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KCometen3

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KCometen3 is an OpenGL screensaver for KDE.

Last changelog:

14 years ago

1.1
* New effects
* Random background

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eMDi
14 years ago

yes! very cool screensaver!

But I have a problem .. i have dapper drake (dapper version installed of course) bud motion of fireworks is very very slow :( where's the problem?

PC: 2.5 GHz Celeron D, 512 DDRAM, 64 MB VGA OnBoard

it's problem just in my configuration or PC?

jel
14 years ago

You probably need to check that your video card is using accelerated opengl drivers. If it's nVidia, ATI, or an S3 (Pro)Savage chip, you'll probably want to download the official drivers, and install them. 3D acceleration on X isn't that great for many cards, sadly. Have a look for DRI trunk drivers, if you're really stuck.

mwoletz
15 years ago

Hi Peter,

many thanks for that great looking screen
saver. But unfortunately I can't get it
run. I compiled it from source without
errors and installed it. When I try to run "kcometen3.kss"
a window appears and
the Desktop freezes.
I use a notebook with an ATI graphics
adapter. Other apps which use OpenGL
run without problems. Any hints what's
going wrong?

Second problem: I tried to make a RPM
with checkinstall but after a call to
checkinstall there are no binary files in the RPM.
Only dummy doc files are included.
I'll retry to make a RPM to make it more
convenient to install the screen saver.

Thanks in advance!
Bye
Marcus

tvb-xxx
15 years ago

i have no idea why your desktop freeze. there are some problems with the screensaver and ati-cards. i will try to change that.

agentdunken
15 years ago

Dude I really like this Screensaver. It looks so awsome. I would love to use it if I wasnt getting errors when install it from source. I get the same error the person above got. Do you think you can make a RPM version?

laetitia
15 years ago

Hi,
I've installed the ubuntu package, but I still get this error when I try it :
kcometen3.kss: symbol lookup error: kcometen3.kss: undefined symbol: glPointParameterf

I think I just miss a lib, but which one ? :-(

Thanks very much !

laetitia
15 years ago

Hi again,

I have found that it is just an opengl version problem (reading answers to other questions).
Now, I have an ati chip, it seems not to support opengl1.4 (only 1.3 ? OpenGL version string: 1.3.5395 says glxinfo )
I'll wait a few months again before being able to use it :_((

redrum
15 years ago

Hey, Screensaver compiled and worked great with c++ tools instaled, kde development tools installed, and the commands:

./configure --prefix=/usr -with-qt-includes=/usr/include/qt3

make

su

make install.

That's it... Thanks Man!

Drone1
15 years ago

Have P4 running Gentoo w/ GeForce FX 5700 dualhead card, nvidia 7676 drivers. Have had past problems w/ this OS load, but is now pretty stable~

Dl'ed, and installed KCometen(great sreensaver!!!) Runs fine no apparent problems.

I will let it run when I leave work, come back next morning, and machine does not respond. Can not ping or ssh to. Nothing comes up on periph's. I know its KCometen, because if I change screensavers, it doesn't happen.

My only guess is CPU overheating. Gets caught in an infinite loop or something.

Any ideas on what I can look for to figure what is causing this??

MrCioffaz
15 years ago

How did you get this wonderful screensaver compiled under gentoo? I can't find a way...it don't find the Kde header (Kde 3.4.3).

Going to gentoo forums...

Drone1
15 years ago

My bad. Not the screensaver. My system freezes regardless of the screensaver set. Acts like power management is kicking on, but pretty sure its not. Will start in the gentoo forums..... help welcome.

aschne15
15 years ago

First of all: really great screensaver (as far as I can see from the screenshots ;o)).

But I'm not able to compile it under Suse10/kde3.5-Beta2 on an AMD64.

