Date: Sat, 25 Aug 2001 11:21:14 -0400 From: Gerard Samuel <trini0@optonline.net> To: Odhiambo Washington <wash@wananchi.com> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: OT:Kde2.2 Message-ID: <3B87C26A.9040106@optonline.net> References: <20010823173956.C26998@ns2.wananchi.com> <3B85304F.5040504@optonline.net> <20010823193758.J44626@ns2.wananchi.com> <3B8543D9.1020508@optonline.net> <20010825085605.A71454@ns2.wananchi.com> <3B8756F3.7020702@optonline.net> <20010825105048.B81816@ns2.wananchi.com>
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I gave up on the cdplayer & kdemultimedia. For my cdplayer, Im using xmcd from the ports. Its really nice. Odhiambo Washington wrote: > * Gerard Samuel <trini0@optonline.net> [20010825 10:42]: writing on the subject 'Re: OT:Kde2.2' > | Yes kde seems to core dumping very often, but it generally hasn't slowed > | me down. I have it upt for hours, and have no real problems. I never > | found out when it happens, but for me Ill speculate that it dumps when > | Im exiting. Maybe 1 out of 3 times Ill find a kdeinit.core sitting in > | my home dir. But all in all its ok..... > > Hmm. That means I have to contend with it as it is. But it's really cool > this kde-2.2, yes? > How did you sort out the CDROM access issue? > I did > cd /dev > ln -s acd0c cdrom > chmod 0755 cdrom > > Since it's a symlink this makes no difference, no? > > > I decided to join the kde-nonlinux and it seems dormant. > > Thank you for everything. > > | > | Odhiambo Washington wrote: > | >* Gerard Samuel <trini0@optonline.net> [20010823 20:56]: writing on the > | >subject 'Re: OT:Kde2.2' > | >| Originally all my *.kss files where 555. I chmoded them to 4555 and > | >| 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 followed your setup steps and I have everything (except KCD giving > | >Sigsev and CDROM still not accessible) working apart from the fact that > | >KDE now kinda misbehaves: > | > > | >Aug 25 08:51:05 alligator /kernel: pid 674 (kdeinit), uid 1000: exited on > | >signal 11 (core dumped) > | >Aug 25 08:51:58 alligator /kernel: pid 672 (kdeinit), uid 1000: exited on > | >signal 11 (core dumped) > | > > | >It just happens more often....... > | > > | > > | >| > | >| 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. | > > | >| > | >| > | > > | >-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. > | > > | >Bureaucrats are the meat loaf of humanity. > | >-Pate's Prattle > | > > | > | > > -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. > > He who trains his tongue to quote the learned sages will be known far and wide > as a smart-ass. > -Preston's Postulate > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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