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help!! kde login fails after changing login manager in KControl
by Christopher Townson 19 Aug '04

19 Aug '04

Hi - I seem to be having a bit of a problem with X in KDE3.2 - I know absolutely nothing about X, so if anyone can help I would really appreciate it. The problem is as follows: - I did a clean install and update of SuSE 9.1 with no problems, everything goes beautifully until... - I attempt to change the login settings via KControl -> Login Manager. Once I change the login settings, when I first logout I get a black screen with just the "X" cursor (i.e. no login screen) and I cannot move to any other tty - I therefore have to force a restart by pressing the reset button on my PC. When the computer reboots, it shows the KDE login screen and I login, but KDE fails to start and it goes straight to an X console instead -- from there I can start KDE by typing "kde", but I get a mess of error messages when I do. This is the output on starting kde from the console after login: ----------------------------------------------------- xset: bad font path element (#64), possible causes are: Directory does not exist or has wrong permissions Directory missing fonts.dir Incorrect font server address or syntax xset: bad font path element (#64), possible causes are: Directory does not exist or has wrong permissions Directory missing fonts.dir Incorrect font server address or syntax xset: bad font path element (#64), possible causes are: Directory does not exist or has wrong permissions Directory missing fonts.dir Incorrect font server address or syntax xset: bad font path element (#64), possible causes are: Directory does not exist or has wrong permissions Directory missing fonts.dir Incorrect font server address or syntax ksplash: WARNING: KGenericFactory: instance requested but no instance name passed to the constructor! kbuildsycoca running... ALSA lib pcm_hw.c:494:(snd_pcm_hw_start) SNDRV_PCM_IOCTL_START failed: Broken pipe ALSA lib pcm_hw.c:494:(snd_pcm_hw_start) SNDRV_PCM_IOCTL_START failed: Broken pipe ALSA lib pcm_hw.c:494:(snd_pcm_hw_start) SNDRV_PCM_IOCTL_START failed: Broken pipe MNG error 1029: Chunk out of sequence; chunk TERM; subcode 0:0 MNG error 1029: Chunk out of sequence; chunk TERM; subcode 0:0 MNG error 1029: Chunk out of sequence; chunk TERM; subcode 0:0 MNG error 1029: Chunk out of sequence; chunk TERM; subcode 0:0 MNG error 1029: Chunk out of sequence; chunk TERM; subcode 0:0 MNG error 1029: Chunk out of sequence; chunk TERM; subcode 0:0 MNG error 1029: Chunk out of sequence; chunk TERM; subcode 0:0 kdecore (KLibLoader): WARNING: KLibrary: /usr/lib/libcrypto.so.0.9.7: undefined symbol: PKCS7_content_free kdecore (KLibLoader): WARNING: KLibrary: /usr/lib/libcrypto.so.0.9.7: undefined symbol: OpenSSL_add_all_algorithms kdecore (KLibLoader): WARNING: KLibrary: /usr/lib/libcrypto.so.0.9.7: undefined symbol: OpenSSL_add_all_algorithms_conf kdecore (KLibLoader): WARNING: KLibrary: /usr/lib/libcrypto.so.0.9.7: undefined symbol: OpenSSL_add_all_algorithms_noconf MNG error 1029: Chunk out of sequence; chunk TERM; subcode 0:0 MNG error 1029: Chunk out of sequence; chunk TERM; subcode 0:0 MNG error 1029: Chunk out of sequence; chunk TERM; subcode 0:0 MNG error 1029: Chunk out of sequence; chunk TERM; subcode 0:0 kdecore (KLibLoader): WARNING: KLibrary: /usr/lib/libcrypto.so.0.9.7: undefined symbol: PKCS7_content_free kdecore (KLibLoader): WARNING: KLibrary: /usr/lib/libcrypto.so.0.9.7: undefined symbol: OpenSSL_add_all_algorithms kdecore (KLibLoader): WARNING: KLibrary: /usr/lib/libcrypto.so.0.9.7: undefined symbol: OpenSSL_add_all_algorithms_conf kdecore (KLibLoader): WARNING: KLibrary: /usr/lib/libcrypto.so.0.9.7: undefined symbol: OpenSSL_add_all_algorithms_noconf MNG error 1029: Chunk out of sequence; chunk TERM; subcode 0:0 MNG error 1029: Chunk out of sequence; chunk TERM; subcode 0:0 MNG error 1029: Chunk out of sequence; chunk TERM; subcode 0:0 MNG error 1029: Chunk out of sequence; chunk TERM; subcode 0:0 MNG error 1029: Chunk out of sequence; chunk TERM; subcode 0:0 MNG error 1029: Chunk out of sequence; chunk TERM; subcode 0:0 MNG error 1029: Chunk out of sequence; chunk TERM; subcode 0:0 MNG error 1029: Chunk out of sequence; chunk TERM; subcode 0:0 QGArray::find: Index 0 out of range MNG error 1029: Chunk out of sequence; chunk TERM; subcode 0:0 MNG error 1029: Chunk out of sequence; chunk TERM; subcode 0:0 MNG error 1029: Chunk out of sequence; chunk TERM; subcode 0:0 MNG error 1029: Chunk out of sequence; chunk TERM; subcode 0:0 --------------------------------------------------------------- So far I have attempted the following to fix the problem: a) create a new user to see if the problem recreates itself in their settings (yes, it does) b) remove .X* and .x* files from ~/ to backup directory - no success c) check existence and permissions of ~/.fonts, fonts.dir etc... -- they appear to be ok d) reinstall X (getting desperate here!!) -- no luck there, either e) force reconfiguration of fonts as root with "font-config --force" -- did not work. If anyone can shed any light on why I can no longer log into KDE directly, I would be extremely grateful! I googled the problem, and it seems that quite a few people have experiences something similar when they have attempted to alter their login settings via kcontrol's login manager -- however, I couldn't find any satisfactory solutions. Thanks in advance, Chris

