It's okay I've worked it out, it wasn't a screensaver but an actual program that runs in the root window called Xsnow, I think it's really cool and you guys should try it out, don't know what the download link is, but do a search on Xsnow.
One question, what would the shell script code be to make the program run at logon as a user and not root? at the moment I need to navigate to the directory where the executable file is and click on it there, but I want it to start automatically any ideas? thanks
P.s you might need the sgimath.h file to make xsnow work, luckily someone has kindly provided it on the board. Bye.
One other thing, I think the people on this board are really great, the way they help people out without claiming to be a guru in computer science.
Bye.
Just one other thing.... kidding.