[lug] Installing a new screensaver in KDE...

[Bonnell, Doug]

There were some security issues with xscreensaver, so recent
versions don't allow the screen saver to function when the user is
root.

FYI

Doug...

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Evelyn Mitchell [SMTP:efm at tummy.com]
> Sent:	Monday, March 27, 2000 8:17 AM
> To:	lug at lug.boulder.co.us
> Subject:	Re: [lug] Installing a new screensaver in KDE...
> 
> The matrix screen saver is part of Xscreensaver available from
> jwz.org
> 
> You'll need to install Xscreensaver on your Corel Linux system to 
> get matrix.
> 
> Evelyn Mitchell
> efm at tummy.com
> 
> On Mon, Mar 27, 2000 at 08:13:53AM -0700, Brian Jarrett wrote:
> > Does anyone know what it takes to get a new screensaver running in KDE?
> I'm
> > trying out the Corel Linux distro and it doesn't have the Matrix
> screensaver
> > that RedHat 6.1 has, so I copied the only file I could find (xmatrix)
> from
> > my RedHat system to the /usr/X11R6/bin/ directory on my Corel Linux
> system,
> > but don't know how to get the screensaver properties to list it.  Anyone
> > know what I need to do?
> > 
> > TIA,
> > Brian
> > 
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