Bug 78257 – help button does nothing in xscreensaver-demo "--crapplet"

Bugzilla will be upgraded to version 5.0. The upgrade date is tentatively scheduled for 2 December 2018, pending final testing and feedback.

Bug 78257 - help button does nothing in xscreensaver-demo "--crapplet"

Summary:	help button does nothing in xscreensaver-demo "--crapplet"

Status:	CLOSED WORKSFORME

Aliases:	None

Product:	Red Hat Raw Hide
Classification:	Retired
Component:	xscreensaver (Show other bugs)
Sub Component:
Version:	1.0
Hardware:	i686 Linux

Priority	medium Severity medium
Target Milestone:	---
Target Release:	---
Assigned To:	Bill Nottingham
QA Contact:
Docs Contact:

URL:
Whiteboard:
Keywords:

Depends On:
Blocks:
	Show dependency tree / graph

Reported:	2002-11-20 12:35 EST by Michael Lee Yohe
Modified:	2014-03-16 22:32 EDT (History)
CC List:	1 user (show)

See Also:
Fixed In Version:
Doc Type:	Bug Fix
Doc Text:
Story Points:	---
Clone Of:
Environment:
Last Closed:	2002-12-19 11:53:33 EST
Type:	---
Regression:	---
Mount Type:	---
Documentation:	---
CRM:
Verified Versions:
Category:	---
oVirt Team:	---
RHEL 7.3 requirements from Atomic Host:
Cloudforms Team:	---

Attachments	(Terms of Use)
Add an attachment (proposed patch, testcase, etc.)

Groups: None (edit)

Description Michael Lee Yohe 2002-11-20 12:35:41 EST

From Bugzilla Helper:
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 Galeon/1.2.6 (X11; Linux i686; U;) Gecko/20020830

Description of problem:
When configuring the screensaver via Preferences -> Screensaver, the help button
(lower left corner) does nothing when pressed.  I had previously filed Bug 78070
- I was told that 4.06-1 should handle the button differently.  I installed
4.06-3 from RawHide - and the button still does nothing.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):


How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Press the Help button in the lower left corner.	

Actual Results:  Nothing happens.

Expected Results:  Help dialog box should pop up (or something to the effect of
which).

Additional info:

$ rpm -q xscreensaver
xscreensaver-4.06-3

Comment 1 Bill Nottingham 2002-11-20 12:39:35 EST

If you run xscreensaver-demo from an terminal, do you see any errors?

Comment 2 Michael Lee Yohe 2002-11-20 13:02:58 EST

Nice call, Bill.

$ xscreensaver-demo --crapplet
## ( netscape -remote 'openURL(http://www.jwz.org/xscreensaver/man.html)' ||
netscape 'http://www.jwz.org/xscreensaver/man.html' ) &
sh: line 1: netscape: command not found
sh: line 1: netscape: command not found

Comment 3 Bill Nottingham 2002-11-20 13:32:23 EST

Do you have references to netscape in your ~/.xscreensaver files?

Comment 4 Michael Lee Yohe 2002-11-20 15:28:51 EST

Yes:
# XScreenSaver Preferences File
# Written by xscreensaver-demo 4.05 for myohe on Wed Nov  6 11:43:47 2002.
# http://www.jwz.org/xscreensaver/

<snip>

loadURL:        netscape -remote 'openURL(%s)' || netscape '%s'

So...

I deleted the file.  The help button now does something (brings up a web
browser).  However, it brings up Mozilla instead of default... should this be
another bug?

Comment 5 Bill Nottingham 2002-11-20 15:31:55 EST

It calls gnome-moz-remote; it should use whatever browser is specified there.

Comment 6 Michael Lee Yohe 2002-11-20 15:39:12 EST

Okay - last question then before I open a new bug.

If one configures Gnome 2 in Red Hat Linux 8, you're actually configuring
htmlview (Panel -> Extras -> Preferences -> Preferred Applications).  htmlview
is used by some applications, and other use gnome-moz-remote?

Should the configuration applet configure BOTH htmlview and gnome-moz-remote, or
should xscreensaver fire off htmlview...?

Sounds like another bug to me - just verifying.

Comment 7 Bill Nottingham 2002-12-19 11:53:33 EST

gnome-moz-remote is a Gnome 1 thing. htmlview is a local Red Hat hack, AFAIK.
Closing the original bug, as I believe it's working-as-designed now.

Note You need to log in before you can comment on or make changes to this bug.