Re: [newbie] Sceensavers in KDE
On Fri, 2004-01-30 at 00:33, Charlie Mahan wrote: Thursday 29 January 2004 3:27 pm, Sren Neigaard wrote: You are not assuming too much, I am running KDE. My security level is standard. I tried the terminal thing, no success. That's a fairly broad statement. Do you mean that you couldn't open the KDE Control Centre that way, that you had no screen savers to choose from, or that it didn't help? Sorry about that. Yes the control center worked fine as root, and all screensavers was there, but when I tried as normal user again, it was the same, no screenservers. When you say I should check permissions, what do you mean? What should they be? Right now everything under /usr/X11R6/lib/xscreensaver has: -rwxr-xr-x Yeah OK, but the configuration files aren't in /usr/X11R6 they're in /etc/X11. Ok can you tell me which ti check maybe? It seems they are all either -rwxr-xr-x or -rw-r--r-- (root root). Anything else I should try? Best regards Sren I'm fighting to try to install cooker on this old relic at the moment, but I'll keep checking back here as I'm able. Hopefully one of the others will jump back in to try to help as well. I'm firing blanks on suggestions at the moment though, so somebody...HELP. Please? (-: Whatever the case you likely won't be abandoned, even if I kill this thing completely. g Regards; Charlie Thats nice to hear :) Best regards Sren Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Sceensavers in KDE
On Wed, 2004-01-28 at 05:51, Angus Auld wrote:
Hi Soren, I had the same thing happening here with my 9.2,
until I downloaded and installed all of the updates for 9.2.
Make sure you check off in addition to 'Security updates,
Bugfixes updates and Normal updates, in Mandrake
Update box.
I think if you install all updates available, you will have the
screensavers you are looking for in KDE Control Center.
HTH. Best regards.
--Angus
From the description, the package that solve screensaver problem is
kdelibs-common in bugfixes.
I haven't try yet because im downloading now.
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Re: [newbie] Sceensavers in KDE
- Original Message - From: Budhi Astiyadi [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2004 07:04 Subject: Re: [newbie] Sceensavers in KDE On Wed, 2004-01-28 at 05:51, Angus Auld wrote: Hi Soren, I had the same thing happening here with my 9.2, until I downloaded and installed all of the updates for 9.2. Make sure you check off in addition to 'Security updates, Bugfixes updates and Normal updates, in Mandrake Update box. I think if you install all updates available, you will have the screensavers you are looking for in KDE Control Center. HTH. Best regards. --Angus From the description, the package that solve screensaver problem is kdelibs-common in bugfixes. I haven't try yet because im downloading now. I had the same problem with my screensaver and it suddenly started working so it looks like update will cure the problem. Regards; Hoyt Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Sceensavers in KDE
Well now I have updated everything, and there was one update where the description said it would fix my screensavers. But... They are still not there?? I have rebooted just to be sure (yeah I know, a windows thing to do), but no luck. If I log in on my KDE as root, they are all there and they are working... Any ideas please? Btw. the update tool is really nice :) Best regards Sren On Thu, 2004-01-29 at 15:42, Hoyt Bailey wrote: - Original Message - From: Budhi Astiyadi [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2004 07:04 Subject: Re: [newbie] Sceensavers in KDE On Wed, 2004-01-28 at 05:51, Angus Auld wrote: Hi Soren, I had the same thing happening here with my 9.2, until I downloaded and installed all of the updates for 9.2. Make sure you check off in addition to 'Security updates, Bugfixes updates and Normal updates, in Mandrake Update box. I think if you install all updates available, you will have the screensavers you are looking for in KDE Control Center. HTH. Best regards. --Angus From the description, the package that solve screensaver problem is kdelibs-common in bugfixes. I haven't try yet because im downloading now. I had the same problem with my screensaver and it suddenly started working so it looks like update will cure the problem. Regards; Hoyt __ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Sceensavers in KDE
