Perhaps this thread is indicative of the problems of running beta software.
Report your findings to the KDE folks.. Beta software is generally not
supported and is released to help find/squash bugs...
-Chris
On Thu, 24 Aug 2000, you wrote:
> You've pretty well summed up my experiences with it too, but I feel that it
> works better for others though.
>
> For example, for both beta 3 and beta 4, calling up kcontrol I get an instant
> program crash. Could it be that kcontrol is so broken that it crashes when
> launched at this stage of the beta process? I'm wondering if it's something
> with my setup...
>
> -- Stephen
>
> On Thu, 24 Aug 2000, you wrote:
> > Hi guys,
> >
> > I installed all KDE2 rpms yesterday.. got KDE 2 to work.. impressed by look
> > at feels.. but have lots of problems..
> >
> > 1. Konqueror dosn't open any ftp, http pages anymore (it used to
> > initially).. it says died unexpectedly.
> >
> > 2. Kmail dosn't see my nested folders.. just sees the folders which are
> > files.. no directories.. I thought Kmail has support for nested folder..
> >
> > - I tried removing kmailrc file, and .<mailbox>.index files but no use
> >
> > 3. Almost none of the applets work.. I wonder if this is problem with
> > mandrake RPMs.
> >
> > 4. All menu iteams are repeated 4 times with varying size of icons..
> >
> > 5. KOffice dosnt' work.. this is the o/p for all office components!
> > ~ > kspread
> > koffice (lib kofficecore): ERROR: Couldn't find the native MimeType in
> > kspread's desktop file. Check your installation !
> > ~ >
> >
> > 6. KControl dosn't work.
> >
> > And many more which I can't remember.. but overall.. its stable.. hasn't
> > crasshed anything badly.. scroll mouse works like a gem!.. and Looks are
> > COOOOOOOOOOOL to say the least.. the decoration concepts a fundu!
> >
> > any help is appreciated
> >
> > thanks
> > sarang
