Need Knoppix/Debian/KDE setup help

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Author: Robert Wultsch
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Subject: Need Knoppix/Debian/KDE setup help
1. No clue

2. You are on the right track but you willl have to reboot after setting
the settings.

The german is a cntinueing problem for knoppix. I have memorived the
german needed to change the languag settings.

Mark Phillips wrote:

> I installed Linux using the Knoppix 3.2 CD and I have a few mionor
> problems. I hope someone can help!
>
> 1. Screen saver - The original installation only came with 2 screeen
> savers - blank and random. After poking around I ended up doing an
> apt-get install for xscreensaver 4.05. It seems to have installed ok - I
> now have it as an option in the KDE control center along with blank and
> random. When I click on setup, the dialog appears, and I can get it to
> operate properly from here. However, when I leave the KDE control panel
> (after selecting Xscreensaver and clicking on apply) and wait for the
> Xscreensaver to work, all I get is a blank screen. How do I get
> XScreensaver to work automatically? I can launch it from K - Debain -
> Lock Screen as well.
>
> 2. How do I change the screen resolutions? I tried KDE Control Cen ter
> -> Peripherals -> X display, but it does not do anything but display an
> hour glass.
>
> I must say, however, that this setup was much easier than either Redhat
> 7.2 or Mandrake 8.2, and almost everything worked out of the box (except
> the above) The Knoppix hd install was fairly easy, althought the
> installation questions need a little more explanation to make sense. It
> is a good thing that I know enought German to get through the
> installation, as I ended up with a German keybaord and computer after I
> had selected English in the setup (probably cockpit error)! So far,
> Debian and Apt-get are awesome.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Mark Phillips
>
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