(*** This bug was imported into bugs.kde.org ***) Package: kdesktop Version: KDE 2.1.1 Severity: normal Installed from: Debian Package 4:2.1.1-2 (testing/unstable) Compiler: gcc version 2.95.3 20010315 (Debian release) OS: Linux 2.4.3-pre3 i686 OS/Compiler notes: Hello I try to run Xplanet with the following command. xplanet -root -projection orthographic -body Earth -image /usr/share/xplanet/earth.jpg -night_image /usr/share/xplanet/earth_lights_lrg.jpg -cloud_image /usr/share/xplanet/clouds.jpg -date "01 Apr 2001 04:00:00" -latitude 22 -longitude -98. When I do this I get nothing on the root window(desktop background) when using kde. It is not a problem in other window managers I have used. I see this was reported by someone back in Novembver of 2000 but I do not consider this to be a duplicate bug report because it doesn't seem to be working. I do have a /usr/share/apps/kdesktop/programs/xplanet.desktop file but can't find it anywhere in my kde menu when clicking on the start button. I am actually trying to use TkXplanet but it just seems to generate the xplanet command on the terminal it was started from. Just to be sure I entered the command manually. I take it I am supposed to have some kind of shortcut icon in my kde menu to use xplanet but I cannot find one. Thank You for your support Jimmy Richards (Submitted via bugs.kde.org) (Called from KBugReport dialog. Fields Application manually changed)
linuxrh@home.com wrote: > > Package: kdesktop > Version: KDE 2.1.1 > Severity: normal > Installed from: Debian Package 4:2.1.1-2 (testing/unstable) > Compiler: gcc version 2.95.3 20010315 (Debian release) > OS: Linux 2.4.3-pre3 i686 > OS/Compiler notes: > > Hello > > I try to run Xplanet with the following command. xplanet -root -projection orthographic -body Earth -image /usr/share/xplanet/earth.jpg -night_image /usr/share/xplanet/earth_lights_lrg.jpg -cloud_image /usr/share/xplanet/clouds.jpg -date "01 Apr 2001 04:00:00" -latitude 22 -longitude -98. When I do this I get nothing on the root window(desktop background) when using kde. It is not a problem in other window managers I have used. I see this was reported by someone back in Novembver of 2000 but I do not consider this to be a duplicate bug report because it doesn't seem to be working. I do have a /usr/share/apps/kdesktop/programs/xplanet.desktop file but can't find it anywhere in my kde menu when clicking on the start button. I am actually trying to use TkXplanet but it just seems to generate the xplanet command on the terminal it was started from. Just to be sure I entered the command manually. I take it I am supposed to have some kind of shortcut icon in my kde menu to use xplanet but I cannot find one. > Try kcontrol/Look&Feel/Background/Background Program Actually it should work in KDE 2.1 - we even broke netscape for that :) Greetings Stephan -- People in cars cause accidents. Accidents in cars cause people.
---------- Forwarded Message ---------- Subject: Xplanet still does not work in KDE Date: Sun 1 Apr 2001 07:22:25 -0600 From: Jimmy Richards <linuxrh@home.com> To: 23465@bugs.kde.org Hello Again Stephan Wanted to let you know that I followed your instructions but Xplanet is still not working. I tried several times. kcontrol > Background > Background Tab > Mode is set to 'Background Program' and I see xplanet is in there but no bannana. About the kernel version. It took me a minute after receiving your response to figure that the kernel version reported in the KDE Bug Report Dialog is the version of Linux that my version of KDE was compiled on..... ok. Jimmy Richards -------------------------------------------------------
The following is from question 4 of the Xplanet FAQ at http://xplanet.sourceforge.net/FAQ 4) How do I get xplanet working with KDE2? From: Joe Mirando - Right-click on the desktop and select "Configure background..." from the resulting menu. - Click on the menu list next to "Mode:" and select "Background Program". - Now click on the "Setup" button and then the "Add" button. Fill in the fields with the appropriate information. For instance the setup I use to display a picture of Mars on my first desktop contains the following information: Name Xplanet-Mars Comment v0.73 by Hari Nair Command xplanet -image mars.jpg -radius 47 -center 550368 -output marsdesk.jpg Preview cmd xplanet -image mars.jpg -radius 47 -center 550368 -output marsdesk.jpg Executable xplanet Refresh time 5 minutes - Now click on "Okay" to save the setup. This allows KDE to use XPlanet to create a picture every five minutes. Now all you need to do is tell KDE what picture to use. - Go back to the main background configuration menu (the one that lists the desktops and has the "Background" "Wallpaper" and "Advanced" buttons) and click the "Wallpaper" button. - Put a check mark in the "Multiple" box and click on the "Setup" button. This will give you a menu that allows you to select pictures to display on the desktop. We only want to display one picture here but we want it to update every so-often. - Since we've told XPlanet to update every five minutes we'll select "5 minutes" as our interval here as well. Now all we need is to select the picture that XPlanet is going to create for us. - Click on the "Add" button and select the picture that XPlanet has written. (Since we've already executed XPlanet by installing it in the previous steps it should have already written the picture file) and click on "OK". - You can elect to have this picture used for each desktop (by selecting "Common Background") use XPlanet for some desktops and not others or you may follow the preceeding steps to create a different background for each desktop. This is how I configured my desktops and everything works fine.
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