It is trivially easy to add new display modes to xscreensaver: any program
which can be invoked in such a way that it draws on the root window of the
-screen can be used as a screensaver. You just change a resource setting --
+screen can be used as a screensaver. You just change a config file --
there's no need to recompile or reinstall anything.
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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 3.11: * Made it so that you can't scroll the screen while the
+ lock dialog is up (with XFree86 virtual viewports.)
+ * Fixed a bug in `flag' that caused bob's chin to get cut
+ off after a few iterations.
+Changes since 3.10: * Made `xjack' be black-on-white-ish, so that it looks
+ less like a computer screen and more like the
+ typewritten paper it's supposed to be.
+ * New version of `pulsar'.
+ * Fixed Solaris compilation problem in `phosphor'.
+ * Made xscreensaver notice XFree86's virtual root window
+ hack, so that if the X server's root window is larger
+ than the monitor's displayable resolution, the screen
+ saver will limit itself to the area that actually
+ appears on the screen.
+ * Made the xscreensaver daemon do a better job of
+ picking the visual class that should be used for GL
+ programs. Less user intervention should be needed
+ now: you can use the logical visual name `GL' instead
+ of having to figure out by hand which one to use.
+ * Oops, the visual was defaulting to "best" instead of
+ "default", because the .xscreensaver file was not being
+ loaded quite early enough.
+ * Made configure figure out how to build icmp ping
+ support into the `sonar' hack automatically.
+ * Made warnings about not being able to read shadow
+ passwords not be printed if compiled with PAM support.
+ * Improved PAM startup diagnostics.
+ * Worked around the Solaris PAM bug that was causing
+ crashes there, so now PAM is turned on by default.
+ * Made configure detect the number of arguments that
+ pam_strerror() takes, since on Linux, this apparently
+ changed between 2.0 and 2.2, sigh.
+ * Made the /proc/interrupts kludge look for "PS/2 Mouse"
+ as well as "keyboard".
+ * Made xscreensaver notice when there has been a sudden
+ large jump in wall-clock time, and if so, lock right
+ away, instead of waiting for "lockTimeout" to expire
+ first. (Laptops need this for safer recovery from
+ ``hibernation.'')
+ * Added `-throttle' option to `xscreensaver-command'.
+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.
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