Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2001 13:48:16 -0700 From: Kent Stewart <kstewart@urx.com> To: Gerard Samuel <trini0@optonline.net> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: OT:Kde2.2 Message-ID: <3B856C10.BE4FBBCA@urx.com> References: <20010823173956.C26998@ns2.wananchi.com> <3B85304F.5040504@optonline.net> <20010823193758.J44626@ns2.wananchi.com> <3B855213.ECD82164@urx.com> <3B85648E.9060306@optonline.net>
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Gerard Samuel wrote: > > Thanks for the xmcd tip. Just installed. Seems great. Gotta have > something to listen to when you code... ;) Without a doubt. You also want to know what you are listening to and getting cddb to work is the other half. Kent > > 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 -- Kent Stewart Richland, WA It is hard to believe you are soaring with Eagles (los águilas) when you accept SPAM like a mouse (el ratón). 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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