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Description
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We currently ship Xscreensaver based on the open source 4.05 release. Several
upgrades have been released since then - the latest being 4.24. We should
upgrade to 4.24 from http://www.jwz.org/xscreensaver/ to get these fixes/changes
- especially the "portability tweaks" in 4.11, which include fixes for several
problems we reported when compiling on Solaris:
Changes since 4.23: * New versions of `cube21', `glsnake', `celtic'.
* Backed out a DPMS-related patch that cause desktop
flickering with some X servers.
* Fixed startup crash in getgroups() when running setuid.
* Default to not displaying stderr on the saver window.
* Fixed bad free() in "Documentation" button.
* Don't try to run hacks that aren't installed.
* Minor fixes to various XML config files and man pages.
Changes since 4.22: * New hacks, `glhanoi', `cube21', `timetunnel',
`juggler3d', and `celtic'.
* New versions of `tangram', `webcollage', `hypertorus',
`polytopes', and `ripples'.
* `sonar' is now quiet about unresolvable hosts.
* Minor corrections to BASIC code in `apple2'.
* xscreensaver-demo now provides an RPM clue when none
of the hacks seem to be installed.
* Don't install `ant' by default, since there is some
Java tool of that name, which was causing confusion.
And also it's boring.
* Made screen grabbing work again on MacOS 10.4.2.
* No longer prints bogus warnings about ClientMessages
intended for the window manager.
* Ignore unprintable characters in passwd entry field.
* Fixed yet another cross-host-display image-loading
endian problem.
* `xscreensaver-command -watch' and `-time' now work
on 64-bit machines.
Changes since 4.21: * Fixed a bug in the new mouse-motion code that caused
the screen to never blank on multi-head non-Xinerama
systems. Oops.
* New hacks, `interaggregate', `antmaze', `tangram',
and `crackberg'.
* Minor tweaks to `fiberlamp', `ifs', `slidescreen',
`zoom', `sonar', `fireworkx', `whirlwindwarp',
`bubble3d', and `rd-bomb'.
* Added motion blur to `blinkbox'.
* `bsod' now includes Longhorn's "RSOD", and OS/2.
* Fixed `-wireframe' usage in most hacks and man pages.
Changes since 4.20: * New hack: `fliptext'.
* Changed default configure installation directories:
/usr/bin/ for xscreensaver, etc.;
/usr/libexec/xscreensaver/ for hacks;
/usr/share/xscreensaver/config/ for xml files.
* All the text-manipulating screen savers can have their
text source configured via `xscreensaver-demo' now.
* xscreensaver.spec now builds three RPMs:
base (no hacks); extras (2d hacks); and gl-extras.
* Added `-program' and `-front' option to `gltext'.
* Added `-shells' to `molecule'.
* Fixed text-alpha glitch in `carousel'.
* New `pacman': the ghosts can be killed now.
* Fixed a bug in screen-grabbing GL hacks where images
would be tiled instead of scaled on machines that
can't do large textures.
* `webcollage' can hit Flickr now.
* New (rewritten) implementation of `ifs'.
* The unlock dialog can be made to have a "New Login"
button that will run `gdmflexiserver'. Experimental!
* Fixed non-ASCII display bug in `starwars'.
* Configure finds a default for imageDirectory.
* "xscreensaver-command -lock" now works even if
in "screensaver disabled" mode.
* If a bad password is typed while CapsLock is on, the
unlock dialog says "CapsLock?" instead of "Sorry".
* Mouse motion only counts as activity if the mouse moved
more than 10 pixels (so the screen won't unblank every
time you bump your desk.)
* New mode option "random-same": if you have multiple
monitors, this will run the *same* randomly chosen
hack on each screen, instead of different ones on each.
Changes since 4.19: * New hacks, `fiberlamp', `boing', `boxfit', and
`carousel'.
* Rewrote `glslideshow' again: should be faster now.
* Sped up loading of images in GL programs.
* `starwars' uses texture-mapped fonts now.
* New `bsod' modes: tru64, hppa, and nvidia.
* Updates to `webcollage', `juggle', `pinion',
`fireworkx', `sonar', `extrusion', `substrate', and
`pong'.
Changes since 4.18: * New hacks, `substrate', `intermomentary', `fireworkx',
and `pinion'.
* New version of `flow'.
