On 12/5/06, peter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- KWeather Applet doesn't work --- . > > It appears as though the "Configure Kweather" dialog box is unable to actually > write to the config files. For example, when I select "Show icon only" it > continues to display the text next to the icon. > > To fix this: > - Remove the applet from the panel > - Edit the ~/.kde/share/config/KWeatherServicerc file and add my station > (stations=CYQL). > - Edit the ~/.kde/share/config/weather_panelappletrc file and add the station > (report_location=CYQL). I also changed the view mode to get rid of the text > (smallview_mode=1). > - Add the applet again...works fine. > > > --- KLaptop Icon doesn't show up in system tray if icons are set to > semi-transparent --- > This one took a while to find...The KDE Theme > Icons config dialog box > permits semi-transparent icons on the panel, but the KLaptop battery monitor > icon will not show up if icons are set to semi-transparent (there is a space > where the icon "is" and its tooltips work...just no icon). Worse, is that if > the icons are changed to semi-transparent, the KLaptop icon doesn't disappear > until the next time KDE starts, so if one uses suspend or hibernate a lot, > rather than shutting down, suddenly the icon is gone for no apparent reason. >
> I've reported the KWeather, kpilot, and jpilot issues to qa.mandriva.com but > haven't heard any solutions yet. I wonder how many of these issues are > Mandriva-specific or do other distros have these same problems? > > > -- > Peter Pankonin, digitalcrucible > > There are 10 kinds of people in the world, > those who understand binary, and those who don't. > Hi thanks for posting the answer, I had done this before but forgotten how and couldn't seem to find it online. I used to use irt all the time on SUSE but it stopped working a couple of versions ago. I seem to remember that kdetoys does not currently have a maintainer at the moment and wether it works or not in current flavor depends on the Distribution maintainers. ( Not certain about that) graham _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [email protected] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
