Just wanted to comment, I've taken this very awesome screensaver and ported it to work with QT4, at the authors request I forked the project and have posted it under QCosmos here: http://www.kde-look.org/content/show.php/QCosmos?content=80217

This screensaver looks awesome but I haven't the slightest clue on how to install it...

i linke this screensaver! Wonder why it is not yet in the standard screensaver package. good work.

Very cool, finally a screensaver that perfectly fits my needs :)

adam@ip68-228-229-136:~/programs> cd qstars-0.4 adam@ip68-228-229-136:~/programs/qstars-0.4> qmake Project MESSAGE: Configuring for multi-threaded Qt... adam@ip68-228-229-136:~/programs/qstars-0.4> make g++ -c -pipe -fno-strict-aliasing -O2 -D_REENTRANT -Wall -W -DQT_NO_DEBUG -DQT_CORE_LIB -DQT_GUI_LIB -DQT_SHARED -I/usr/share/qt/mkspecs/default -I. -I/usr/include/QtGui -I/usr/include/QtCore -I/usr/include -I. -I. -o mainwindow.o mainwindow.cpp In file included from mainwindow.cpp:15: mainwindow.h:47: error: 'QPtrList' is used as a type, but is not defined as a type. mainwindow.cpp:139: error: field `timer' has incomplete type mainwindow.cpp: In constructor `Asteroid::Asteroid(QPixmap*)': mainwindow.cpp:146: error: `timer' undeclared (first use this function) mainwindow.cpp:146: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once for each function it appears in.) mainwindow.cpp: In member function `void Asteroid::paint(QPainter*)': mainwindow.cpp:188: error: no matching function for call to `QPainter:: drawPixmap(int&, int&, QPixmap&, int, int, int)' /usr/include/QtGui/qpainter.h:253: error: candidates are: void QPainter::drawPixmap(const QRectF&, const QPixmap&, const QRectF&) /usr/include/QtGui/qpainter.h:643: error: void QPainter::drawPixmap(const QRect&, const QPixmap&, const QRect&) /usr/include/QtGui/qpainter.h:674: error: void QPainter::drawPixmap(int, int, int, int, const QPixmap&, int, int, int, int) /usr/include/QtGui/qpainter.h:680: error: void QPainter::drawPixmap(int, int, const QPixmap&, int, int, int, int) /usr/include/QtGui/qpainter.h:685: error: void QPainter::drawPixmap(const QPointF&, const QPixmap&, const QRectF&) /usr/include/QtGui/qpainter.h:690: error: void QPainter::drawPixmap(const QPoint&, const QPixmap&, const QRect&) /usr/include/QtGui/qpainter.h:648: error: void QPainter::drawPixmap(const QPointF&, const QPixmap&) /usr/include/QtGui/qpainter.h:653: error: void QPainter::drawPixmap(const QPoint&, const QPixmap&) /usr/include/QtGui/qpainter.h:663: error: void QPainter::drawPixmap(int, int, const QPixmap&) /usr/include/QtGui/qpainter.h:658: error: void QPainter::drawPixmap(const QRect&, const QPixmap&) /usr/include/QtGui/qpainter.h:668: error: void QPainter::drawPixmap(int, int, int, int, const QPixmap&) mainwindow.cpp: At global scope: mainwindow.cpp:200: error: 'QPtrList' is used as a type, but is not defined as a type. mainwindow.cpp:201: error: 'QPtrList' is used as a type, but is not defined as a type. mainwindow.cpp: In constructor `Asteroids::Asteroids()': mainwindow.cpp:207: error: `pixmaps' undeclared (first use this function) mainwindow.cpp:208: error: `asteroids' undeclared (first use this function) mainwindow.cpp: At global scope: mainwindow.cpp:254: error: 'QPtrList' is used as a type, but is not defined as a type. mainwindow.cpp: In constructor `Planet::Planet()': mainwindow.cpp:262: error: `create' undeclared (first use this function) mainwindow.cpp:264: error: `maps' undeclared (first use this function) mainwindow.cpp:290: error: `convertFromImage' undeclared (first use this function) mainwindow.cpp: In member function `virtual void Planet::paint(QPainter*)': mainwindow.cpp:308: error: `convertFromImage' undeclared (first use this function) mainwindow.cpp: In constructor `Ship::Ship()': mainwindow.cpp:333: error: `convertFromImage' undeclared (first use this function) mainwindow.cpp: In constructor `MainWindow::MainWindow(long unsigned int)': mainwindow.cpp:358: error: `stars' undeclared (first use this function) mainwindow.cpp:359: error: `resize' undeclared (first use this function) mainwindow.cpp:361: error: `create' undeclared (first use this function) mainwindow.cpp:363: error: `NoBackground' undeclared (first use this function) mainwindow.cpp:363: error: `setBackgroundMode' undeclared (first use this function) mainwindow.cpp:364: error: 'class QPixmap' has no member named 'fromMimeSource' mainwindow.cpp:364: error: `setIcon' undeclared (first use this function) mainwindow.cpp:365: error: `setCaption' undeclared (first use this function) mainwindow.cpp:370: error: `readNumEntry' undeclared (first use this function) mainwindow.cpp:371: error: `readBoolEntry' undeclared (first use this function) mainwindow.cpp: In destructor `virtual MainWindow::~MainWindow()': mainwindow.cpp:393: error: `writeEntry' undeclared (first use this function) mainwindow.cpp: In member function `void MainWindow::restart()': mainwindow.cpp:415: error: `black' undeclared (first use this function) mainwindow.cpp:419: error: `QValueList' undeclared (first use this function) mainwindow.cpp:419: error: syntax error before `>' token mainwindow.cpp:420: error: `list' undeclared (first use this function) mainwindow.cpp:434: error: `QWMatrix' undeclared (first use this function) mainwindow.cpp:434: error: syntax error before `;' token mainwindow.cpp:436: error: `matrix' undeclared (first use this function) mainwindow.cpp:436: error: `xForm' undeclared (first use this function) mainwindow.cpp:439: error: `bitBlt' undeclared (first use this function) mainwindow.cpp: In member function `virtual void MainWindow::timerEvent(QTimerEvent*)': mainwindow.cpp:456: error: `bitBlt' undeclared (first use this function) mainwindow.cpp: In member function `virtual void MainWindow::keyPressEvent(QKeyEvent*)': mainwindow.cpp:468: error: `key' undeclared (first use this function) mainwindow.cpp:470: error: `Key_Up' undeclared (first use this function) mainwindow.cpp:474: error: `Key_Down' undeclared (first use this function) mainwindow.cpp:478: error: `Key_Right' undeclared (first use this function) mainwindow.cpp:486: error: `Key_Q' undeclared (first use this function) make: *** [mainwindow.o] Error 1 adam@ip68-228-229-136:~/programs/qstars-0.4> Eh?

