January 2004 - openSUSE KDE - openSUSE Mailing Lists

Decoration
by Paul Foerster 20 Feb '04

20 Feb '04

Hi there, ... I managed to adapt everything, bottons, window decorations, sliders, etc. to something I want it to look like (which is basically the Mac Aqua theme, btw.), except three things: 1. That darn green ugly SuSE beast of the K menu. How can I replace this icon with something more attractive? 2. That ugly dragon I am presented with in the logout requester? 3. I need an Aqua theme for Mozilla. The only two Aqua themes I found for Mozilla are either for Mozilla 1.0 or 0.9 or something that doesn't work anymore with a more recent Mozilla or for the Mac version of Mozilla. Both are no options with Mozilla 1.5 being the current stable version on Linux/Intel machines of course. relevant System info: SuSE 9.0, KDE 3.1.4, updated thru YOU I'd very much appreciate it if anyone can help me with this. So, thanks very much in advance. :-) -- cul8er, Paul paul.foerster(a)gmx.net

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kdm: Greeter exited unexpectedly
by Charlie Blank 06 Feb '04

06 Feb '04

Hallo, ich habe versucht, mit Xmanager (www.xmanager.com) mir meinen Linux-KDE-Desktop auf Windows darzustellen/zu verwenden (da der Linux Server demnächst ohne Monitor in den Keller wandern soll....): Xterm über einen SSH-Kanal anzeigen zu lassen, klappt. Ein XDM Broadcast zeigt mir auch meinen Linux-Host zur Auswahl an, Kurzzeitig sehe ich den hellblauen Hintergrund meines KDE Desktops (und dem SuSE Logo drauf). Danach verschwindet der Hintergrund wieder und das einzige Log, das ich auf dem Server bis jetzt sehe, ist: Kdm: Greeter exited unexpectedly. Kdm: Abnormal helper termination, code 1, signal 0. Mein 'normaler' KDE Desktop läuft währenddessen auf dem Linux-Server- Ohne Probleme. Wie kann ich das Problem weiter einkreisen? Irgendwelche Tipps? Thanks Charlie

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KDE 3.1.95 from the Supplementary Feed
by Colin Pinkney 02 Feb '04

02 Feb '04

Has anyone tried KDE 3.1.95 from the SuSE Supplementary feed and got it working correctly? (I have used this mirror: ftp://ftp.mirror.ac.uk/sites/ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/ i386/supplementary/KDE/update_for_9.0/ ) I added ftp://ftp.mirror.ac.uk/sites/ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/supplementary/ KDE/update_for_9.0/yast-source as an installation source in Yast and then did a System Update. After resolving the conflicts as mentioned previously on this list I rebooted. It didn't seem to have installed all the KDE 3.2 stuff. So, again with yast, I uninstalled all the KDE and QT packages and reinstalled them, still using the supplementary feed. This seemed to install everything, except the KDE themes didn't seem to be working and all letters on menu items with an underscore had a green background. Now I have disabled the supplementary feed as an installation source and gone back to KDE 3.1.4 and everything seems ok. Has anyone else had much luck with this? I eventually corrupted my previous SuSE 8.1 installation by installing and forcing upgrades of packages outside of Yast, so I did a clean install of SuSE 9.0 and want to keep it clean and stick to official SuSE packages installed with Yast as much as possible. Thanks -- Colin Pinkney http://www.cpinkney.org.uk

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Will Plastik theme from KDE-Look cause problems?
by Janus Sandsgaard 02 Feb '04

02 Feb '04

Hi there I am writing a book about KDE/Linux (in academia) and now need to make some screenshots. I am concidering using Plastik as the theme for the book, but I can't wait for KDE 3.2 to come out (when is that going to happen, by the way?). Therefore I am looking at this Plastik Theme (v. 0.3.9) at KDE Look: <http://kde-look.org/content/show.php?content=7559> Questions: - How close is this Plastik theme from the one that will ship with KDE 3.2? - Will the Plastik theme from KDE-look cause problems when upgrading my KDE 3.1.4 to KDE 3.2? -j -- Linux install party in La Paz, Bolivia <http://weblog.janus.dk/archives/2002/10/19/000184.html>

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kmail problem
by iangordon 31 Jan '04

