Hi.
First off, I will try your variation of not only deleting .kde/ but also
tmp/* and see what happens.
This is incredibly frustrating. In any case, yes, I have rebooted, restarted
X, deleted .kde/, deleted .kderc, and then rebooted and logged in. I have
tried it without rebooting and I have also tried just restarting X. In each
case, it acts like it is starting kde for the first time when I log in. I
have to redo my settings, lookandfeel, etc...but NOT via the Control Center
because it doesn't work. Instead, I go directly to the settings directory in
the KDE menu under Configuration -> KDE -> <the settings>. To setup
konqueror, I start it and go thru the Settings menu item. I cannot use
kcontrol because it is blank. In addition, kcontrol in the KDE menu isn't in
the main menu, but is placed in an unnamed folder. If I go to my .kde/
directory, this unnamed folder has the nonsense name of "p^?" . Within this
folder is Kcontrol.desktop.
Now, this SHOULD be a simple question with a direct answer but no one offers
the answer. Kcontrol likely uses some configuration file(s) (beyond
kcontrolrc). ONE of these files contains the X-KDE-BaseGroup=settings entry
that it needs. What is the name of this file? Where is it supposed to
reside?
Why doesn't anyone have an answer to this? If I knew where it was/what it's
name was, I could do what a NON-newbie would do and simply fix that file.
Instead, I am told to do what a newbie would do - uninstall everything and
then reinstall. No. I want the simple answer to the simple questions above
FIRST. I can try to fix it without wasting time downloading, uninstalling,
reinstalling, etc. If it doesn't work, THEN I will go thru the trouble.
So, ANYONE? What file does kcontrol look to for X-KDE-BaseGroup=settings?
There IS such a file, obviously. If we all knew what it was, then it is
likely that many of us with this problem could fix it without pulling a
"newbie" and uninstalling, reinstalling, etc. There is a simple problem with
a simple correction that likely requires the placement of a misplaced file in
the proper place OR it requires a simple edit to some file OR the elimination
of a duplicate.
Anyone? Surely someone connected to KDE or Mandrake knows where
X-KDE-BaseGroup=settings is located.
On Friday 02 February 2001 10:58, you wrote:
> Kinda, hate to ask this, but have you rebooted???
> I need to find my notes on how I fixed this problem.
> I did rm -rf ~/.kde*, and /tmp/*, and I forget what the
> last thing was (of course it was the one that worked)
>
> Brian
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Zeljko Vukman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Friday, February 02, 2001 12:28 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [expert] kcontrol STILL doesn't function
>
> On Friday 02 February 2001 17:33, you wrote:
> > Kcontrol is STILL broken after running kbuildsycoca as root and as user.
> > KDE 2.1 hasn't had it right since its inception.
> >
> > It is not an option to do a total reinstall...
>
> No it is not. Just reinstall KDE.
>
> >and if that is how Mandrake
> > is supposed to work, it is going to LOSE people instead of gain them.
>
> RPM's you downloaded are unsuported by Mandrake. They are NOT official
> Mandrake release. Read the readme file on site where you downloaded it. If
> you have read it you would never had any problems with Kcontrol !!!!
> I downloaded them, isstalled them in specefic order and everything works
> perfectly.
[...]
>
> You know, actually your problem is very simple. You messed up with your
> appplication links. Check your applnk directory and see if you removed any
> menu group with menudrake. Fix it and your Kcontrol menu entries will
> appear
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