The error-message when compiling is:
g++ -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I.. -I/opt/kde3/include -I/usr/lib64/qt3/include -I/usr/X11R6/include -UQT_NO_ASCII_CAST -DQT_THREAD_SUPPORT -D_REENTRANT -Wnon-virtual-dtor -Wno-long-long -Wundef -Wall -W -Wpointer-arith -Wwrite-strings -ansi -D_XOPEN_SOURCE=500 -D_BSD_SOURCE -Wcast-align -Wconversion -Wchar-subscripts -O2 -Wformat-security -Wmissing-format-attribute -fno-exceptions -fno-check-new -fno-common -c -o lightning.o `test -f 'lightning.cpp' || echo './'`lightning.cpp
lightning.h: In constructor ‘Lightning::Lightning(GLuint, const Vec3&, const Vec3&, float, int, int, float, float, float, float)’:
lightning.h:79: warning: ‘Lightning::flacker_time’ will be initialized after
lightning.h:71: warning: ‘Lightning::LightningVertex* Lightning::vertices’
lightning.cpp:24: warning: when initialized here
lightning.cpp:56: error: no matching function for call to ‘max(unsigned int&, long unsigned int)’
lightning.cpp:37: warning: unused variable ‘j’
make[2]: *** [lightning.o] Fehler 1
make[2]: Leaving directory `/opt/home/aschne15/Neuer/kcometen3-1.0/src'
make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Fehler 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/opt/home/aschne15/Neuer/kcometen3-1.0'
make: *** [all] Fehler 2

Maybe you have a little hint for me.
Many thanks
Axel

tvb-xxx
15 years ago

ok i changed that line. can you download the source again and tell me if it works ?

aschne15
15 years ago

Now it works ! And it's really cool :o)

Thank you !

Axel

brainkillah
15 years ago

Similar error on 32bit machine...

lightning.h: In constructor `Lightning::Lightning(unsigned int, const Vec3&,
const Vec3&, float, int, int, float, float, float, float)':
lightning.h:79: warning: `Lightning::flacker_time' will be initialized after
lightning.h:71: warning: `Lightning::LightningVertex*Lightning::vertices'
lightning.cpp:34: warning: when initialized here
lightning.cpp:37: warning: unused variable `int j'
source='particlesystem.cpp' object='particlesystem.o' libtool=no \
depfile='.deps/particlesystem.Po' tmpdepfile='.deps/particlesystem.TPo' \
depmode=gcc3 /bin/sh ../admin/depcomp \
g++ -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I.. -I/usr/include/kde -I/usr/share/qt3/include -I/usr/X11R6/include -UQT_NO_ASCII_CAST -DQT_THREAD_SUPPORT -D_REENTRANT -Wnon-virtual-dtor -Wno-long-long -Wundef -Wall -W -Wpointer-arith -Wwrite-strings -ansi -D_XOPEN_SOURCE=500 -D_BSD_SOURCE -Wcast-align -Wconversion -Wchar-subscripts -O2 -Wformat-security -Wmissing-format-attribute -fno-exceptions -fno-check-new -fno-common -c -o particlesystem.o `test -f 'particlesystem.cpp' || echo './'`particlesystem.cpp
particlesystem.h: In constructor `ParticleSystem::ParticleSystem(unsigned int,
const Vec3&, int, int, float, float, bool, float, const Vec3&, float, float,
bool, float, const Vec4&, const Vec4&, float)':
particlesystem.h:72: warning: `ParticleSystem::texture' will be initialized
after
particlesystem.h:70: warning: `int ParticleSystem::max_particle'
particlesystem.cpp:51: warning: when initialized here
particlesystem.h:70: warning: `ParticleSystem::max_particle' will be
initialized after
particlesystem.h:60: warning: `float ParticleSystem::minlife'
particlesystem.cpp:51: warning: when initialized here
particlesystem.h:62: warning: `ParticleSystem::create_new' will be initialized
after
particlesystem.h:61: warning: `float ParticleSystem::new_per_sec'
particlesystem.cpp:51: warning: when initialized here
particlesystem.h:63: warning: `ParticleSystem::new_particle' will be
initialized after
particlesystem.h:54: warning: `Vec3 ParticleSystem::velocity'
particlesystem.cpp:51: warning: when initialized here
particlesystem.h:58: warning: `ParticleSystem::size' will be initialized after
particlesystem.h:51: warning: `Vec4 ParticleSystem::start_color'
particlesystem.cpp:51: warning: when initialized here
particlesystem.cpp: In member function `virtual void
ParticleSystem::render(const Vec3&)':
particlesystem.cpp:124: error: `GL_POINT_SPRITE_ARB' undeclared (first use this
function)
particlesystem.cpp:124: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only
once for each function it appears in.)
particlesystem.cpp:124: error: `GL_COORD_REPLACE_ARB' undeclared (first use
this function)
particlesystem.cpp:118: warning: unused parameter `const Vec3&campos'
make[2]: *** [particlesystem.o] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/petar/kcometen3-1.0/src'
make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/petar/kcometen3-1.0'
make: *** [all] Error 2

tvb-xxx
15 years ago

GL_POINT_SPRITE_ARB and GL_COORD_REPLACE_ARB must be defined in gl.h if the point sprite extension is available. it is possible that the extension is not available (glxinfo prints all extension which are supported) or that you need newer opengl dev files.

