[resolved] RSS GLX screensavers not working on Bullseye

[pcdoctor01]

The RSS GLX screensavers worked on Buster. These screensavers do not work on Bullseye. When scrolling through the xscreensaver list it says "not installed" after upgrading to Bullseye. I've done the usual commands to reinstall but still the same issue. Any ideas?

[Aki]

Hello,
Is the package https://packages.debian.org/bullseye/rss-glx installed ?
Bye.

[pcdoctor01]

Yes. RSS-GLX is installed. Maybe it's a bug.

Hello,
Is the package https://packages.debian.org/bullseye/rss-glx installed ?
Bye.

[Aki]

Yes. RSS-GLX is installed. Maybe it's a bug.

Yes, a bug has been reported in the Debian Bug Tracking System [1] with a patch.

You can:
1) rebuild the package with the patch to get a working package again
or
2) issue the following command as user root to modify the installed files to make them work again:

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cp -rv /usr/libexec/xscreensaver/ /usr/lib

I suggest you to update to the bug report [1] to further confirm the bug and to solicit an update of the package (for example, a NMU update). Let me know if you need more explanations.

[1] https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugrepo ... bug=979490

[pcdoctor01]

Thanks for responding.
Thanks so much for the tip!
Here is part of what happened after I ran your command:
'/usr/libexec/xscreensaver/crackberg' -> '/usr/lib/xscreensaver/crackberg'
'/usr/libexec/xscreensaver/cube21' -> '/usr/lib/xscreensaver/cube21'
'/usr/libexec/xscreensaver/cubenetic' -> '/usr/lib/xscreensaver/cubenetic'
'/usr/libexec/xscreensaver/cubicgrid' -> '/usr/lib/xscreensaver/cubicgrid'
'/usr/libexec/xscreensaver/dangerball' -> '/usr/lib/xscreensaver/dangerball'
'/usr/libexec/xscreensaver/deepstars' -> '/usr/lib/xscreensaver/deepstars'
'/usr/libexec/xscreensaver/extrusion' -> '/usr/lib/xscreensaver/extrusion'
'/usr/libexec/xscreensaver/fliptext' -> '/usr/lib/xscreensaver/fliptext'
'/usr/libexec/xscreensaver/flurry' -> '/usr/lib/xscreensaver/flurry'
'/usr/libexec/xscreensaver/glhanoi' -> '/usr/lib/xscreensaver/glhanoi'
'/usr/libexec/xscreensaver/glplanet' -> '/usr/lib/xscreensaver/glplanet'
'/usr/libexec/xscreensaver/gravitywell' -> '/usr/lib/xscreensaver/gravitywell'
'/usr/libexec/xscreensaver/handsy' -> '/usr/lib/xscreensaver/handsy'
'/usr/libexec/xscreensaver/hilbert' -> '/usr/lib/xscreensaver/hilbert'
'/usr/libexec/xscreensaver/hypnowheel' -> '/usr/lib/xscreensaver/hypnowheel'
'/usr/libexec/xscreensaver/jigsaw' -> '/usr/lib/xscreensaver/jigsaw'
'/usr/libexec/xscreensaver/juggler3d' -> '/usr/lib/xscreensaver/juggler3d'
'/usr/libexec/xscreensaver/klein' -> '/usr/lib/xscreensaver/klein'
'/usr/libexec/xscreensaver/lament' -> '/usr/lib/xscreensaver/lament'
'/usr/libexec/xscreensaver/menger' -> '/usr/lib/xscreensaver/menger'
'/usr/libexec/xscreensaver/noof' -> '/usr/lib/xscreensaver/noof'
'/usr/libexec/xscreensaver/photopile' -> '/usr/lib/xscreensaver/photopile'

I still get the not installed message but I'm assuming because I have not rebooted my pc.
I'm going to reboot to see if that fixes my issue.

Yes, a bug has been reported in the Debian Bug Tracking System [1] with a patch.

You can:
1) rebuild the package with the patch to get a working package again
or
2) issue the following command as user root to modify the installed files to make them work again:

Code: Select all

cp -rv /usr/libexec/xscreensaver/ /usr/lib

I suggest you to update to the bug report [1] to further confirm the bug and to solicit an update of the package (for example, a NMU update). Let me know if you need more explanations.

[1] https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugrepo ... bug=979490

[pcdoctor01]

I still get the "not installed" message in the screensaver window on the RSS-GLX screensavers.
Because of your tip, I did noticed that /usr/lib/xscreensaver has 263 files and /usr/libexec/xscreensaver has 240 files.
I'm going to copy the missing files to /usr/libexec/xscreensaver and see if that fixes my issue.
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Here is my fix:
Copying the missing RSS-GLX xscreensaver files to /usr/libexec/xscreensaver manually fixed my issue or
cp -rv /usr/lib/xscreensaver/ /usr/libexec
Thanks to you and your tip, I would have not know about the /usr/libexec/xscreensaver path.
I always knew about /usr/lib/xscreensaver but not /usr/libexec/xscreensaver.
Thank again for your help!
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After going to another machine with Bullseye, I see what the problem with the command was.
instead of using cp -rv /usr/libexec/xscreensaver/ /usr/lib I used:
cp -rv /usr/lib/xscreensaver/ /usr/libexec
I added my info to the bug report. Thanks!

[Aki]

@pcdoctor01:
thank you for the update about the fix and the bug report update. This will be useful to other users with the same issue. Happy Debian and happy hacking.

[pcdoctor01]

Thank you Aki for the help and the tip!
Those RSS GLX screensavers are addicting!

@pcdoctor01:
thank you for the update about the fix and the bug report update. This will be useful to other users with the same issue. Happy Debian and happy hacking.