-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Bestto ask 1 question per subject. On Thursday 30 October 2003 05:38 pm, DB Troll wrote:
When I start kde a small box appears in top left corner saying cannot start kdeinit. What is the problem.
This question was answered by Richard Bos just last Monday on this very list, the original answer follows... Change this in /opt/kde3/bin/startkde pilchard:/mnt/8.1/opt/kde3/bin # diff -upb startkde.org startkde --- startkde.org 2003-10-01 21:24:18.000000000 +0200 +++ startkde 2003-10-02 21:27:10.000000000 +0200 @@ -289,14 +289,24 @@ fi # the splashscreen and progress indicator ksplash -# We set LD_BIND_NOW to increase the efficiency of kdeinit. -# kdeinit unsets this variable before loading applications. -LD_BIND_NOW=true kdeinit +kcminit +knotify +# ME at 1 10 2003 +# +kcminit +knotify instead of starting kcminit knotify with kdeinit you do it without. I found his answer a bit confusing (I'm not a programmer or script writer) In essence first make a backup of /opt/kde3/bin/startkde second as root open /opt/kde3/bin/startkde with your favorite text editor comment out the following line LD_BIND_NOW=true kdeinit +kcminit +knotify then add the next 2 commands kcminit knotify here's what it looks like in my /opt/kde3/bin/startkde starting around line 292 # We set LD_BIND_NOW to increase the efficiency of kdeinit. # kdeinit unsets this variable before loading applications. #####LD_BIND_NOW=true kdeinit +kcminit +knotify kcminit knotify hope that helps - -- dh Don't shop at ZipZoomFly.com (GoogleGear.com!) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/og7dBwgxlylUsJARAn6mAJ9O00jI6NF3bdkAemxbK/r5r3lC1gCfX6QZ OLx1ApbbujG7JUhzm+JCK0w= =H1La -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----