Even if it doesn't work with kde4 (I'll need to fix that), it should still be in the screensavers list in xscreensaver-demo, at least that's the case here. I assume that you start xscreensaver-demo from the command line, right?

yes from the command line.
but i did not see it. or i did not look where i should ?
how is it named ?

for it to show up i had to create a electricsheep.xml as i said above and change my .xscreensaver to list it.

you might note that there is no electricsheep.xml in electrisheep package. there is a rm in the last line of the PKGBUILD that remove that file. what for ?

In xscreensaver-demo, look in the scroll list in the "Display Modes" tab. The name is Electricsheep.

should be fixed in electricsheep 2.6.8-4
Let me know if there's still a problem. If it is fixed, let me know too.
To work in kde, I think you need to have kdeartwork installed. ElectricSheep should be in the Fractals category in the kde screensaver panel.

it works in kde4. thanks

one detail is that /usr/share/xscreensaver/config/electricsheep.xml has -rwxr-xr-x. there is no need for executable permission there

there's still the problem in xscreensaver-demo but that's a "bug" of xscreensaver-demo. as an old school software, one have to manually change .xscreensaver in my $HOME so that electricsheep show up on the list in xscreensaver-demo. in the man page, it is said xscreensaver allow you edit that ~/.xscreensaver file but i still have not found how. may be i need to run gnome for that ?? i can't add a screensaver in the list from xscreensaver-demo.

The permission is fixed in cvs. The package will be fixed at next update as it's a minor bug.

If you add an entry for electricsheep in .xscreensaver, then does is show in xscreensaver-demo? In my .xscreensaver, I have:
- electricsheep --root 1 --zoom 1 \
I could attach my .xscreensaver if you want to compare them.

While working on the package, I noticed that xscreensaver no longer provides electricsheep.xml. It used to provide this in the past so maybe, when I first started it, it added electricsheep in my .xscreensaver. However, no-one else has complained so I don't know.

the bug is still not closed ?

by the way, /usr/share/xscreensaver/config/electricsheep.xml has still -rwx-r-xr-x permission in 2.8.6-4 package

in the mean time, i have swtiched to gnome (fed up by slowness of kde4 and ....):
i have electrichseep in gnome-screensaver-preference's list but the preview stays black, and the full screen preview stays gray. and if activated the electricsheep screensaver stays black also. something is not working. so i had to use xscreensaver-demo and xscrensaver in gnome to have electrichseep working. and i can't find how to change any of the option of electricsheep in gnome-screensaver-preference. (a major design bug of gnome-screensaver-preference ??)

i have found that by making a symlink in /usr/lib/xscreensaver towards /usr/bin/electricsheep i have a buggy preview of electricsheep in gnome-screensaver-preferences. only a tiny bottom-right portion of electricsheep is shown in the preview.
the rest works. it's only that's not full screen. but we can't set it to full screen because there is no config to change ... argg

brute force would be to drop a script launching electricsheep with the correct command line option in /usr/lib/xscreensaver but ... that's not very clean

electricsheep 2.6.8-4 was supposed to fixed the problems with kde4. At least it was working fine here. Did you tried that package with kde4? If it doesn't work then I can't see what might be the problem. Check you ~/.xscreensaver file. Does xscreensaver-demo works now? If yes, you could start xscreensaver from your.xinitrc.
I've never tried it in gnome.
The permissions are fixed in the cvs. They shouldn't cause any problem.