Re: Couple of control-center .desktop oddities...

[Michael Hall <mhall riverside org>]

On Wed, Feb 24, 1999 at 10:16:38AM -0500, Mike Bond wrote:

> >   For what its worth I've never seen two files here:
> > 
> > $ find /usr/local/GNOME/ -name "*screensaver*"
> > /usr/local/GNOME/share/control-center/Workspace/screensaver-properties.desktop
> > /usr/local/GNOME/bin/screensaver-properties-capplet
> > 
> 
> share/control-center/Workspace is the 'old' location, it changed
> sometime this last weekend to share/control-center/Desktop.

  Ok, I use tarballs and I haven't seen any new ones lately since the 99.8
stuff so mine is still in the old location, must be the change in CVS
thats doing it then and why I'm not seeing it here.

> >   Quitting that session and restarting, it reverts back to a generic xscreensaver again
> > and I once again have to go back into control center and resave things before my settings
> > take effect. I don't know what I'm missing here or if its a bug or designed that way
> > but I would think that whenever you start a session it should use your previously
> > saved settings when starting up xscreensaver ?
> > 
> 
> I have noticed this as well, quite annoying, though it can currently be
> worked around so it's been low on my priority list for reporting, ie. I
> keep forgetting ;-).

  I don't think its high on anybodies priority list as you're the first
one to even acknowledge the problem although I've posted it 2-3 times
already. Granted its minor and can be worked around but its something I
think shold definitely be fixed for 1.0. One of the first things a lot
of people will do is setup/use the screensaver and right off the bat they
run into something that doesn't work correctly, not a good first impression.

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Next time you wave, use all of your fingers.

Mike Hall <mhall@riverside.org>, (MH993)   -    http://www.riverside.org
System Administrator (*nix, Perl, CGI hacker, certified OS/2 Specialist)