Now maybe Debian should just respect his wishes and remove the software, but they need to take their large user base into account here too, so it's not just a simple decision. The xscreensaver program waits until the keyboard and mouse have been idle for a period, and. And to further show off his social skills, he throws in a whole lot of "fuck you"s, because we all know how that helps get things solved. Remove his email from the software, and directing users to Debian's bug tracker), but instead the author insists they either do it his way, or remove xss (a popular package) from Debian. Now I can see many possible ways this problem can be fixed (e.g. But this is not a good solution for a distro such as Debian (for Arch Linux however, it wouldn't matter). For additional swupd commands, enter: swupd -help Bundles encapsulate all upstream open-source projects and packages needed to enable a use-case or capability.
To search for bundles and their contents, enter: swupd search xscreensaver. So he implemented a "fix": the controversial old-version warning message. To add this bundle, enter: sudo swupd bundle-add xscreensaver. This can be made to work with a little extra code in an /.Xresources file. This does not work with lightdm, which is what MX uses. After 13+ years of trying, some Linux distros have finally begun enabling it by. By default, xscreensaver looks for a service called gdmflexiserver to provide a New Login function from within the screensaver, so that a different user than has the screen locked can login. This is apparently exacerbated by the fact that his email is hard coded into the software's about page, meaning Debians bug tracking system is being bypassed. xscreensaver - extensible screen saver and screen locking framework. I saw the article on Xlockmore by Larry Ayers in issue 18 of the. If you are using Linux or BSD, chances are you have it on your system already. However, XScreenSaver is included with almost all Unix systems running the X11 Window System. The root of the problem here is that the author is getting bug reports for old versions. Linux Gazette.making Linux just a little more fun xscreensaver. XScreenSaver is the standard screen saver collection shipped on most Linux and Unix systems running the X11 Window System. For X11 systems, I distribute only source code, above. Well if we're talking basic social skills, the author of the xss is being a giant uncooperative prick.
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