March 2004 - openSUSE KDE - openSUSE Mailing Lists

KDE 3.2.x - screen freeze / update
by udo 08 May '04

08 May '04

Hello list, just to recall the item: SuSE 8.1, KDE 3.2..x: when logging out, I get a screen freeze. As somebody noted on the list, this happens on SuSE 8.2 as well (do not know, whether 9.0 is concerned as well). I got some useful hints, such as from Mario: ---start quote To prevent this problem at logout, add TerminateServer=false in the [X-*-Core] section of /etc/opt/kde3/share/config/kdm/kdmrc. ---end quote However, this is not helping at all, it is definitely not a driver/XFree problem. What is really happening: -> change in the control center some settings concerning colours, background or whatever. -> log out -> screen freeze / crash If i am logged in as root, my root reiserfs partition is corrupted, and if I am logged in as user, the user reiserfs partition is corrupted due to the necessary reset ! As long as you do not to change any settings, the screen frees does not show up. It seems (with my limited knowledge) that KDE is trying to write some configuration files at logout which makes the system going out for lunch. I am interested in your ideas... Regards, Udo

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Can't select PGP key using OpenGPG and KMail on SuSE 9.0
by Carsten P. Gehrke 07 Apr '04

07 Apr '04

Hi, My problem is that the "Your OpenGPG key" dialog box showing my PGP key won't allow me to select it. That is, I can change the background color of the entry in the list by moving the cursor over the entry and clicking the mouse button, but the OK button stays grayed. I have searched the net for answers, and while I found someone who had the same problem, his solution (disabling the default key in ~/.gnupg/ gpg.conf) did not work (it was already disabled). I have tried to disable gpg-agent in gpg.conf. I have tried to enable the default key in gpg.conf, using my key as the default value. None of these actions have resulted in success. Using gpg from the command line, I can verify that both the public and private keys exist. The public key is trusted with u/u (I generated it on this machine today). The pub/sec key ID is shown in the dialog box, but not the sub/ssb key ID. I have not tried to encrypt a message yet. The installation is only a few weeks old, and performed via FTP. KMail is version 1.5.4, KDE is 3.1.4, and gpg is 1.2.2. Any help is greatlyt appreciated. Carsten -- ====================================================================== Carsten P. Gehrke Delphi Research/SPAWAR System Center cgehrke(a)spawar.navy.mil +1 (619) 553-7822

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Konqueror and install with YAST
by Meije Oppenhuizen 31 Mar '04

31 Mar '04

Ever since I went to KDE 3.2.1 on my SuSE 8.1-box I lost the possibility to install rpm's with YAST via konqueror. Does anyone know what I need to do to get it back? Many thanks! -- ------------------------------------------------------------------ | Meije Oppenhuizen | Non-smoker since 3 years, 6 months, | | Utrecht, Netherlands | 15 days, 10 hours and 0 minutes | ------------------------------------------------------------------

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Some(!) more KDE problems
by Brockamp＠tlt.ilt.fhg.de 30 Mar '04

