Re: Variety....

[jason.k <nospam [at] virgin.net>]

FYI

The problem was the /dev/cdrom device didn't have the correct
persmission
666. The KDM thing required a change to Xsetup_0 to use kdmdesktop
instead
of the default. There, talking to myself again. Thanks for yur sug.s
'root'
all the same.

JK.

root wrote:

> no idea on the kdm one, i try to stay clear of kde..ugh...
>
> as for music cds, you don't need to mount them...just use a proggy such as
> workbone or xplaycd to play CDs straight off...
>
> Andy.
> Doncaster
>
> On Sat, 20 Nov 1999, jason.k wrote:
>
> > sheflug - http://www.sheflug.co.uk
> >
> > ...is, as we all know, the spice of life. I haven't asked a question
> > here for a while so I thought I'd make up for it with serveral really
> > stupid ones. First and stupidest, KDM. I've config'd it as root to
> > start at boot time. Fine. Only the bitmap I've selected for a
> > background from the default KDE wallpapers dir (/opt/kde.....wallpapers)
> > isn't showing, all I got is the grey 'static' x background, ideas?.
> >
> > Second I can't mount a music cd (ooh-er missus) assume it's done as
> > iso9660 is this the case? The cdrom came with the Dell machine and does
> > go a bit wonky under Win, but I'd expect that ;-). I'm using
> > Slackware4.0 btw.
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > JK.
> >
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