Re: [gentoo-user] OT - slideshow-type screensaver with custom images

[Michael Sullivan]

On Sat, 2006-05-13 at 19:16 -0400, Willie Wong wrote:
> On Sat, May 13, 2006 at 05:36:57PM -0500, Penguin Lover Michael Sullivan squawked:
> > My wife would like to know if there is a slideshow-type screensaver for
> > Linux that would allow her to display her cat pictures as a screensaver.
> > I would like to know if anything like this is available in portage.  If
> > it helps, we have a website with all the pictures on it that would serve
> > as input for the screensaver, however, my wife also has the individual
> > pictures from the web site saved on her hard drive...
> >
>
> emerge xscreensaver
>
> See if there's one that suits your needs. If not, adding something
> like that is fairly trivial in linux: you just need to edit
> .xscreensaver and include a image display program. For example, if you
> install the image display program qiv, here's what it says in its man
> page:
>
> XSCREENSAVER SUPPORT
>        To  use  qiv with xscreensaver, either type "make install-xscreensaver"
>        or add the following to your ~/.Xresources:
>
>        xscreensaver.programs: \
>           /usr/bin/qiv -srfid 5 your_pix/\* \n\
>           /usr/bin/qiv -srfid 5 your_other_pix/\* \n\
>
> W
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We followed your advice about adding the lines to ~/Xresources.  Now,
under what screensaver name will the pictures be displayed?  Right now
my wife has her screensaver set to Random Screensaver...

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