chris
From: GreenTree Ground Station <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Chris Capaci <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [Newbie]KDE problem
Date: Wed, 25 Dec 2002 15:14:25 -0800 (PST)
I presume you're using Linux ?
Have you tried running 'xwmconfig' to set the default
window manager to KDE (or one of the others) before
you 'startx' ??? You'll need to do this for each
different user on your system that you want KDE to
be used as default for... Unless you place the
init file in the default dir under /etc so it is
copied to the filespace of each new user as they
are created...
Hope this helps... Merry Christmas!
Bruce
On Wed, 25 Dec 2002, Chris Capaci wrote:
Date: Wed, 25 Dec 2002 20:20:21 +0000
From: Chris Capaci <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [Newbie]KDE problem
hi, merry christmas to you to. i'll try to explain this the best that i can.
KDE doesn't start when i 'startx'. a gui with a few console windows and a
window for a clock appears. i tried 'startkde' not knowing it was a command
and KDE started (only while within the gui, not from the shell). so i start
KDE from the gui, and every component of KDE (ie, the desktop, the taskbar,
and programs i open like mozilla or a text editor) opens up in a new window
of the main gui that opens when i 'startx'. it's like running KDE within
another gui environment. seems very strange to me, and i know that it
shouldn't happen because at school i use KDE and it loads up automatically
on startup, or from the shell when i 'startx'. i can probably start a GNOME
session at the same time (i haven't tried), but i want to get it so it's
just a KDE session by itself, like the windows gui. the desktop in windows
is the back most visible component. when i start KDE, the desktop can be
minimized or killed. i hope i explained the situation well enough. i'm gonna
send this to the newbie group too, just in case you don't know what's going
on. but thanks again.
>From: Ernie Schroder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>To: "Chris Capaci" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: Re: [Newbie]xserver sync rate problem
>Date: Wed, 25 Dec 2002 14:09:08 -0500
>
>On Tuesday 24 December 2002 08:53 pm, a tiny voice in your head compelled
>you
>to type:
> > ok, thanks a lot. i really hope you don't mind answering all these
> > questions. i'm starting to feel like i'm a pain :) anyway, answer only
>if
> > you want to. i startx, and the frequencies are fine now. i'm using it
>right
> > now. i just started kde desktop, but it's not running how i remember it
> > running. it's like every window is a different component...the x server
>is
> > the main program running and everything, the taskbar (sorry for my
>windows
> > terminology, but i don't know what it's called in kde) is a different
> > window than the kde desktop, and when i click on the kde desktop it
>hides
> > the taskbar...and when i open a program, and then go back to the
>desktop,
> > the whole desktop comes to the front. i use kde at school and it works
>very
> > similarly to the gui of windows. is there anyway to fix this? thanks a
>lot.
> >
> > chris
>
>
>Chris,
> I don't mind at all, I'm glad to help. Sorry that Christmas has delayed my
>answer. I'm afraid that I'm not going to be much help with this one, but
>I'll
>give you a couple of things to check. First, does the taskbar reappear when
>you move the cursor to the bottom of the screen? If so, you have "auto hide
>enabled. To disable that right click on an empty spot on the taskbar and
>select "preferences-->"hiding" and uncheck the automatic hiding button.
> If the taskbar is not set to auto hide, there is the possibility that you
>are
>running a lower resolution than the max and you are seeing a virtual
>desktop.
>Does the desktop seem to move when you move the cursor to the sides or top
>or
>bottom of the screen? If so, try the key combination "control+alt+ plus or
>minus (on the number pad with numbers lock enabled) this will cycle through
>the working resolutions. This may enable you to see the whole desktop at
>once. If you see no change, or it seems to try to change resolutions, try
>removing the resolution that isn't working from the XF86Config-4 file.
>Lastly, if none of that solves the problem, log on as root andcreate
>another
>user, if you haven't done that already. Log on as th
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