September 2002 - openSUSE KDE - openSUSE Mailing Lists

KDE and GNOME running simultaneously
by Dr J. Satherley 28 Sep '02

28 Sep '02

I'm running SuSE 8.0, and most of the time I use KDE. At the weekend I was trying out a few of the programs listed on the KDE taskbar, in particular GDict, which is a GNOME program, under the Office heading. This program began to load but no window opened up on the desktop. However, the GNOME desktop panel opened on my KDE desktop. Now everytime I start the computer KDE loads and then the GNOME panel also loads. I have noticed that its sometimes not there after KDE has freshly started but then if I run some programs such as Kppp then the GNOME panel appears. I don't want both of these desktops working together but can't find a way of exiting GNOME so that it doesn't reappear in KDE. Someone suggested removing all the the .gnome and related directories from my home directory. I tried this, however, when I rebooted the gnome panel reappeared and of course it regenerated all the .gnome directories. I suspect there's a KDE configuration file somewhere that I could edit but I don't know which one. Any ideas how this problem could have been caused and how to resolved it would be gratefully received. Cheers John Satherley

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KDE 3.0.3 updates for YOU
by Raphael Posmyk 27 Sep '02

27 Sep '02

Hi, i'am missing the updates for KDE 3.0.3 for SuSE's yast - YOU - Modul. The current version of KDE path(es) is ftp://.../suse/i386/update/8.0/patches/KDE_3.0.2-1 (or am i missing something ?). Ciao, Raphael

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Integrate programs/icons/mime-types/links in KDE3-menues
by Ian Perry 26 Sep '02

26 Sep '02

g'morning everybody, I have a question concerning the integration of compiled programs into the KDE3 environment. When I ./configure, make, make install a program (here: Quanta Plus) how do I get all the icons, mime types and links conveniently integrated into my kde-menue (for all users, not only for my user account). I found that when I do a make install all the programs stuff is copied in /usr/local/kde (all the Quanta Plus stuff, you know). Under this directory I find all the icons, docs, mime-links, desktop-files and-so-on. My kde3 installation is in /opt/kde3. I also saw that in the /opt/kde3/ directory there is the same directory structury as the one found in /usr/local/kde. Hm ... This similarity makes me curious .... Do I need to copy each single file from /usr/local/kde to the /opt/kde3 directory??? ... or ... ... do I need to copy every single file to the .kde directory within my home-directory??? I guess there is a straight forward - and convenient - procedure for getting all the menu-items of a compiled program into the kde-menu (for all users!). btw.: I am running SuSE 7.3 & kde303 (upgraded from kde2) on a Thinkpad T21 I'll be happy for any hint Cheers Ian

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KDE hangs when dialog/menu onscreen
by Matt Sheffield 26 Sep '02

26 Sep '02

I believe I've encountered a bug in KDE which causes applications to hang when a dialog box comes up while a menu is active. Being a cookie paranoid, I always have konqy alert me to cookie attempts, but if I have a menu open and the cookie box pops up, KDE will hang until I switch over to a virtual console and kill konqueror. Anyone have some ideas on how to prevent having to lose my browsing work? Has anyone else encountered this previously?

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Deleted Suse KDE Menu
by Andreas Bauer 26 Sep '02

26 Sep '02

Hello everyone Please don't ask my how I did it, but somehow I managed to delete my SuSE Menue for the K Button. Under /etc/opt/kde2/shared/applink/SuSE I found it again but somehow it did not work the way I wanted it to. And a few more commands later I also successfully deleted this directory as well....... I am not totaly new to Linux but still those kind of things happen to me. Anyway. Does someone know if I can find those files on the Suse Cd-roms or would anyone be so nice to mail me this directory. I am also open to all other usefull suggestions. BTW: I work on Suse 7.3 with Kde2 Thanks for everything Andreas -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- ... wo kämen wir hin, wenn jeder sagte: "Wo kämen wir hin?" und niemand ginge, um mal zu schauen, wohin man käme, wenn man ginge. -----------------------------------------------------------------

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Konq Mouseover Problem
by Carl 25 Sep '02

25 Sep '02

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Does anyone have a solution for the Konq Mouseover problem? The one where you go to a site like this: http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/main.html sneak your mouse over DOWNLOADS, and *POP*, everything's gone. Nothing in the SDB nor unofficial FAQ. Konq 3.0.3 I have Javascript enabled, and popups set to Smart. - -- The truth of a proposition has nothing to do with its credibility. And vice versa. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iEYEARECAAYFAj2R5y4ACgkQnQ18+PFcZJvtaACfQamobyeuOxclVCLswkhCFwiT l/8An3jKfvq5F+po967Vi8e3jgf+xbBr =f2Cw -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Login Manager Not Working
by Dave Barton 25 Sep '02

