On Tuesday 23 Mar 2004 12:31, Derek Jennings wrote: > On Tuesday 23 Mar 2004 12:05, Hoyt Bailey wrote: > > I have some programs XMMS, kmail, & konqueror that apparantly have some > > bad config files. I have reinstalled them but they are still not good. > > How can I reinstall and clear everything assosciated with that file from > > the computer or at least overwrite everything. > > > > Regards; > > Hoyt > > The config files are kept in hidden files/folders in your /home > Just set konq to show hidden files and you will be able to find them. > > Another useful tool is slocate and kio_locate. (kio_locate is in the > contrib mirror) > Install those packages (install anacron too) and then run updatedb as > root. You can then find any file on your computer to do with those apps. > For example from the command line use 'slocate xmms' > From konqueror enter locate://xmms/ in the url line > Sorry Typo. That should read locate:/xmms/
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