On Thursday 29 January 2004 01:11 pm, Sren Neigaard wrote: -Well now I have updated everything, and there was one update where the -description said it would fix my screensavers. But... They are still not -there?? I have rebooted just to be sure (yeah I know, a windows thing to -do), but no luck. If I log in on my KDE as root, they are all there and -they are working... - -Any ideas please? - -Btw. the update tool is really nice :) - -Best regards -Sren If root can see and use the screensavers but your normal user account can not, then I would be thinking permissions. Try adding your normal user to some groups - could be something as simple as that. -- /\ Dark Lord \/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Sceensavers in KDE
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Thursday 29 January 2004 11:11 am, Sren Neigaard wrote: Well now I have updated everything, and there was one update where the description said it would fix my screensavers. But... They are still not there?? I have rebooted just to be sure (yeah I know, a windows thing to do), but no luck. If I log in on my KDE as root, they are all there and they are working... Any ideas please? Btw. the update tool is really nice :) Best regards Sren Just for grins'n'giggles try opening a terminal and switching to super user then type: rpm rebuilddb updatedb update-menus -n ldconfig [Enter] OR! Right click the menu button, click menu editor, allow it to build and click save without changing anything, then log out and log back in. After plan A or plan B above, go to the KDE (desktop) control centre found in the configuration section of your menu and activate power saving. If the screen savers are installed that should enable them. Just random thoughts but I hope it helps. Regards; Charlie - -- Edmonton,AB,Canada User #244963 at http://counter.li.org Mandrake Linux release 9.2 (FiveStar) for i586 kernel 2.4.22-21.tmb.1mdk 12:14:46 up 1:16, 1 user, load average: 0.23, 0.09, 0.07 Building translators is good clean fun. -- T. Cheatham -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD4DBQFAGV05ZqvqlrLPr5YRAnSnAJdHNFSEVmWVju2LcmSHWEuKdOZVAJ9OTbNh FJoM+ge/qpjfWN/w5/eVtA== =g/6P -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Sceensavers in KDE
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Thursday 29 January 2004 12:21 pm, Charlie Mahan wrote: whack rpm rebuilddb updatedb update-menus -n ldconfig [Enter] Woops! Corrected: rpm --rebuilddb updatedb update-menus -n ldconfig [Enter] Sorry about that. Regards; Charlie (with the leaky memory between the ears.) - -- Edmonton,AB,Canada User #244963 at http://counter.li.org Mandrake Linux release 9.2 (FiveStar) for i586 kernel 2.4.22-21.tmb.1mdk 12:52:48 up 1:54, 1 user, load average: 0.12, 0.13, 0.13 To see you is to sympathize. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFAGWTdZqvqlrLPr5YRAhMOAJ9s9k2fGp2QlS0qvjLIPdvW770vfQCfYBsd 7RC2/r0N4VNcJHAWFZRpxvM= =f5pX -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Sceensavers in KDE
Tried both, did not help :( Wonder whats wrong, how can it work as root?? Best regards Sren On Thu, 2004-01-29 at 20:54, Charlie Mahan wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Thursday 29 January 2004 12:21 pm, Charlie Mahan wrote: whack rpm rebuilddb updatedb update-menus -n ldconfig [Enter] Woops! Corrected: rpm --rebuilddb updatedb update-menus -n ldconfig [Enter] Sorry about that. Regards; Charlie (with the leaky memory between the ears.) - -- Edmonton,AB,Canada User #244963 at http://counter.li.org Mandrake Linux release 9.2 (FiveStar) for i586 kernel 2.4.22-21.tmb.1mdk 12:52:48 up 1:54, 1 user, load average: 0.12, 0.13, 0.13 To see you is to sympathize. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFAGWTdZqvqlrLPr5YRAhMOAJ9s9k2fGp2QlS0qvjLIPdvW770vfQCfYBsd 7RC2/r0N4VNcJHAWFZRpxvM= =f5pX -END PGP SIGNATURE- __ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Sceensavers in KDE
Tried adding wheel and root, did not help. Where you thinking of other groups maybe? Best regards Sren On Thu, 2004-01-29 at 20:30, Ronald J. Hall wrote: On Thursday 29 January 2004 01:11 pm, Sren Neigaard wrote: -Well now I have updated everything, and there was one update where the -description said it would fix my screensavers. But... They are still not -there?? I have rebooted just to be sure (yeah I know, a windows thing to -do), but no luck. If I log in on my KDE as root, they are all there and -they are working... - -Any ideas please? - -Btw. the update tool is really nice :) - -Best regards -Sren If root can see and use the screensavers but your normal user account can not, then I would be thinking permissions. Try adding your normal user to some groups - could be something as simple as that. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Sceensavers in KDE
