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tSp
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 Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2006 8:01 pm Post subject: how to add your favorite screensaver to xscreensaver-demo |
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I had a question about how I could get kcometen3 to run in xscreensaver-demo - it was at this thread with links to the actual screensaver sourcecode.
well....when you can't figure it out....you hack it::
This is just a basic howto to cover maybe some other screensavers too. Some of the best screensavers are included in xscreensaver, but a few are not. Here is what I did to make kcometen3 work in xscreensaver (maybe it will work in others too)
1 - You need to have kcometen3 already installed, if not, install it.
2 - After it is installed, make sure it works in kde control center or just run it like this:
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$ /usr/kde/3.5/bin/kcometen3.kss --root
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If all is well,
3 - as root, copy /usr/kde/3.5/bin/kcometen3.kss to /usr/lib/misc/xscreensaver/kcometen3
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# cp /usr/kde/3.5/bin/kcometen3.kss /usr/lib/misc/xscreensaver/kcometen3
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4 - as root, create a new file in your favorite text editor at this location - /usr/share/xscreensaver/config/kcometen3.xml
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# vi /usr/share/xscreensaver/config/kcometen3.xml
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5 - insert everything below in file above so it includes:
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<?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>
To configure for now, please use:
/usr/lib/misc/xscreensaver/kcometen3 --setup
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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6 - Modify main xscreensaver config file located at /usr/lib/X11/app-defaults/XScreenSaver to add config line to include kcometen3 in the *programs section:
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# vi /usr/lib/X11/app-defaults/XScreenSaver
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6a - press i to insert, and scroll down until you see the *program section
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*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\
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6b - add the next line after the GL: "Hyperspace" hyperspace --root \n\ line:
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GL: "KCometen3" kcometen3 --root \n\
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7 - test it -
8 - run xscreensaver-demo
9 - select KCometen3
10 - configure to your liking ----->>>> see 11 first
11 - I didnt know all the variables, so in the meantime, use this code to configure it - I will update the xml file if/when author gets back to me.
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$ /usr/lib/misc/xscreensaver/kcometen3 --setup
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12 - apply it as default screensaver...... in fluxbox or some other window manager
13 - enjoy
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
UPDATED 03-01-2006 - author stated he would work on a version compatible with xscreensaver that allows --options to be passed.
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