[kde-doc-english] Re: Adding documentation of a common use case to Screen saver doc

[Yuri Chornoivan]

написане Wed, 13 Jul 2011 09:11:22 +0300, M.L. <manne.laukkanen at sci.fi>:

> Hi!
> sysinfo:
> OS:  Linux 2.6.37.1-1.2-default i686
>   System:  openSUSE 11.4 (i586)
>   KDE:  4.6.00 (4.6.0) "release 6"
>
> Suggested location for doc change:
> Screen Saver
> Mike McBride
> Revision KDE 4.5 (2010-09-25)
>
> REQUEST:
> Hi! ever since starting as a Linux desktop user in ....the nineties, the  
> simple light and funny combination for a screen saver has been any of  
> e.g. Phosphor, Star Wars, or Banner and directing input to those from  
> "fortune" -command (the collection of witticisms and quite a bit from  
> the Devil's Dictionary by Ambroce Bierce). The configuration options for  
> the Screen saver module do not offer this possibility (Anymore, I think  
> it was there in older KDE versions) and the documentation does not tell  
> how to do this, although it must be a piece of cake and easily would add  
> geekish value and fun to these most basic of screen saver modules.
>
> Will you add these to the documentation? Or, if they already reside  
> somewhere, please point me to correct place. Thx!
>
> Manne Laukkanen
> Helsinki
> Finland


Hi,

Please install xscreensaver package and you'll be able to do those funny  
things (tested on Mageia).

Hope this helps.

Best regards,
Yuri