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Thursday 29 January 2004 1:14 pm, Sren Neigaard wrote: Tried both, did not help :( Wonder whats wrong, how can it work as root?? Best regards Sren Too weird. You have screen savers when you're logged in as root? Something you should never do under any circumstances BTW, at least not on a networked system. If they work as root but not as user then you'll definitely have to check permissions as someone previously suggested. What security level did you install at? Keep trying and meantime post your security level so the list knows whether you've actually restricted yourself out of the proper groups for such things. A final thought; instead of running as root open a terminal then, as super user, type: kcontrol [Enter] Set the screen savers, backgrounds, power control whatever, and then log out of the terminal, log out your user identity, then log back in. You may get lucky even if the permissions are set too high. This is all based on the assumption you're running KDE as your desktop manager. I hope I'm not assuming too much here. If so ignore me. Let the list know? Regards; Charlie - -- Edmonton,AB,Canada User #244963 at http://counter.li.org Mandrake Linux release 9.2 (FiveStar) for i586 kernel 2.4.22-21.tmb.1mdk 13:26:27 up 2:28, 1 user, load average: 0.12, 0.04, 0.05 What no spouse of a writer can ever understand is that a writer is working when he's staring out the window. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFAGW+DZqvqlrLPr5YRAjzfAJ9ypFbRRsaABacDZJpGbpAEHEkltgCgrNoT ByQOLW7RzfYnFhPHocntvKI= =Fb5o -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [mandrake] Re: [newbie] Sceensavers in KDE
How many screensavers should have gotten loaded when all the fixes are applied. I only have one basically and a random selectionand A black screen. Should there have been more. I had gone into a config GUI that asked me for the root password before doing the check for the screensavers but had exited it. ---Original Message--- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 01/29/04 13:20:37 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [mandrake] Re: [newbie] Sceensavers in KDE Well now I have updated everything, and there was one update where the description said it would fix my screensavers. But... They are still not there?? I have rebooted just to be sure (yeah I know, a windows thing to do), but no luck. If I log in on my KDE as root, they are all there and they are working... Any ideas please? Btw. the update tool is really nice :) Best regards Søren On Thu, 2004-01-29 at 15:42, Hoyt Bailey wrote: - Original Message - From: "Budhi Astiyadi" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2004 07:04 Subject: Re: [newbie] Sceensavers in KDE On Wed, 2004-01-28 at 05:51, Angus Auld wrote: Hi Soren, I had the same thing happening here with my 9.2, until I downloaded and installed all of the updates for 9.2. Make sure you check off in addition to 'Security updates", "Bugfixes updates" and "Normal updates", in Mandrake Update box. I think if you install all updates available, you will have the screensavers you are looking for in KDE Control Center. HTH. Best regards. --Angus From the description, the package that solve screensaver problem is kdelibs-common in bugfixes. I haven't try yet because im downloading now. I had the same problem with my screensaver and it suddenly started working so it looks like update will cure the problem. Regards; Hoyt __ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [mandrake] Re: [newbie] Sceensavers in KDE