31 Jan '04

HI I have recently installed suse 9 and am having some communication problems. Using kinternet and kmail I have no problem with internet access, kmail does the right things with outgoing mail, and saves it in 'sent mail'. Occasionally incoming mail arrives via the 'inbox' in kmail as it should but most incoming mail arrives in [ /var/spool/mail/(user)] accompanied by vast amounts of communications code making it difficult to extract actual messages. When requesting incoming mail via kmail the status bar says 'No new messages' but I still find messages in the /var/spool/mail file. I have jiggled with YAST and Kmail configuration but to no avail. What can I do to discipline the software, or myself if that is where the error lies? Hoping that someone can restore my sanity please. Ian

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[Fwd: kde icons desktop problem]
by Marc Collin 29 Jan '04

29 Jan '04

hi i have suse 9.0, on my desktop i have icon for all partition and cdrom when i start kde, i can see that suse create some icon for partition and cdrom, and this icons disapear (but mine stay there)... somebody know how to remove this icons creation by suse? if i remove all icons i created, i can see that suse create some icons and disapear after a few second any idea? my susepluggerrc file [General] Autostart=true DoNotShowPopup=false EnableIconCamera=true EnableIconCdrom=true EnableIconFloppy=false EnableIconHdd=true EnableIconZip=false UseCDAutoStart=false UseCDMediaDetect=false my .directory file [Desktop Entry] BgImage= Encoding=UTF-8 Icon=desktop Type=Directory [IconPosition::CD-ROM 2.desktop] X=30 Y=552 [IconPosition::CD-ROM 3.desktop] X=30 Y=621 [IconPosition::CD-ROM.desktop] X=31 Y=483 [IconPosition::Disque dur] X=29 Y=69 [IconPosition::Floppy.desktop] X=139 Y=5 [IconPosition::Lien vers une application] X=879 Y=529 [IconPosition::Network.desktop] X=24 Y=5 [IconPosition::Printer.desktop] X=245 Y=5 [IconPosition::Trash] X=895 Y=621 [IconPosition::c.desktop] X=31 Y=138 [IconPosition::d.desktop] X=31 Y=207 [IconPosition::de.desktop] X=31 Y=276 [IconPosition::i.desktop] X=31 Y=345 [IconPosition::j.desktop] X=31 Y=414 when i start kde: http://pages.infinit.net/borland/kdebefore.gif you can see in red the icon created by suse after a few second http://pages.infinit.net/borland/kdeafter.gif icons disapear if i erase .directory file, same thing happen any idea?

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knode problem
by Marc Collin 29 Jan '04

29 Jan '04

hi since i installed release 3.1.5 Released of kde, kdenetwork3-news... but when i click on knode, nothing happen any idea?

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KDE session host - Remote X applications
by Terje J. Hanssen 29 Jan '04

29 Jan '04

To offload an older Sun/Solaris CAD application server from running also CDE sessions for remote X desktops (diskless clients), I wish to possibly introduce a SuSE Linux workstation as a KDE session host/server. That is, instead of getting remote CDE (dt)login from the Sun server, the SuSe/KDE desktop should handle and supply KDM user login, window manager and desktop apps, in addition to displays for the remote X Cad-application running on the Sun server (execution host) as before. Where the production data files (drawings from the Cad apps) now most effectively should be saved, on the Sun application/file server as before or nfs mounted on the SuSE workstation as new file server, is also a question of load and speed to be tested. Besides the Remote X apps mini HowTo, I wish to hear how to configure the above solution to be transparent and easy for the user, and possibly experiences, suggestions and additional helpful docs for this setup? TIA/Terje

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How to disable k3b autostart (SuSE 9.0 / KDE 3.1.4)
by Philip Amadeo Saeli 29 Jan '04

29 Jan '04

How do I disable k3b from starting every time I pop a writable CD into my CD writer? I have a script that I've been using for some time that uses cdrecord to write CDs. The autostarting of k3b interferes with the operation of the script and has resulted in failed CD writing attempts. I've looked thru the KDE Control Center and resmgr docs, but can't seem to find where this insidious event is being initiated. BTW, I strongly dislike automatic stuff like this and would like to disable it all if I knew how. I've had no such problems under previous versions of SuSE Linux. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks! Phil -- Philip Amadeo Saeli SuSE Linux 9.0 psaeli(a)zorodyne.com

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Mouse
by Paul Foerster 26 Jan '04

26 Jan '04

Hi there, ... on the PC at work running the other-operating-system(tm) the mouse driver has a function that if I press a control key it will draw flashing circles around the pointer which helps locating the pointer. In times of ever more increasing screen resolutions and decreasing pointer sizes that turns out to be a pretty useful function. Is there any such program for the KDE? I know that Gnome offers such functionality but is there any such thing for KDE too? Thanks in advance. -- cul8er, Paul paul.foerster(a)gmx.net

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