lost kmail message bodiy after upgrade
I just upgraded my kde to the latest via apt-get (kde3.1.1), Now I cannot see the body of my messages. I have tried changing fonts and font/background colors but still cant see the message. The Subject list and the Folder lists are just fine. If I double click on a message header a window pops up but it too is blank. Can anyone tell me what to change to get my messages back via KMail?? Mozilla works fine but I prefer kmail. TIA Richard
Am Mittwoch, 2. April 2003 05:26 schrieb ratcheson@earthlink.net:
I just upgraded my kde to the latest via apt-get (kde3.1.1), Now I cannot see the body of my messages. I have tried changing fonts and
Can anyone tell me what to change to get my messages back via KMail?? Mozilla works fine but I prefer kmail.
Just deactivate in kmail-preferences in look&feel "Use own Fonts" so that you can use the default. I think you know what I mean because I have here just a german version and don't know how the entries names in english. I did this here before and here it works. Maybe this is a bug to report. -- Gruss Oliver
Oliver Leue wrote:
Just deactivate in kmail-preferences in look&feel "Use own Fonts" so that you can use the default. I think you know what I mean because I have here just a german version and don't know how the entries names in english.
I did this here before and here it works.
Maybe this is a bug to report.
Oliver, I cannot find the preferences you refer to. On the english version under the Settings menu there is a Configure Kmail selection.and that brings up a dialog Named Customize Visual Appearance. It has tabs for Fonts, Colors, Layout, Headers, and Profiles. It also has a button to Use Custom Fonts. I have clicked and unclicked that button but it does not change anything. I even went back to the previous version of kdenetwork3-mail and that didn't make any difference. I looked through the Control Center and was unable to find anything that made any difference. This is frustrating! I think I will go to root and see if I have the same problem there. Maybe some preference file is not gettng changed. Guess I am just grasping at straws. Thanks, Richard
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Tuesday 01 April 2003 10:31 pm, Richard wrote:
Oliver Leue wrote:
Just deactivate in kmail-preferences in look&feel "Use own Fonts" so that you can use the default. I think you know what I mean because I have here just a german version and don't know how the entries names in english.
I did this here before and here it works.
Maybe this is a bug to report.
Oliver,
I cannot find the preferences you refer to. On the english version under the Settings menu there is a Configure Kmail selection.and that brings up a dialog Named Customize Visual Appearance. It has tabs for Fonts, Colors, Layout, Headers, and Profiles. It also has a button to Use Custom Fonts. I have clicked and unclicked that button but it does not change anything.
I even went back to the previous version of kdenetwork3-mail and that didn't make any difference. I looked through the Control Center and was unable to find anything that made any difference.
This is frustrating! I think I will go to root and see if I have the same problem there. Maybe some preference file is not gettng changed. Guess I am just grasping at straws.
Yes could be a something in /tmp, I've read about others deleting things there but I don't remember what. Did you upgrade Xfree86 (or QT) at the same time that you upgraded kde? There were font problems associated with the original Xfree86 updates, I don't know how well they have been smoothed out, Im running 4.2. What happens when you try to select your own (new) custom fonts. Are choices available in the dropdown lister? good luck - -- dh Don't shop at GoogleGear.com! -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE+iqKyBwgxlylUsJARAkXBAJkBOUj1/snZ72tvgb+0PdLvQ7APIQCfTCgc 1RKpFKFGV10J0g4IycWOfPY= =uoXM -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
On Wednesday 02 April 2003 2:43 am, David Herman wrote:
Did you upgrade Xfree86 (or QT) at the same time that you upgraded kde? There were font problems associated with the original Xfree86 updates, I don't know how well they have been smoothed out, Im running 4.2.
What happens when you try to select your own (new) custom fonts. Are choices available in the dropdown lister?
Well David, I finally stumbled on the answer, although it makes little sense to me. Oliver, you and Patrick O'Smith have the right idea. It has to do with fonts but it was the fixed width font that was the culprit! You would think that Custom Fonts in the Message Body would be where things should be set, but the actual problem was fixed by going to the Fixed Width Font and playing with various ones until the print appeared. I finally settled on Console Regular. I had noticed that in the Control Center Fonts, the fixed width hole was blank and I could not get anything in there UNTIL I didled the stuff in KMail configuration. Now I can choose a fixed width font from the Control Center. It feels kinda like trying to cut the heads off a bunch of snakes. Each one is wrapped around the others. Can anyone explain how setting KMail fonts have an effect on the Control Center Fonts?? Or is it just coincidence?? Anyway, thanks to all for your help, again. Richard
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