user] Xscreensaver 3D modules don't work

2016-03-28 Thread Corbin
On 03/28/2016 02:09 AM, Philip Webb wrote: Since I set up the system in my new machine in Oct 2015 , the 3D modules in Xscreensaver (now 5.34) have refused to run ; the rest of Xscreensaver is working as advertised. I did drop Perl support, but that seems to be related to I/net use & shows no

[gentoo-user] Xscreensaver 3D modules don't work

2016-03-28 Thread Philip Webb
Since I set up the system in my new machine in Oct 2015 , the 3D modules in Xscreensaver (now 5.34) have refused to run ; the rest of Xscreensaver is working as advertised. I did drop Perl support, but that seems to be related to I/net use & shows no sign of relating to 3D rendering. I have the '

Re: [gentoo-user] xscreensaver - error missing "bc"

2014-09-14 Thread Ivan Viso Altamirano
I was wrong and right at the same time . Nice El 14/09/2014 18:17, "Mick" escribió: > On Sunday 14 Sep 2014 16:56:57 Ivan Viso Altamirano wrote: > > Google/Duckduckgo/bing Is your friend ;) justo emerge bc . (Sended from > > phone) > > Since bc is a dependency, the ebuild would pull it in and ins

Re: [gentoo-user] xscreensaver - error missing "bc"

2014-09-14 Thread Mick
On Sunday 14 Sep 2014 16:56:57 Ivan Viso Altamirano wrote: > Google/Duckduckgo/bing Is your friend ;) justo emerge bc . (Sended from > phone) Since bc is a dependency, the ebuild would pull it in and install it as part of installing xscreensaver - as Samuli has already pointed out. Therefore th

Re: [gentoo-user] xscreensaver - error missing "bc"

2014-09-14 Thread Samuli Suominen
On 14/09/14 18:46, Joseph wrote: > I get a strange error when trying to emerge xscreensaver" > > checking for bc... no > > configure: error: Your system doesn't have "bc", which has been a > standard > part of Unix since the 1970s. Come back when your > vendor >

Re: [gentoo-user] xscreensaver - error missing "bc"

2014-09-14 Thread Ivan Viso Altamirano
Google/Duckduckgo/bing Is your friend ;) justo emerge bc . (Sended from phone) El 14/09/2014 17:36, "Joseph" escribió: > I get a strange error when trying to emerge xscreensaver" > > checking for bc... no > > configure: error: Your system doesn't have "bc", which has been a standard >

Re: [gentoo-user] xscreensaver - error missing "bc"

2014-09-14 Thread Alan McKinnon
On 14/09/2014 17:46, Joseph wrote: > I get a strange error when trying to emerge xscreensaver" > > checking for bc... no > > configure: error: Your system doesn't have "bc", which has been a standard > part of Unix since the 1970s. Come back when your vendor > h

[gentoo-user] xscreensaver - error missing "bc"

2014-09-14 Thread Joseph
I get a strange error when trying to emerge xscreensaver" checking for bc... no configure: error: Your system doesn't have "bc", which has been a standard part of Unix since the 1970s. Come back when your vendor has grown a clue. What is "bc"? -- Joseph

Re: [gentoo-user] xscreensaver-5.15 doesn't find images

2011-12-31 Thread sean
On 12/29/2011 08:02 AM, Philip Webb wrote: I tried updating to Xscreensaver 5.15 , but it fails to load images eg for the Jigsaw screensaver, using a default image instead. Going back to 5.14 solves the problem. Has anyone else seen this ? Same problem here on 5.15.

