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Ultimate Edition Screensavers !!!

PostPosted: Sat Jan 09, 2010 6:58 pm
by JOHNNYG
:D <BREW> Something new ! Ultimate Edition Screensavers !! :D Here we have not one but two screensavers ! 8-) Chrome and Gold Chrome Ultimate Edition logos Float like bubbles across the screen ! :D EZ to install ! :)
Untar and open the Install instructions,Very EZ to follow !! <BREW>

NOTE : May Be "Bugy" on Quad core, I am looking in to it ! Any and all suggestions welcome ! :D

Re: Ultimate Edition Screensavers !!!

PostPosted: Sat Jan 09, 2010 9:30 pm
by dathem
Hey JohnnyG, Well I seem to be doing something wrong every time (tried 5 times now) but this doesn't work for me. After I drag the Ultimate Edition gold desktop file to the Screensaver folder, that opens the screensaver folder pref.window, after a few min the Ultimate Edition gold screensaver shows up in the right side of the preview window. When I select that file I get the preview and it works fine. Then I go to system/pref/screensavers and the ss pref window opens but I never see the Ultimate Edition gold or chrome to select. I then restart the computer but still the Ultimate Edition SS never show up to click on. I am thinking, is there another step between your 4 and 5 steps?

Re: Ultimate Edition Screensavers !!!

PostPosted: Sat Jan 09, 2010 10:11 pm
by JOHNNYG
Hmmm, You have put the logo in usr/share/pixmaps, and the ultimate .desktop in usr/share/applications/screensavers, via nautilus, and the preview or screensaver chooser window opens automaticly ? Hmmm, I will check something out and get back to ya !

Re: Ultimate Edition Screensavers !!!

PostPosted: Sat Jan 09, 2010 10:52 pm
by dathem
Hello, I tried installing the SS on another computer worked fine the very first time!!! So I retried it on this Quad core machine again, it shows up on the preview window while under sudo nautilus/root, but close all those windows and select the SS and no go again.

Re: Ultimate Edition Screensavers !!!

PostPosted: Sat Jan 09, 2010 11:02 pm
by dathem
Hey JohhnyG, here are the screen shots;

Re: Ultimate Edition Screensavers !!!

PostPosted: Sun Jan 10, 2010 2:24 am
by JOHNNYG
HHmmm, I installed them on my 8.10 and 9.04 and no go !!! I am wondering if since they run on 2.5 fully updated ?????
But that just don't make no sense ! because this is the same script "floating" feet or ubuntu or ubuntustudio work on I have checked the script and all points, they are all the same !! :evil: I DON'T release something if it wont work !! and apparently one has slipped threw ! :evil: Thanks for the heads up ! <BREW> I will delve into this further and see WUZZZUP WIDAT ! :D Thanks again a big help, we wouldn't want this to get out, Keep it hush hush!.......... :cry: :lol:

Re: Ultimate Edition Screensavers !!!

PostPosted: Tue Jan 12, 2010 2:00 am
by JOHNNYG
For the no show screensavers,go to synaptic and search "xscreensaver" and install all xscreensaver data. you don't have to install the kscreensavers, unless you want them in your kde ;) try that and see if you get them to respond !
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Re: Ultimate Edition Screensavers !!!

PostPosted: Tue Jan 12, 2010 11:21 am
by dathem
Hey JohnnyG, Sorry, nope.........I installed all the xscreensaver files and restarted, this quad core unit. I even tried the process from the beginning, but now I have 5 copies of the Ultimate Edition gold in the SS pref! But I restarted and no go.

Re: Ultimate Edition Screensavers !!!

PostPosted: Fri Jan 15, 2010 7:55 pm
by JOHNNYG
Check the permissions on both the .png and "desktop" file and compare them to the "others" permissions and set the same. :ugeek:

Re: Ultimate Edition Screensavers !!!

PostPosted: Sun Jan 17, 2010 8:55 pm
by dathem
Hey JohnnyG, Well, I am not so sure if I will get your SS to run on this Quadcore unit.....I think I may have it too messed up to fix. I now have about 8 copies of your SS in the SS pref window, when logged in as root). I have both gnome SS and the Xss installed ( should I have both installed?) The gnome one seems to load by default (I have 2 SS listed in the dropdown Pref. menu) When I click on the one that is the Xss, it states that gnomeSS is loaded and needs to be disabled, which I believe is suppose to happen when I click on the Okay button. Though I can see no difference either way as your SS never show up in either SS pref window to select.

As simple as can be; your Ultimate Edition SS pref files show up in a SS pref window when I follow your directions and I now have 8 copies in that pref window to click on to see a preview. The preview functions perfectly showing your Ultimate Edition gold or chrome floating around. I then close that window and restart the computer, I select either one of the 2 installed SS showing up on the drop down System/pref/Screensaver (x2).

I followed your advice and changed the permissions to match the "other" which was read only, this changed nothing as far as getting the Ultimate Edition SS to function. How do I get rid of the extra copies of the Ultimate Edition SS pref??

Your program works so well on the Pent. 4 systems that have the Hyperthreading enabled, that why would there be a problem with 2 more cores?