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Full XScreenSaver .pet with RSS Display Support?

#1 Post by nobles »

I am wondering if there is a .pet available for the full Xscreensaver package. I am looking for a screensaver that can display RSS information - I have been using xscreensaver for months on my Linux desktop which is a different distro and it works good for this. I saw other screensavers that use some of the xscreensaver modules but I think I would need the main xscreensaver application as it is one of the only ones that lets you setup RSS links for display. I did not see a .pet to install it in any of the regular places.

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#2 Post by puppyluvr »

:D Hello nobles,
Just compiled xscreensaver for i686 on Puppy 4.0
Was gonna post it for you, but the forum swears its an empty file.
Will U/L elsewhere and post link..
IDK about RSS but it is ver. 5.0.7 and works fine on 4.0
Will test on 3.01 after reboot...
Be right back with link...

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#3 Post by puppyluvr »

:D Hello,
I put it here, hope it helps..
http://www.puppylinux.ca/members/BuddaP ... 7-i686.pet
..Jay...

@Edit... Works fine on 3.01 (Transitions) as well...

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#4 Post by nobles »

Thanks for the quick reply and building the .pet - I will give it a try.

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#5 Post by nobles »

Seems to work to a degree - Phosphor is one of the modules that supports RSS - to setup RSS, you go to the Advanced Tab on the main Screensaver Preferences screen, and then Text Manipulation and set it to an RSS URL and then it should display RSS info with modules that support RSS. It seems like the Lighthouse version I am trying it on is having problems running that particular module - the other regular screen saver modules seem to work OK though. If you try and Preview the Phosphor module, you get the message forkpty: No such file or directory.

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#6 Post by puppyluvr »

:D Hello,
Got the same error on phosphor, IDK what it means....
I dont have GL on this Pup, so cant test GLText...However, when fed the Puppylinux.org RSS URL, FontGlide works, and displays the Feed fine..
Was GLText your intention, or is there an RSS Text module for xscreensavers I dont have???

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#7 Post by nobles »

Any module that would display an RSS feed would be OK so Fontglide would be fine. I tried Fontglide on two different puppy installs but get an error about "cannot locate text/wrap.pm" - it looks like it needs perl or some perl files to be installed which neither of the ones I have running must have.

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#8 Post by nitehawk »

Wow,...
thanks puppyluvr, for the great screensavers! I've really been wanting some (just like the "other" linux distros)...
......Little Puppy can run with the big dogs,...eh? :lol:

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#9 Post by MU »

The download location moved:
http://www.puppylinux.ca/members/Puppyluvr/My_Pets/
user: puppy
password: linux
Mark
[url=http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?p=173456#173456]my recommended links[/url]

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#10 Post by joopyhellspawn »

I thank you for the pet but it isn't exactly complete. could you tell me how I could download the missing screendavers, especially, Starwars. I assumed I could find it in the documentation button but it doesn't open up anything for me.

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#11 Post by jason.b.c »

MU wrote:The download location moved:
http://www.puppylinux.ca/members/Puppyluvr/My_Pets/
user: puppy
password: linux
Mark
hey Mark, your link is broken... :o
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#12 Post by puppyluvr »

:D Hello,
Yes, unfortunately, all links to puppylinux.ca and puppylinux.asia are broken..
Eric (caneri) had to close his sites.. My stuff, well some of it, is at the meownplanet link in my signature..
Many others have moved their stuff there as well, but IDK about Mark (mu)..
At my link is a "pupxscreensaver" built from 5.07`s gui and 5.12 binaries..
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