Splash Screens

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Sunday, December 18th 2005, 5:02pm

Im a total newbie to Linux and just got Linspire a few weeks ago i have found a few Splash Screens that i think are awesome but cant seem to figure out how to go about installing them. Can anyone help me out plz.

this is the screen i want to install: http://www.kde-look.org/content/show.php?content=26888

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bram85

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Sunday, December 18th 2005, 5:25pm

RE: Splash Screens

Just follow the How to install link on that very page

Bram Schoenmakers
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shadowfx78

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Sunday, December 18th 2005, 5:36pm

I did and it still doesnt work. And it says i need the Moodin theme or something.

This post has been edited 2 times, last edit by "shadowfx78" (Dec 18th 2005, 5:45pm)

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bram85

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Sunday, December 18th 2005, 6:37pm

Move the tarball into ~/.kde/share/apps/ksplash/Themes (or create the right directories first if they don't exist yet). Then extract the tarball. The splash screen should now be visible in KDE Control Center.

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shadowfx78

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Sunday, December 18th 2005, 11:18pm

Ok i did that and now it says cant load configuration file sheesh i just cant win can i.

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bram85

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Tuesday, December 20th 2005, 7:54am

In the Splash module, you can also click Add. A file dialog will appear, where you can select the downloaded file from kde-look.org. Then the file will be automatically installed and added to the list.

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shadowfx78

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Tuesday, December 20th 2005, 3:52pm

bram yes i know that and thats how i started thats common sense.

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Wednesday, December 21st 2005, 4:16pm

Then, gimme more information.

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shadowfx78

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Thursday, December 22nd 2005, 12:03am

Ok i think i pretty much have this figured out but where in the kdmrc file do i put
?? Theme=~/.kde/share/apps/kdm/themes/"THEMENAME"

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bram85

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Thursday, December 22nd 2005, 11:24am

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Originally posted by shadowfx78
Ok i think i pretty much have this figured out but where in the kdmrc file do i put
?? Theme=~/.kde/share/apps/kdm/themes/"THEMENAME"

The theme has nothing to do with splash screens. It's a KDM theme, for giving nifty looks to your login manager.

When I tried to install the specified splash screen, it asked me to install a certain plugin (didn't remember it's name). Are you sure you have installed that?

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shadowfx78

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Thursday, December 22nd 2005, 1:10pm

hmm where can i get the moodin plugin and is the moodin engine the same thing?

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Thursday, December 22nd 2005, 3:41pm

Read the README, it states that you can find it on kde-look.org

http://www.kde-look.org/content/show.php?content=25705

Bram Schoenmakers
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shadowfx78

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Thursday, December 22nd 2005, 3:48pm

Ok i guess i need to update my KDE then cuz i have version 3.3 and that needs 3.4+ that could be why its not working properly

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Friday, January 13th 2006, 6:18pm

RE: Splash Screens

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Im a total newbie to Linux and just got Linspire a few weeks ago i have found a few Splash Screens that i think are awesome but cant seem to figure out how to go about installing them. Can anyone help me out plz.

this is the screen i want to install: http://www.kde-look.org/content/show.php?content=26888

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