xscreensaver clock

[stinkeye]

Brilliant, Thank you very much

The xscreensaver had a fix for making the clock not move which I would have
liked.
I sent an email to the author to see if there is a fix for the
gnome-screensaver version.

[stinkeye]

Ok, I just love the way open-source operates.
I sent an email to the author about making the clock static and got an answer.

gksudo gedit /usr/share/applications/screensavers/anclock.desktop

and change the lines

Exec=anclock
TryExec=anclock

to read

Exec=/usr/lib/gnome-screensaver/gnome-screensaver/anclock -p
TryExec=/usr/lib/gnome-screensaver/gnome-screensaver/anclock

You may have to change to another screensaver and back for changes to take effect.


He has also posted a new version @ http://www.d8.dion.ne.jp/~pt2k/software/gnome-clock-screensaver/index_e.html

I installed the new version and it's basically the same (just minor documentation and path changes), and you still
need to edit the /usr/share/applications/screensavers/anclock.desktop
file to make the clock static.

[ully-mick]

ah, thats better. static and centred. cheers.

[PetteriP]

Woaaahh! This is EXACTLY what I've been looking for for a long time, brother!
And sorry to be adding on a solved thread.

Try this

sudo apt-get install build-essential gcc

Done!

Now extract the folder gnome-clock-screensaver-1.0.1 from the
gnome-clock-screensaver-1.0.1.tar.gz file you downloaded
and place in your home directory.

Open the terminal and enter(change if your folder has different name)

cd ~/gnome-clock-screensaver-1.0.1

Then enter

make

...but I did get errors here

p@p:~/Downloads/gnome-clock-screensaver-1.0.1$ make
gcc `pkg-config gtk+-2.0 --cflags` -Wall -c gs-theme-window.c -o gs-theme-window.o
Package gtk+-2.0 was not found in the pkg-config search path.
Perhaps you should add the directory containing `gtk+-2.0.pc'
to the PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable
No package 'gtk+-2.0' found
gs-theme-window.c:31:18: error: glib.h: No such file or directory
gs-theme-window.c:32:25: error: glib-object.h: No such file or directory
gs-theme-window.c:33:24: error: glib/gi18n.h: No such file or directory
gs-theme-window.c:35:22: error: gdk/gdkx.h: No such file or directory
gs-theme-window.c:36:21: error: gtk/gtk.h: No such file or directory
In file included from gs-theme-window.c:38:
gs-theme-window.h:43: error: expected ‘=’, ‘,’, ‘;’, ‘asm’ or ‘__attribute__’ before ‘typedef’
gs-theme-window.h:48: error: expected specifier-qualifier-list before ‘GtkWindow’
gs-theme-window.h:57: error: expected specifier-qualifier-list before ‘GtkWindowClass’
gs-theme-window.h:67: error: expected ‘=’, ‘,’, ‘;’, ‘asm’ or ‘__attribute__’ before ‘gs_theme_window_get_type’
gs-theme-window.h:68: error: expected ‘=’, ‘,’, ‘;’, ‘asm’ or ‘__attribute__’ before ‘*’ token
gs-theme-window.c:40: error: expected ‘=’, ‘,’, ‘;’, ‘asm’ or ‘__attribute__’ before ‘static’
gs-theme-window.c:41: error: expected ‘)’ before ‘*’ token
gs-theme-window.c:43: error: expected ‘=’, ‘,’, ‘;’, ‘asm’ or ‘__attribute__’ before ‘*’ token
gs-theme-window.c:49: warning: return type defaults to ‘int’
gs-theme-window.c: In function ‘G_DEFINE_TYPE’:
gs-theme-window.c:51: error: expected ‘=’, ‘,’, ‘;’, ‘asm’ or ‘__attribute__’ before ‘{’ token
gs-theme-window.c:66: error: expected ‘)’ before ‘*’ token
gs-theme-window.c:94: error: expected ‘)’ before ‘*’ token
gs-theme-window.c:100: error: expected ‘)’ before ‘*’ token
gs-theme-window.c:114: error: expected ‘)’ before ‘*’ token
gs-theme-window.c:198: error: expected declaration specifiers before ‘GtkWidget’
gs-theme-window.c:208: error: expected ‘{’ at end of input
make: *** [gs-theme-window.o] Error 1
p@p:~/Downloads/gnome-clock-screensaver-1.0.1$

GTK+ is installed AFAIK.
Help appreciated!

[PetteriP]

...but I did get errors here

Hold it!
I didn't have gtk2.0-dev package installed.
Installing that baby did it.

Love this thing!