On 08/18/2012 02:46 AM, David C. Rankin wrote:
> On 08/18/2012 12:16 AM, David C. Rankin wrote:
>> (1) All screensavers are missing. Usually I am used to seeing the following
>> (screenshot from another 3513 install):
>>
>> http://www.3111skyline.com/dl/dt/trinity/ss/3513-ScrnSav-OK.jpg
>>
>> but now when I look in kcontrol, all I get is Blank, None and Tux Screensaver.
>> What should I check to figure out why they are not loading? The only failure I
>> find in .xsession-errors that looks relevant is:
>>
>> Could not load library! Trying exec....
>> kdeinit: Got EXEC_NEW 'klipper' from launcher.
>> kdeinit: Got EXEC_NEW 'kpowersave' from launcher.
>> Failure: Module initialization failed
>> kdeinit: PID 2975 terminated.
>>
>> could the kpowersave failure be related to the missing screensavers?
> 
> Basically, the opengl screensavers are not showing up. They did show up
> previously in both 3.5.12 and R14, but on this install, they are not showing up
> in 3.5.13-sru. Is there some command that I can run from the cli when launching
> 'kcmshell screensaver' that might disclose where the failure is?
> 
> I am running the *EXACT* same tdelibs and tdebase as I am on another 3513-sru
> install where the screensavers are fine, so I haven't a clue where this failure
> may be.
> 
> On this particular box, all xorg and x11 libraries are the same as on the
> working 3513 install, so it isn't xorg/x11 related. This box does have a newer
> kernel from today, but that's about it. What else is relevant to have kcmshell
> screensaver load the list of opengl screensavers?
> 
> 
> 

I found the problem, but I cannot explain how it could occur. In the working
install, I have:

02:58 tdesru:/opt/trinity/share/applnk/System/ScreenSavers> l
total 1852
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 12288 Aug 15 16:50 .
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root  4096 Aug 15 16:48 ..
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  7094 Jul 27 07:44 abstractile.desktop
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  7636 Jul 27 07:44 anemone.desktop
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  7308 Jul 27 07:44 anemotaxis.desktop
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  7748 Jul 27 07:44 antinspect.desktop
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  7775 Jul 27 07:44 antmaze.desktop
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  7994 Jul 27 07:44 antspotlight.desktop
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  7720 Jul 27 07:44 apollonian.desktop
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  7064 Jul 27 07:44 apple2.desktop
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  7717 Jul 27 07:44 atlantis.desktop
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  8195 Jul 27 07:44 attraction.desktop
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  7429 Jul 27 07:44 atunnel.desktop
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  7832 Jul 27 07:44 barcode.desktop
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  7591 Jul 27 07:44 blaster.desktop
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  7827 Jul 27 07:44 blinkbox.desktop
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  7587 Jul 27 07:44 blitspin.desktop
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  7836 Jul 27 07:44 blocktube.desktop
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  7139 Jul 27 07:44 boing.desktop
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  7529 Jul 27 07:44 bouboule.desktop
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  8148 Jul 27 07:44 bouncingcow.desktop

All of the screensavers are there...

On the nonworking box, I have:

02:56 supersff:/opt/trinity/share/applnk/System/ScreenSavers> l
total 40
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root  4096 Aug 17 22:12 .
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root  4096 Aug 14 10:21 ..
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 11260 Jul 27 07:44 KBlankscreen.desktop
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 10788 Jul 27 07:44 KRandom.desktop
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  7404 Jul 27 07:44 ktux.desktop

So how could the screensavers just not get installed??


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David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.