rss-glx screensavers not working (was OpenGL)

[Ian Rose]

Ian Rose wrote:
> Edulix wrote:
>> El Saturday, 13 de Mayo de 2006 21:20, Chris Fuller escribió:
>>  
>>> Sorry - I should have been clearer about that. OpenGL is working and 
>>> the
>>> Open GL screen savers that were installed before rss-glx look great 
>>> (eg,
>>> Bitmap Flag, Fireworks, Gravity, etc. - I don't remember if these were
>>> "default" KDE screen savers). However, the new rss-glx screen savers 
>>> that I
>>> grabbed via apt-get (Biof, Busy Spheres, etc.) don't work at all. 
>>> When I
>>> right click the desktop and pick Configure Desktop -> Screen Saver, 
>>> they
>>> show up in the list, but when I click one, I don't see a preview, can't
>>> test or configure, etc.
>>>     
>>
>> Hello! I just want to say that I'm experiencing exactly the same 
>> problem, so I'd also like to know a solution ;-)
>>
>>   
> I can confirm that the RSS screensavers aren't working for me either, 
> and again, the default OpenGL ones work fine.
> I think the bug may be this one:
> https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/rss-glx/+bug/41079
>
>
I've installed several more packages - namely xscreensavers, 
kscreensaver-xsavers, and the xscreensaver-gl packages. NOW the rss-glx 
screensavers work properly - it looks like the rss-glx package on its 
own isn't pulling in all the other packages it needs to work properly 
(maybe someone more knowledgeable could explain that better!)

Still - I'm happy to have the RSS screensavers up and running properly now.

-- 
Ian