error: XSCREENSAVER_WINDOW is not set

[jimjamz]

1. Made nightcap: winegcc -O2 nightcap.c -o nightcap.exe -lX11
2. Moved nightcap.exe to /usr/local/bin/, automatically on $PATH.
3. Moved Flying Windows.scr to /usr/local/bin/
4. Appended the following to ~/.xscreensaver: "Flying Windows" nightcap.exe "Flying Windows.scr" \n\
5. Running wine /usr/local/bin/Flying\ Windows.scr displays the screensaver settings.
6. Running xscreensaver-settings shows the added screensaver available in the list, but the preview only displays a blank screen.
7. The screensaver does not initiate at the specified time, only the blank screen.
8. Running wine /usr/local/bin/nightcap.exe returns the error, error: XSCREENSAVER_WINDOW is not set.

From the README, it's not clear how to run the screensaver successfully. The How section of the readme is not understandable or easy to follow.

[abrasive]

Hi mate, I'm sorry it's giving you trouble. I wrote this for myself & released it in the hope that others would get some enjoyment from it.

What happens if you run wine "Flying Windows.scr"?

[abrasive]

Sorry, I meant to write wine "Flying Windows.scr" /s to start the actual screensaver.

Notably, Flying Windows requires that you have Wingdings font installed. I dropped wingding.ttf in my ~/.fonts/.

[jimjamz]

Hi,

Yes, installing the wingding.ttf font, and running wine "Flying Windows.scr" /s does run the screensaver, albeit in WINE. I don't see how the nightcap project helps with that though. When I run xscreensaver-settings, I can see that the screensaver is listed, but there is no preview. It presents a blank screen. Okay, if that's just for the preview, but unfortunately, after waiting the minutes for the screensaver to start, it too is a blank screen.

[Pixelwolfnet]

Hey there, I am basically having the same issue. I can initialize the screen saver with wine "factory.scr" /s but in xscreensaver it just launches a black screen

I did also try to launch it straight through wine using xscreensaver but that also gave me a black screen. it did however have sound

                 "Factory"  /home/pixelwolfog/nightcap/nightcap.exe "factory.scr"               \n\
               "Factory T2" wine "/home/pixelwolfog/nightcap/factory.scr" /s            \n\

Any suggestions would be great but otherwise still a cool project!