From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Aug 23 14:11:49 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mail.urx.com (mail.urx.com [63.170.19.36]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0BDEA37B40A for ; Thu, 23 Aug 2001 14:11:33 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kstewart@urx.com) Received: from urx.com [206.159.132.160] by mail.urx.com with ESMTP (SMTPD32-6.06) id A183109021C; Thu, 23 Aug 2001 14:11:31 -0700 Message-ID: <3B857181.E430FD4D@urx.com> Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2001 14:11:29 -0700 From: Kent Stewart X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.77 [en] (Windows NT 5.0; U) X-Accept-Language: en,pdf MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Gerard Samuel Cc: FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: OT:Kde2.2 References: <20010823173956.C26998@ns2.wananchi.com> <3B85304F.5040504@optonline.net> <20010823193758.J44626@ns2.wananchi.com> <3B855213.ECD82164@urx.com> <3B85648E.9060306@optonline.net> <3B856C10.BE4FBBCA@urx.com> <3B8570E5.7080908@optonline.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Gerard Samuel wrote: > > Im not to familiar with cddb, but if my notion is correct, its working. > On the cdplayer shows the artist, name of the track, time, a whole lot > of info. Perfect, makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside... You don't get the name without it working. It looks like you have kscd setup now. Kent > > Kent Stewart wrote: > > > > 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 [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