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Konq & Launching Progs as Root
by AnonymousCoward 05 May '02

05 May '02

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 . Running Suse8 with all current updates. It has always been my practice to run as a user, and to invoke Konq & Konsole in superuser mode when I need them thus. But with Suse8 I can no longer (as a user) launch X-based programs su from these windows. Logged in as root I can, but not when as a user and launching from these programs as superuser. For instance in Konq I cannot right-click|OpenWith|AdvancedEditor a file: "KDEInit could not launch 'kwrite'". I can read it in the embedded viewer, but it will not launch. In konsole: hydra@hydra:/opt/kde3/bin$ sux -c ./konqueror root Password: mcop warning: user defined signal handler found for SIG_PIPE, overriding /tmp/mcop-hydra is not owned by user zone still contained 3 blocks hydra@hydra:/opt/kde3/bin$ {Helpful, isn't it? mcop-hydra IS owned by hydra:users} And in konsolesu # konqueror I get: hydra:/opt/kde3/bin # ./konqueror mcop warning: user defined signal handler found for SIG_PIPE, overriding /tmp/mcop-hydra is not owned by user zone still contained 3 blocks hydra:/opt/kde3/bin # Maybe this is a security issue. Maybe the X server is intentionally disabled from accepting root commands from a user. (unlikely tho) Or maybe it's one missing setup step. I had a number of files with invalid user:group (65536:65536) but I think I fixed them all. Is anyone else seeing this? Anyone know the answer? - - -- Manual, n.: A unit of documentation. There are always three or more on a given item. One is on the shelf; someone has the others. The information you need in in the others. -- Ray Simard -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE80gJknQ18+PFcZJsRAgFgAJ9No/XaGTxRSE4i1QBax2WKRi6ZSgCfWfG5 HOrnILOLT3Tt3w2by7zVtcA= =wz7B -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Audio & KDE start up slowness
by Matt Sheffield 05 May '02

05 May '02

When I upgraded two computers both running SuSE 7.3 to KDE 3.0 (XFree 4.2), KDE audio programs work on one but not the other. On computer A, xmms and noatun both work. On computer B, only xmms plays files. Also, I've noticed that KDE (both 2.x and 3) seems to start faster on Red Hat Linux. Is there any way to speed things up? Generally, I have to wait about 40 seconds for KDE to start on my Pentium 4 1.6Ghz and 512 MB of RAM. With Red Hat, it takes only about 20 seconds on the first time and each successive time. With SuSE 7.3 it takes about 20 seconds after the first login. Is there any way to speed this initial log in time? Thanks

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Honoring X geometry
by Paul W. Abrahams 04 May '02

04 May '02

I'm running KDE 2.2.2 and I can't figure out how to get KDE to honor an X geometry specification. My .Xdefaults file contains the line xclock*geometry: 208x29-0-46 but xclock still shows up in the upper lefthand corner with a different-size window than I asked for. I'm starting xclock from my KDE autostart folder. Paul Abrahams

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kde3 Splash screen
by Luis Oliveira 04 May '02

04 May '02

Hi, Hi downloaded a splash screen from kde-look.org (from the conectiva distribution). Now, to substitute the mosfet liquid style that I have now on the startup of kde3 where do I have to put the files ? Using Suse 8.0 Pro. Thanks ./ luis oliveira

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8.0 and Shutdown Dialog (Dragon Gone)
by AnonymousCoward 03 May '02

03 May '02

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 . When I first installed 8, I got the dragon window with several shutdown options. Then suddenly POP, I started getting only the old logoff dialog. And when I drop to login window, there's no shutdown button anymore, even though it's clearly set correctly in KControl|System|Login, and worked for me in 7.3 . I have to go to Console1 to reboot. Anyone else seeing this? Any ideas? -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE80gNBnQ18+PFcZJsRApBuAJwPK8eJCyHjpBlK5XWKshksiEMpOACfT10n rRv2e+Ok6zrkUL+YBhQx4cg= =Ygi4 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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konsole hat unlesbare fonts... SuSE 7.3
by Norbert Schmidt 02 May '02

