On Sun, 2004-08-08 at 17:25, Charlie Mahan wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Sunday 08 August 2004 14:06:02, Julie Sloan wrote: > > Someone please point me in the right direction - Yesterday suddenly I > > wasn't able to open folders in the KDE GUI anymore. Hop on over to > > Gnome and they open just fine. How did I screw this up? > > Are you sure you screwed something up or did kdeinit just crash? > > Try restarting the X-Server while you're in the log-in manager screen.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 'Splain more detailedly please > > Just for fun open a terminal when you're already in KDE and become super user > then type > > kdeinit > > and strike the Enter key. Then try to open a directory. FUN?!? I get this: QPixmap: Cannot create a QPixmap when no GUI is being used QPixmap: Cannot create a QPixmap when no GUI is being used QPixmap: Cannot create a QPixmap when no GUI is being used QPixmap: Cannot create a QPixmap when no GUI is being used kbuildsycoca running... Reusing existing ksycoca kbuildsycoca: WARNING: '.hidden/k3b-iso.desktop' specifies undefined mimetype/servicetype '' kio (KMimeType): WARNING: 'kbearimportfilter.desktop' specifies undefined mimetype/servicetype 'KParts/Plugin' kbuildsycoca: WARNING: 'Multimedia/Video/Totem Movie Player.desktop' specifies undefined mimetype/servicetype 'video/dv' kbuildsycoca: WARNING: 'Multimedia/Video/Totem Movie Player.desktop' specifies undefined mimetype/servicetype 'video/msvideo' kbuildsycoca: WARNING: 'Multimedia/Video/Totem Movie Player.desktop' specifies undefined mimetype/servicetype 'video/x-avi' kbuildsycoca: WARNING: 'Multimedia/Video/Totem Movie Player.desktop' specifies undefined mimetype/servicetype 'video/x-nsv' kbuildsycoca: WARNING: 'Multimedia/Video/Totem Movie Player.desktop' specifies undefined mimetype/servicetype 'audio/x-mpeg' kbuildsycoca: WARNING: 'Multimedia/Video/Totem Movie Player.desktop' specifies undefined mimetype/servicetype 'audio/mpeg' kbuildsycoca: WARNING: 'Multimedia/Video/Totem Movie Player.desktop' specifies undefined mimetype/servicetype 'audio/x-m4a' kbuildsycoca: WARNING: 'Multimedia/Video/Totem Movie Player.desktop' specifies undefined mimetype/servicetype 'audio/x-ms-asf' kbuildsycoca: WARNING: 'Multimedia/Video/Totem Movie Player.desktop' specifies undefined mimetype/servicetype 'audio/x-ms-asx' kbuildsycoca: WARNING: 'Multimedia/Video/Totem Movie Player.desktop' specifies undefined mimetype/servicetype 'audio/x-ms-wax' kbuildsycoca: WARNING: 'Multimedia/Video/Totem Movie Player.desktop' specifies undefined mimetype/servicetype 'audio-x-pn-realaudio' kbuildsycoca: WARNING: 'Multimedia/Video/Totem Movie Player.desktop' specifies undefined mimetype/servicetype 'application/x-flac' kbuildsycoca: WARNING: 'Multimedia/Video/Totem Movie Player.desktop' specifies undefined mimetype/servicetype 'misc/ultravox' kbuildsycoca: WARNING: 'Multimedia/Video/Totem Movie Player.desktop' specifies undefined mimetype/servicetype 'application/x-matroska' kbuildsycoca: WARNING: 'Multimedia/Graphics/The GIMP.desktop' specifies undefined mimetype/servicetype 'image/bmp' kbuildsycoca: WARNING: 'Multimedia/Graphics/The GIMP.desktop' specifies undefined mimetype/servicetype 'image/fits' kbuildsycoca: WARNING: 'Multimedia/Graphics/The GIMP.desktop' specifies undefined mimetype/servicetype 'image/pcx' kbuildsycoca: WARNING: 'Multimedia/Graphics/The GIMP.desktop' specifies undefined mimetype/servicetype 'image/pix' kbuildsycoca: WARNING: 'Multimedia/Graphics/The GIMP.desktop' specifies undefined mimetype/servicetype 'image/pnm' kbuildsycoca: WARNING: 'kcertpart.desktop' specifies undefined mimetype/servicetype 'application/binary-certificate' kbuildsycoca: WARNING: 'Internet/kfmclient_war.desktop' specifies undefined mimetype/servicetype 'application/x-webarchive' kbuildsycoca: WARNING: 'kxsldbg_part.desktop' specifies undefined mimetype/servicetype 'text/english' kbuildsycoca: WARNING: 'kxsldbg_part.desktop' specifies undefined mimetype/servicetype 'text/x-c' kbuildsycoca: WARNING: 'kxsldbg_part.desktop' specifies undefined mimetype/servicetype 'text/x-c++' kbuildsycoca: WARNING: 'popmail-conduit.desktop' specifies undefined mimetype/servicetype 'KPilotConduit' kbuildsycoca: WARNING: '.hidden/k3b-cue.desktop' specifies undefined mimetype/servicetype '' kbuildsycoca: WARNING: 'katepart.desktop' specifies undefined mimetype/servicetype 'text/x-csharp-src' kbuildsycoca: WARNING: 'katepart.desktop' specifies undefined mimetype/servicetype 'text/x-csharp-hde' kbuildsycoca: WARNING: 'katepart.desktop' specifies undefined mimetype/servicetype 'text/x-eiffel-src' kbuildsycoca: WARNING: 'katepart.desktop' specifies undefined mimetype/servicetype 'text/x-ferite-src' kbuildsycoca: WARNING: 'katepart.desktop' specifies undefined mimetype/servicetype 'text/x-fortran' kbuildsycoca: WARNING: 'katepart.desktop' specifies undefined mimetype/servicetype 'text/x-ilerpg-src' kbuildsycoca: WARNING: 'katepart.desktop' specifies undefined mimetype/servicetype 'text/x-javascript' kbuildsycoca: WARNING: 'katepart.desktop' specifies undefined mimetype/servicetype 'text/x-kbasic-src' kbuildsycoca: WARNING: 'katepart.desktop' specifies undefined mimetype/servicetype 'text/mfile' kbuildsycoca: WARNING: 'katepart.desktop' specifies undefined mimetype/servicetype 'text/x-sather-src' kbuildsycoca: WARNING: 'katepart.desktop' specifies undefined mimetype/servicetype 'text/x-verilog-src' kbuildsycoca: WARNING: 'katepart.desktop' specifies undefined mimetype/servicetype 'text/x-vhdl' kbuildsycoca: WARNING: 'katepart.desktop' specifies undefined mimetype/servicetype 'text/book' kbuildsycoca: WARNING: 'knotify.desktop' specifies undefined mimetype/servicetype 'KNotify' kbuildsycoca: WARNING: 'Office/Wordprocessors/OpenOffice.org Writer.desktop' specifies undefined mimetype/servicetype 'application/x-doc' 1) I didn't need to be su to do that 2) still can't open the directory - I double click on it and the hourglass spins ("starting Konqueror") on the taskbar for about 30 seconds then shuts off. ditto the "Home" icon: I get "starting Home" with an hourglass on the taskbar, then zilch. I'm able to open them in the terminal though... > > Uh, and how did I manage to change my line width to 45 characters (in > > Ximian)? > > > As for the character limit, what application? Or do you mean everywhere? Just in Ximian - not in any other aps I've tried. ...haven't configured the Kmail yet. But get this: although as I'm typing it, it wraps at ca 45 characters, apparently it rewraps when I send, so that's okay. Just annoying while I'm writing it. > > OK? > > Charlie Ok fine. :) Thanks. J -- why linux? because MS is to OS as AOL is to ISP
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