Gentoo KDE splash screen

Paidhi · Posted: Sat Jul 13, 2002 3:47 pm Post subject: Gentoo KDE splash screen

Hi everybody,

There is a Gentoo splash screen at KDE-Look.org.

The install perl script didn't work for me but a simple

metalhedd · Posted: Sat Jul 13, 2002 8:38 pm Post subject:

is it possible to use custom splash screens with Liquid? I tried but it didn't do anything.

masseya · Posted: Mon Jul 15, 2002 4:27 am Post subject:

I am using a Final Fantasy splash screen with Liquid in KDE 3.0.2 that I also obtained from kde-look.org. I don't remember having any trouble installing it, but you could try backing all the pic's in the ~/.kde/share/apps/ksplash/pics/ directory in another directory and just have the one that you want to use there.
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metalhedd · Posted: Mon Jul 15, 2002 8:11 pm Post subject:

it is the only one there...

metalhedd · Posted: Mon Jul 15, 2002 8:13 pm Post subject:

Do I have to select which splash screen to use somewhere in KDE? or should it just use the one in that folder?

masseya · Posted: Tue Jul 16, 2002 4:06 am Post subject:

What are the file permissions of the image in the folder?

(No, you don't have to choose this in some arcane KDE menu. I think it just uses the one in that folder.)
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Swishy · Guru Joined: 06 Jun 2002 Posts: 491 Location: NZ

I emerged a app the other day I think it was "kslpash" funnily enough , adds custom splash options to the look and feel menu.

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metalhedd · Posted: Tue Jul 16, 2002 4:54 am Post subject:

I dont see anything called ksplash. I check the permissioins they're all ok. this is wierd.

Swishy · Guru Joined: 06 Jun 2002 Posts: 491 Location: NZ

Ill carify my statement

, I think if you type emerge -s portage , theres a gui for kde called kportage or something like that , I had installed that and happened to be scrolling through that when I found it ......hope this helps , I wasnt really concentrating at the time and cant qute remember exactly where I found it....

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ch3 · n00b Joined: 21 May 2002 Posts: 24 Location: Belgium

I'm the one who made the Gentoo KSplash, so I'll give some explanations.

There is in x11-misc an application named ksplash-ml and ksplash-ml-themes in x11-themes. This application adds an item in the Look&Feel menu in the KDE Control Center wich allow you to choose between differents splashs screens.

My Perl script rely on this application to be installed, so I don't have to backup the previous splash screen (but I should have warned people about this...).

KSplash-ml is nice because you can preview splash screens and switch between them easilly... I think it worth emerging
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Swishy · Guru Joined: 06 Jun 2002 Posts: 491 Location: NZ

yeah it's definitly worth installing

, thanks for that ch3

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