Having recently acquired a copy of SuSE 8.1 to replace the copy of Debian I put over 8.0, then couldn't get to work, I'm eager to get this puppy up and running to its full potential. (Please bear with any stupid mistakes I make along the way. I'm an ex-Windows user.) To that end, I have a couple of questions I'd like to ask. Any help you can offer with any of them would be appreciated... First off, a simple one: what's the best way for me to set KMail to always show my mail in a fixed font? I can turn the option on under the View menu, but it doesn't seem to 'stick'-- and while I could override the default fonts under Settings, that doesn't seem particularly elegant. What am I missing? Next, a question about my dialup connection. I have poor line quality in my area, and I sometimes get disconnected without warning. When I do, programs that were using the Internet don't seem to notice, either that the connection's gone down or that it comes back up when I restart it. They just sit there, waiting for input that'll never come. (If I manually tell them to reconnect, they figure it out.) Is there some configuration change I can make so that, when I lose my modem connection, my programs get the 'connection lost' poke? Finally, a bug report that I'm hoping you can help me with. I installed Kmud through YaST2, and it seems to have installed okay, but when I try to start it, I get an error box proclaiming: Could not find a Kpart for mapping. Details: KTrader was not able to find a Kpart for the servicetype Kmud/MapperPart. Kmud installation should have installed a file called kmudmapper.desktop into the 'services' directory of KDE. If this file exists try running kbuildsycoca from a console to ensure KDE recognizes the new service. When I click 'OK', I then get the error 'The application Kmud (kmud) crashed and caused the signal 11 (SIGSEGV).' Should I go ahead and try 'kbuildsycoca', whatever that is, or is there something else wrong with the program? Thanks in advance!
First off, a simple one: what's the best way for me to set KMail to always show my mail in a fixed font? I can turn the option on under the View menu, but it doesn't seem to 'stick'-- and while I could override the default fonts under Settings, that doesn't seem particularly elegant. What am I missing?
Settings->Configure KMail->Appearance Select the Fonts tab, set "Apply to:" to "Message body" and select a mono spaced font. I use Andale Mono.
them to reconnect, they figure it out.) Is there some configuration change I can make so that, when I lose my modem connection, my programs get the 'connection lost' poke?
I don't think so. At the application level it will just appear that the other end has gone quiet, so they'll sit and wait until they time out. As you've found out, you need to get the application to reissue the request. In order for what you want to happen, the network subsystem would have to send signals to interested applications when the interface goes down, and then another when the interface comes back up. The application would have to remember what it was trying to do when it got the "down" signal, and repeat it on the "up" signal. Sounds possible, but the devil would be in the detail. Behaviour of apps would need to be tightly defined in order to use such a mechanism. I've never heard of such a thing; maybe someone else has?
When I click 'OK', I then get the error 'The application Kmud (kmud) crashed and caused the signal 11 (SIGSEGV).' Should I go ahead and try 'kbuildsycoca', whatever that is, or is there something else wrong with the program?
A visit to bugs.kde.org sounds in order. I've never used that application myself. -- Australian Linux Technical Conference 2003: http://www.linux.conf.au/ Explain to your boss the benefits of you going...
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Derek Fountain
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Fred M. Sloniker