Terminal based screensaver not working

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spanakop
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Terminal based screensaver not working

Post by spanakop »

So I have a couple of screensavers I want to add to the existing list. I have downloaded asciiquarium and created a desktop file for it in
'/usr/local/share/applications/screensavers'

Following the format of the other desktop files in there, I used this

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[Desktop Entry]
Name=Asciiquarium
Comment=Display an ascii aquarium screensaver
Exec=/usr/local/bin/asciiquarium
TryExec=/usr/local/bin/asciiquarium
StartupNotify=false
Terminal=yes
Type=Application
Categories=Screensaver;
Keywords=MATE;screensaver;asciiquarium;
OnlyShowIn=MATE;

The new entry appears in the screensaver list, but when I try to preview it, it just shows a blank screen. if i run it from the normal terminal window, i see the asciiquarium running. Changing the Terminal property to 'no', made no difference.

Is there a way to get terminal based screensavers working as a screensaver?
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