On 2/16/06, Jeff Spaleta jspaleta@gmail.com wrote:
On 2/16/06, David D. Hagood wowbagger@sktc.net wrote:
Why is xscreensaver removed in favor of gnome-screensaver? gnome-screensaver does not do DPMS, so my monitor stays on all the time boiling the cathodes away. gnome-screensaver doesn't have the eyecandy that xscreensaver has. In short, it seems a far less capable replacement.
I think gnome-screensaver's upstream webpages explain the long term advantages http://live.gnome.org/GnomeScreensaver is xscreensaver using dbus controls? does xscreenssaver allow switching users from the locked dialog? does xscreensaver allow for system level mandatory policy definitions with regard to how it can be configured?
You might not understand, in the short-term, the long-term benefits to moving to a solution which allows these things.. but they are much more useful features than being able to run arbitrary eyecandy... especially on multi-user systems/networks.
DPMS is being handled by gnome-power-manager assuming you have all the updates applied Desktop->Preferences->More Preferences->Power Management or right click on the power management icon in the panel if its visible
Hmm. I haven't noticed xscreensaver being replaced by gnome-screensaver. I still have xscreensaver running with the Rawhide updates of today. However, the 3D screensavers seem broken right now. Hmm.
With xscreensaver, the gnome-power-manager popups are being displayed on top of the screensaver display. The seems like a bug. Will this be prevented with gnome-screensaver?
Will the screensavers in xscreensaver be ported to gnome-screensaver? The selection in gnome-screensaver is pretty lame. There are several specific screensavers I would like to see retained: vermiculate VidWhacker SuperQuadratics Substrate Ripples Pinion Noof MirrorBlob Intermomentary HyperTorus Interaggregate GLSnake GLSlideshow GLEidescope GFlux FuzzyFlakes Flurry FlipScreen3D Distort DangerBall Carousel Bumps BlockTube