On Wednesday 15 November 2006 21:11, Shawn wrote: > Ensure these two env. variables are set properly. > > $XDG_CONFIG_DIRS - this points to files that define the layout of the > main menu. Look for files with this naming convention *.menu. > > $XDG_DATA_DIRS - this points to files with the *.desktop convention. > These files define the applications installed in your system. > Hi Shawn, Hi Dan,
thank you very much for your explanations, specially for the very extended one from Shawn. After setting the variables and issuing the "update-desktop-database" and "update-mime-database" commands kde started working smoothly. Should this issue not be short included into the book ? at least I could not find it, and withouth hints I would still beeing working on Christmas ( 2006, :-) ) Thanks, Edgar -- --------------------- Dr.-Ing. Edgar Alwers Weinheim -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
