Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2001 16:17:06 -0400 From: Gerard Samuel <trini0@optonline.net> To: Kenneth Wayne Culver <culverk@wam.umd.edu>, FreeBSD Questions <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: OT:Kde2.2 Message-ID: <3B8564C2.3020906@optonline.net> References: <Pine.GSO.4.21.0108231604281.5456-100000@rac3.wam.umd.edu>
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Of course, Ill give it a try later tonight... Kenneth Wayne Culver wrote: > Oh yeah, and a recompile is needed too > > On Thu, 23 Aug 2001, Kenneth Wayne Culver wrote: > > >>>kcheckpass and the lock screen works, but the screensaver didnt. So I >>>just changed *.kss back to 555 and left kcheckpass at 4555, and now I >>>have my screensaver back and Im able to lock the screen and get out of >>>it properly. Just one side effect. When locked the session is still >>>visible, not a blank screen like it was in 2.1. >>> >>>Thanks, Ill look more into it.... >>> >>> >>I found that for screensavers, lock screen and kdm if I cd >>/usr/ports/x11/kdebase2 >> >>and add the line --with-shadow as a configure flag to the Makefile, >>everything works great. >> >>Ken >> >> >>>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... >>>> >>>> >>>>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 >>> >>> >> >>To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >>with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message >> >> > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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