[HOW TO] Easy Snow on desktop

[jryprt]

1st credit go to Espreon for posting the script.
2nd credit go to Ankara23 for posting the snowflake .png
3rd credit go to Roofie for posting the extra snowflakes on Post #4

Make sure you have compizconfig-settings-manager installed.

#1 Download the attached script into your home folder, be sure (save to disk) is used .
#2 Code in Terminal " sh snowscript.sh " after its done close the Terminal .
Now you have snow But it is Square snowflakes . Now lets get snowflakes.
#3 Click on the attached (3) snow.png a new window with the snowflake will come up right click(if a new box does not open right click the .png & save as) will come up right click & save page as a new box should say.
#4 Name the snow.png & Save in folder (your user name) should be there.
#5 Now open Home Folder look for snow.png & leave it alone for now.
#6 Now in the Terminal code " sudo nautilus " do your password hit enter Then the root file will open.
#7 Then double click on file system.
#8 Then double click on home
#9 Then double click on (your user name) when you are in your user file
click on view & click on show hidden files or Ctrl+h
#10 Then double click on .compiz file after it opens copy the (3) snow.png to the .compiz file
or grab the (3) snow.png & do drag & drop to the .compiz file thats what I did close the files & close the Terminal.
#11 Now go to System>Preferences>Advanced Desktop Effects Setting & click.
#12 Go to Extras & find snow click on it,then click on Enable Snow
#13 Then click on the Textures tab, click add , a Edit Snow Textures box opens.
#14 On the right side of the box click on the file icon , a open file box comes up.
#15 Click on .compiz hit open (if you cannot find .compiz file then hit Ctrl + h to show hidden files)
#16 Now click on snow.png hit open, now we are back to Edit Snow Textures box hit OK.
Repete steps 13-14-15-16 to get more snowflakes. Now close all boxes & files .
Now restart your pc (I had too to get it to work)
Super key + F3 turns in on & off
I Hope It Works For You let us know

EDIT: Here is some .png for Halloween remove snow .png put it Halloween .png on Post #20
EDIT: just right click on the Attached Images of the snowflake than save page as.

[Roofie]

Works great !!
Thank you \\:D/

[jryprt]

Thanks for letting me know it works.

The only thing I see I need to add is just right on the Attached Images of the snowflake than save page as.

[Roofie]

My wife like the pluggin so much i added some more snow flake pics.
So with different looking flakes coming down it looks more real.
I figure i cant help with much here on the forum with fixxing things,so
I can offer some more snow flake pics to add for the pluggin.
To use the snow flake pics just right click save as.
Here is a pic from my desktop

http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n38/CanadianWarez/Screenshot.png

[jryprt]

Thanks they do look nice. You can help me how did you get the screenshot
in your post without it being an attachment ? I have the screenshot know I would like to show it , it to big for attachment.

[Roofie]

I use photobucket for hosting pictures.
Does not take long to register and they have a free account.
I find host sites are better they dont leach bandwith off the forums :)

[jryprt]

I use photobucket for hosting pictures.
Does not take long to register and they have a free account.
I find host sites are better they dont leach bandwith off the forums :)
Will I got photobucket account I still can not get it to upload its to big or not the right URL standards for the forum.

[jryprt]

Mine at my home

[jryprt]

http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii305/jryprt/home.png

[nikoPSK]

thanks. but you could get it from git. (I am a terminal/ BASH freak... don't blame me:p)

[apothecaryaaron]

Wow. That is beautiful. Thanks for the how-to. Worked well on the first try.

[apothecaryaaron]

Something else worth noting. The snow stays animated and falls in the cube. If you have transparency set at a decent level, it appears to be snowing from above and below the cube as well. SWEET!

[pointfivezero]

It worked very well for me. Thank you!

[mikeg113]

Ubuntu logo snow!

[jryprt]

http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii305/jryprt/11-1.png

[nmopal]

I'm sorry if my first post is a cry for help, but I've looked at every website on how to get this to work with no help at all. I did everything you said step by step THREE TIMES and I keep getting errors.

