Alex Boag-Munroe wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Installed KDE 2 over the weekend, and, I must say, look out Windoze. IE was
> my favourite browser until I saw Konqueror. Nice innit?
>
> Well, thats it for the bootlicking, now for my issues...
>
> 1. I cannot run simple things like XKill. Just says it can't run it. If I
> type it in at the command prompt, it works fine. Likewise with Drakconf.
> ???
>
> 2. kdesu doesn't kick in. If something requiring root is run, it just
> complains that it can't run it.
>
> 3. After a couple of logins, not only do I have the KDE 2 menu items on the
> K Menu (Start menu type thing, u know), but all my KDE 1 menu items appear
> too. And yes, u guessed it, I can't run any of them.
>
> 4. When I install KDE1and2scripts, it makes the relevant changes to the
> windowmanagers file, but the changes do not appear on the menu at the login
> screen UNTIL I add them in using the login manager.
>
> And last, but not least
>
> 5. After a program error, or hang, and I restart X, all the desktop icons
> disappear. Only after I delete the .kde2 folder from my home dir can I get
> them back. Oh, yeah, one last thing. Some sites look weird under
> Konqueror. Look at the left and right panes on www.mandrakeuser.org for an
> example. Pay particular attention to the subscription text box on the right
> hand side.
>
> Any one got any solutions for the above? I'd be sooo happy to hear from
> you.
>
> It still looks lovely tho.
>
> Thanks
>
> Alex
Check the cooker archives for a script that takes out the repeating path
additions. The author of the post was Ruskin, I believe, and the subject was
kde2.
Much of the rest will have to wait for the "Mandrake touch". That is,
integration with current system. Right now, we still have two more betas to
preview.
Civileme