Anyway...i would very happy if i could update my system... I run MandrakeUpdate and then comes the error screen there was an error downloading list of replication sites. Coulnt conect. There may be a connection problem or availability of web MandrakeSoft. Please try later. The funny thing is that i browse nespapers, my bank account, etc, and i dont believe that for 15th time the web of mandrakesoft is unavailable Then comes you can choose you site yourself. For this run the Software Support Administrator and add a source of Security Updates I just came from windows last weektoo much for me Some help Thanks From: Steve Kaufman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [mandrake] Re: [newbie] Sceensavers in KDE Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2004 16:07:59 -0500 (Eastern Standard Time) How many screensavers should have gotten loaded when all the fixes are applied. I only have one basically and a random selection and A black screen Should there have been more. I had gone into a config GUI that asked me for the root password before doing the check for the screensavers but had exited it. ---Original Message--- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 01/29/04 13:20:37 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [mandrake] Re: [newbie] Sceensavers in KDE Well now I have updated everything, and there was one update where the description said it would fix my screensavers. But... They are still not there?? I have rebooted just to be sure (yeah I know, a windows thing to do), but no luck. If I log in on my KDE as root, they are all there and they are working... Any ideas please? Btw. the update tool is really nice :) Best regards Søren On Thu, 2004-01-29 at 15:42, Hoyt Bailey wrote: - Original Message - From: Budhi Astiyadi [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2004 07:04 Subject: Re: [newbie] Sceensavers in KDE On Wed, 2004-01-28 at 05:51, Angus Auld wrote: Hi Soren, I had the same thing happening here with my 9.2, until I downloaded and installed all of the updates for 9.2. Make sure you check off in addition to 'Security updates, Bugfixes updates and Normal updates, in Mandrake Update box. I think if you install all updates available, you will have the screensavers you are looking for in KDE Control Center. HTH. Best regards. --Angus From the description, the package that solve screensaver problem is kdelibs-common in bugfixes. I haven't try yet because im downloading now. I had the same problem with my screensaver and it suddenly started working so it looks like update will cure the problem. Regards; Hoyt __ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com _ MSN Amor: busca tu ½ naranja http://latam.msn.com/amor/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [mandrake] Re: [newbie] Sceensavers in KDE
Anyway...i would very happy if i could update my system... I run MandrakeUpdate and then comes the error screen there was an error downloading list of replication sites. Coulnt conect. There may be a connection problem or availability of web MandrakeSoft. Please try later. The funny thing is that i browse nespapers, my bank account, etc, and i dont believe that for 15th time the web of mandrakesoft is unavailable Then comes you can choose you site yourself. For this run the Software Support Administrator and add a source of Security Updates I just came from windows last weektoo much for me Some help Thanks From: Steve Kaufman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [mandrake] Re: [newbie] Sceensavers in KDE Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2004 16:07:59 -0500 (Eastern Standard Time) How many screensavers should have gotten loaded when all the fixes are applied. I only have one basically and a random selection and A black screen Should there have been more. I had gone into a config GUI that asked me for the root password before doing the check for the screensavers but had exited it. ---Original Message--- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 01/29/04 13:20:37 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [mandrake] Re: [newbie] Sceensavers in KDE Well now I have updated everything, and there was one update where the description said it would fix my screensavers. But... They are still not there?? I have rebooted just to be sure (yeah I know, a windows thing to do), but no luck. If I log in on my KDE as root, they are all there and they are working... Any ideas please? Btw. the update tool is really nice :) Best regards Søren On Thu, 2004-01-29 at 15:42, Hoyt Bailey wrote: - Original Message - From: Budhi Astiyadi [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2004 07:04 Subject: Re: [newbie] Sceensavers in KDE On Wed, 2004-01-28 at 05:51, Angus Auld wrote: Hi Soren, I had the same thing happening here with my 9.2, until I downloaded and installed all of the updates for 9.2. Make sure you check off in addition to 'Security updates, Bugfixes updates and Normal updates, in Mandrake Update box. I think if you install all updates available, you will have the screensavers you are looking for in KDE Control Center. HTH. Best regards. --Angus From the description, the package that solve screensaver problem is kdelibs-common in bugfixes. I haven't try yet because im downloading now. I had the same problem with my screensaver and it suddenly started working so it looks like update will cure the problem. Regards; Hoyt __ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com _ Las mejores tiendas, los precios mas bajos, entregas en todo el mundo, YupiMSN Compras: http://latam.msn.com/compras/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Sceensavers in KDE
