question about running screensaver in fluxbox

[tSp]

I am trying to run a kde screensaver in fluxbox. If I run it manually using the command:

/usr/kde/3.5/bin/kcometen3.kss --root

it opens in a new windows with a border.

How can I get it to run like a normal screensaver after a few minutes and be password protected? Will I need the window id for fluxbox?

using xwininfo and clicking on the root window of fluxbox does the same thing - opens the screensave in a new window and has the border
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[ectospasm]

Does running xscreensaver do the same thing? The KDE screensaver is just a wrapper for xscreensaver, which is not recommended by the xscreensaver folks, since it's really buggy. I couldn't even get it to run under KDE.

I'd run xscreensaver to make sure it's not the KDE wrapper causing the problems. If you experience the same thing under xscreensaver, it's not a KDE screensaver problem.
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[tSp]

well....when you can't figure it out....you hack it::

1 - copy /usr/kde/3.5/bin/kcometen3.kss to /usr/lib/misc/xscreensaver/kcometen3

2 - copy /usr/share/xscreensaver/config/glmatrix.xml to /usr/share/xscreensaver/config/kcometen3.xml

3 - modify above file to include:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>

<screensaver name="kcometen3" _label="KCometen3">

<command arg="-root"/>
<select id="color">
<option id="red" _label="Red" arg-set="-red"/>
<option id="blue" _label="Blue" arg-set="-blue"/>
<option id="green" _label="Green" arg-set="-green"/>
<option id="all" _label="All Colors" arg-set="-all"/>
<option id="random" _label="Random Colors" arg-set="-random"/>
</select>

<number id="interval" type="spinbutton" arg="-interval %"
_label="Interval" low="0.10" high="10.00" default="1.00"/>

<number id="fps" type="spinbutton" arg="-fps %"
_label="Max FPS" low="30" high="999" default="100"/>

<boolean id="desktop" _label="Desktop" arg-unset="-no-desktop"/>

<file id="image" _label="Image File" arg="-image %"/>

<select id="size">
<option id="128" _label="128x128" arg-set="-128"/>
<option id="256" _label="256x256" arg-set="-256"/>
<option id="512" _label="512x512" arg-set="-512"/>
<option id="real" _label="Real Size" arg-set="-real"/>
</select>

<boolean id="lightning" _label="Lightening" arg-unset="-no-lightening"/>
<boolean id="camera" _label="Camera Rotation" arg-unset="-no-camera"/>
<boolean id="slowmotion" _label="Slowmotion" arg-unset="-no-slowmotion"/>

<_description>
http://www.garage-interactive.org
or
http://www.kde-apps.org/content/show.php?content=30313

Written by Peter Mueller
mail: pmueller (at) cs.tu-berlin.de
</_description>
</screensaver>
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4 - Modify main xscreensaver config file located at /usr/lib/X11/app-defaults/XScreenSaver to add config line to include kcometen3 in the *programs section:

!
*programs: \
GL: "Cyclone" cyclone --root \n\
GL: "Euphoria" euphoria --root \n\
GL: "Fieldlines" fieldlines --root \n\
GL: "Flocks" flocks --root \n\
GL: "Flux" flux --root \n\
GL: "Helios" helios --root \n\
GL: "Hyperspace" hyperspace --root \n\
GL: "KCometen3" kcometen3 --root \n\
GL: "Lattice" lattice --root \n\
GL: "Plasma" plasma --root \n\

5 - test it -
5a - run xscreensaver-demo
5b - select KCometen3
5c - configure to your liking
5d - preview it.
5e - apply it as default screensaver......


Still not sure about all the configuration variables (I have emailed the author to find out for sure)...but this works real well in the meantime:

/usr/lib/misc/xscreensaver/kcometen3 --setup
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