Date: Thu, 18 May 2006 15:32:56 -0400 From: Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com> To: Tim Welch <twelch@thepentagon.org> Cc: freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Replace gnome-screensaver with xscreensaver Message-ID: <1147980776.1185.11.camel@gyros.marcuscom.com> In-Reply-To: <56271.65.7.255.129.1147979520.squirrel@mail.thepentagon.org> References: Your message of "Thu, 18 May 2006 18:44:06 %2B0200." <a5eea06e0605180944l3ae7972dre38b99f966b11921@mail.gmail.com> <20060518172538.144D345046@ptavv.es.net> <56271.65.7.255.129.1147979520.squirrel@mail.thepentagon.org>
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On Thu, 2006-05-18 at 14:12 -0500, Tim Welch wrote: > On Thu, May 18, 2006 12:25 pm, Kevin Oberman wrote: > >> Date: Thu, 18 May 2006 18:44:06 +0200 > >> From: "Lars Stokholm" <lars.stokholm@gmail.com> > >> Sender: owner-freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org > >> > >> > >> On 18/05/06, Jeremy Messenger <mezz7@cox.net> wrote: > >> > >>> The gnome-power-manager only exist in MC, because I think it required > >>> HAL= > >>> > >> . > >> > >> > >> MC? HAL? Anyway... If that simply means it's of reach for me, my > >> original question still stands: During the install of the gnome2-lite > >> port, I was asked if I would like to replace gnome-screensaver with > >> xscreensaver (I think it sounded like that). I didn't, but I'd like to > >> now. How is it done? > > > > As I read it, you need to: > > pkg_delete -f gnome-screensaver-2.14.1_1 pkg_delete -f > > xscreensaver-gnome-hacks-4.24_1 portinstall xscreensaver-gnome pkgdb -Ff > > > > The last may not be required, but you probably do need to correct > > some dependencies from gnome-screensaver to xscreensaver-gnome. In any > > case, it won't hurt anything. -- > > R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer > > Energy Sciences Network (ESnet) > > Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) > > E-mail: oberman@es.net Phone: +1 510 486-8634 > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org mailing list > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-gnome > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-gnome-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > > > > Kevin's suggestion will work, with one caveat. Ports such as vlc which > disable the screensaver still try to run gnome-screensaver-command instead > of xscreensaver-command to disable it. Rebuilding those ports should fix > it, or since they seem to be syntax compatible a symlink will do the > trick. (Yes, I know, don't do that, but it beats playing the guessing game > at which ports will use gnome-screensaver-command) > > Could we possibly go back to xscreensaver as default until power > management features are fully supported? I for one was highly annoyed to > find that my LCD stayed on all day after upgrading gnome. It's usually set > to power off the backlight as soon as xscreensaver activates. This should be taken care of in GNOME 2.16 with the inclusion of gnome-power-manager. In any event, gnome-screensaver is the default for the official GNOME Desktop, and we are following suit. Joe -- PGP Key : http://www.marcuscom.com/pgp.asc
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