[gentoo-user] xscreensaver-5.15 doesn't find images

2011-12-29 Thread Philip Webb
I tried updating to Xscreensaver 5.15 , but it fails to load images eg for the Jigsaw screensaver, using a default image instead. Going back to 5.14 solves the problem. Has anyone else seen this ? -- ,, SUPPORT ___//

Re: [gentoo-user] xscreensaver compilation failed

2008-11-03 Thread Ducky
Hi Jeremy, Thanks for the bug id... I was able to compile it after intltool was downgraded.. Cheers! On Mon, Nov 3, 2008 at 4:40 PM, Jeremy McSpadden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, 2008-11-03 at 16:35 +0800, Ducky wrote: > > I've just attached build.log again. > > Thanks > > http://bugs.ge

Re: [gentoo-user] xscreensaver compilation failed

2008-11-03 Thread Jeremy McSpadden
On Mon, 2008-11-03 at 16:35 +0800, Ducky wrote: > I've just attached build.log again. > > Thanks http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?format=multiple&id=240958 Looks like the bug has already been filed. Jeremy McSpadden UberPenguin.net

Re: [gentoo-user] xscreensaver compilation failed

2008-11-03 Thread Ducky
I've just attached build.log again. Thanks build.log Description: Binary data

Re: [gentoo-user] xscreensaver compilation failed

2008-11-03 Thread Ducky
build.log Description: Binary data

Re: [gentoo-user] xscreensaver compilation failed

2008-11-03 Thread Jeremy McSpadden
On Mon, 2008-11-03 at 16:17 +0800, Ducky wrote: > I'm sorry. I've now attached the build.log. > > > > On Mon, Nov 3, 2008 at 4:10 PM, Jeremy McSpadden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Mon, 2008-11-03 at 16:01 +0800, Ducky wrote: > > > > Hello, > > > > My xscreensaver failed to build. Not sure

Re: [gentoo-user] xscreensaver compilation failed

2008-11-03 Thread Ducky

Re: [gentoo-user] xscreensaver compilation failed

2008-11-03 Thread Jeremy McSpadden
On Mon, 2008-11-03 at 16:01 +0800, Ducky wrote: > Hello, > > My xscreensaver failed to build. Not sure what's wrong. I've tried > versions starting from 5.05. > > [ebuild N] x11-misc/xscreensaver-5.07 USE="jpeg opengl pam suid > xinerama -new-login" 0 kB > > I tried to disable each option

[gentoo-user] xscreensaver compilation failed

2008-11-03 Thread Ducky
Hello, My xscreensaver failed to build. Not sure what's wrong. I've tried versions starting from 5.05. [ebuild N] x11-misc/xscreensaver-5.07 USE="jpeg opengl pam suid xinerama -new-login" 0 kB I tried to disable each options, it didn't help much. It failed at econf. ... config.status: cr

Re: [gentoo-user] xscreensaver new-login button

2006-08-02 Thread Grant
> I've been reading that there is supposed to be a new-login button that > appears on a locked screen if xscreensaver is compiled with > +new-login. I've tried xscreensaver 4.24 and 5.00 both with > +new-login, but neither displays a new-login button on the locked > screen. This Debian bug descr

Re: [gentoo-user] xscreensaver new-login button

2006-08-01 Thread Ow Mun Heng
On Tue, 2006-08-01 at 15:21 -0700, Grant wrote: > I've been reading that there is supposed to be a new-login button that > appears on a locked screen if xscreensaver is compiled with > +new-login. I've tried xscreensaver 4.24 and 5.00 both with > +new-login, but neither displays a new-login button

[gentoo-user] xscreensaver new-login button

2006-08-01 Thread Grant
I've been reading that there is supposed to be a new-login button that appears on a locked screen if xscreensaver is compiled with +new-login. I've tried xscreensaver 4.24 and 5.00 both with +new-login, but neither displays a new-login button on the locked screen. This Debian bug describes and s

Re: [gentoo-user] xscreensaver on startup (quick question)

2006-01-23 Thread Ryan Tandy
Álvaro Castro wrote: Hello!! This may be a very stupid question, but google doesn't answer me... I'm using enlightenment 17 and entrance as display manager. I would like to have xscreensaver loaded when I start my session (and, if possible on any other environment like e16 or fluxbox, that I a

[gentoo-user] xscreensaver on startup (quick question)

2006-01-23 Thread Álvaro Castro
Hello!! This may be a very stupid question, but google doesn't answer me... I'm using enlightenment 17 and entrance as display manager. I would like to have xscreensaver loaded when I start my session (and, if possible on any other environment like e16 or fluxbox, that I also have installed). uf

