On Wed, 2005-09-21 at 02:13 +0200, Albert A. Modderkolk wrote: > On Tue, 2005-09-20 at 19:36 -0400, Charles E. "Rick" Taylor, IV wrote: > > On Tue, 2005-09-20 at 09:41 -0500, Les Mikesell wrote: > > > > [BSOD screensaver] > > > > > It is a lot funnier after you realize that the crash screens are > > > from other operating systems, not Linux... > > > > Not so fast. "man bsod" shows: > > > > "bsod steps through a set of screens, each one a recreation of a > > different failure mode of an operating system. Systems depicted > > include Windows 3.1, Windows 95, Windows NT, MS-DOS, AmigaDOS 1.3, > > Linux, SCO UNIX, BSD UNIX, HPUX, Solaris, VMS, HVX/GCOS6, IBM OS/390, > > MacOS (MacsBug, Bomb, Sad Mac, and OSX), Atari ST, Apple ][+, and NCD X > > Terminals." > > > > You can also use the preview option under Preferences/screensaver to see > > the Linux "crash". > > > > For me, it was creepy to see a Guru Meditation error on my Linux box. :) > > > > -- > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > > * Charles E. "Rick" Taylor, IV <charletiv@xxxxxxxxx> > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > > * Web: http://www.rickandpatty.com > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > Where are those files??? When I do Desktop->Preferences->Screensaver > (FC4 Gnome) all I get is an empty list :-( > The base install only puts on the base package. (blank/power down monitor) xscreensaver-base-4.21-4 You need to install the following to add the choices. xscreensaver-extras-4.21-4 xscreensaver-gl-extras-4.21-4 The gl options adds the 3D screensavers and if you are not running a 3D compatible video card/driver may cause X lockups.
