Hello > First thing to try: in Gnome or command line mode (NOT from within KDE), > delete or rename the .kde directory in your home directory, then re-start > KDE, see if that makes a difference.
I have deleted the whole .kde directory but it didn't do any good. Kde stands beautifully on the screen but I can't do a thing. Everything that has to create a new window doesn't work. It runs for quite a while and disappears. On gnome the situation is different. It takes gnome a long time to load. The first impression is that everything is ok but soon a white screen comes out and the desktop changes (no toolbar on the bottom anymore). All windows are created on the top right of the screen and they can't not be moved as the top of them has been cut off somehow. If I switch from gnome to windowmaker "gnome windows" (applications) can be created and can be moved around. However no kde application can't seen (that is, it runs and then disappears). > > If that doesn't work, give us some more details to work with. What version > of Mandrake? What version of KDE? What version of Gnome? What version of > X? What changes did you make just before you started having problems? Or > are these problems happening from a clean install? What were the other > programs that failed? What hardware do you have? Info: OS: LM 8.0 standard, I am not sure about Kde and gnome versions but are the ones that come with LM 8.0. XFree 3.3.6 (due to vmware) Hardware: COMPAQ 5000T 5Bw, 566 celeron, intel 810e, 512 MB -> KDE and Gnome had worked fine since fresh installation on July 2001. -> The last thing I have installed was transcriber0.6 which requested some perl modules (TK bundle and TK-month). I've got the wrong one in the beginning (tk-4.00) but then I've downloaded the right one (tk8000). It is not that any programme fails but they are terminated somehow. All programmes worked before and some of them still work under windowmaker and blackbox. Is there a way to re-install KDE or Gnome? I don't want to do that but if I have no alternative ... Many thanks Ed ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com >
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