Here is what I get:

nmopal@kevin-desktop:~$ sh snowscript.sh
E: Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (11 Resource temporarily unavailable)
E: Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), is another process using it?
E: Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (11 Resource temporarily unavailable)
E: Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), is another process using it?
--22:06:39-- http://gitweb.beryl-project.org/?p=fusion/plugins/snow;a=snapshot;h=01d0ff6ec71dae4699bc990e0114569c 8ad4e083;sf=tgz
=> `snow.tar.gz'
Resolving gitweb.beryl-project.org... 195.114.19.35
Connecting to gitweb.beryl-project.org|195.114.19.35|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: unspecified [application/x-gzip]

[ <=> ] 8,710 49.33K/s

22:06:40 (49.11 KB/s) - `snow.tar.gz' saved [8710]

drwxrwxr-x root/root 0 2007-08-06 10:48 snow/
-rw-rw-r-- root/root 16338 2007-08-06 10:48 snow/Makefile
-rw-rw-r-- root/root 14 2007-08-06 10:48 snow/plugin.info
-rw-rw-r-- root/root 17013 2007-08-06 10:48 snow/snow.c
-rw-rw-r-- root/root 3757 2007-08-06 10:48 snow/snow.xml.in
convert : snow.xml.in -> build/snow.xml
bcop'ing : build/snow.xml -> build/snow_options.h/bin/sh: --header=build/snow_options.h: not found
make: *** [build/snow_options.h] Error 127
bcop'ing : build/snow.xml -> build/snow_options.h/bin/sh: --header=build/snow_options.h: not found
make: *** [build/snow_options.h] Error 127

I also tried manually installing xglsnow-0.2.0 but when I get to the "make" option in the terminal, I get attacked with errors. I managed to get most of the errors solved by installing packages for Beryl, but the last one "Package SM" has 400+ different programs Id have to download and it wont tell me individual ones I need. :/

I'm new to the Linux thing and I'm running Ubuntu 7.04 Feisty Fawn, any help would be gladly appreciated. I'll check this thread frequently.

Thanks.

[Brindled]

sorry to hear that, nmopal. the OP is running gutsy 7.10. i'm not sure if that has any bearing on the outcome. all the other users that have posted that it's working are also.

it worked for me.

thanks jryprt for posting the How-to, and thanks to Roofie for posting the extra snowflakes.

[jryprt]

I'm sorry if my first post is a cry for help, but I've looked at every website on how to get this to work with no help at all. I did everything you said step by step THREE TIMES and I keep getting errors.

Here is what I get:

nmopal@kevin-desktop:~$ sh snowscript.sh
E: Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (11 Resource temporarily unavailable)
E: Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), is another process using it?
E: Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (11 Resource temporarily unavailable)
E: Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), is another process using it?
--22:06:39-- http://gitweb.beryl-project.org/?p=fusion/plugins/snow;a=snapshot;h=01d0ff6ec71dae4699bc990e0114569c 8ad4e083;sf=tgz
=> `snow.tar.gz'
Resolving gitweb.beryl-project.org... 195.114.19.35
Connecting to gitweb.beryl-project.org|195.114.19.35|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: unspecified [application/x-gzip]

[ <=> ] 8,710 49.33K/s

22:06:40 (49.11 KB/s) - `snow.tar.gz' saved [8710]

drwxrwxr-x root/root 0 2007-08-06 10:48 snow/
-rw-rw-r-- root/root 16338 2007-08-06 10:48 snow/Makefile
-rw-rw-r-- root/root 14 2007-08-06 10:48 snow/plugin.info
-rw-rw-r-- root/root 17013 2007-08-06 10:48 snow/snow.c
-rw-rw-r-- root/root 3757 2007-08-06 10:48 snow/snow.xml.in
convert : snow.xml.in -> build/snow.xml
bcop'ing : build/snow.xml -> build/snow_options.h/bin/sh: --header=build/snow_options.h: not found
make: *** [build/snow_options.h] Error 127
bcop'ing : build/snow.xml -> build/snow_options.h/bin/sh: --header=build/snow_options.h: not found
make: *** [build/snow_options.h] Error 127

I also tried manually installing xglsnow-0.2.0 but when I get to the "make" option in the terminal, I get attacked with errors. I managed to get most of the errors solved by installing packages for Beryl, but the last one "Package SM" has 400+ different programs Id have to download and it wont tell me individual ones I need. :/

I'm new to the Linux thing and I'm running Ubuntu 7.04 Feisty Fawn, any help would be gladly appreciated. I'll check this thread frequently.

Thanks.


Try posting in the Absolute Beginner Talk someone mite know what the error
is , tell them what you are doing & what you did .

[Nephron]

No need to install beryl for their snow pngs, they have them on the interweb for your thieving pleasures:

http://www.beryl-themes.org/content/show.php/Snowflakes+Pack+for+Snow+Plugin?content=50346&PHPSESSID=71a604f8ceb528ed4aeca926ff1d1b78

Enjoy.

[jryprt]

Here are some .png for Halloween just remove snow .png put in Halloween .png

[shifty2]

worked brilliantly. Nicely seasonal, cheers

[jflaker]

that is awesome! Anyone have more snowflakes than were already posted?

[jryprt]

that is awesome! Anyone have more snowflakes than were already posted?

Here is some http://graphicssoft.about.com/od/freedownloads/l/blfreepng05.htm?rd=1