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KDE System guard hangs after update to KDE 3.3.0
by Mindaugas 18 Aug '04

18 Aug '04

Hello All, On 13 August I updated KDE to supplementary/KDE/update_for_9.1/. My KDE System guard hangs after update. Could anybody help me? Thanks, Best regards, Mindaugas Lithuania

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KDE logout script?
by ti＠amb.org 18 Aug '04

18 Aug '04

Question: Is there a way to have KDE run a shell script that I supply to perform some custom clean-ups when I log out? Sort of like an opposite of the Autostart? -Ti

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Umlautproblem mit Konsole
by Jens Strohschnitter 18 Aug '04

18 Aug '04

Hallo seitdem ich meinen Rechner in der Firma von SuSE 7.3 auf SuSE 9.1 umgestellt habe, habe ich das Problem dass ich die Umlaute bei einer Remoteverbindung auf unsere SuSE 7.2 Server nicht richtig dargestellt bekomme. Also wenn ich via Konsole eine SSH Verbindung (gleiches gilt auch für RSH und Telnet) auf einen unserer SuSE 7.2 Server mache bekomme ich bei einem ls -l auf Dateien mit Umlauten nur wirre Zeichen angezeigt. Hinzu kommt noch, dass wenn ich fälschlicherweise bei einem Kommando im versehen ein "ö" o.ä. eingebe, dieses lösche und den Befehl (z.B. ls) eingebe immer "Command not found _ls") kommt. Ich muss den Befehl immer neu eingeben, was bei längeren Pipes recht nervig ist. Weiss jemand woran das liegen könnte ? -- Regards, Jens Strohschnitter ------------------------------------- *!!!LINUX LINUX LINUX LINUX LINUX!!!* * http://www.jens-strohschnitter.de * ------------------------------------- Set the controls for the heart of the sun -------------------------------------

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Mailfunction on kate like kedit under KDE 3.1x
by Jens Strohschnitter 18 Aug '04

18 Aug '04

Hi there, I am missing the nice function to send a written text in kedit via mail from this program. In KDE 3.2, no editor (kate, kwrite) has this nice option. Is it possible to activate this in kate ? Or exists there an other editor for KDE 3.2 that can do this ? -- Regards, Jens Strohschnitter ------------------------------------- *!!!LINUX LINUX LINUX LINUX LINUX!!!* * http://www.jens-strohschnitter.de * ------------------------------------- Set the controls for the heart of the sun -------------------------------------

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TV card problem since KDE 3.3.0 update
by ti＠amb.org 18 Aug '04

18 Aug '04

I discovered that since I installed KDE 3.3.0, tvtime doesn't work any more (nor does kdetv, xawtv or motv). The error message I got with tvtime is: Cannot allocate enough off-screen video memory. This may be fixed by: 1. Closing or restarting large X applications. 2. Lowering the input width of tvtime (--inputwidth parameter). 3. Lowering your colour depth or highest configured resolution. 4. Increasing the amount of video memory in your X config file (for example, if you are using the i810 XFree86 driver.) See http://tvtime.net/ for more information. I did 1., didn't make any difference. In fact, I started KDE with no extra apps running other than just the standard KDE stuff, and it failed the same way. Tried 2. Didn't make any difference either. Didn't try 3 or 4, but I shouldn't have to do this. Tvtime worked fine before with the same X config. The http://tvtime.net/ site didn't really have more information that was of any help. I am not certain if this problem is due to the change in KDE, though. Anyone out there running a Hauppauge bt878 based TV card under SuSE 9.1 with the KDE 3.3.0 update? -Ti

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How can I trim Kate?
by Dos Wizard 17 Aug '04

17 Aug '04

Is there any way to trim a bit the syntax highlighting of Kate? I want especially to change the colors of the C++ highlighted words, to something different than black. Also I want to add a few more "reserver" words as variously coloured thus the names of my own classes, just to make the code to show more pretty and readable indeed Thanks in advance Nicholas

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KDE desktop icon grid spacing
by ti＠amb.org 16 Aug '04

16 Aug '04

For the KDE desktop icons, are the horizontal and vertical grid spacings adjustable? I can't find anything in the Control Center or anywhere else. -Ti

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K menu icon size
by ti＠amb.org 16 Aug '04

16 Aug '04

SuSE 9.1 Pro with KDE Question: How does one change the size of the icons next to each item in the K-menu? I noticed that when I log in as root, the K-menu icons are small, which makes for a very compact menu. However, when I log in as another user, the icons are much bigger, making the menu much larger as well. I have a lot of K-menu items and would like to use small icons to keep the menu size manageable. I can't seem to find anything in the Control Center that would allow me to change this. -Ti

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KMail and Archiving
by John Satherley 16 Aug '04

16 Aug '04

Hi I'm using KMail, KDE 3.2.3 and SuSE8.1. My mail folders are now starting to get very large. Some have more than 2,500 messages and I'm beginning to think that I should archive messages older than some date. However, is it necessary to do this? Does having so many messages slow the operation of KMail? I can't say I've noticed a slowing down but then the folders grow very slowly. If archiving is recommended then I'd still like to be able to access the archived folders/message with KMail in the easiest possible way. Is there are recommended way to do such archiving? Cheers John Satherley

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