On (29/06/04 21:12), James Sinnamon wrote: > Dear KDE/Debian users, > > (Similar e-mail previously sent to [EMAIL PROTECTED]) > > I have an established Red Hat 9.0 system and I am trying to migrate to a > Debian/Sarge system using all the same /home/* subdirectories. I am > simply hoping to have a desktop and display that has the same resolution > and roughly the same functionality, to begin with, as I had with RedHat. > > It should be possible to simply find the existing configuration settings > on my RedHat system and copy them to my Debian system, but > I don't really know where to locate the essential information. > > At the moment, my Debian/KDE system has the following problems: > > 1. Resolution reduced from 1024x768 to 800x600 on 19" monitor. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > I am not able to keep the same resolution as I can on my Redhat system. > My Debian system only achieves 800x600, whilst my existing > RedHat achieves 1024x768. I can't think of any obvious reason why the > resolution can't be the same. Hi James
try (as root) dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86 I run KDE but haven't explored the config files too deeply however, if you share the connfig files between two systems you may find conflicts and anomolies - other may have more insight into this. Regards Clive > > 2. Konsole tab 'icon size' context sensitive menu missing > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > This feature is inexplicably missing in Debian KDE, > (I prefer the smallest possible icon size to preserve desktop space.) > > 3. Lost access to menus and other Kpanel features > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > When I click on the spot where my menu used to be located, I get > the message: > > "failed to read Directory". > > (It may be problems with permissions, because the new account number did > not, at first match the old, but I can't see the obvious blace to look other > than somewhere in ${HOME}/.kde/.) > > ...So I would greatly appreciate any thoughts about how to preserve what > is in my existing RedHat 9.0 installation. > > Any recommended tutorial/documentary material? > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > After many years, I still find all of X Windows and KDE > etc completely overwhelming. From where I stand it's complexity > seems to approach that of neuroscience. > > Are there any good online documentary resources which could explain > how X Windows and KDE fit together? I would like to be able to understand > how the Menu structures and other settings relate to files and directory > structures. > > TIA > > James Sinnamon > -- > jps at westnet com auStralia > ph +61 412 319669, +61 2 95692123, +61 2 95726357 > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- http://www.clivemenzies.co.uk strategies for business -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]