Ok this is odd. I go to install it and do like I said in the first post qmake but it comes up saying qmake can not be found. Then I look in the folder and no wonder why qmake is not in there! How do I get it to work? adam@ip68-228-229-136:~/programs/qstars-0.4> ./qmake bash: ./qmake: No such file or directory adam@ip68-228-229-136:~/programs/qstars-0.4>

Open a terminal. cd to where you saved example cd /home/adam/programs/qstars-0.4 then after that do qmake, make, su then your password, then make install.

Hello! How to install? Miha

I did qmake, make and make install. Everything went fine and I can run it as an application. But somehow it does not show up in the screensavers list. I am running Mandrake 10.1

Good work. This screen saver is very good.I think it will be my default for a long, long time... Thank you

im running fedcore 3 with kde 3.x i followed dirs and it works fine, cept for setup in control center, but using qstars -setup on the line worked fine so no big deal. i just wish my graphics card was better so i could enjoy it this with the ships. thanks for the ss

How do you install this on Mandrake? I am not familiar with KDE setup. As far as I see it uses xscreensaver to take care of the job. qstars -setup runs fine Now how do I add the screensaver to the option list and how do I select it?

Hi Andi I followed the instruction in the readme but ended up with an error. What do you think it is? The BorgQueen g++ -c -pipe -Wall -W -O2 -march=i386 -mcpu=i686 -g -DGLX_GLXEXT_LEGACY -fno-use-cxa-atexit -fno-exceptions -D_REENTRANT -DQT_NO_DEBUG -DQT_THREAD_SUPPORT -I/usr/lib/qt-3.1/mkspecs/default -I. -I/usr/lib/qt-3.1/include -o mainwindow.o mainwindow.cpp mainwindow.cpp: In member function `QImage MainWindow::loadRandomImage(const QString&)': mainwindow.cpp:282: no matching function for call to `QApplication:: applicationDirPath()' make: *** [mainwindow.o] Error 1