[gentoo-user] Re: rss-glx + KDE + kscreensaver problem

[Marco Calviani]

Hi list,

>    i'm trying to install the rss-glx screensaver and i'm using the KDE
> window manager.
> After a successful installation i can see the kscreensaver entries in
> the "Screen Saver" section of the kcontrol module. However when i try
> to test the screensaver or tweak the screensaver with the setup option
> nothing happens.
> Looking into more details in the .desktop links that define the menu
> entries, it appears that it is searching for two programs "kxsconfig"
> for the setup and "kxsrun" for the run part, that are actually non
> existing in my machine....
>
> Here's an example for the solarwinds saver:
>
> #cat /usr/share/applnk/System/ScreenSavers/solarwinds.desktop
>
> [Desktop Entry]
> Encoding=UTF-8
> Exec=solarwinds
> Icon=kscreensaver
> Type=Application
> Actions=InWindow;Root
> Name=Solarwinds (GL)
>
> [Desktop Action Setup]
> Exec=kxsconfig solarwinds
> Name=Setup...
>
> [Desktop Action InWindow]
> Exec=kxsrun solarwinds -- -window-id %w
> Name=Display in specified window
> NoDisplay=true
>
> [Desktop Action Root]
> Exec=kxsrun solarwinds -- --root
> Name=Display in root window
> NoDisplay=true
>
>
> Any ideas?
>
> PS: they are working well if one calls them directly on the command line
> (i.d. /usr/lib/misc/xscreensaver/solarwinds)

Ok. Sorry to all it was my fault.
I compiled some time ago kdeartwork-kscreensaver without
xscreensaver..... so the kxsrun and kxsconfig binaries were not
created. Just enabling the xscreesaver USE flags has resolved this
issue.

Best regards,
MC

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