[opensuse] Why does kde-update overwrite personal settings?
Hi, After updating to the latest kde, many of my personal settings (like theme, styles, used fonts, screensaver etc.) have been overwritten/changed to some defaults and I had to reset them in kde control center manually. For some "special settings" not accessible via control center (like size of k-menu items) I must now search the mailing list archives, because I have forgotten how to do it meanwhile. This is quite a lot of work... By a young friend using kubuntu and always updating to the very latest kde I was *told*, that he never has to adjust his setting again after an update. (*told* means: I don't know if this is really true.) 3 questions: - did I do something wrong so that part of my settings are lost? - are the previuos settings saved somewhere, so I could easily get them back after the update? - *if* kubuntu really can keep all the settings with an update, why can't Suse? thanks for your hints. Daniel --------------------------- (I updated with: - Yast -> install software - searching for "kde" - all in this list -> update if newer I run Suse 10.0 and now KDE 3.5.5 "release 39.1") -- Daniel Bauer photographer Basel Switzerland professional photography: http://www.daniel-bauer.com Madagascar special: http://www.sanic.ch -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
* Daniel Bauer
After updating to the latest kde, many of my personal settings (like theme, styles, used fonts, screensaver etc.) have been overwritten/changed to some defaults and I had to reset them in kde control center manually. For some "special settings" not accessible via control center (like size of k-menu items) I must now search the mailing list archives, because I have forgotten how to do it meanwhile. This is quite a lot of work...
I have not noticed that happening and I am up to 3.5.5 "release 45.2". But, you may have been using themes, styles and fonts not updated, therefore not included in the updated version. -- Patrick Shanahan Registered Linux User #207535 http://wahoo.no-ip.org @ http://counter.li.org HOG # US1244711 Photo Album: http://wahoo.no-ip.org/gallery2 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
After updating to the latest kde, many of my personal settings (like theme, styles, used fonts, screensaver etc.) have been overwritten/changed to some defaults and I had to reset them in kde control center manually. For some "special settings" not accessible via control center (like size of k-menu items) I must now search the mailing list archives, because I have forgotten how to do it meanwhile. This is quite a lot of work...
By a young friend using kubuntu and always updating to the very latest kde I was *told*, that he never has to adjust his setting again after an update. (*told* means: I don't know if this is really true.)
3 questions:
- did I do something wrong so that part of my settings are lost? - are the previuos settings saved somewhere, so I could easily get them back after the update? - *if* kubuntu really can keep all the settings with an update, why can't Suse?
I've bumped into this when I missed or removed one of the QT RPMs. It was a long time ago (either 9.3 or 10.0), so can't exactly remember which one it was - I'm old and my remembery is failing me :-P Once the missing/incorrectly built QT file was replaced, I had all my KDE settings "returned" to me. C. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Thursday 16 November 2006 14:07, Clayton wrote:
After updating to the latest kde, many of my personal settings (like theme, styles, used fonts, screensaver etc.) have been overwritten/changed to some defaults and I had to reset them in kde control center manually. For some "special settings" not accessible via control center (like size of k-menu items) I must now search the mailing list archives, because I have forgotten how to do it meanwhile. This is quite a lot of work...
I've bumped into this when I missed or removed one of the QT RPMs. It was a long time ago (either 9.3 or 10.0), so can't exactly remember which one it was - I'm old and my remembery is failing me :-P Once the missing/incorrectly built QT file was replaced, I had all my KDE settings "returned" to me.
C.
Ah, this sounds interesting. After the update I tried to compile two apps, but configure stopped because of "incompatible qt libs". After updating the qt libs the styles (I was asking for in another thread) now are back, too. I just wonder, why Yast didn't complain about dependencies with the qt libs when I was updating the kde devel packages. Well, I guess there must be a reason I'd anyway not understand, in a while I'm gonna get old, too :-) Daniel -- Daniel Bauer photographer Basel Switzerland professional photography: http://www.daniel-bauer.com Madagascar special: http://www.sanic.ch -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
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Clayton
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Daniel Bauer
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Patrick Shanahan