Re: [gentoo-user] Xscreensaver issue

2005-12-27 Thread Christoph Gysin
sHadoW MaN wrote: I have Xscreensaver 4.22 installed and the thing I find strange is that when a regular user locked the screen and then I tried to unlock the screen with root password, it does not work, with the previous versions this worked. is There a way to fix this please? I use 4.22-r4,

[gentoo-user] Xscreensaver issue

2005-12-26 Thread sHadoW MaN
Hi I have Xscreensaver 4.22 installed and the thing I find strange is that when a regular user locked the screen and then I tried to unlock the screen with root password, it does not work, with the previous versions this worked. is There a way to fix this please? Thanks a lot _

Re: [gentoo-user] xscreensaver

2005-05-31 Thread Raffaele BELARDI
$HOME/.xscreensaver In particular, these two lines should do it: chooseRandomImages: True imageDirectory: ... Or run $ xscreensaver-demo despite the name it is an xscreensaver configuration GUI. raf Qv6 wrote: > Hello > > I am trying to customize xscreensaver to show personal photos in a >

[gentoo-user] xscreensaver

2005-05-31 Thread Qv6
Hello I am trying to customize xscreensaver to show personal photos in a random fashion.. What file do I need to mess with to get this done? TIA, -- Qv6 -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] xscreensaver-demo locks up laptop

2005-05-11 Thread Iain Buchanan
On Wed, 2005-05-11 at 17:58 +1200, Nick Rout wrote: > On Wed, 2005-05-11 at 14:48 +1000, Ric de France wrote: > > Iain, > > > > On 5/11/05, Iain Buchanan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > this is a wierd one - xscreensaver-demo locks up my laptop (for certain > > > screensavers only) but the actual

Re: [gentoo-user] xscreensaver-demo locks up laptop

2005-05-11 Thread Richard Fish
Iain Buchanan wrote: >On Wed, 2005-05-11 at 14:35 +1200, Nick Rout wrote: > > >>let me guess, the ones it locks up on involve opengl? >> >>disable the opengl screensavers. >> >> > >on closer inspection (I'm wearing loafers...) I mean, it appears that >way. > >So, rather than disabling all

Re: [gentoo-user] xscreensaver-demo locks up laptop

2005-05-10 Thread Nick Rout
On Wed, 2005-05-11 at 14:48 +1000, Ric de France wrote: > Iain, > > On 5/11/05, Iain Buchanan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > this is a wierd one - xscreensaver-demo locks up my laptop (for certain > > screensavers only) but the actual screensaver works fine. > > > > eg, I see a working screensave

Re: [gentoo-user] xscreensaver-demo locks up laptop

2005-05-10 Thread Ric de France
Iain, On 5/11/05, Iain Buchanan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > this is a wierd one - xscreensaver-demo locks up my laptop (for certain > screensavers only) but the actual screensaver works fine. > > eg, I see a working screensaver which is, say, BioF, so I unlock the > screen, log in and then go to

Re: [gentoo-user] xscreensaver-demo locks up laptop

2005-05-10 Thread Iain Buchanan
On Wed, 2005-05-11 at 14:35 +1200, Nick Rout wrote: > let me guess, the ones it locks up on involve opengl? > > disable the opengl screensavers. on closer inspection (I'm wearing loafers...) I mean, it appears that way. So, rather than disabling all the GL screensavers, how do I fix it? I tri

Re: [gentoo-user] xscreensaver-demo locks up laptop

2005-05-10 Thread Nick Rout
let me guess, the ones it locks up on involve opengl? disable the opengl screensavers. On Wed, 11 May 2005 11:58:43 +0930 Iain Buchanan wrote: > Hello once again, > > this is a wierd one - xscreensaver-demo locks up my laptop (for certain > screensavers only) but the actual screensaver works

[gentoo-user] xscreensaver-demo locks up laptop

2005-05-10 Thread Iain Buchanan
Hello once again, this is a wierd one - xscreensaver-demo locks up my laptop (for certain screensavers only) but the actual screensaver works fine. eg, I see a working screensaver which is, say, BioF, so I unlock the screen, log in and then go to xscreensaver-demo, and the whole laptop locks up (