Xastor
15 years ago

This is simply great!!! An excellent screensaver which should be standard in kde 3.5, if you ask me.. :-) *fingers-crossed*

oenkelfred
15 years ago

source='kglcometen3.cpp' object='kglcometen3.o' libtool=no \
depfile='.deps/kglcometen3.Po' tmpdepfile='.deps/kglcometen3.TPo' \
depmode=gcc3 /bin/sh ../admin/depcomp \
g++ -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I.. -I/usr/kde/3.4/include -I/usr/qt/3/include -I. -UQT_NO_ASCII_CAST -DQT_THREAD_SUPPORT -D_REENTRANT -Wnon-virtual-dtor -Wno-long-long -Wundef -Wall -W -Wpointer-arith -Wwrite-strings -ansi -D_XOPEN_SOURCE=500 -D_BSD_SOURCE -Wcast-align -Wconversion -Wchar-subscripts -O2 -Wformat-security -Wmissing-format-attribute -fno-exceptions -fno-check-new -fno-common -c -o kglcometen3.o `test -f 'kglcometen3.cpp' || echo './'`kglcometen3.cpp
kglcometen3.cpp: In Memberfunktion »virtual void
KGLCometen3::timerEvent(QTimerEvent*)«:
kglcometen3.cpp:104: Warnung: unused parameter `QTimerEvent*event'
kglcometen3.cpp:132:27: kglcometen3.moc: Datei oder Verzeichnis nicht gefunden /* file not found */
make[2]: *** [kglcometen3.o] Fehler 1
make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/rudi/build/kcometen3-1.0/src'
make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Fehler 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/rudi/build/kcometen3-1.0'
make: *** [all] Fehler 2

That is what I get (KDE 3.4.3, gcc 3.3.6). Any ideas ?

tvb-xxx
15 years ago

you need the uic/moc program from qt to create the files from the kcometen3ui.ui file. if you have the programs installed then the files should be created when you type make.

oenkelfred
15 years ago

I do have those qt programs. Snippet from configure output:

checking for perl... /usr/bin/perl
checking for Qt... libraries /usr/qt/3/lib, headers /usr/qt/3/include using -mt
checking for moc... /usr/qt/3/bin/moc
checking for uic... /usr/qt/3/bin/uic
checking whether uic supports -L ... yes
checking whether uic supports -nounload ... yes
checking if Qt needs -ljpeg... no
checking for rpath... yes
checking for KDE... libraries /usr/kde/3.4/lib, headers /usr/kde/3.4/include
checking if UIC has KDE plugins available... yes
checking for KDE paths... defaults
checking for dcopidl... /usr/kde/3.4/bin/dcopidl

This is gentoo btw, hence the paths. All my KDE programms got compiled from source and I have not experienced that error before.
Thanks for your patience.
__
Rud

mastapete
15 years ago

First of all, i'd like to say that this is one of the most fascinating screensavers i've ever see(as the screenshot says) it compiled fine, but when i try to start it, the screen wents white and when i press the mouse button i come back to kde. tried with kde 3.5beta1 and an intel i855 graphics card. greatings pete

tvb-xxx
15 years ago

This happens when the screensaver doesnt find the pixmaps. Have you tried ./configure --prefix="/usr/" ?
I use the kde standard dirs for the pixmaps but kde doesnt find them when i do ./configure without --prefix="/usr/".

mastapete
15 years ago

If i use KDEDIR=`kde-config --prefix` ./configure --prefix="/usr" && make to compile it. i see in the upper half of my screen the lower part of the screensaver and the lower half of my screen gets white. lg pete

tvb-xxx
15 years ago

That sounds strange. But the textures are now loaded correct ? Do you have the same problem with other screensavers ? (like KGLWater)

mastapete
15 years ago

OK, i'm sorry for blaming you. some screensavers work correctly some not. only gl screensavers tend to not work correctly.

lg
pete

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1.1
* New effects
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