07-28-2003
Hey, give this a try. It has always worked for me.
1. Open the Terminal application.
2. Type: sudo rm -rf
Note: Type a space after "-rf".
3. Drag all of your files you want to trash into the Terminal window. This causes the Terminal window to automatically fill in the name and location of each item.
4. Press Return
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LEARN ABOUT REDHAT
flurry
XScreenSaver(1) General Commands Manual XScreenSaver(1)
NAME
flurry
SYNOPSIS
flurry [-display host:display.screen] [-visual visual] [-window] [-root] [-preset <arg>] [-fps]
DESCRIPTION
This is a port of the OSX screensaver flurry.
OPTIONS
-visual visual
Specify which visual to use. Legal values are the name of a visual class, or the id number (decimal or hex) of a specific visual.
-window Draw on a newly-created window. This is the default.
-root Draw on the root window.
-preset <arg>
Select a preset (classic, fire, water, psychedelic, rgb, binary, random, insane)
(Insane will never be selected at random, because it requires lots of CPU/GPU power)
-fps | -no-fps
Whether to show a frames-per-second display at the bottom of the screen.
ENVIRONMENT
DISPLAY to get the default host and display number.
XENVIRONMENT
to get the name of a resource file that overrides the global resources stored in the RESOURCE_MANAGER property.
AUTHORS
OSX screensaver by Calum Robinson <calumr@mac.com>
http://homepage.mac.com/calumr
xscreensaver port by Tobias Sargeant <tobias.sargeant@bigpond.com>
POSTCARDS
If you really like it, send me a postcard (after all, you're getting this for free!). Please check this address by downloading the latest
version of Flurry just before you send me a postcard - I may have moved.
Calum Robinson
133 Sydenham Avenue
Belfast
Northern Ireland
BT4 2DQ
SEE ALSO
X(1), xscreensaver(1)
COPYRIGHT
X Version 11 XScreenSaver(1)