One thing KDE tries to do is to make Windows users feel at home and this is part of the windows emulation of KDE <G>. Seriously, this happens to many of those who use(d) KDE. I have never seen an explanation for it but I've fixed it by logging out, then back in as the same user. In rare cases I've had to reboot.
KDE has many similarites to Windows - one is that it appears to get itself confused. In fact a standard fix for the KDE 2.x series appeared on the mailing list many, many times: 1. As root, from console with KDE NOT running rename the ~./kde2 directory to something else (i.e. kdesave). 2. Delete all files in /tmp 3. Restart KDE and it will create a new ~./kde2 directory - of course without your apps settings. To get them back you copy from the old kde directory (kdesave in our example) kdesave/share/config and kdesave/share/apps the rc files and other files that you need. This is one of the reasons I'm abandoning KDE. I got tired of it's bloat and these strange happenings. I run 2.2.1 right now but my new system is being built without KDE. I get enough wierd things happening on the Windows systems I have to use - I don't need my Linux becoming a Windows emulator. > I've bamboozled my wife into using Linux (told her she'd have > to do Windoze installation herself), and for a few months all > has been well with Netscape and kpatience. > > Now, the panel has gone flaky for no reason I can think of. > When she logs in, many times it's just not there, and she cannot > operate without it. I've tried a variety of things to bring it > back, but the thing that works best is simply to log out, > log in as ANOTHER user, open an xterm and exit, then log out > and go back in as herself. Go figure. > > The other user has a working panel. Always, at least so far. > It's not clear why one has to open a window, but that does > seem part of the magic. > > Does anyone have a clue, or a less painful way to deal with > this (like a permanent solution, maybe?). > > All this is a stock COL 3.1.1. workstation install, except > for the updated Netscape, and compiling and installing > kdegames. > > ++ kevin > -- Brett I. Holcomb [EMAIL PROTECTED] AKA Grunt <>< Registered Linux User #188143 Remove R777 to email _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
