March 2003 - openSUSE KDE - openSUSE Mailing Lists

Konstruct
by David Herman 15 Mar '03

15 Mar '03

I've compiled a few programs and patched and installed my own kernel so I'm kind of interested in a new adventure... I'm just downloading Konstruct and I'd love to hear others experiences and tips about using it to build kde3.1 on SuSE8.1. And now back to your regularly scheduled mailing list... -- dh Don't shop at GoogleGear.com!

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Off Topic
by Bill Hogsett 15 Mar '03

15 Mar '03

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 I changed one of my Windows partitions and now when Linux boots it doesn't recognize the partition. I suppose I need to run a configure program, but I can find nothing in KDE that seems to do what I want. Suggestions? Bill Hogsett - -- You may be sure that when a man begins to call himself a "realist," he is preparing to do something he is secretly ashamed of doing. -- Sydney Harris -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE+cx2rg96htUYc/p8RAs9mAKCrM6HgbKAnnyZxsEw4Yqf7bOlk8QCgliLX f32jil387CIXFXRo83Kv+3w= =Br1L -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Yast2?
by Bill Hogsett 15 Mar '03

15 Mar '03

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 I have a question and a problem with Yast2. I am running SuSE 8.1 and KDE 3.1. First, the question. How is it that Yast reports that I have a later version of a file than that on the only server I have ever accessed for an update? Most of the files show the same version number which is what I would expect. Second, the problem. I cannot install kdegraphics3-extra. Yast shows that 3.1-71 is available on the server and not installed on my machine. If I select it for installation (right click and select install), I see the black check mark. When I click accept to install, I get the installation screen for maybe 3 seconds and then Yast exits back to the main Yast Control Center screen. Suggestions? Bill Hogsett - -- When a place gets crowded enough to require ID's, social collapse is not far away. It is time to go elsewhere. The best thing about space travel is that it made it possible to go elsewhere. -- Robert Heinlein -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE+cxz1g96htUYc/p8RAmnzAKCQiV7H07GB81icH4B6CZ9Kcf8e/wCfcg0q nMmqPna5opVzDFEu4bNz2No= =T4jR -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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XF86 4.3.0 antialiasing in kdm
by Daniel Eckl 14 Mar '03

14 Mar '03

Hi list! I rebuilt the src.rpm of Xfree 4.3.0 for my SuSE 7.3 running kde 3.1 After 3 or 4 tweaks, all is running very fine, with one little exception: kdm does not do font antialiasing any more. After logging in, all was great smoothed, only kdm not. I know, it's no problem with the X Server, because I made an xhost +localhost before starting X and when kdm was running, I went back to the terminal screen and started kcontrol as root. Well, becasue kdm has no kwin running, I couldn't move the window and so on, but I could see, what I wanted to know: Kcontrol had all fonts antialiased! I double- and triple-checked all flags that could be involved with aa and couldn't find an error. The xftconfig configuration had to be correct, because kcontrol was antialiased. Th only aa option for only kdm was in kdmrc "AntiAliasing=true". But that was set. Does anyone can give me a hint, what to check next? Thanks, Daniel

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program like xearth with kde
by Richard Bos 13 Mar '03

13 Mar '03

Does anyone have success with running a program like xearth in the root window of kde? I've set/checked the option in the "control center" -> desktop behaviour -> "programs in desktop window". If I use this together with e.g. xearth and move an kde window, it is erasing the picture that is drawn by xearth. Can these 2 work toghether? -- Richard Bos Without a home the journey is endless

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Konqueror downloading changed
by Stefan Schlörholz 13 Mar '03

13 Mar '03

Hello, I almost give up. Since the update to KDE 3.1 I can not download e.g .zip files). When klicking on a Internet link for a .zip-file download Konqueror downloads it into a temp dir and opens it in the browser. When right klicking on the link and select "Save Link as" Konqueror does ask for where to store it and creates a file but the file has nothing to do with the original in terms of size. When I get to a site with automatically starting downloads the Konqueror version before KDE 3.1 asked me where to store it. Now the download starts automatically in a temp dir as discribed above. I have no clue what determines this behaviour and therefore do not know what to tweak. Does anybodey of you have a hint? Stefan

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configuration of taskbar lost
by Christoph Dohmen 13 Mar '03

13 Mar '03

Hi Folks, I did a clean install of suse 8.1 last week, and updated immediately to suse packages KDE 3.1 and xfree 4.3. So, something I noticed is, that under certain circumstances, the complete configuration of the taskbar gets lost! In detail, if I leave xosview open at the end of the session, it's not restarted next login, and also the config is lost! More general, if I leave at least one none-kde app open, no none-kde app is started next login and the taskbar-config gets lost! If I only leave kde-apps open at the end of a session, all are restored next login and the taskbar is configured the right way. Is this a bug? Or do I have to include 'none-kde' apps in a config doing the session-management? Chris -- Christoph Dohmen ChDohmen(a)gmx.de

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KMix in panel only reacts on every second klick
by Stefan Schlörholz 12 Mar '03

12 Mar '03

Hello everybody, In my new KDE 3.1 I configured KMix to dock to the panel. From there I formerly (KDE 3.0.4 and before) could change the volume by klicking on it. With the new version of KDE in place KMix's volume control now only open every other mouse klick. I did not find any configuration of that behaviour within KMix. Does anybody know what causes that behaviour and where I can change it back? Regards Stefan

