[DC LoCo] Help With GLslideshow

[Michael Haney]

On Wed, Mar 23, 2011 at 8:52 AM, Mackenzie Morgan <macoafi at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wednesday, March 23, 2011 1:26:08 AM Michael Haney wrote:
>> I've searched for solutions, and none of what I found work.  Most
>> refer to dialog boxes and options that don't exist in the screensaver
>> preferences window anymore.  Another says to create the file
>> .xscreensavers in my home directory and put the line "imageDirectory:
>> /home/username/Pictures".  This supposed to make the xscreensavers use
>> that directory for images, but it doesn't do anything.
>>
>> Do you have any suggestions on how to do this that aren't complex and
>> mysterious?
>
> Use XScreensaver, not Gnome-Screensaver, if you want to use XScreensaver
> settings?
>

I've got it now.  Why was this made so non-intuitive?  I can just
imagine the frustration a lesser computer savvy user would have
experienced.

I hope Canonical fixes crap like this with Unity.  The whole not being
able to select your model monitor in the screen resolution preferences
window thing  is something that seriously needs to be fixed.

If Canonical hopes for average users to adopt Ubuntu they'll need
features like that or average users will go elsewhere.

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