[3ddesktop-dev] Re: 3ddesktop 0.2.1

On Mon, 19 Aug 2002, Brad Wasson wrote:

=>Hey all,
=>
=>With some much appreciated help I've added support for KDE and
=>upgraded some build/autoconf stuff plus a few minor things.  
=>So I'm putting out 0.2.1.
=>
=>Here a list of changes:
=> * support KDE
=> * Fix segfault when can't open display
=> * Fix command line options (removed some that shouldn't be)
=> * Upgrade to use autoconf 2.53 and automake 1.6 (including numerous
=>build/make updates)
=> * Added "speed" options for face changes and zoom in/out
=> * Fixed random not working in .conf
=> * Enable a "default" view in .conf
=> * Enable "global" option section in .conf
=>
=>
=>Let me know if you have any problems.
=>
=>Also, I'm in the process of moving to sourceforge.  Here are some of the
=>new URLS:
=>
=> homepage: http://desk3d.sourceforge.net/
=> summary:  http://sourceforge.net/projects/desk3d/
=> files:    http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=59688
=>
=>cheers,
=>--brad
Here are a few (hopefully) constructive critisicms of the new release.
I'm running KDE here on Red Hat 7.3.

* Installing imlib2 was a bear. You *must* install binaries because imlib2 
needs imlib2 to build itself. :-(

* 3ddesk --kde is not supported. it's just not an option that exists.
513 > 3ddesk --kde
3ddesk: unrecognized option `--kde'
usage: 3ddesk [ OPTIONS ]

Maybe the README needs an update?

* 3ddesk --acquire results in only one desktop being displayed. The 
controls only cause it to rotate 360 degrees. 

* The desktop that gets displayed is white. No images.

* After I say 3ddesk --acquirecurrent, then I get all four of my desktops, 
but only the first one is white, the rest are black with a thin white 
border.

And one last question: I shouldn't assume that my X server has the 
XF86VidMode extensions. How do I tell if I actually do have this?

Please let me know if there's any more data I can provide. I *really* want 
this to work.

TIA

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