You are not assuming too much, I am running KDE. My security level is standard. I tried the terminal thing, no success. When you say I should check permissions, what do you mean? What should they be? Right now everything under /usr/X11R6/lib/xscreensaver has: -rwxr-xr-x Anything else I should try? Best regards Sren On Thu, 2004-01-29 at 21:39, Charlie Mahan wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Thursday 29 January 2004 1:14 pm, Sren Neigaard wrote: Tried both, did not help :( Wonder whats wrong, how can it work as root?? Best regards Sren Too weird. You have screen savers when you're logged in as root? Something you should never do under any circumstances BTW, at least not on a networked system. If they work as root but not as user then you'll definitely have to check permissions as someone previously suggested. What security level did you install at? Keep trying and meantime post your security level so the list knows whether you've actually restricted yourself out of the proper groups for such things. A final thought; instead of running as root open a terminal then, as super user, type: kcontrol [Enter] Set the screen savers, backgrounds, power control whatever, and then log out of the terminal, log out your user identity, then log back in. You may get lucky even if the permissions are set too high. This is all based on the assumption you're running KDE as your desktop manager. I hope I'm not assuming too much here. If so ignore me. Let the list know? Regards; Charlie - -- Edmonton,AB,Canada User #244963 at http://counter.li.org Mandrake Linux release 9.2 (FiveStar) for i586 kernel 2.4.22-21.tmb.1mdk 13:26:27 up 2:28, 1 user, load average: 0.12, 0.04, 0.05 What no spouse of a writer can ever understand is that a writer is working when he's staring out the window. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFAGW+DZqvqlrLPr5YRAjzfAJ9ypFbRRsaABacDZJpGbpAEHEkltgCgrNoT ByQOLW7RzfYnFhPHocntvKI= =Fb5o -END PGP SIGNATURE- __ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Sceensavers in KDE
Also I found this link on the net, dont know if that helps at all: http://www.linuxhelp.co.za/mandrake/faq/kdefaq-3.html I tried the chmod thing, but no luck :( Any ideas I can try would be appriciated. Best regards Sren On Thu, 2004-01-29 at 21:39, Charlie Mahan wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Thursday 29 January 2004 1:14 pm, Sren Neigaard wrote: Tried both, did not help :( Wonder whats wrong, how can it work as root?? Best regards Sren Too weird. You have screen savers when you're logged in as root? Something you should never do under any circumstances BTW, at least not on a networked system. If they work as root but not as user then you'll definitely have to check permissions as someone previously suggested. What security level did you install at? Keep trying and meantime post your security level so the list knows whether you've actually restricted yourself out of the proper groups for such things. A final thought; instead of running as root open a terminal then, as super user, type: kcontrol [Enter] Set the screen savers, backgrounds, power control whatever, and then log out of the terminal, log out your user identity, then log back in. You may get lucky even if the permissions are set too high. This is all based on the assumption you're running KDE as your desktop manager. I hope I'm not assuming too much here. If so ignore me. Let the list know? Regards; Charlie - -- Edmonton,AB,Canada User #244963 at http://counter.li.org Mandrake Linux release 9.2 (FiveStar) for i586 kernel 2.4.22-21.tmb.1mdk 13:26:27 up 2:28, 1 user, load average: 0.12, 0.04, 0.05 What no spouse of a writer can ever understand is that a writer is working when he's staring out the window. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFAGW+DZqvqlrLPr5YRAjzfAJ9ypFbRRsaABacDZJpGbpAEHEkltgCgrNoT ByQOLW7RzfYnFhPHocntvKI= =Fb5o -END PGP SIGNATURE- __ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Sceensavers in KDE
