No screensavers in FC4T3?

[Kyle Pointer]

On Wed, 2005-05-11 at 21:55 -0400, Jeffrey D. Yuille wrote:
> Kyle Pointer wrote: 
> > On Tue, 2005-05-10 at 22:58 -0500, Gerry Tool wrote:
> >   
> > > I have a currently updated fresh FC4T3 install.  Today's updates 
> > > included a new xscreensaver-base package.  I have no screensavers listed 
> > > when I look at Desktop > Preferences > Screensaver.  Do others see this 
> > > same thing?
> > > 
> > > Thanks. Gerry
> > > 
> > > 
> > >     
> > Yeah. Its a problem with the default configuration file.
> > What you can do, is use gedit or something of the sort, and change all
> > the  ${libexecdir} to /usr/libexec and your screen savers should be
> > back. :) Although I noticed they don't have configuration dialogs
> > anymore... Thats just a hack, but it works fine to me. 
> >  -- kyle
> > 
> >   
>       Hello Kyle, 
> 
>       I am not sure as to how you do this.  I
> see /usr/libexec/screensavers , but I don't know how to configure the
> above to get my screensavers to appear. How do I change the $
> {libexecdir} to /usr/libexec ?  Any help would be appreciated. 
> 
> Jeff

You an editor like gedit. Open your .xscreensaver file with it. 
Then there should be an option in the Edit menu to find and replace
strings with other strings. ( Might be listed as "Replace" )
Then tell it to search for ${libexecdir} and replace it
with /usr/libexec/ . 
Then you should get a list of xscreensavers. :) Its just a hack, but it
works for now. 
 -- kyle