30 Mar '04

Hi @ll, Remember the probs I had with a crashing krandrinit when logging in as a normal user? Someone adviced me to check kcmrandrrc in the users home directory for the proper screen resolution. I checked this one, but it already contained the correct values. I tried to add a second set for my second screen but this also didn't solve the crash. Here's my actual kcmrandrrc: > [Display] > ApplyOnStartup=true > SyncTrayApp=true > > [Screen0] > height=1024 > reflectX=false > reflectY=false > refresh=89 > rotation=0 > width=1280 > > [Screen1] > height=864 > reflectX=false > reflectY=false > refresh=92 > rotation=0 > width=1152 I manually added the section [Screen 1] and below. Locks quite normal, eh? The screen heights and widths are those physically present on my system. Any ideas? Then: Some more quirks and probs I have with my system :-( - A question: How do I permanently enable num lock on the login screen? - I'm having a Compaq DAT Streamer and I try to do backups with the KDAT backup from the archive group. Unfortunately the proggie *never ever* recognises any tape in the streamer. I tried /dev/nst0, /dev/st0 as the tape device name. Though a tape *is* in the streamer KDAT always says "No tape". I also tried /dev/fd0 - just the same. Any idea why the backup doesn't recognize any media? - I'm using CUPS to map a network printer residing on a printer queue of a W2k machine. When mapping the printer I'm giving administrator and its password for authentification at the bill OS machine. Printing then goes fine until I reboot the Linux machine. Obviously CUPS has the old user authentification "forgotten" and tries to use the guest account for printing. Actually I don't want to enable anonymous printing on the windows machine, just because CUPS is too dumb to remember the authentification settings. Any ideas? - From time to time my Logitech USB-Mouse just stops reacting to mouseclicks (but is still movable) If I change to a console and back to KDE the Clicks start working again. - I'm using a Matrox G450 video board. I've downloaded and installed the Linux beta driver from Matrox homepage. So far so good. When I start Matrox' Power Desk to adjust the screen settings it comes up with a box asking for the proper XFConfig. I'm giving the correct path & filename (definitely!) but it still says "Error: The specified file isn't valid. Please make sure the file name refers to a valid configuration file." Any idea why? - I'm trying to test different screen savers to see which one I like best. There seems to be some savers which change screen resolution. Preview of this savers in the screen saver dialog box works fine but as soon as I say "Test" the system badly crashes: First the screen blackens (I suppose it's switching screen res), then it switches back to the old res, then X seems to start again and shortly after that mouse and keyboard freeze without a logonscreen, resulting in a dirty shutdown by having to use reset. If I'm fast enough and I manage to switch to a console during the restart of X I can try to log into a console but the shell isn't starting up. After login I can type characters after characters without ever seeing a prompt. Even Ctrl-Alt-Del is broken. It says it is initiating a shutdown but the system never ever goes down for reboot. Again knock reset before knocking my head on the wall... Any idea? Maybe a problem with the Matrox graphics driver? Any solution? Alota troubles for a kde installation, any help is appreciated! Thx Peter -- No problem is so big that it can't be run away from.

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by yes_this_is_a_real_address 29 Mar '04

29 Mar '04

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by Dirk Strangfeld 29 Mar '04

29 Mar '04

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Problem mit Laufwerke nach KDE 3.2.1 Update - Bitte um Hilfe!
by Dirk Strangfeld 29 Mar '04

29 Mar '04

Hi folks! Ich habe nun endlich ein erfolgreiches Update auf KDE 3.2.1 meiner SuSE 8.2 Prof. mittels YAST gemacht. Ich habe mir dazu die Pakete unter "yast-source" vom FTP-Server gezogen und als Installationspfad angegeben. Soweit, so gut. Auch die Abhängigkeiten zwischen kdebase 3.2.1 und kdebase-SuSE habe ich in den Griff bekommen. Das Paket kdebase-SuSE zunächst deinstalliert und nach erfolgreichem Update von KDE mittels --nodeps Option neu installiert. Die Themes und SuSE spezifischen Einstellungen werden auch brav übernommen. Doch ich habe ein Problem mit den Laufwerken. Normalerweise legt susewatcher diese bei jedem neuen Account nach dem Login auf den Desktop. Doch das funktioniert nicht mehr. Wenn ich mich einlogge erhalte ich zwar auch die Begrüßungsmeldungen und alle üblichen Symbole (Printer, SuSE-Website, SUpport, Mülleimer, usw.), doch statt der Laufwerke erhalte ich die Fehlermeldungen: "Ungültige Adresse: DVD-ROM", "Ungültige Adresse: Floppy", "Ungültige Adresse: ...", usw. Eben halt für jedes Laufwerk eine solche Fehlermeldung. Nun weiss ich nicht, wo ich nach den entsprechenden Einträgen gucken muss bzw. welches Konfigfile von KDE da entsprechend falsche Einträge tätigt. Aber an susewatcher scheints nicht zu liegen. Ich habe auch das kdebase-SuSE Paket von Manfred Tremmel eingespielt (entsprechend neu kompiliert ohne Abhängigkeitsprobleme), doch das half auch nicht. Vielleicht könnt Ihr mir ja weiterhelfen. cu ... Dirk Strangfeld

