Re: Screensaver with more than one directory

de Morten Skarstad 05/08/2006 05:40

Sietse Fliege skrev:
>> Did we download the same file? I downloaded
>> http://www.cs.ucr.edu/~gstitt/motionpicture/mp1_14_installer.zip and
>> could not find any .scr file within it. I even tried opening the
>> various .cab files, but my archiver (TugZIP) did not seem to handle
>> them.

> If your copy misses the MotionPicture.scr file, that would explain why
> the installer would not work. :)
> The simplest explanation would be that you downloaded an incomplete zip
> file. I just now redownloaded and it does contain the file.
> Filesize: 1,43 MB (1.500.792 bytes)

Again, did the filename match? My file was _larger_ than yours (1576190
bytes), so I don't think mine was incomplete.

It seems the web page links to at least three different downloads: 1.13,
1.14 and 1.14.1. The one on
http://www.cs.ucr.edu/~gstitt/motionpicture/download.html (which I would
assume was the latest stable version) is 1.14, and this is the one I
downloaded. 1.13 was available as a single .scr-file, but this displayed
nothing on my secondary monitor.

Here is a shell transcript with the size and contents of the 1.14 .zip file:

[morten@pumba shared]$ ls -l mp1_14_installer.zip
-rwxr--r-- 1 morten morten 1576190 mai 8 17:15 mp1_14_installer.zip
[morten@pumba shared]$ unzip -l mp1_14_installer.zip
Archive: mp1_14_installer.zip
Length Date Time Name
-------- ---- ---- ----
300178 11-19-97 16:05 mp1_14_installer/_INST32I.EX_
8192 11-19-97 16:05 mp1_14_installer/_ISDEL.EXE
11264 11-19-97 16:08 mp1_14_installer/_setup.dll
186302 08-07-04 14:04 mp1_14_installer/_sys1.cab
44957 08-07-04 14:04 mp1_14_installer/_user1.cab
113 08-07-04 14:04 mp1_14_installer/DATA.TAG
1032458 08-07-04 14:04 mp1_14_installer/data1.cab
4557 05-30-97 11:31 mp1_14_installer/lang.dat
353 08-07-04 14:04 mp1_14_installer/layout.bin
417 05-06-97 14:15 mp1_14_installer/os.dat
228572 07-10-04 17:03 mp1_14_installer/setup.bmp
59904 11-19-97 16:09 mp1_14_installer/SETUP.EXE
83 08-07-04 14:04 mp1_14_installer/SETUP.INI
56012 08-07-04 14:04 mp1_14_installer/setup.ins
49 08-07-04 14:04 mp1_14_installer/setup.lid
-------- -------
1933411 15 files
[morten@pumba shared]$

I just downloaded and tried the 1.14.1 file, and that one _did_ contain
a .scr file. I tried it, and the first time I tried it I did get a
picture on both monitors. However, the zoom levels were totally off, and
only half pictures were shown. Changing the multiple monitors settings
on MP to split a picture across several monitors displayed the same
problem. Setting the very same setting _back_ to displaying different
pictures on each monitor had the result of MP not working at all; Now my
monitor only turns black when the saver kicks in.

If I disable the secondary monitor, MP works just fine on monitor 1:
Pictures are displayed, and zoom levels are fine. Reenabling monitor 2
brings me back to two black screens.

I'm sticking with Nostalgic. It works, and it has the options I need.