Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2001 16:16:14 -0400 From: Gerard Samuel <trini0@optonline.net> To: kstewart@urx.com Cc: FreeBSD Questions <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: OT:Kde2.2 Message-ID: <3B85648E.9060306@optonline.net> References: <20010823173956.C26998@ns2.wananchi.com> <3B85304F.5040504@optonline.net> <20010823193758.J44626@ns2.wananchi.com> <3B855213.ECD82164@urx.com>
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Thanks for the xmcd tip. Just installed. Seems great. Gotta have something to listen to when you code... ;) Kent Stewart wrote: > > 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 >> > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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