Tips&Tricks Funky KDE splash screens with ksplashml

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delboy711

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Post Posted: Mon Jul 08, 2002 2:50 pm Post subject: Funky KDE splash screens with ksplashml

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If you go to www.kde-look.org you will notice there are lots of really nice KDE splash screens designed to work with ksplashml which is a kde application to replace the normal ksplash application.

 

If you want to try out ksplashml Texstar keeps a copy for KDE3.0 on Mandrake 8.2 here

ftp://ftp.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/distribut...exstar/Mandrake -8.2/RPMS

 

However you still need to do more to get it working. As of KDE3.0.2 and below the /opt/kde3/bin/startkde script has a bug in it which will cause KDE to not find ksplashml. To fix it edit startkde so that the relevent stanza reads...

 

# Laurent kdebase-2.2.2-7mdk fix conflict with ksplashml

if [ -e /opt/kde3/bin/ksplashml ]; then

ksplashml

else

ksplash

fi

 

You can then configure ksplashml from KDE Control Centre Additional splash screens can be downloaded from kde-look and imported into your KDE.

 

 

flare

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Post Posted: Tue Jul 23, 2002 11:01 am Post subject:

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followed your advice - installed ksplashml downloaded a new set of splash screens. Tried t o import them into ksplashml but they didn't come with a theme.rc file. Tried to create one but can't find where to place the files. Any ideas ?

 

 

delboy711

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Location: Wokingham, UK

Post Posted: Wed Jul 24, 2002 12:57 pm Post subject: Quite easy to

create a Theme.rc file

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The themes go in /opt/kde3/share/apps/ksplashml/Themes Make a New Directory with the name of your theme and in that directory put the files Preview.png splash_active_bar.png splash_bottom.png splash_inactive_bar.png splash_top.png Theme.rc

 

If the theme you are importing does not have all these files, either borrow suitable files from other themes or create them. (e.g. Just copy splash_top.png to make a Preview.png)

 

The Theme.rc file can be copied from another theme. Just edit the theme name to be the same as the name of the directory you have put it in.

For example

 

[KSplash/ML Theme: Asterix]

Engine = Legacy

 

That should be it. Just open KDE Control Centre and you should see your new theme available.

 

 

 

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