On Wed, 27 May 2009 17:46:17 +0000 (UTC) Beartooth wrote:
So suppose I tell it yes. From other posts in this thread, it seems I would still have some part of xscreensaver. What, in non- technical terms, would it look like?
It would look exactly like xscreensaver, because it would be xscreensaver.
You're getting confused when you see xscreensaver*-gss in the gnome-screensaver dependency list. Note that the gss stands for "gnome-screensaver". xscreensaver*-gss is a compatibility thing that allows gnome-screensaver to work with xscreensaver. If you're using xscreensaver on its own (like I do) you don't need xscreensaver*-gss as it would serve no purpose.
You can have a complete, working xscreensaver installation with all the toys available by doing "yum remove gnome-screensaver" and then installing the following rpms:
xscreensaver-base xscreensaver-gl-base xscreensaver-gl-extras xscreensaver-extras