Re: [gentoo-user] KDE? Get me out of here!

[Alex Schuster]

Dale writes:

> Alex Schuster wrote:
> > Dale writes:

> >> I am in KDE4.  I still have KDE3 installed tho.  Thing is, I'm still
> >> using the same programs I was in KDE3.  Dolphin looks nice and all
> >> but I can't use it as root at all.
> >
> > Huh? No problem here.
[...]
> This is what I am talking about.  Dolphin will browse through
> directories but as soon as I click to open a text file, it gives a
> error.  I have discussed this on the kde list and it is a known
> problem.  One even said the code was written to prevent that but others
> say it is just not fixed yet.  So, I still use Konqueror just like I
> did in KDE 3.

This is also working here, a click opens the file in kwrite.


> >> So, I went back to Konqueror to edit
> >> config files and such.  I don't use some of the programs that you
> >> are using so I don't have the same issues.  I use smplayer to do
> >> movies or CDs.  It doesn't care what DE you use.
> >
> > Ah, smplayer. Did not think about that. It was not important anyway -
> > I had ripped a CD with K3b, and wondered why two tracks were
> > swapped. BTW, what do you use for ripping? K3b is okay, but it does
> > not remember changes like output path or file naming, I have to set
> > this again for every CD. But smplayer does not recognise the CD
> > either. I wonder why I do not have a /dev/cdrom device - only
> > /dev/cdrom3, /dev/cdrw3, /dev/dvd3 and /dev/dvdrw3, all symlinking
> > to /dev/sr0.
>
> I have used tkdvd to burn a DVD.  It ain't pretty but it worked.  ;-)

Oh, K3b is fine for burning, never had a problem with that. It's the 
ripping that could be better, and the audio playing that does not work at 
all.

	Wonko