Include big analog clock as screensaver

Bug #46548 reported by Michaël Van Dorpe
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
GNOME Screensaver
Expired
Wishlist
Nominated for Trunk by Neil Lall
gnome-screensaver (Ubuntu)
Triaged
Wishlist
Unassigned

Bug Description

Binary package hint: gnome-screensaver

This is a feature request, not a bug report.

A big analog clock would be both useful and low on resources, which makes it a perfect screensaver for a lot of people. If this would be available, I would no longer use the blank screensaver.

I've seen such a screensaver somewhere before, I think it was in KDE, but I'm not sure.

Anyone who implements this gets my eternal gratitude!

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Tormod Volden (tormodvolden) wrote :

Me too :) Please file a bug/feature request upstream, there is more chance it will be done then.

Changed in gnome-screensaver:
status: Unconfirmed → Confirmed
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Randy C (randycostlow) wrote :

I would appreciate it, too. We either use the analog clock (KDE) or a blank screen (ubuntu) on our computers. Thanks.

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David Armour (d-f-armour) wrote :

hello,
i've been looking for a way to just copy the clock.kss file from the kde subdirectory into the gnome screensaver subdirectory but getting nowhere. i corresponded with the author of the screensaver a year or so ago, but i no longer have his email. maybe he could port the screensaver into gnome?

i agree it's one of the more useful screensavers out there. it's nice to look at all your pictures in a subdirectory, but the random generator doesn't do a v. good job of randomizing. and the clock is visible on the screen from quite a distance.

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Eetu Huisman (eh) wrote :

I filed it as a feature request upstream. Let's see what they think about it...

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Eetu Huisman (eh) wrote :

You could try T3D from xscreensaver-data-extra. It not exactly big and clear, but it is better than nothing...

Changed in gnome-screensaver:
status: Confirmed → Triaged
Changed in gnome-screensaver:
status: Unknown → New
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Endolith (endolith) wrote :

I'd rather see a clock on the lock screen box, as in http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=499165

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Endolith (endolith) wrote :
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furicle (furicle) wrote :

A digital clock style screensaver can be done with gltext - see http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=266124

But an analog clock like KDE's would be nice....

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PT2K (pt2k) wrote :
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baldahin (baldahin) wrote :

PT2K, thank you! great job!
Can you provide option to disable clock moving?

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Tormod Volden (tormodvolden) wrote :

PT2K, very good! Can you please try to make a xscreensaver hack out of it and submit it upstream to http://www.jwz.org/xscreensaver/ ?

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PT2K (pt2k) wrote :

baldahin, thanks for your reply.
Command line options were implemented a little while ago.
You can fix the clock on the center of the screen:
clock --fix-clock (or clock -f)
Edit clock.desktop for your choice.
Regards.

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baldahin (baldahin) wrote :

PT2K, thank you very much! im really happy because of your work.

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PT2K (pt2k) wrote :

Tormod Volden, thanks for your nice suggestions. I'm sorry I'm late to reply.
I didn't know how to make XLIb (xscreensaver) program, so I waste too much time on googling.
Now, I made it. Maybe it works. Test, please.
http://www.d8.dion.ne.jp/~pt2k/SoftRoom/xscreensaver-clock/index_e.html

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kapilingle (kapil-ingle2003) wrote :

Hi Linux,
I am using ubuntu since ubuntu 7 was launched,
know i am using ubuntu 10.04,
i am facing problems due to some bugs,
If I login to my account and if I switched to another user,
and if i switch to my account-what ever work i am doing is totally gone, as if i have logged in freshly,
also many times when i switch back to my account-i am logged of automatically asking me to login again,
i would like to know whether this is a BUG or the Installation problem ?
and how can i solve it
I am using a computer with Intel DualCore Processor, Intel 865 Motherboard, 1GB RAM, 160GB HDD ,
Thanks and Regard.

Changed in gnome-screensaver:
importance: Unknown → Wishlist
status: New → Confirmed
Changed in gnome-screensaver:
status: Confirmed → Expired
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