On Tuesday 28 February 2006 01:55, Charles Philip Chan wrote:

On Tue, 28 Feb 2006 01:40:59 -0500

Bob S wrote:

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Question is: Where and what do I do to have the settings maintained between reboots? It is probably some init file at boot but which one and what do I put in there?

Put gnome-settings-daemon in your autostart folder.

Charles

Ummmm...Thanks Charles, Where do I put that? /opt/kde3/share/desktop ?? ......./opt/kde3/share/apps/? Could you be a little more specific for a dummy like me? Bob S.

On Wednesday 01 March 2006 02:30, Charles Philip Chan wrote:

On Wed, 1 Mar 2006 02:11:56 -0500

Bob S wrote:

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Ummmm...Thanks Charles, Where do I put that? /opt/kde3/share/desktop ?? ......./opt/kde3/share/apps/? Could you be a little more specific for a dummy like me?

Since you use KDE, the easist way is to symlink the file to the "Autostart" folder on your desktop (the corresponding directory is ~/Desktop/Autostart).

Charles

OK, but don't have a /home/bob/Desktop/Autostart folder. Do have an /opt/kde3/share/autostart where I symlinked the daemon though. Doesn't work. I suspect that file doesn't do anything though because there is lots of stuff in there that I don't get on my desktop. Is there a configuration file somewhere that I can change the default gnome font size? Bob S.

On Thursday 02 March 2006 03:21, Darryl Gregorash wrote:

On 01/03/06 23:58, Bob S wrote:

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Is there a configuration file somewhere that I can change the default gnome font size?

Bob S.

Try putting it in /home/bob/.kde/Autostart

You won't get anything from /opt/kde3/share/autostart on your desktop; that is only for stuff that starts automatically for every kde user. Your desktop material is located in <home>/Desktop

Thank you so much sir !!! That did it. Bob S.

On Tuesday 28 February 2006 10:13, Carl Hartung wrote:

On Tuesday 28 February 2006 01:40, Bob S wrote:

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Question is: Where and what do I do to have the settings maintained between reboots? It is probably some init file at boot but which one and what do I put in there?

Hi Bob,

Would you be willing to do a brief experiment?

Love to! That is what it is all about for me.

Create or edit the file ~/.gtkrc-2.0 Put in a line like this: gtk-font-name = "Adobe Helvetica 12"

Use a typeface and size that you *know* is installed on your system. You can find an appropriate candidate in KDE Control Center under the fonts installer module. Be sure to enter the name in .gtkrc-2.0 *exactly* as it appears in Control Center.

OK Did Exactly as you specified.

Can you please confirm that this solution "sticks" between boots? This is the third time I've seen such a thread.

Nope, sorry !! Just doesn't "stick". Just need to knock down X and restart. Still have to bring up the Gnome-Contro;-Center to start the daemon. Don't even have to change anything, just open it and close it. Maybe this should be a requested feature ??

I'm sure this procedure worked for me and has worked for others. It's supposed to make autoloading Gnome Control Center unnecessary when you're running KDE... It would be nice to have an 'in situ' real life confirmation that it still works.

Wish I could have confirmed it. Even tried a couple of different installed fonts. Sorry. Bob S.