Peter Keller wrote: > Mmm that is very strange, especially when you describe that starting kde from > a completely virgin new user results in a functioning kde! > There must be another hidden file somewhere hosing kcontrol --, as it appears > to be not broken when used with a new user.
I've been doing a lot of things and I now suspect that it has something to do with something in my environment. I managed to fix the broblem by renaming my home directory and creating a new one with *only* .xinitrc present. I also deleted /var/tmp/kdecache-bdubbs/, /tmp/ksocket-bdubbs/, and /tmp/kde-bdubbs/. Now, after logging out and back in, starting kde creates the proper menus. If I start kde with my .bash_profile and .bashrc in the directory, in addition to .xinitrc, the system does not work properly. After the system is up properly, the bash initialization does not affect the kde operation. I'm continuing to investigate, but at least I do have a technique to properly recover. -- Bruce -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
