To build on VMS, see README.VMS.
+If you are upgrading, you might want to delete your ~/.xscreensaver file.
+If you don't, you might not see the new graphics modes. If you are upgrading
+from version 2.* to version 3.*, definitely do delete your .xscreensaver file.
+
If you think you've found a bug, please let me know! No bug report is too
small. But first, please read the enclosed `README.debugging' file to find
out what kind of information would be most helpful to include in your bug
numerous graphics hacks for use as screensavers. There is nothing magic
about these: they are just programs that draw on the root window.
-More than 80 such programs are included. For details, see the xscreensaver
+More than 90 such programs are included. For details, see the xscreensaver
web page, or the enclosed manual pages. There are also some helpful hints
on customization in the xscreensaver app-defaults file (normally installed
in /usr/lib/X11/app-defaults/XScreenSaver.)
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+Changes since 3.09: * Added `phosphor', `xmatrix', and `pulsar' hacks.
+ * Fixed a bug in the color allocator that sometimes
+ caused `starfish' to fall back to monochrome.
+ * Reduced the amount of code that runs before root
+ privileges are disavowed: "normal" and "shadow"
+ passwords now do some initialization as root, but the
+ PAM and Kerberos authorization schemes will be
+ initialized while running as "nobody". Supposedly
+ this closes a potential security hole when using
+ Kerberos.
+ * Added some more sanity checking to configure.
+Changes since 3.08: * Added `compass', `squiral', `xflame', `wander',
+ `spotlight', and `critical' hacks.
+ * Added some new modes to `decayscreen'.
+ * Made `deluxe' work in monochrome.
+ * Generalized usage of the Double-Buffer server extension
+ in several hacks (`compass', `deluxe', `interference',
+ `kumppa', and `moire2'.)
+ * Fixed another visual-depth problem in `rd-bomb'.
+ * The screen saver will now defer blanking if neither
+ the keyboard nor the mouse could be grabbed. Instead,
+ it will just try again in a few minutes. This fixes
+ a bad interaction between xscreensaver and programs
+ like VMware that hold the mouse and keyboard grabbed
+ for a long time.
+ * Added a new erase mode (expanding spiral.)
+Changes since 3.07: * Fixed some bugs in my port of `t3d'.
+ * Added `penetrate' and `deluxe' hacks.
+ * When linking against Motif 2.x, also link against XPM.
+ * Added support for using /proc/interrupts for idle
+ detection on Linux. Now xscreensaver shouldn't kick
+ in when the user is active on a non-X virtual console.
+ * Upgraded to autoconf 2.13.
+Changes since 3.06: * Configure tweaks (sometimes -lXmu wasn't getting linked
+ in properly; check for _Xsetlocale in -lXintl.)
+ * Portability fixes for sonar.c.
+ * Fixed a compilation problem when you have GL but don't
+ have XPM.
+ * Made configure notice when MesaGL requires -lpthread.
+ * Made `flame' ignore SIGFPE (not sure if this is the
+ right fix; it seems only to be needed on FreeBSD.)
+ * Kludged `rd-bomb' work on visuals that are of depth 24
+ but that *do not* support pixmaps of depth 32.
+ * Fixed `halo' to work properly in TrueColor.
+ * Changed `xscreensaver.spec' to install the hacks in
+ /usr/X11R6/lib/xscreensaver/ by default, since that's
+ where recent Red Hat distributions put them.
+ * Added `t3d' hack.
+ * Updated versions of `crystal', `hopalong', and `flow'
+ from xlockmore.
+ * Imported `demon' and `loop' modes from xlockmore.
+Changes since 3.05: * Oops, the "default-n" visual descriptor was broken;
+ it was always installing a colormap if the
+ `installColormap' preference was set, meaning that
+ `xearth', `xv' and friends were using the wrong
+ colors on 8-bit systems.
+ * Turned off HAVE_PING in `sonar', since it compiles
+ on some Linux systems, but not others of similar
+ vintage...
+Changes since 3.04: * Fixed an off-by-1 in `distort'.
+ * Added `sonar' hack.
+ * New version of `glplanet' (with stars.)
+ * Made all hacks exit when you type `q' or `ESC' at them,
+ and made them obey the WM_DELETE_WINDOW ClientMessage.
+ * Fixed a nonfatal buffer overrun in lament (note:
+ lament still doesn't work with MesaGL 3.0: it dies in
+ lambda_textured_triangle1(), which is Mesa's bug, not
+ mine.)
+Changes since 3.03: * Added an `xscreensaver.spec' file, to make it easier
+ for other folks to generate RPMs.
+ * Made the password code work on HPUX in the situation
+ where: ``enhanced security'' is available; but not
+ used; but the user typed a password more than 8
+ characters long anyway. FTSOHPUX.
+Changes since 3.02: * Made locking work when passwd aging is enabled.
+ * Added support for PAM (Pluggable Authentication
+ Modules.) It is still turned off by default, though,
+ since it doesn't seem to work on Solaris 2.6, and has
+ been behaving erratically on Red Hat 5.1.
+ * Made each possible authentication method be tried in
+ turn until one succeeds; this means that Kerberos is
+ being used, we will first check Kerberos, and if that
+ fails, will then consult the local password file.
+ Likewise with PAM.
+ * Save and restore the bits under the passwd dialog,
+ to avoid leaving a black rectangle behind when
+ unlocking is cancelled.
+Changes since 3.01: * Not everyone has sys/select.h, sigh...
+Changes since 3.00: * Some fixes to `reflect'.
+ * Configure tweaks.
+ * Made it log unsuccessful attempts to unlock the screen
+ to syslog.
+ * Fixed a bug where `xscreensaver-demo' could be seeing
+ a different programs list than `xscreensaver' did.
+Changes since 2.34: * The xscreensaver daemon no longer links against Motif
+ or Athena: demo-mode and the preferences panel are no
+ longer built in to the daemon, but are now handled by
+ an external program, `xscreensaver-demo'.
+ (I decided that this, along with the recent addition
+ of the `.xscreensaver' config file, justified bumping
+ the version number to 3.00, since this is a fairly
+ major architectural change.)
+ * Lines in the `*programs' resource may now begin with
+ the character "-", meaning "don't run this hack."
+ In this way, it's possible to disable a hack without
+ throwing away the information about it (making it
+ easier to change your mind later.) Eventually the
+ preferences/demo mode GUI should represent this as a
+ checkbox or something.
+ * Fixed a short race condition where it was possible for
+ xscreensaver to die with a BadWindow error if it was
+ blanking the screen just as another window was being
+ deleted.
+ * Made it possible to disable specific modes in `bsod'.
Changes since 2.33: * Fixed a bug that was making `pipes' generate way too
many valves. Made the viewpoint in `pipes' be selected
randomly instead of always being -10 degrees.
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