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[Burkhard Lück]

Am Dienstag, 28. Mai 2013, 01:50:34 schrieb Mark:
> Hi,
> 
> The Screen Saver (KScreenSaver) Help page should tell end users how to
> get Screen Saver (KScreenSaver) to import XScreenSaver screensavers.
> 
> Here is a rough draft of my proposed addition:
> 
> "If you want to add XScreenSaver screensavers to Screen Saver
> (KScreenSaver), install "kscreensaver" and any of the XScreenSaver
> screensaver packages that have the XScreenSaver screensavers that you
> want (xscreensaver-gl, xscreensaver-gl-extra,
> xscreensaver-screensaver-bsod, and/or rss-glx). Install
> "kscreensaver-xsavers" to allow KScreenSaver to use the XScreenSaver
> screensavers. Install "kscreensaver-xsavers-extra" to allow
> KScreenSaver to use the "extra" XScreenSaver screensavers. Make sure
> to also install "xscreensaver" (but don't ever run "xscreensaver";
> i.e., don't ever launch the XScreenSaver daemon)."
> 
> Note to KDE: I don't know whether adding "xscreensaver" will do the
> trick for every personal computer--adding "xscreensaver" did the trick
> for my PC--allowed/caused KScreenSaver to import all the XScreenSaver
> screensavers. I'd incorrectly thought that adding only "kscreensaver",
> "kscreensaver-xsavers", "kscreensaver-xsavers-extra" and all the
> XScreenSaver screensaver packages that I wanted would add all these
> XScreenSaver screensavers to KScreenSaver. Adding "xscreensaver" did
> the trick!! Now KScreenSaver was LOADED with great screensavers! I've
> noticed that a number of end users (such as myself) don't know how to
> get KScreenSaver to import the XScreenSaver screensavers.
> 
Thanks for your proposal.

You are right, the info, that also xscreenservers can be controlled via this 
module is missing.

But we should keep this a bit more generic, keeping in min that there are many 
different distributions, package systems, package splitting and names.

My proposal:

It is additionally possible to use and configure non KDE screen savers like 
xscreensaver. Please install the kscreensaver-xsavers packages provided by 
your distribution and the necessary xscreensaver packages. 

-- 
Burkhard Lück