splash screens not working in kde

[questionasker]

ive got kde 3.2.3, and the 2.6. kernel.

when i try to install a splash screen (dude crush from kdelook; i love Nemo), it doesnt work.

i thibnk i installed by the directions on the kdelook faqs, and even in hte spalsh screen selector gui thingy in kde. it works fine on all test, but it doesnt work when i log in.


this is for root account, would that have anything to do with it?

[questionasker]

^bump^


can anyone tell me whats wrong?

[JohnT]

Just place it in the directory where your original splash screen is and rename your old one with the ".bak" extension. I could never get them to work half the time by placing in my /root/.kde or /home/.kde directory.

[questionasker]

where might that be? im searching now, but with no luck.

[Hayl]

~/.kde/<something> i imagine

[JohnT]

Originally posted by questionasker
where might that be? im searching now, but with no luck. Its a hidden file in your user directory.

[questionasker]

what hidden file?

ive already oput them in ~/.kde/share/apps/ksplash like it said on kdelook.

[JohnT]

Ok if you've done it there then run the commandupdatedb let run. Then run the commandlocate ksplash You'll see an alternate directory for the ksplash image file. Rename the original image file with a .bak extension and then copy the substitute to that directory and and rename if needed.