Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2001 11:57:24 -0700 From: Kent Stewart <kstewart@urx.com> To: Odhiambo Washington <wash@wananchi.com> Cc: Gerard Samuel <trini0@optonline.net>, FBSD-Q <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: OT:Kde2.2 Message-ID: <3B855213.ECD82164@urx.com> References: <20010823173956.C26998@ns2.wananchi.com> <3B85304F.5040504@optonline.net> <20010823193758.J44626@ns2.wananchi.com>
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Odhiambo Washington wrote: > > * 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... One of the system installs you had to have done in the past suggested that you to create a link from your cd device to /dev/cdrom and then chmod it to 755. It was far enough in the past that I can't remember where I received it during an install. If you have some old kscd configs around, you may also have to configure the cddb data entry. I don't have any idea where this ancient stuff is coming from. You may have also some old crufty stuff in your .kde user files because I expected it to complain about /dev/cdrom. I looked on the machine I am running behind this one and I noticed I had kscd configured to use /dev/acd0c. It has a problem with the cddb database. At least, I had the link right. I happen to like xmcd better than kscd. It also didn't have a problem getting cddb entries for the CDs I tested. Each of the cd players has a set of brain-dead points. The best one will be which dumb features hit you the least. Kent > > 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. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Part 1.2Type: application/pgp-signature -- Kent Stewart Richland, WA mailto:kbstew99@hotmail.com http://kstewart.urx.com/kstewart/index.html FreeBSD News http://daily.daemonnews.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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