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TheWart
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 Posted: Mon Sep 29, 2003 12:30 pm Post subject: KDE 3.2 Impressions and a problem..... |
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Well, I got the itch to install KDE 3.2 alpha 2 (I have been hopping from WM to WM....gnome 2.4 > xfce4 > kahakai), and I must say, it is very impressive.
It does take the longest to load though, but that is not such a big deal, as I keep reboots to a minimum. I think it is very nice, in that it makes changing system settings very easy. For some reason, it seemed more scattered in Gnome.
KDE is almost worth it just for SuperKaramba...the weather applet just looks so slick  ....but I cannot get SK to do any sort of smooth mouseovers, it has some major lag.
I like the panel behavior of the KDE one over the gnome one, as it is easier to change the hide delay.
But, for some reason, after installing KDE (the cvs version with the script by iamlarryboy), I only get sound out of one of my speakers. I have a Labtec 2.1 setup, and before everything was peachy....but now it is no go.Only the left front works....maybe arts screwed alsa up somehow?
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| Posted: Mon Sep 29, 2003 8:05 pm Post subject: |
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try killall artsd then run a sound prog to make sure everyting still works.
also, checkout the settings:/ KIOslave. It nice!
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TheWart
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| Posted: Mon Sep 29, 2003 9:30 pm Post subject: |
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| RedBeard0531 wrote: | try killall artsd then run a sound prog to make sure everyting still works.
also, checkout the settings:/ KIOslave. It nice! |
EDIT: 'killall -9' made artsd stop.
Even then,. when I open up xine with 'xine -A alsa' and play the matrix trailer, I only get front left. It is really strange. Maybe Alsa has the other ones muted? How could I check?
And then, when i try to access KIOSlave via konq, i get this:
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An error occurred while loading settings:/KIOslave:
The process for the settings protocol died unexpectedly. |
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qubex
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| Posted: Mon Sep 29, 2003 10:17 pm Post subject: |
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Have you run kmix and made sure that the balance is set to the center? 
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TheWart
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| Posted: Mon Sep 29, 2003 10:35 pm Post subject: |
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| qubex wrote: | | Have you run kmix and made sure that the balance is set to the center? |
Yea, it is in the middle.
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Retriever II
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| Posted: Mon Sep 29, 2003 11:22 pm Post subject: |
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| You can emerge alsa-utils (I think that's the one), and run alsamixer to check for any muted or 0-volume channels. |
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RedBeard0531
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| Posted: Mon Sep 29, 2003 11:36 pm Post subject: |
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| TheWart wrote: |
And then, when i try to access KIOSlave via konq, i get this:
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Sorry I wasnt clear. type settings:/ into the konq bar. It (as is all the things that end in :/ such as help:/, man:/, lan:/, fish:/ etc.) are called KIOslaves.
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TheWart
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| Posted: Tue Sep 30, 2003 12:10 am Post subject: |
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| Retriever II wrote: | | You can emerge alsa-utils (I think that's the one), and run alsamixer to check for any muted or 0-volume channels. |
I had done that, but I did it again with a fine tooth comb, and low and behold, half of the DAC and the other one next to it were turned down!
How that happeened I have no earthly idea!
Oh well, thanks to everyone for the ideas and patience.
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shm
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Another kde 3.2 related suggestion, if you want a OSX-like shadow (for better background shading/contrast), put this in your kdesktoprc: (hopefully this appears in the GUI before beta1)
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[FMSettings]
ShadowConfigName=OS X
ShadowCurrentScheme=0,1,16.0,192.0,2,4,0
ShadowEnabled=true
ShadowTextBackground=invalid
ShadowTextColor=1,1,1
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If you already have a FMSettings section, just add it to that. If you have a dark background I recommend right cliking on the desktop->configure desktop->backgrounds->advanced and setting the background text color to yellow (high contrast, looks great with a shadow). If you have a light background I recommend using white as the background text color.
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