* Made /proc/interrupts work again on Linux 2.6.
* Made `analogtv' not hog the CPU.
* Made analogtv-based hacks work properly on PPC/ARM.
* Fixed a bad memory leak in `piecewise'.
* Minor updates to `sonar', `molecule', `glmatrix',
`galaxy', and `webcollage'.
* Removed support for GTK 1.x (everyone uses 2.x now.)
Changes since 4.17: * Oops, pay no attention to the man behind the curtain.
Changes since 4.16: * New hacks, `anemotaxis' and `memscroller'.
* Fixed a bad bug that caused `vidwhacker' to never die.
* Fixed normals and lighting in `polyhedra'.
* Don't reuse the window when changing hacks (to work
around bugs in some GL implementations.)
* Made `xscreensaver-getimage-file' skip thumbnail-sized
images.
* Fixed endian problem in `barcode' on non-x86.
* Updates to `webcollage', `apple2', `fuzzyflakes',
`atunnel', and `pacman'.
* Timing tweaks to `bubble3d', `bouncingcow', `engine',
`gltext', `lavalite', `molecule', `spotlight',
`sballs', `boxed', `blinkbox', and `circuit'.
* Configure updates for Fedora core 2 / xorg 6.7.0.
* Compile without warnings under gcc 3.3.3.
* I give up: don't blank or lock the screen if we can't
get a keyboard grab. In that case, both choices are
bad.
Changes since 4.15: * New hacks, `polyhedra', `fuzzyflakes', `antinspect',
and `providence'.
* Minor updates to `webcollage', `bsod', `endgame',
`antspotlight', `xmatrix', and `glmatrix'.
* Added support for the RANDR (Resize and Rotate)
extension to detect when the size of the desktop has
been changed while xscreensaver is already running.
* Possibly-futile attempt to work around "rdesktop"
focus/grab idiocy.
* Made `xscreensaver-getimage -file' still work even if
imageDirectory is unset.
* Convert Latin1 to ASCII in `starwars' and `phosphor'
(since the GLUT font only has ASCII glyphs.)
* Fixed randomization in `noof'.
* Added "GetViewPortIsFullOfLies" preference to work
around longstanding XFree86 bug #421.
* Made `sonar' subnet pinging work properly on bigendian
machines (e.g., PPC.)
Changes since 4.14: * New hacks, `wormhole', `mismunch', `noof', and
`pacman'.
* `phosphor' and `apple2' include vt100 emulators now:
this means you can do "phosphor -program top", or
can use either program as an xterm replacement:
"apple2 -text -fast -program 'xemacs -nw'".
* `analogtv' (and related) fill the screen better.
* The '-gradient' option works in `atlantis' now.
* Minor updates to `blinkbox', `queens', `endgame',
`glmatrix', `mirrorblob', `blocktube', and `molecule'.
* Integrated SuSE's "external passwd helper" support.
* Marginally better /tmp handling in various programs.
* Updated config defaults for xplanet 1.0.3.
* Portability fixes.
Changes since 4.13: * New hacks, `fontglide', `apple2', `xanalogtv', `pong',
`gleidescope', `mirrorblob', and `blinkbox'.
* New version of `glsnake' (with many more models.)
* Another Windows crash in `bsod'; also HVX/GCOS6/TPS6.
* New version of `endgame'.
* Screen grabbing works on MacOS X.
* Various minor fixes.
Changes since 4.12: * On Xinerama systems, xscreensaver now runs one hack on
each monitor (just like in "real" multi-head mode)
instead of running one hack stretching across all the
screens. Note that for this to work with any 3rd party
screensavers, they must update their "vroot.h" file.
* `webcollage' and `vidwhacker' display images using
`xscreensaver-getimage' now.
* Added `ljlatest' script for use with `starwars' and
`phosphor'.
Changes since 4.11: * New GL hacks, `flipflop', `antspotlight', and
`polytopes'.
* Added VMS to `bsod'.
* Compile without warnings in "gcc -pedantic".
* Updates to `webcollage' and `queens'.
* Fixed a bug that could cause PAM to hang.
Changes since 4.10: * New hacks, `hypertorus', `cubestorm', `glknots',
`blocktube', and `glmatrix'.
* Updates to `cloudlife', `engine', `xmatrix', and
`sonar'.
* Rewrote `glslideshow': it should work on somewhat
wimpier video cards now.
