Here is the link to the previous occurance of this problem.
http://lists.debian.org/debian-kde/2002/debian-kde-200208/msg00087.html
On Wed, 7 Aug 2002, Erik Johansson wrote:
You are probably having the same problem as I did. See if you have the file /etc/kde3/ui/ui_standards.rc. If not, download it from the kde cvs
http://webcvs.kde.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/*checkout*/kdelibs/kdeui/ui_standards.rc?rev=HEAD&only_with_tag=KDE_3_0_2_RELEASE&content-type=text/plain <http://webcvs.kde.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/*checkout*/kdelibs/kdeui/ui_standards.rc?rev=HEAD&only_with_tag=KDE_3_0_2_RELEASE&content-type=text/plain>
and place it in /etc/kde3/ui/
I don't know why the file is not installed, because it is in the list (dpkg -L kdelibs-data | grep ui). Maybe a result of not doing a complete purge of kde3-beta debs before install??
Erik, Thanks! That was the magic bullet. The addition of the ui_standard file corrected the menu issues completely. And yes, I believe you are right about not completely purging previous versions. I ran into the same scenario trying to upgrade X on a couple Debian machines. It seems that dpkg --remove doesn't do as complete a job as dpkg --purge. It would seem that --remove leaves some scripts/data/info behind that may make subsequent reinstalls skip installing some files from within a package, maybe it thinks they are already there. --purge seems to wipe the slate completely clean. At any rate, KDE 3.0.2 is now working wonderfully. Thanks for your help!
Frank Van Damme wrote:
Yo,
I don't know what you guys' kmail menus look like but mine read like this:
file - edit- view - folder - message - No text! - view.
The last two contain the following items:
No text! : configure filters configure pop filters configure filters configure pop filters
View:
same as the first "view" menu, that is: 5 items about headers, 3 about attachments, 1 about fixed width fonts.
I never noticed it since upgrading to kde3 (never needed to change my prefs). Where does kmail actually store it's prefs, account information and so on?