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Thursday 29 January 2004 3:27 pm, Sren Neigaard wrote: You are not assuming too much, I am running KDE. My security level is standard. I tried the terminal thing, no success. That's a fairly broad statement. Do you mean that you couldn't open the KDE Control Centre that way, that you had no screen savers to choose from, or that it didn't help? When you say I should check permissions, what do you mean? What should they be? Right now everything under /usr/X11R6/lib/xscreensaver has: -rwxr-xr-x Yeah OK, but the configuration files aren't in /usr/X11R6 they're in /etc/X11. Anything else I should try? Best regards Sren I'm fighting to try to install cooker on this old relic at the moment, but I'll keep checking back here as I'm able. Hopefully one of the others will jump back in to try to help as well. I'm firing blanks on suggestions at the moment though, so somebody...HELP. Please? (-: Whatever the case you likely won't be abandoned, even if I kill this thing completely. g Regards; Charlie - -- Edmonton,AB,Canada User #244963 at http://counter.li.org Mandrake Linux release 9.2 (FiveStar) for i586 kernel 2.4.22-26mdk 16:19:24 up 34 min, 1 user, load average: 0.20, 0.13, 0.13 Fame lost its appeal for me when I went into a public restroom and an autograph seeker handed me a pen and paper under the stall door. -- Marlo Thomas -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFAGZhHZqvqlrLPr5YRAqtCAJ955Xq+cNu/vM4X62IW7VQ3/MAxTACgoMQh 0a1q9/t+Yi5kH/xsZK5zrSM= =ASjh -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Sceensavers in KDE
- Original Message - From: Sren Neigaard [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2004 16:27 Subject: Re: [newbie] Sceensavers in KDE You are not assuming too much, I am running KDE. My security level is standard. I tried the terminal thing, no success. When you say I should check permissions, what do you mean? What should they be? Right now everything under /usr/X11R6/lib/xscreensaver has: -rwxr-xr-x Anything else I should try? Best regards Sren On Thu, 2004-01-29 at 21:39, Charlie Mahan wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Thursday 29 January 2004 1:14 pm, Sren Neigaard wrote: Tried both, did not help :( Wonder whats wrong, how can it work as root?? Best regards Sren Too weird. You have screen savers when you're logged in as root? Something you should never do under any circumstances BTW, at least not on a networked system. If they work as root but not as user then you'll definitely have to check permissions as someone previously suggested. What security level did you install at? Keep trying and meantime post your security level so the list knows whether you've actually restricted yourself out of the proper groups for such things. A final thought; instead of running as root open a terminal then, as super user, type: kcontrol [Enter] Set the screen savers, backgrounds, power control whatever, and then log out of the terminal, log out your user identity, then log back in. You may get lucky even if the permissions are set too high. This is all based on the assumption you're running KDE as your desktop manager. I hope I'm not assuming too much here. If so ignore me. Let the list know? Regards; Charlie There is another permission level deffination -rwxr-xr-x root root probably I would change the second root to user and if necessary add your users to group user. I dont know the commands to do this however. Regards; Hoyt Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Sceensavers in KDE
On Tue, 2004-01-27 at 23:51, Angus Auld wrote: - Original Message - From: Søren Neigaard [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2004 21:52:38 +0100 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Sceensavers in KDE When I start the KDE Control Center and choose LookNFeel - Screen Saver there are no screen savers listed, and under the Mandrake install I did chose all X screensavers. Does this mean I cant run X screensavers in KDE? Also I installed the tux screenserver and the qstars screensaver, and i can run both manually, but none of them show up in the KDE configuration tool also. What can I do to get this to work? Best regards Søren ** Hi Soren, I had the same thing happening here with my 9.2, until I downloaded and installed all of the updates for 9.2. Make sure you check off in addition to 'Security updates, Bugfixes updates and Normal updates, in Mandrake Update box. I think if you install all updates available, you will have the screensavers you are looking for in KDE Control Center. HTH. Best regards. --Angus Oh sounds nice :) One question though. I have always been scare by automatic update tool, they tend to break things. Are the Mandrake update tool safe to use, or will there be a good chance that it breaks things? Not to offend Mandrake, I just wont be able to fix whatever is broken (newbie). Best regards Søren Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Sceensavers in KDE
