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Date:      Tue, 23 Mar 2004 09:51:37 -0600
From:      Stephen Hilton <nospam@hiltonbsd.com>
To:        Simon Barner <barner@in.tum.de>
Cc:        freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: xscreensaver-gnome & threads
Message-ID:  <20040323095137.167bde66.nospam@hiltonbsd.com>
In-Reply-To: <20040323150135.GA805@zi025.glhnet.mhn.de>
References:  <20040323150135.GA805@zi025.glhnet.mhn.de>

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On Tue, 23 Mar 2004 16:01:35 +0100
Simon Barner <barner@in.tum.de> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> xscreensaver-gnome did not work on my 5.2.1-p1 system (it mumbled
> something like "Could not write ${HOME}/.xscreensaver: Bad file
> descriptor)".
> 
> I recompiled it with thread support, and it works like a charm now.
> 
> Simon
> 

Simon,

I had the same situation and Marcus suggested _adding_ a 
${PTHREAD_LIBS} to the LDCONFIG line in the Makefile.

This got me running also. xscreensaver-demo would crash on 
me with a similar error as yours.




Regards,

Stephen Hilton
nospam@hiltonbsd.com



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