02 May '02

Hi Leute, ich habe meinen SuSE 7.3 KDE 2 Desktop ne Weile benutzt und dann plötzlich Probleme mit den Schriften bekommen.... Erst haben sich in KMAIL die Fonts wieder geändert, und heute fällt mir auf, daß ich im Konsolen-Fenster einen Font habe, den ich nirgends ändern kann und der sehr schlecht lesbar ist, weil in der Breite nur etwa 2/3 des Buchstabens angezeigt werden, das restliche Drittel wird vom nächsten Buchstaben verdeckt. Hat irgendwer einen Tip, bzw. wo kann ich die Schriftart ändern. Ich habe schon versucht über Einstellungen-Schriftart-Benutzerdefiniert Änderungen vorzunehmen, aber außer groß und klein ändert sich nichts..... sniff Norbert -- Norbert Schmidt Firma Optische und elektronische Geräte Jülich Rheingasse 8-10 D-53113 Bonn Germany Tel.: 0228-98386-25

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kmail
by bob barish 30 Apr '02

30 Apr '02

Hello; I have a really trivial question about kmail. Is there any way to get kmail when replying to a message to start at the top of the reply and with the signature, instead of starting at the bottom of the reply. I have looked through the settings and did not see anywhere to make kmail start at the top. Any suggestions. Thanks a bunch for you time Bob

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Knode Question
by Dave Barton 30 Apr '02

30 Apr '02

Hopefully, this is the correct list for posting questions about Knode (it is part of KDE, isn't it?). Is there any way to select a number of headers to download the message bodies. If there are a large number of messages in a thread or a large number of threads I want to read, it's a real pain to click scroll and click on every header. Any ideas? TIA Dave

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KDE 3 SuSE 7.2 rpms and truetype fonts
by Daniel Rees 30 Apr '02

30 Apr '02

I have installed the KDE 3 rpms from kde.org for SuSE 7.2, and everything works as if I had compiled from source except I no longer seem to have truetype support. I understand that anti-aliasing has been disabled for 7.1 and 7.2 because they use an older XF86 version, but surely this doesn't disable truetype support? When I say truetype is disabled, I literally mean that KDE 3 cannot access any of my truetype fonts while KDE 2 and non-Qt apps like xfontsel can. So: a) Will there be an anti-aliased enabled QT rpm together with XF86 4.2 - I understand this may be too much to ask for an older version than 8.0, but some of us have to save up for these things ;) b) How can I enable truetype support using the KDE 3 rpms? Daniel Rees e: dan(a)dwrees.co.uk

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Kmail/GPG Problem with SuSE 8.0
by Ralph F. De Witt 30 Apr '02

30 Apr '02

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi all: Has anyone noticed a problem with Kmail 1.4 and GPG as installed with 8.0. I have noticed on several occasions when using Kmail I move to the next message and Kmail hangs. If I start KDE System Guard in tree mode I find Kmail with GPG running under it using up almost all the memory. Nothing else with run. IF I kill the GPG processe I normally get Kmail back. It does not seem to matter if the message is signed or not with GPG. Any ideas? - -- Yours, Ralph. It said uses Windows XP so I proudly installed and use SuSE 8.0 Professional Register Linux User 168814 ICQ #49993234 AIM ralphdewitt GPG Public Key available at http://www.keyserver.net Key fingerprint = 6426 1CFF 0987 9D51 76D6 06BC F22A CFF4 559A 03E7 Kernel version 2.4.18-4GB Current Linux uptime: 6 days 19 hours 26 minutes. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE8zdxV8irP9FWaA+cRAlvmAJ9xxwjSauyTrZHZadhJuxT/YfjPmQCcCm0b ZxP370K53eRM/gGkRsbhn7g= =/1vb -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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