Ubuntu
gnome-screensaver package

default screensaver cumbersome on old hardware

Bug #76623 reported by Kurt von Finck on 2006-12-20

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	gnome-screensaver (Ubuntu)	Fix Released	Undecided	Kurt von Finck

Bug Description

Binary package hint: gnome-screensaver

The default GNOME behavior of "random screensaver" leads to undesirable conditions where non-accelerated, low power, or energy conscious machines may run CPU or GPU hungry screensavers.

This new bug touches on several other bugs:

https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/gnome-screensaver/+bug/73438

https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/gnome-screensaver/+bug/39687

https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/gnome-screensaver/+bug/54843

The preceding bugs can be closed when this patch is merged and this bug is closed.

https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/gnome-screensaver/+bug/34510

Is the same report, but then tangents into places this patch does not cover.

https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/gnome-screensaver/+bug/33753

Touches on this bug, but is not solved or affected by this patch.

The install script will show you where what bits need to go in which places.

See original description

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Kurt von Finck (mneptok) wrote on 2006-12-20:

patch described above Edit (469.6 KiB, text/plain)

I'll begin merging this upstream, too, so that we only need to track our default prefs and artwork.

description:

updated

Kurt von Finck (mneptok) on 2006-12-20

description:

updated

Kurt von Finck (mneptok) on 2006-12-21

Changed in gnome-screensaver:
assignee:	nobody → mneptok
status:	Unconfirmed → Confirmed

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Oliver Grawert (ogra) wrote on 2007-01-09:

gnome-screensaver (2.17.5-0ubuntu1) feisty; urgency=low
.
...
   * added 01_ubuntu_floaters.patch and default to it
     (fixes malone #59365 and #76623)
   * added dependency on sharutils

Changed in gnome-screensaver:
status:	Confirmed → Fix Released

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David Prieto (frandavid100-gmail) wrote on 2007-01-23:

"added 01_ubuntu_floaters.patch and default to it"

Wow, I'm really glad to see that this was implemented. So, fresh ubuntu installs will show ubuntu floaters unless changed? cool!

I have two more suggestions:

-I'd rather have one big logo than several small ones. How big can the logo get now that it's on SVG graphics?

-The logo should move slowlier and maybe have a slight spinning motion. A huge logo where only a part of it is onscreen, slowly rotating and slowly moving through the screen, would be ideal.

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Oliver Grawert (ogra) wrote on 2007-01-24:

the logo gets as big as the svg defines, it will only scale down, not up, the shipped logo is 128x128 pix big.

i'll look into letting it move slower, but i fear rotating is to cpu intensive for older machines ...

have a look at /usr/lib/gnome-screensaver/gnome-screensaver/floaters --help

to see all available options.
until gnome-screensaver finally gets a configuration interface for the single hacks, you can edit the Exec line of /usr/share/applications/screensavers/ubuntu_theme.desktop

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David Prieto (frandavid100-gmail) wrote on 2007-01-24:

Thanks for your time. If you could make the logos move slower and not turn around so suddenly... they kind of look like flies now, flying around like that.