* Various portability tweaks.
Changes since 4.09: * New hacks, `cloudlife' and `klein'.
* Added Apple ][+, HPUX, and OS/390 sessions to BSOD.
* Added some Matrix Reloaded text to `xmatrix'.
* Updates to `webcollage', `eruption', `jigglypuff',
`metaballs', and `endgame'.
* Completely ignore the `memoryLimit' setting now.
Changes since 4.08: * New hacks, `flyingtoasters', `bouncingcow',
`jigglypuff', and `glslideshow'.
* More models in `engine'.
* Rewrote `xscreensaver-getimage' to remove reliance on
external image loaders (xv, chbg, xloadimage, etc.)
and to reduce flicker when loading files.
* Made `gflux' and `flipscreen3d' be mouse-spinnable.
Changes since 4.07: * New hacks, `atunnels' and `piecewise'.
* Physics improvement in `fluidballs'.
* Various fixes for XDarwin systems (X11 on MacOS X.)
* Added -clock option to `barcode'.
* Minor fixes to `endgame', `flurry', `flipscreen3d',
and `gflux'.
Changes since 4.06: * New hacks, `flurry', `metaballs', `eruption',
`popsquares', and `barcode'.
* Minor updates to `maze' for high density mazes.
* Added double buffering to `fluidballs' and `whirlygig'.
* Bug fixes for running xscreensaver to a remote XFree86
display (which nobody would ever do...)
* Updated `webcollage' (faster Alta Vista searching.)
* Updated `glplanet' so the sun sets in the west.
* Updated `sproingies' with smooth, unsegmented surfaces.
* Fixed Perl version-sensitivity in
`xscreensaver-getimage-file'.
* Fixed GTK2 scrolling bug in `xscreensaver-demo'.
Changes since 4.05: * New hack, `glblur' (disabled by default, since it
requires fast OpenGL texture support.)
* New hack, `halftone'.
* Updates to `endgame', `queens', `bumps', `glplanet',
`engine', and `circuit'.
* New version of `menger' that uses far fewer polygons.
* Fixed minor bug in `critical' that could cause some
bogus X servers to crash.
* Better labels in `molecule': the labels now appear to
be attached to the atoms, instead of floating in front
of the whole scene.
* Fixed bug that could rarely cause GL hacks to fail to
double-buffer (causing intermittent flickering.)
* Fixed a relative-URL-parsing bug in `webcollage'.
* Fixed a bug that (sometimes) caused the window manager
close box to kill `xscreensaver-demo' with a crash
instead of a graceful exit.
* Updated xscreensaver.pam to the Red Hat 7.3 way.
* More Gnome2-related configure crap.
* Updated to latest `config.guess' and `config.sub'.
* Fixed occasional core dump in `distort'.
* Added a Linux fsck failure and kernel panic to `bsod'.
* Added MacOS X kernel panic to `bsod'.
* Fixed a bug in `bsod' (all bsod bugs are ironic.)
* Fixed a bug that caused `xscreensaver-gl-helper' to
print a nonsense visual ID with some versions of
`printf': this could cause GL programs to display
incorrectly (e.g., flickery.)
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xscreensaver 5.0 is out now, with these additional new changes since 4.24:
Changes since 4.24: * Ported to MacOS X! (10.4.0 or newer)
* API change: instead of providing a single screenhack()
function that does not return, screen savers using the
screenhack.h framework must now provide "init" and
"draw one frame" functions instead. All bundled savers
have been updated; third-party patches will need work.
* All image-loading happens asynchronously.
* xscreensaver-getimage-file caches the contents of the
image directory for a few hours, so consecutive runs
won't have to re-list the whole directory tree.
* New hacks, `topblock' and `glschool'.
* Removed `xteevee' (superceded by `xanalogtv').
* Added variable-sized puzzle pieces to `jigsaw'.
* Changes to the defaults and command-line options of
many hacks to make the .xml files more consistent.
* Reap zombies in `glslideshow' and `carousel'.
* `sonar' works without setuid on OSX (dgram icmp).
* `xmatrix -mode pipe' displays the text of a subprocess.
* `endgame' has higher resolution chess-piece models.
* `webcollage' takes a -directory option to get images
from a local directory.
* The RPM spec file no longer auto-restarts xscreensaver
when a new version is installed. Restart it manually.
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