installing a screensaver in KDE

[JASON JESSO]

Thx.

I hate the kde screensavers.  So I am just using
xscreensaver from now on.



 --- James Richard Tyrer <tyrerj at acm.org> wrote: 
> JASON JESSO wrote:
> > Got my hands on the matrix screensaver.
> > 
> > I put KMatrix.desktop in
> > /usr/share/applnk/System/ScreenSavers.
> > 
> > Control center does not pick it up until I create
> the
> > link in
> >
>
/usr/share/applnk-mdk-simplified/.hidden/ScreenSavers
> > 
> > In works than, but later on (few days later the
> link
> > dissappears).  All those links there get
> recreated. 
> > By what process?
> > 
> > How do I make this permanant?
> > 
> > I keep having to recreate this link manually.
> 
> I apologize for giving you this answer, but I have
> to tell you that I have no 
> idea how Mandrake works.
> 
> Editorial (:-)):
> 
> This is an unfortunate situation where the three
> major "Linux" distros have been 
> modified to the point that there is some question if
> they are really Linux, and 
> they have modified the menu system for KDE to the
> point that it is now the 
> disto's menu system.
> 
> So, this is a Mandrake issue and I would suggest
> that you ask on a Mandrake list 
> or newsgroup.
> 
> All I can tell you is that the Screen Saver code in
> KDE has changed a lot over 
> the last few versions and there have been some minor
> glitches.
> 
> I would suggest that it might help if you installed
> the Mandrake RPM for the 
> XScreenSavers rather than trying to do it yourself
> by hand
> 
> One tip: Some recent versions of KDE appear to need:
> 
> 	/usr/X11R6/lib/xscreensaver
> 
> {your system's path may be different}
> 
> added to your path for them to work.  NOTE: previous
> versions where KAppFinder 
> installed them didn't need this.
> 
> --
> JRT
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