Thanks for al your help..A clean reinstall of 8.1 and then installing the individual kde packages I had downloaded before, (without using apt) did the trick.... KDE 3.1 looks nice now.... When in doubt , format...it is the most time-efficient way with linux I think, when you need to install something new... On a more happy note my previous system run without a hitch for the past 5 months ! Fergus Wilde wrote:

On Monday 03 February 2003 07:10, Josef Demergis wrote:

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E.F. Maurer wrote:

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On Sunday 02 February 2003 8:49 pm, Josef Demergis wrote:

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Hello fellow susers,

I did a clean install of suse 8.1 and then proceeded to update kde to 3.1 version. Unfortunately konqueror crashes as sson as I try to look at a folder. All packages have been upgraded to kde 3.1 speck, i have uninstalled teh konqueror 3.04 (since it clashed with kde3.1 base according to synaptic) and used the kde3addons3-konqueror instead. Everythinh else appears normal and I can boot into kde 3.1 just fine..I would appreciate any suggetsions -help Josef

You'll need to remove the ~/.kde folder from your / all users home dirs. Back them up just in case. Also remove any ~/.mcop folders from home dirs. Back up these as well. You also need to delete from tmp, all the mcop-user files.

You should be good to go.

I think there was something about upgrading alsa or arts as well, check the archives about that one. Someone said they were related but i didn't keep a copy of that thread, I'm still not sure if they are or not just thought I'd mention it.

Thanks for the suggestion..I have performed all the above but konqueror still crashes..Linux up to its stupid tricks as always....... Back to re-installing 8,1 and kde 3...

Are you logging in as root, or as a user? There seem to have been problems for some when logging in as root. Suggested solution - don't do that!

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Regards,

Josef .