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[Bug 537011] Re: screensavers do not appear in selection-list

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From: JT <537011@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2010 10:20:36 -0000
Reply-to: Bug 537011 <537011@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Running /usr/bin/rss-glx_install or manually editing .xscreensaver did
nothing for me. However, the correct desktop entries are in
/usr/share/applnk/System/ScreenSavers/ (note the case of ScreenSavers)
and copying the contents of that directory into
/usr/share/kde4/services/ScreenSavers/ did the trick.

For complete clarity:

sudo cp /usr/share/applnk/System/ScreenSavers/*.desktop
/usr/share/kde4/services/ScreenSavers/

is the command required. I'm on Kubuntu 10.04 and installed
xscreensavers as well as rss-glx

Might I suggest that this is really a shortcoming in the setup of kde?
Would it not be more helpful for /usr/share/kde4/services/ScreenSavers/
to symlink to /usr/share/applnk/System/ScreenSavers/ and have all of its
standard contents in there? Using a system wide location is surely
preferable?

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screensavers do not appear in selection-list
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