25 Sep '02

Since upgrading to 3.0.3 Login Manager appears to have stop working. I have selected users as "dave" & "root" and show users = "all but no show". When I get to the login screen only "dave" is displayed ? I also have "dave" set for a password-less login, but the login screen always demands his password ? Strangely, the avaiable users list shows several application names (eg. adbas, amanda, etc.)? Can anyone suggest a solution? TIA Dave

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Update Query
by Dave Wilcock 24 Sep '02

24 Sep '02

After installing all the RPM's to upgrade KDE to 3.0.3 (using the base packages install, as recommended at http://www.suse.co.uk/uk/private/download/linuks/i386/update_for_7_1/bas e.html). Everything seems to have installed OK (apart from an OpenSSL issue, now fixed) but now I'm unsure how to actually USE KDE3. When I boot up to the login screen, there is no KDE3 option in the "session type" box. I can manually run KDE3 from within KDE2, but KDE2 (obviously) doesn't like it and kicks up a fuss. I'm running SuSE 7.1 Pro - this is a virgin install. Thanks anyone / everyone ... Dave Wilcock ************************************************************************* MWL Confidentiality Notice: The information contained in this message is confidential and is intended for the addressee only. If you have received this message in error or there are any problems please notify the originator immediately. The unauthorised use, disclosure, copying or alteration of this message is strictly forbidden. MWL will not be liable for direct, special, indirect or consequential damages arising from alteration of the contents of this message by a third party or as a result of any virus being passed on. This message has been scanned for computer viruses using Norton AntiVirus for Microsoft Exchange. Microcomputer Workshops Limited registered office: Davy Way, Llay, Wrexham, LL12 0PG. Registered Number 1861811. www.mwlsystems.com *************************************************************************

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Integrate programs/icons/mime-types/links in KDE3-menues
by Ian Perry 24 Sep '02

24 Sep '02

g'morning everybody, I have a question concerning the integration of compiled programs into the KDE3 environment. When I ./configure, make, make install a program (here: Quanta Plus) how do I get all the icons, mime types and links conveniently integrated into my kde-menue (for all users, not only for my user account). I found that when I do a make install all the programs stuff is copied in /usr/local/kde (all the Quanta Plus stuff, you know). Under this directory I find all the icons, docs, mime-links, desktop-files and-so-on. My kde3 installation is in /opt/kde3. I also saw that in the /opt/kde3/ directory there is the same directory structury as the one found in /usr/local/kde. Hm ... This similarity makes me curious .... Do I need to copy each single file from /usr/local/kde to the /opt/kde3 directory??? ... or ... ... do I need to copy every single file to the .kde directory within my home-directory??? I guess there is a straight forward - and convenient - procedure for getting all the menu-items of a compiled program into the kde-menu (for all users!). btw.: I am running SuSE 7.3 & kde303 (upgraded from kde2) on a Thinkpad T21 I'll be happy for any hint Cheers Ian

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qt3 - ./configure problems
by Ian Perry 24 Sep '02

24 Sep '02

Hi everybody out there, I am running KDE303 (recently upgraded from kde2) on SuSE 7.3 on my Laptop (ThinkPad T21). When I try to install a new programm (e.g. a ScreenSaver from themes.kde.org) and run ./configure it fails with the follwing error message: --------------- SNIP ---------------- ... ... ... configure: failed program was: #include "confdefs.h" #include <qglobal.h> #include <qapplication.h> #include <qcursor.h> #include <qstylefactory.h> #include <private/qucomextra_p.h> #if ! (QT_VERSION >= 303) #error 1 #endif ... ... ... configure:21710: error: Qt (>= Qt 3.0.3) (headers and libraries) not found. Please check your installation! For more details about this problem, look at the end of config.log. ... ... ... --------------- SNAP ---------------- I checked my qt installation with "rpm -qa | grep qt" which returnde the following results: --------------- SNIP ---------------- qt-static-2.3.2-225 qt3-postgresql-3.0.5-60 qt3-static-3.0.5-37 qt3-3.0.5-46 qt-2.3.1-60 yast2-ui-qt-2.4.17-0 qt3-extensions-3.0.5-60 qtlib-1.45-296 qtcups-2.0-132 qt3-non-mt-3.0.5-60 qt-devel-2.3.2-213 qt-devel-doc-2.3.2-214 qt-man-2.3.2-214 --------------- SNAP ---------------- BTW.: This also happens when I try to run ./configure for the OpenOffice-QuickLauncher. I'll be glad if anybody can help me sort this thing out. Cheers Ian

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