Re: KDE presents a distorted screen or quits in the middle of starting up

2007-12-18 Thread scott
On a lcd screen, short of hi-def video's and gaming, it's hard for the eye to see meaningful difference between 16 and 24 bit depth. In some case 15 bit depth works better on lcds. -Original Message- From: Rob Lytle [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: misc@openbsd.org Subject: Re: KDE presents a

Re: KDE presents a distorted screen or quits in the middle of starting up

2007-12-14 Thread Rob Lytle
On 12 Dec 2007, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, It takes me 3 or 4 startx's before I get a KDE screen that looks normal. When it looks bad, the terminal background is black and other contrast problems exist. Other times it simply locks up in the middle of starting up. Has any one else had

Re: KDE presents a distorted screen or quits in the middle of starting up

2007-12-13 Thread Antoine Jacoutot
On Thu, 13 Dec 2007, Predrag Punosevac wrote: ever used in my life. On the another hand KDE is 200m very elaborate GUI coded for mostly with Linux in mind. I am not aware that one can use any Well, AFAIK they're actually very open to !linux systems, much more than GNOME for instance. of

Re: KDE presents a distorted screen or quits in the middle of starting up

2007-12-13 Thread Rob Lytle
Rob Lytle wrote: Predrag Punosevac to me, misc Rob Lytle wrote: I searched back through the archives using KDE as a keyword and as far as I can tell I am the only OpenBSD post. This is typical for me. I end up with a unique problem that no one can solve because it never came up before.

Re: KDE presents a distorted screen or quits in the middle of starting up

2007-12-13 Thread Bill Karh
On 12 Dec 2007, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, It takes me 3 or 4 startx's before I get a KDE screen that looks normal. When it looks bad, the terminal background is black and other contrast problems exist. Other times it simply locks up in the middle of starting up. Has any one else had

KDE presents a distorted screen or quits in the middle of starting up

2007-12-12 Thread Rob Lytle
Hi, It takes me 3 or 4 startx's before I get a KDE screen that looks normal. When it looks bad, the terminal background is black and other contrast problems exist. Other times it simply locks up in the middle of starting up. Has any one else had these problems? Thanks, Rob. -- Emancipate

Re: KDE presents a distorted screen or quits in the middle of starting up

2007-12-12 Thread Rob Lytle
I think I know what the response will be: use some other window manager. I do use Windowmaker for root since its so much simpler. But I've gotten used to KDE and obviously no one else is having any problems with it. So whats up? Sincerely, Rob -- Emancipate yourself from mental slavery,

Re: KDE presents a distorted screen or quits in the middle of starting up

2007-12-12 Thread Rob Lytle
I searched back through the archives using KDE as a keyword and as far as I can tell I am the only OpenBSD post. This is typical for me. I end up with a unique problem that no one can solve because it never came up before. Sigh, I guess its FreeBSD or Vista on this triple boot laptop. Rob. --

Re: KDE presents a distorted screen or quits in the middle of starting up

2007-12-12 Thread Predrag Punosevac
Rob Lytle wrote: I searched back through the archives using KDE as a keyword and as far as I can tell I am the only OpenBSD post. This is typical for me. I end up with a unique problem that no one can solve because it never came up before. Sigh, I guess its FreeBSD or Vista on this triple boot

Re: KDE presents a distorted screen or quits in the middle of starting up

2007-12-12 Thread Predrag Punosevac
Rob Lytle wrote: Predrag Punosevac to me, misc Rob Lytle wrote: I searched back through the archives using KDE as a keyword and as far as I can tell I am the only OpenBSD post. This is typical for me. I end up with a unique problem that no one can solve because it never came up before.

Re: KDE presents a distorted screen or quits in the middle of starting up

2007-12-12 Thread Predrag Punosevac
Antoine Jacoutot wrote: On Wed, 12 Dec 2007, Predrag Punosevac wrote: P. S. And yes I will also suggest that you use something much lighter. I see no purpose in running KDE on the top of the system like OpenBSD. Why would you say sth like that??? First of all I hope I didn't offend the port

Re: KDE presents a distorted screen or quits in the middle of starting up

2007-12-12 Thread Antoine Jacoutot
On Wed, 12 Dec 2007, Predrag Punosevac wrote: P. S. And yes I will also suggest that you use something much lighter. I see no purpose in running KDE on the top of the system like OpenBSD. Why would you say sth like that??? -- Antoine