I was running Xubuntu 18.04 until a little while ago (within the last
few weeks) when I upgraded to 20.04. I was using xscreensaver and had to uninstall it and reinstall it for it to work. It seems that the new version is part of the release but I had some issues with it. The first issue was that the xfce4-screensaver kept coming back and taking over. I went to Session and Startup settings to take it out, and it came back again uninvited. I've taken the second one out and now it seems to be more benevolent - it's not coming back again anymore. However, the new xscreensaver does something I haven't seen for a long time. When I unlock the screen, there are a series of messages in a tiny font in the upper left side of the screen until the unlock completes. they look like this (transcribed from a photo, so I hope this is correct): xscreensaver: unloadable, unparsable font: *-*-dina-bold-r-*-*-10-*-*-*-*-*-*-* xscreensaver: unloadable, unparsable font: *-*-dina-bold-r-*-*-10-*-*-*-*-*-*-* xscreensaver: unloadable, unparsable font: *-*-dina-medium-r-*-*-10-*-*-*-*-*-*-*xscreensaver: unloadable, unparsable font: *-*-dina-medium-r-*-*-10-*-*-*-*-*-*-* xscreensaver: unloadable, unparsable font: *-*-dina-bold-r-*-*-10-*-*-*-*-*-*-* xscreensaver: unloadable, unparsable font: *-*-dina-medium-r-*-*-10-*-*-*-*-*-*-* xscreensaver: unloadable, unparsable font: *-*-dina-medium-r-*-*-10-*-*-*-*-*-*-* I looked this up in Google, but the answers are greek to me and I don't see the connection to xscreensaver. I did try xset fp rehash, but that doesn't solve the issue. Does anyone know? Thanks. Mark -- ubuntu-users mailing list [hidden email] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users |
On Sun, 18 Oct 2020 at 01:21, MR ZenWiz <[hidden email]> wrote:
> ... > xscreensaver: unloadable, unparsable font: *-*-dina-bold-r-*-*-10-*-*-*-*-*-*-* > ... > I looked this up in Google, but the answers are greek to me and I > don't see the connection to xscreensaver. I did try xset fp rehash, > but that doesn't solve the issue. Does this help, see comment #3 in particular. https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xscreensaver/+bug/1733036 It was the first hit when I googled for xscreensaver: unloadable, unparsable font Colin -- ubuntu-users mailing list [hidden email] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users |
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On Sun, 18 Oct 2020 at 02:21, MR ZenWiz <[hidden email]> wrote:
> > The first issue was that the xfce4-screensaver kept coming back and > taking over. I went to Session and Startup settings to take it out, > and it came back again uninvited. I've taken the second one out and > now it seems to be more benevolent - it's not coming back again > anymore I've seen similar. Just uninstall it completely. > I looked this up in Google, but the answers are greek to me and I > don't see the connection to xscreensaver. I did try xset fp rehash, > but that doesn't solve the issue. Tried installing the optional extras? sudo apt install xubuntu-restricted-extras sudo apt-install-xscreensaver* -- Liam Proven – Profile: https://about.me/liamproven Email: [hidden email] – gMail/gTalk/gHangouts: [hidden email] Twitter/Facebook/LinkedIn/Flickr: lproven – Skype: liamproven UK: +44 7939-087884 – ČR (+ WhatsApp/Telegram/Signal): +420 702 829 053 -- ubuntu-users mailing list [hidden email] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users |
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On Sun, Oct 18, 2020 at 1:39 AM Colin Law <[hidden email]> wrote:
> : > > Does this help, see comment #3 in particular. > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xscreensaver/+bug/1733036 > It was the first hit when I googled for > xscreensaver: unloadable, unparsable font > Yes. Having to reboot was annoying, but the problem is now gone. Thanks. Mark -- ubuntu-users mailing list [hidden email] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users |
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On Sun, Oct 18, 2020 at 5:39 AM Liam Proven <[hidden email]> wrote:
> > On Sun, 18 Oct 2020 at 02:21, MR ZenWiz <[hidden email]> wrote: > > > > The first issue was that the xfce4-screensaver kept coming back and > > taking over. I went to Session and Startup settings to take it out, > > and it came back again uninvited. I've taken the second one out and > > now it seems to be more benevolent - it's not coming back again > > anymore > > I've seen similar. Just uninstall it completely. > reboot, xfce4-screensaver came back up, so I uninstalled it (purged it). Now it's gone, hopefully for good. > > I looked this up in Google, but the answers are greek to me and I > > don't see the connection to xscreensaver. I did try xset fp rehash, > > but that doesn't solve the issue. > > Tried installing the optional extras? > > sudo apt install xubuntu-restricted-extras > $ sudo apt install xubuntu-restricted-extras Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done E: Unable to locate package xubuntu-restricted-extras > sudo apt-install-xscreensaver* > [Replaced the dashes with spaces:] $ sudo apt install xscreensaver* Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done E: Unable to locate package xscreensaver* Which is odd because I installed it with apt... $ apt-cache pkgnames | $grep $COLOR xscreensaver 2> /dev/null xscreensaver-gl xscreensaver-data xscreensaver-screensaver-bsod xscreensaver-data-extra xscreensaver-screensaver-dizzy libopengl-xscreensaver-perl xscreensaver xscreensaver-screensaver-webcollage xscreensaver-gl-extra That said, it's up, no errors (I installed xfonts-75dpi and xfonts-100dpi and renamed "dina" to "helvetica" in ~/.Xdefaults as per Colin's reference, then rebooted). At least it all works now. Thanks again. Mark -- ubuntu-users mailing list [hidden email] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users |
On Sun, 18 Oct 2020 at 20:18, MR ZenWiz <[hidden email]> wrote:
> > > > I did that after I rebooted using Colin's suggestion. After the > reboot, xfce4-screensaver came back up, so I uninstalled it (purged > it). Now it's gone, hopefully for good. Oh, come on, man, you know better than that. *Never* ask until you've turned it off and back on again! :-( > E: Unable to locate package xubuntu-restricted-extras > $ apt-cache pkgnames | $grep $COLOR xscreensaver 2> /dev/null > xscreensaver-gl > xscreensaver-data > xscreensaver-screensaver-bsod > xscreensaver-data-extra > xscreensaver-screensaver-dizzy > libopengl-xscreensaver-perl > xscreensaver > xscreensaver-screensaver-webcollage > xscreensaver-gl-extra OK, those are the extra packages I was referring to. I don't know why the wildcard didn't get them. I would probably try with Synaptic IIWY. -- Liam Proven – Profile: https://about.me/liamproven Email: [hidden email] – gMail/gTalk/gHangouts: [hidden email] Twitter/Facebook/LinkedIn/Flickr: lproven – Skype: liamproven UK: +44 7939-087884 – ČR (+ WhatsApp/Telegram/Signal): +420 702 829 053 -- ubuntu-users mailing list [hidden email] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users |
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