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Kde gfx are linked against older versions of libjpeg and libgif. ldconfig -v > list, vi list, and you'll see that kde has it's own objects in /opt/kde/lib for jpeg and gif. I wish they wouldn't do that, it's bad bad bad. If you have gif and jpeg installed someplace else, like /usr/X11R6/lib or /usr/lib, it can break applications that depend on them. Gnome gave me hell for awhile, and it was all due to the libjpeg.so in /opt/kde/lib. Unfortunately, I think the fix is to install kde from source so that kde gets linked against the proper libs. If kde still creates it's own objects for jpeg and gif, I would try moving them and ldconfig, then see if kde links against the correct libs. I don't think SuSE comes with giflib, I keep a copy on a zip cartridge. You can find it on sunsite in case you don't have libgif.so.3 in any of your lib dirs. Just for giggles, try "xv -root -max -quit filename.jpg" from an xterm and see if that displays the proper background image. Steven T. Hatton wrote:
Well, it's back. Has anybody else had a problem with their backgrounds in the KDE? The really strange thing is that the backgrounds work for the login screens. This is a very strange thing indeed.
Steve
Steven T. Hatton wrote:
Well I fixed it. I downloaded qt 1.33, and installed it. I'm not sure what was there before. As soon as I did that and restarted KDM all was cool.
Steven T. Hatton wrote:
All,
I am having a problem with my backgrounds in KDE 1.0b4. I am not able to get them to display. The last significant change I made was setting my mouse to an intellimouse. This did not cause a problem immediately. The problem came on suddenly, and without anything significant immediately preceding it. I have uninstalled then reinstalled the KDE and all the X stuff. I reinstalled all the qt stuff that I could find.
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