running a screensaver module as desktop background

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rich_bell20

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hello all,

I found an article on the net that explained how to run your favourite screensaver modules as a desktop background by entering a couple of lines of script into terminal:

Macintosh:~ Richie$ /System/Library/Frameworks/ScreenSaver.framework/Resources/ScreenSaverEngine.app/Contents/MacOS/ScreenSaverEngine -background &

you set the screensaver you want as normal on the screensaver settings panel and then just run this code and it pops up! at the minute ive got the aqua marine screensaver so i've got loads of fishys swimming over my desktop! Theres a slightly annoying problem though in that the terminal window always has to be running, close it and the screensaver will dissapear. Ive managed to set it so that the script is run automatically on startup, but i always get the terminal window on my desktop and have to go terminal/hide. I was wondering if anybody knew how to also automatically hide the terminal window or just make the module run completely in the background.

thanks in advance!

Richard
 
Thanks for the link. This script doesnt seem to allow the program to auto load at startup, is there anyway that this application can be run automatically on login?

also, ive read on the notes that expose can now be used as the script is auto turned off and on. did nobody think of doing the same for when you press the menu button on the remote, it just switches off, then you have to press menu again to go to the media manu, when u go back from it, you have to run the script again to get the screensaver back on.
 
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