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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 
> | >
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> | >
> | 
> | 
> 
> -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. 
> 

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