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ScreenSavers broken in Xubuntu 10.04 b2

Asked by GREG T.

Got a good email today about about giving 10.04 a try. i had tried it before but after beta 2 updates it messed up and i give up on trying to fix it and removed it . so after the email today i said ok i give another try . so i got xubuntu 10.04 64 bit . the problem i got is the screen savers do not work .[none of them ] . so how can this be fixed ?

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JosephB (joseph-bouchard) said : 		#1

Is your video card capable of OpenGL rendering? Many of the screen-savers use this technology.

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GREG T. (ubuntuer) said : 		#2

yes .i have 9.10 installed also and it works fine . i have nivida recommended drivers installed .

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Tom (tom6) said : 		#3

Hi :)

Without updates? Can you try the 10.04 as a LiveCd session before updating and see if the screen-savers work?
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/LiveCD

Do you have full compiz desktop effects enabled or does that break the screen-savers too?

Applications (?) - System - Preferences - Appearance - "Visual Effects" (i think?)

Regards from
Tom :)

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GREG T. (ubuntuer) said : 		#4

On 04/12/2010 01:49 PM, Tom wrote:
> Your question #107186 on Ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/107186
>
> Status: Open => Answered
>
> Tom proposed the following answer:
> Hi :)
>
> Without updates? Can you try the 10.04 as a LiveCd session before updating and see if the screen-savers work?
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/LiveCD
>
> Do you have full compiz desktop effects enabled or does that break the
> screen-savers too?
>
> Applications (?) - System - Preferences - Appearance - "Visual Effects"
> (i think?)
>
> Regards from
> Tom :)
>
>
 the xubuntu live cd some of them worked . can not find any visual effects

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Best Tom (tom6) said : 		#5

Hi :)

I notice you have another current question in here and it seems from that the Visual Effects (compiz) have not been able to be enabled either.

I'm really glad to hear you have been testing this as a dual-boot! There are a lot of problems with it on your system! Can you find the "System Testing" & use it to mail a bad report to bug-squad here? I think it's in

Applications - System - Administration - "System Testing"

Specific bug-reports against specific things would be great but possibly too time-consuming to post!

I have always had troubles with 64bit versions so nowadays i stick with 32bit versions which all seem to run so smoothly. I think if you want to see what a working system looks like then the 32bit version is well worth trying. Also i am curious to know if you have tried the Lubuntu derivative that is not officially supported (i think)
http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=lubuntu
This is meant to be even lighter and faster than Xubuntu

If you don't have time or inclination for further testing then i would just like to say a big thank you for trying this out so far and also sorry this hasn't worked out well so far.

Many regards from
Tom :)

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GREG T. (ubuntuer) said : 		#6

you need to take a look at xubuntu it is not set up the same as ubuntu . in the xubuntu set up the hardware drivers are installed but in the nivida x server it says there no drivers installed .

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GREG T. (ubuntuer) said : 		#7

Thanks Tom, that solved my question.

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Tom (tom6) said : 		#8

Hi :)

Sorry i haven't got back to you about anything in last 18hours! Did you try Lubuntu? Did you manage to post bug-reports about the screen-savers?

Regards from
Tom :)

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GREG T. (ubuntuer) said : 		#9

Tom wrote:
> Your question #107186 on Ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/107186
>
> Tom posted a new comment:
> Hi :)
>
> Sorry i haven't got back to you about anything in last 18hours! Did you
> try Lubuntu? Did you manage to post bug-reports about the screen-savers?
>
> Regards from
> Tom :)
>
>
 no and no . i did not like xubuntu . ubuntu is user friendly . lubuntu i
have tried befor reminded me too much of xp . i am hooked on ubuntu .as
of today all three pc in this household has ubuntu 9.10 installed and in
use. my son is trying to get ubuntu ultimate to install . i have been
using ubuntu since 7.04 and am happy.

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Tom (tom6) said : 		#10

Ahh great :)) So you were only testing the Xubuntu 64bit 10.04 just to test it?
Superb, thanks for trying that one out then :)
Many regards from
Tom :)