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On Sun, 2006-05-14 at 12:33 +0930, Iain Buchanan wrote: |
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> On Sat, 2006-05-13 at 18:02 -0500, Michael Sullivan wrote: |
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> > On Sat, 2006-05-13 at 17:45 -0500, Teresa and Dale wrote: |
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> > > Michael Sullivan wrote: |
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> > > |
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> > > >My wife would like to know if there is a slideshow-type screensaver for |
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> > > >Linux |
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> [snip] |
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> |
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> > I'll forward your advice to my wife. We have both Gnome and KDE |
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> > installed, but we usually use Gnome... |
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> |
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> If you usually use gnome, then try xscreensaver (with < gnome-2.14) or |
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> gnome-screensaver (with >=gnome-2.14). gnome-screensaver still needs a |
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> bit of work. |
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> |
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> xscreensaver: |
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> 1. change "random screen saver" to "only one screen saver" |
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> 2. choose GLSlideshow, VidWhacker, XTeeVee, Zoom, or any of the other |
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> image based screensavers (trial and error :) |
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> 3. go to the "Advanced" tab, and select "Choose Random Image" |
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> 4. enter the directory to your images. |
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> gnome-screensaver: |
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> 1. Choose "pictures folder" |
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> 2. make a symlink to your picture folder: |
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> $ ln -s /path/to/photos ~/Pictures |
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> |
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> and you're done! |
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> |
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> If you feel game, you can convert some of the xscreensaver hacks |
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> (/usr/share/xscreensaver/config/) to gnome-screensaver xml files |
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> (/usr/share/gnome-screensaver/themes/). Post them back if you do so! |
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> |
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> HTH, |
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> -- |
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> Iain Buchanan <iaindb at netspace dot net dot au> |
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> Women sometimes forgive a man who forces the opportunity, but never a man |
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> who misses one. |
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> -- Charles De Talleyrand-Perigord |
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My wife tried GLSlideshow and she says it's exactly what she wanted. |
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She's been on the the phone several times today with her mother (as she |
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does almost every day), and it frequently comes up in the conversation |
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how much she likes her new screen saver. Now she's going to want me to |
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find a way to get her mother a similar screensaver, but her mother uses |
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Windows ME and she knows that I don't do Windows. Thanks for your help! |
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-Michael Sullivan- |
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