On Saturday 05 Mar 2005 15:26, Mr. Geek wrote: > Ian wrote: > > On Saturday 05 Mar 2005 14:19, et wrote: > >>On Saturday 05 March 2005 09:13 am, Ian wrote: > >>>One of my mates is getting really cheesed off with XP .......go figure > >>> > >>>:-) I told him how much nicer, safer etc etc Mandrake is. I installed > >>> > >>>10.1 official on a partition on his slave drive. Konqueror won't open, > >>>and MCC is taking ages as well.....yet starting from root is fine. I > >>> know I read it somewhere on this list. > >>>Anyone care to remind me what the solution is? > >> > >>Konqueror won't open on a fresh new install? > >>or has he had a week to muck about? > > > > Yeah, it was a fresh install. no, I installed it and then logged in and > > tried to start Konqueror. It didn't start.......either in file manger > > mode or as a browser. > > > >>when you say "starting from root" are you speaking about starting X from > >>root? starting mcc from a command line root? how about what errors you > >> get starting what ever doesn't start, if you try to start it from a > >> command line. > > > > Logged out, restarted the computer (windoze habits die hard), logged in > > as root. Konqueror started as web browser immediately. Logged out and > > logged back in to his account, same as before. My excuse is it was late, > > and I had to leave at this point. He won't go near it, so it will be the > > same when I go back. I'm hoping someone can tell me the steps to take > > before I do go back :-) > > I'll try starting it from bash next time. Hopefully this will shed some > > light on the error. I didn't even configure his router last night. > > Ian; If I remember correctly, the problem is due to a minor bug having > to do with Konqueror profiles for the regular users. If you open > konqueror as a normal user (open a terminal or console to do it, typing > the command 'konqueror' - without the quotes), konqueror will open. > > Once you've got it open, go to Settings>Configure View Profiles, and > find the profile called "File Management". change the name of it to > "filemanagement" and save it. Close Konqueror and re-open it using the > "Home" icon on your desktop. > > If the web-browser version of Konqueror gives you the same problem, > repeat these steps, changing "Web Browsing" to "webbrowsing" and save > the profile again. > > It would seem that the desktop and taskbar icons aren't willing to play > nice because of these minor differences in profile syntax. > > It's a very minor bug and I'm sure someone will catch it in the near > future but for now, that's all you should need to do. > > HTH's. Thanks, I'll give that a try. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Powered by Mandrake 10.1 Microsoft Free
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