On Wednesday 28 January 2004 17:20, Søren Neigaard wrote: On Tue, 2004-01-27 at 23:51, Angus Auld wrote: - Original Message - From: Søren Neigaard [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2004 21:52:38 +0100 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Sceensavers in KDE When I start the KDE Control Center and choose LookNFeel - Screen Saver there are no screen savers listed, and under the Mandrake install I did chose all X screensavers. Does this mean I cant run X screensavers in KDE? Also I installed the tux screenserver and the qstars screensaver, and i can run both manually, but none of them show up in the KDE configuration tool also. What can I do to get this to work? Best regards Søren ** Hi Soren, I had the same thing happening here with my 9.2, until I downloaded and installed all of the updates for 9.2. Make sure you check off in addition to 'Security updates, Bugfixes updates and Normal updates, in Mandrake Update box. I think if you install all updates available, you will have the screensavers you are looking for in KDE Control Center. HTH. Best regards. --Angus Oh sounds nice :) One question though. I have always been scare by automatic update tool, they tend to break things. Are the Mandrake update tool safe to use, or will there be a good chance that it breaks things? Not to offend Mandrake, I just wont be able to fix whatever is broken (newbie). Best regards Søren Søren, as far as I can tell from several years with Mandrake, the Update Tool is safe with regards to not breaking things beyond repair. In the actual situation however, there are two things to consider : 1. The screensaver issue can be solved by updating, but first : 2. Update the most important packages first, i.e. rpm, drakxtools, urpmi etc., etc.. After that you may find your menus partially or completely messed up. To remedy this, open a console, become root and type : update-menus -v. Watch the text scroll by and relax. When the process stops, you probably won't be returned to a prompt. Ignore, and just press Enter, then exit twice. Now, you are in business. In general : the Update-tool is just a front-end to urpmi. This is one of the most elegant features in Mandrake and rivals the apt-get thing in Debian. Use with confidence. And Søren : Please remove the reply to line in your mail program. Kaj Haulrich. -- ** Sent from a 100 % Microsoft-free computer ** Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Sceensavers in KDE
- Original Message - From: Søren Neigaard [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2004 21:52:38 +0100 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Sceensavers in KDE When I start the KDE Control Center and choose LookNFeel - Screen Saver there are no screen savers listed, and under the Mandrake install I did chose all X screensavers. Does this mean I cant run X screensavers in KDE? Also I installed the tux screenserver and the qstars screensaver, and i can run both manually, but none of them show up in the KDE configuration tool also. What can I do to get this to work? Best regards Søren ** Hi Soren, I had the same thing happening here with my 9.2, until I downloaded and installed all of the updates for 9.2. Make sure you check off in addition to 'Security updates, Bugfixes updates and Normal updates, in Mandrake Update box. I think if you install all updates available, you will have the screensavers you are looking for in KDE Control Center. HTH. Best regards. --Angus Let us not look back in anger or forward in fear, but around in awareness. -- James Thurber *** ~Linux Powered by Mandrake 9.2~ *** ~Reg. Linux User #278931~ *** -- _ Web-based SMS services available at http://www.operamail.com. From your mailbox to local or overseas cell phones. Powered by Outblaze Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
