Arch Linux

I'm not sure about what to do, but I don't really like this. The RSS screensavers are independent from xscreensaver or any other screensaver manager, and as far as I could find from the man page kxsrun supports path as a part of the screensaver name. The only real gain I can see is avoiding the renaming of plasma...

mmm not only gain skiping the rename, also make it to work with KDE, currently KDE list all screensavers but does not work.

Nope "kxsrun /usr/bin/lattice" will look at "/usr/lib/xscreensave/usr/bin/lattice". (I was tried this) So changing *.desktop is not useful.

1) Other option is generating symlinks at /usr/bin to /usr/lib/xscreensaver/*. (with special symlink name for "plasma")
2) Keep like now, but generate symlinks at /usr/lib/xscreensaver to /usr/bin/*. (rename executable needed)
2) Keep like now, but leave a msg in .install that for work with KDE should create a symlinks for each executable at /usr/lib/xscreensaver.

Otherwise all /usr/share/applnk/System/ScreenSavers/* and /usr/share/applnk/System/ScreenSavers/* does not work.

I prefer the first option.

currently any solution doesn't make gnome-screensaver list any screensaver. what i'm thinking to do is doing 1) with --program-prefix=rss-glx- do avoid conflicts and trying to figure out how incorporate simple a template in our pkgbuild to generate valid .desktops file for gnome.

[Desktop Entry]
Name=${name}
Comment=${desc}
TryExec=${trycmd}
Exec=${cmd} -r
StartupNotify=false
Terminal=false
Type=Application
Categories=GNOME;Screensaver;

Currently *.desktop files are installed on /usr/share/applnk/System/ScreenSavers/ and /usr/share/applications/screensavers/, these containst the same *.desktop files, but these are for KDE. And seems that are GNOME incompatible.

In AUR there are two packages, one for GNOME [#1] and one for KDE [#2]. Acording to comments in rss-glx-gnome, just with symlinks executables works in gnome. (My proposed option 1). And rss-glx-kde apparently seems that is not working.

[#1] http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=31769
[#2] http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=21733

rss-glx-gnome never worked for me. i can only make it work if i add the correct .desktop. i think that i'll add new .desktop files in svn and use that.

new packages in community-testing. please test them. for me now gnome-screensaver is detecting after i added new .desktop files

Thanks!

Does not work on KDE. Screensavers are not listed under KDE screensaver configuration (.desktop files are not KDE compatible). Only works if cp /usr/share/applnk/System/ScreenSavers/biof.desktop /usr/share/applications/screensavers/biof.desktop

What about doing some merge betweent these two files, and make both desktopworlds, compatible? :P Can you try this patch for .desktop file for GNOME? apply to /usr/share/applications/screensavers/biof.desktop

This change make screensaver KDE compatible ;)

nope. doesn't work. this make me think to have two more packages that provides only .desktop :D rss-glx-gnome and rss-glx-kde

ouch! :( Yes, I guess for now, is a good choice.

what about if you remove all .desktop from usr/share/applications/screensavers/. i don't understand what's the point of having kde4 .desktop compatible in usr/share/applnk/System/ScreenSavers/

Another patch.

in reverse? I can remove /usr/share/applnk/System/ScreenSavers/* without any issues. (at least on my system there are no more files under /usr/share/applnk/), but can't work if remove /usr/share/applications/screensavers/

success

wiiiiii :)

take 2, please test

Perfectly, works fine on my user and on new clean user.

minor issue, only screensaver that does not work is plasma, .desktop does not reflect the filename change (in KDE entries)