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KDE 3.1: Double-click on menu button in titlebar
by Matt Gibson 12 Mar '03

12 Mar '03

I've just gone up to KDE3.1 from 3.0.4. Previously, I could close a window by double-clicking the leftmost button in the titlebar. That doesn't seem to work any more. I've hunted through the configurations, but I can't seem to find a way to turn this behaviour on. Any ideas? Thanks, Matt -- "It's the small gaps between the rain that count, and learning how to live amongst them." -- Jeff Noon

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[OT] The Engineering Mentality !!!
by Curtis Rey 12 Mar '03

12 Mar '03

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 HOW TRUE Comprehending Engineers - Take One ********************************** Two engineering students were riding their bikes across campus when one said, "Hey where did you get such a great bike?" The second engineer replied, "Well, I was walking along yesterday minding my own business when a beautiful woman rode up on this bike. She threw the bike to the ground, took off all her clothes and said, "Take what you want." "The second engineer nodded approvingly, "Good choice; the clothes probably wouldn't have fit." Comprehending Engineers - Take Two ********************************** To the optimist, the glass is half full. To the pessimist, the glass is half empty. To the engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be. Comprehending Engineers --Take Three ************************************ A pastor, a doctor and an engineer were waiting one morning for a particularly slow group of golfers. The engineer fumed, "What's with these guys? We must have been waiting for 15 minutes!" The doctor chimed in, "I don't know, but I've never seen such ineptitude! "The pastor said, "Hey, here comes the greens keeper. Let's have a word with him." "Hi George. Say, what's with that group ahead of us? They're rather slow, aren't they?" The greens keeper replied, "Oh, yes, that's a group of blind firefighters. They lost their sight saving our clubhouse from a fire last year, so we always let them play for free anytime." The group was silent for a moment. The pastor said, "That's so sad. I think I will say a special prayer for them tonight." The doctor said, "Good idea. And I'm going to contact my ophthalmologist buddy and see if there's anything he can do for them." The engineer said, "Why can't these guys play at night?" Comprehending Engineers-Take Four ********************************* There was an engineer who had an exceptional gift for fixing all things mechanical. After serving his company loyally for over 30 years, he happily retired. Several years later the company contacted him regarding a seemingly impossible problem they were having with one of their multimillion dollar machines. They had tried everything and everyone else to get the machine to work but to no avail. In desperation, they called on the retired engineer who had solved so many of their problems in the past. The engineer reluctantly took the challenge. He spent a day studying the huge machine. At the end of the day, he marked a small "x" in chalk on a particular component of the machine and stated, "This is where your problem is." The part was replaced and the machine worked perfectly again. The company received a bill for $50,000 from the engineer for his service. They demanded an itemized accounting of his charges. The engineer responded briefly: One chalk mark $1. Knowing where to put it $49,999. It was paid in full and the engineer retired again in peace. Comprehending Engineers-Take Five ********************************* What is the difference between Mechanical Engineers and Civil Engineers? Mechanical Engineers build weapons, Civil Engineers build targets. Comprehending Engineers-Take Six ******************************** The graduate with a Science degree asks, "Why does it work?" The graduate with an Engineering degree asks, "How does it work?" The graduate with an Accounting degree asks, "How much will it cost?" The graduate with a Liberal Arts degree asks, "Do you want fries with that?" Comprehending Engineers-Take Seven ********************************** Three engineering students were gathered together discussing the possible designers of the human body. One said, "It was a mechanical engineer. Just look at all the joints." Another said, "No, it was an electrical engineer. The nervous system has many thousands of electrical connections." The last said, "Actually it was a civil engineer. Who else would run a toxic waste pipeline through a recreational area?" Comprehending Engineers-Take Eight ********************************** "Normal people ... believe that if it ain't broke, don't fix it. Engineers believe that if it ain't broke, it doesn't have enough features yet." - ----- Scott Adams, The Dilbert Principle Comprehending Engineers-Take Nine ********************************* An architect, an artist and an engineer were discussing whether it was better to spend time with the wife or a mistress. The architect said he enjoyed time with his wife, building a solid foundation for an enduring relationship. The artist said he enjoyed time with his mistress, because of the passion and mystery he found there. The engineer said, "I like both." "Both?" Engineer: "Yeah. If you have a wife and a mistress, they will each assume you are spending time with the other woman, and you can go to the lab and get some work done." Comprehending Engineers - Take Ten ********************************** An engineer was crossing a road one day when a frog called out to him and said, "If you kiss me, I'll turn into a beautiful princess". He bent over, picked up the frog and put it in his pocket. The frog spoke up again and said, "If you kiss me and turn me back into a beautiful princess, I will stay with you for one week." The engineer took the frog out of his pocket, smiled at it and returned it to the pocket. The frog then cried out, "If you kiss me and turn me back into a princess, I'll stay with you and do ANYTHING you want." Again the engineer took the frog out, smiled at it and put it back into his pocket. Finally, the frog asked, "What is the matter? I've told you I'm a beautiful princess, that I'll stay with you for a week and do anything you want. Why won't you kiss me?" The engineer said, "Look I'm an engineer. I don't have time for a girlfriend, but a talking frog, now that's cool." Just a little humor. Cheers. 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