KDE4 - problem modifying the desktop and/or root window

[Aaron J. Seigo]

On June 11, 2010, Joshua Hager wrote:
> I am trying to get root-tail to work and display properly so I can display
> custom system information on the desktop for our testers/developers that do
> not know how to find it. However, I cannot get it to work with plasma no
> matter what I try, yet I was able to get it working on kde3 by using the
> checkbox for the 'Allow programs in desktop window' option. I am simply

for various reasons, we don't support drawing on to the root window. from the 
perspective of a system like plasma, it's a broken idea by design.

however, we DO ship a plasmoid that does the same thing: File Watcher. if you 
need something that tails the output of commands, i believe there's a plasmoid 
that does that as well, but i'd have to go looking for it.

if you users are using KDE SC 4.4 or above, you can even add it to their 
current desktop setup using a javascript update script:

	http://techbase.kde.org/KDE_System_Administration/PlasmaDesktopScripting

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