FC6 Screensaver photos

Jim Cornette fc-cornette at insight.rr.com
Sun Nov 19 14:27:43 UTC 2006


Steve Searle wrote:
> Around 12:06pm on Sunday, November 19, 2006 (UK time), Matthew Miller scrawled:
> 
>> On Sun, Nov 19, 2006 at 01:42:20AM -0500, Dylan Semler wrote:
>>> it's about time they added some of these configuration options to the
>>> gnome-screensaver GUI, like they were with xscreensaver.

The lack of customization is highly a distraction. Customization of 
settings and a more elaborate way to select and deselect particular 
screensavers should be added.

>> What, and get in the way of progress? The gnome setting have been
>> scientifically determined to be better than whatever you wanted.

Gnome "science" maybe.

> 
> Just run "yum remove gnome-screensaver".  This will revert you to using
> the old applicateion, xscreensaver-demo, with all the configurability
> you used to have, including the ability to select your image
> directory.
> 
> And if you don't like it, just run "yum install gnome-screensaver" to
> put it back.

New installs need to grab the xscreensaver packages from Extras. But you 
  are right, you can always put back gnome-screensaver. I'm glad that 
extras still carries the program.

> 
> Steve
> 
Jim


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