Hi Declan,
Can you login as a different user and duplicate the problem.
If not there is probably a .kde file or directory (I don't remember which)
in /home/your_username where it will store user specific default info.
You should be able to fix it from there.
Happy hunting,
Tim
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Declan Moriarty [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Thursday, June 03, 1999 8:45 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: KVT problem
>
> This may not be the ideal forum for this, but let's try. The
> KDE terminal emulator kvt on my laptop has developed a problem which
> makes it useless. I gather a set of options were saved. When
> you start it, the window is 24 lines long and 2 screens wide. The font
> is double spaced. Maximise the window and you get the full screen
> size, which is correct. The options/size is only set to 80 x24. When
> the system returns data, however, it doesn't double space. This double-
> spacing by one and not the other leaves the delete & overwrite in a
> very confused state, as delete goes back two spaces, but does not
> properly erase.
>
> Depending on the window width, lines will begin toward the right, and a
> section will go out of the middle. If you tried a "make" command, the
> screen would gradually fill with unerased rubbish which fills in the
> spaces, and as overwriting is also affected, the screen gradually fills
> with gobbledygook. Even using "less" is a disaster.
>
> As a measure, with a full screen (800x600) on the times font, roman
> style, size 12, I get 65 characters in a full line, and 11 characters
> (22 spaces) before the first character after the prompt.
>
> Enough on the problem. I have tried
>
> 1. Replacing the options /opt/kde/share/applnk/Utilities/kvt.kdelnk
> with a known good one
>
> 2. The Microsoft Solution - Falling on my sword and reinstalling :-(
>
> 3. Farting about with the options till I'm blue in the face.
>
> I would like A. A fix.
> B. A hotline to a genius, or maybe just a url.
>
> The System is running SuSE 6.1, Kernel 2.2.5, and KDE 1.0
> --
> Regards and TIA,
>
>
> Declan Moriart
