Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2001 11:43:16 -0500 From: Andrew Gould <AndrewGould@shannonhealth.org> To: Gerard Samuel <trini0@optonline.net>, 'Odhiambo Washington' <wash@wananchi.com> Cc: FBSD-Q <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: OT:Kde2.2 Message-ID: <6C5913137AC8D4119A1800902794313E1053AF@ISTECH4>
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Regarding the cd player, you may have to go into the toolbox and change your cd device from /dev/rmatcd0 to your cd device. Good luck, Andrew Gould > ---------- > From: Odhiambo Washington[SMTP:wash@wananchi.com] > Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2001 11:37 AM > To: Gerard Samuel > Cc: FBSD-Q > Subject: Re: OT:Kde2.2 > > * Gerard Samuel <trini0@optonline.net> [20010823 19:33]: writing on the > subject 'Re: OT:Kde2.2' > | I have kde 2.2 from ports with 4.3-stable, and the screen saver works. > | Im using the matrix one that came with it. What Im upset about is I > | have to ctrl-alt-backspace to kill x when I lock the screen, and I cant > | get kdemultimedia's cd player to work, keeps crashing. Other than that, > > | its ok... > > > Yes. If you do > > cd /usr/local/bin > > chmod 4555 *.kss > chmod 4555 kcheckpass > > You will just unlock the screen by entering the password. > > Maybe you should first make a note of the perms on *.kss just in case you > want to revert back. > > The CD player also asks me to vrf that I have access to /dev/rmatcd0 or > whatever... > > > Try the above and lemme know if it has any effect on the screen savers. > > Thanks for the response. > > > > | Ill try building the latest and see if it will fix anything, but I > | haven't seen anything that says it does..... > | > | > | Odhiambo Washington wrote: > | >Anyone had luck with running Kde2.2 with the screensavers working? > | >How did you go about activating the screensavers? I try to activate > mine > | >here but end up with blank screen all the time. Initially they seemed > to > | >work until either, > | >(i) I changed the perms on *.kss in /usr/local/bin to 4555 or > | >(ii) I did > | > cd ~wash > | >rm -rf .kde/ > | >I am not sure which but I just upgraded to Kde2.2 on FreeBSD 4.3-STABLE > | >and trust me, I never had the screensavers work with Kde2.1. With XFCE > | >they seem to work okay, even with gdm (this monster corrupts the file > | >system, no?) > | > > | >Just looking out for ideas. > | > > | >I searched Kde list archives but it would appear that Kde was actually > | >meant for Linux, with which I don't have much hands-on experience. > | > > | >Thanks > | > > | >-Wash > | > > | >-- > | >Odhiambo Washington > | >Wananchi Online Ltd., > | >wash@wananchi.com 1st Flr Loita Hse. > | >Tel: 254 2 313985 Loita Street., > | >Fax: 254 2 313922 PO Box 10286,00100-NAIROBI,KE. > | > > | >Sleep away the years, sleep away the pain, wake tomorrow - a girl > again. > | >-Hal Summers > | > > | >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > | >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > | > > | > > | > | > > -Wash > > -- > Odhiambo Washington > Wananchi Online Ltd., > wash@wananchi.com 1st Flr Loita Hse. > Tel: 254 2 313985 Loita Street., > Fax: 254 2 313922 PO Box 10286,00100-NAIROBI,KE. > > The Tree of Learning bears the noblest fruit, but noble fruit tastes bad. > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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