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Suse 9.0/KDE 3.2 issue
by Michael Hyman 28 Mar '04

28 Mar '04

Hi, I have been using the mentioned combo with no problems on my ThinkPad 600X, except for one issue. There are vertical lines in applications. For instance, the Shell/Konsole has lines about 1/2 inch apart in the toolbar area and then several lines in the text area. Also in Konqueror, throughout most of the page. The background is fine, but I guess that's just a single image file. I thought it was a resolution issue, but it seems not to be. The res is set to 1024X768 at 24 bits. Any help would be appreciated....Michael

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Re: [suse-kde] Can't select PGP key using OpenGPG and KMail on SuSE 9.0
by Carsten P. Gehrke 26 Mar '04

26 Mar '04

On Friday 26 March 2004 01:15, Robert Maier wrote: > Hi, > > Probably asking the obvious, but did you select GPG as the > "Encryption tool to use" ? (in Settings -> Configure Kmail -> > Security -> OpenPGP) > > Cheers, > Robert. Yes, the "Encryption tool to use" is set to "GnuPG - Gnu Privacy Guard" Carsten > > On Friday 26 March 2004 02:20, Carsten P. Gehrke wrote: > > Hi, > > > > My problem is that the "Your OpenGPG key" dialog box showing my PGP > > key won't allow me to select it. That is, I can change the > > background color of the entry in the list by moving the cursor over > > the entry and clicking the mouse button, but the OK button stays > > grayed. > > > > I have searched the net for answers, and while I found someone who > > had the same problem, his solution (disabling the default key in > > ~/.gnupg/ gpg.conf) did not work (it was already disabled). I have > > tried to disable gpg-agent in gpg.conf. I have tried to enable the > > default key in gpg.conf, using my key as the default value. None > > of these actions have resulted in success. > > > > Using gpg from the command line, I can verify that both the public > > and private keys exist. The public key is trusted with u/u (I > > generated it on this machine today). The pub/sec key ID is shown > > in the dialog box, but not the sub/ssb key ID. I have not tried to > > encrypt a message yet. > > > > The installation is only a few weeks old, and performed via FTP. > > KMail is version 1.5.4, KDE is 3.1.4, and gpg is 1.2.2. Any help > > is greatlyt appreciated. > > -- ====================================================================== Carsten P. Gehrke Delphi Research/SPAWAR System Center cgehrke(a)spawar.navy.mil +1 (619) 553-7822

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KDE Display size - missing letters...
by Markus Feilner 26 Mar '04

26 Mar '04

Hello Liste, I have SuSE 9.0 and KDE 3.2 running on my Acer TM 660, and with the X-Server from Xig I am able to use an external monitor. This way i have a desktop of about 2800x1050 pixel (twice.. 1400x1050). But: beginning in the middle of the second monitor (which is to the right), KDE does not display any letters anymore. not in menus, not in titles, not in windows. NON-KDE Apps like xterm or wine apps do. I have configure xinerama in my kontrolcenter - but no change. Any ideas? thanks! -- Mit freundlichen Grüßen Markus Feilner -- Linux Solutions, Training, Seminare und Workshops - auch Inhouse Feilner IT Linux & GIS Erlangerstr. 2 93059 Regensburg fon: +49 941 70 65 23 - mobil: +49 170 302 709 2 web: http://feilner-it.net mail: mfeilner(a)feilner-it.net

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