[newbie] KDE 2.0 not working
Hi, I changed the partitions of my HD and re-installed everything (LM7.2) formatting every new partition and KDE is crashing continuosly. WindowMakeris working well. Let's start with the questions: Since the first instalation worked fine, I assumed it had something to do with the different partitions I created, so I tried back with the old partition scheme but KDE is not working at all. The Desktop appears normal, only without the different icons it had before, but once I try any application it takes "minutes" to load and later disappears. Is there any "log" were I can check what's going on? Any hint how to correct this? Many thanks in advance Otto
Re: [newbie] KDE 2.0 Themes and Sound
On Wednesday 06 December 2000 02:58 pm, you wrote: > Dear All, Thank you for explaining how to untar the thememanager. I did > find the files that install and they do not give me a clue what to do. > If any of you download this and install will you please help me step by > step? The download page for the thememanager tarball is > http://kde.themes.org/php/download.phtml?object=warehouse.download.51&rev=0 >.8/tar.gz > > Thank you, Marcia Well I can't install it, I get an error message that says can't install small KDE programs, check to make sure kde header files are installed. -- Registered Linux User 181996 ICQ 27396393
Re: [newbie] KDE 2.0 Themes and Sound
Dear All, Thank you for explaining how to untar the thememanager. I did find the files that install and they do not give me a clue what to do. If any of you download this and install will you please help me step by step? The download page for the thememanager tarball is http://kde.themes.org/php/download.phtml?object=warehouse.download.51&rev=0.8/tar.gz Thank you, Marcia
Re: [newbie] KDE 2.0 Themes and Sound
could you post the link to the tarball ? thanks, philomena At 11:18 AM 12/6/2000 -0500, you wrote: >Dear All, I went to the KDE2 webpage and found the KDE thememanager in >tar form and downloaded. Now, I do not know how to untar and install. >That is something I have never been able to do yet. Could someone help >me with this step by step? I have already looked up the tar lists and >just have not helped me so far. Thanks. Marcia
Re: [newbie] KDE 2.0 Themes and Sound
tar" xvfz filename.tgz" and look for the read me or install file.With out the quotes of course!
RE: [newbie] KDE 2.0 Themes and Sound
Put the file *.tar.gz in a folder. CD to that folder, and type this... "tar -zxvf *.tar.gz". That will extract it. Once it is extracted, you can look for either a configure file, or an install file. Cheers, -Original Message- From: Marcia [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, December 06, 2000 9:18 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] KDE 2.0 Themes and Sound Dear All, I went to the KDE2 webpage and found the KDE thememanager in tar form and downloaded. Now, I do not know how to untar and install. That is something I have never been able to do yet. Could someone help me with this step by step? I have already looked up the tar lists and just have not helped me so far. Thanks. Marcia
Re: [newbie] KDE 2.0 Themes and Sound
KDE2 does allow more customization, but I found it a bit disconcerting that a nice user-level feature like the Theme Manager was removed. Was nice to play around and see what happened with different themes. Also, seems many folks thought this was a Mandrake lack in 7.2, as opposed to a change in KDE2. There is an app in the menu system called "Legacy Theme Importer". I haven't had much luck with it, but I didn't pursue it too much. This topic has been brought up a few times on this list since 7.2 was released, but I haven't seem too many responses describing success stories in bringing in old themes. philomena At 03:55 PM 12/5/2000 -0600, you wrote: >On Tuesday 05 December 2000 07:12 am, Marcia wrote: > > Dear All, I just asked about the theme manager, also, but so far no > > one has answered. I , too, loved the way the thememanager worked in > > 7.0. I am disappointed about the absence of it in 7.2. Was this an > > oversight? > > Well i usually shy away from these questions cause i believe the >answer is readily discernable/available... but what t'hey > > From my perspective, KDE2 allows much more customization than KDE1 >did, even tho it currently lacks but a few third party themes and the >planned future manager. > >In Control Center , there are already different themes: > Look 'N Feel | Style | Widget Style and theme > >Then in | Colors, you can further customize any theme you chose above > >Then by r-clicking on any Windows title bar you can change the >borders, 'Decoration', several choices, like 'system ++' for example > >'Course, you can use any pic file for backgrounds, just put them in >/home/tom/.kde/share/wallpapers/AngelBoris.jpg >. ^^^ your 'user' dir ^^^ YMMV, but I'm in love ;> > Put in several and you can have different ones for each desktop. > > Bottom line, due to all the possible combos of the above, is you have >the ability to make your own themes. So who needs > >http://kde.themes.org/themes.phtml?action=search&themetxt=&submit=Search&ve >rids%5B%5D=KDE2.0&odby=download&disptype=norm&numthemes=10&showmod=on > >-- >Tom Brinkman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Galveston Bay
Re: [newbie] KDE 2.0 Themes and Sound
The only importing of themes I have found thus far is related to Icons in the KDE Control Center. Have to check out www.kde.org. My sounds are working for me. I am wondering if you have the 'Start aRTx soundserver on KDE startup' checked. It is in the KDE Control Center, under Sound -> Sound Server. I also have the response time set at Comfortable (250ms). Then you can go into LookNFeel-> System Notifications and choose your sounds. You have to restart KDE to have it take effect. Barry s wrote: > > Hi all, > I subscribed a few days and have just been reading. I've almost figured out > the format of this thing. (It's a little different than a ng, huh?) > > Actually I'm more interested in how to get the event sounds to work. I have > pointed the events to sound files in the Control Center, but still no system > sounds. What is the trick? (Umm, I mean procedure). > > TIA, > -s > > On Tue, 05 Dec 2000, you wrote: > > Hi , it's there. I found it last Sunday. I will have to wait till I get > > home to tell you where it is. I'm at work. The only > > problem I have found is that I can't seem to pull in any old themes, > > like Gondolin as a favorite. On KDE.org the > > themes are listed as kde2 but no download as yet. There is apparently > > some changes that have to be made in > > the probram language in order for KDE2 to use them. Not compatible whith > > the old KDE themes. I'll get back on > > line this evening and let you know what and where I found for themes, > > unless someone else jumps in here first. > > > > Kelly, Christopher wrote: > > > i miss this aspect myself...not sure what happened to it. We'll have to > > > wait and see what the answer is. > > > > > > -Original Message- > > > From: Marcia [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > Sent: Tuesday, December 05, 2000 8:13 AM > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Subject: Re: [newbie] KDE 2.0 Themes and Sound > > > > > > > > > Dear All, I just asked about the theme manager, also, but so far no one > > > has answered. I , too, loved the way the thememanager worked in 7.0. I > > > am disappointed about the absence of it in 7.2. Was this an oversight? > > > > > > Mike, how exactly did you install the themes you wanted? I am a newbie > > > and need to know every step in detail if someone would be willing to > > > help me here. > > > > > > Is there a way we can inform Linux-Mandrake of this thememanager > > > problem? I do remember they were asking for suggestions for awhile. I > > > guess I will just go and check their website again. Thanks for your > > > help. Marcia
Re: [newbie] KDE 2.0 Themes and Sound
Adrian, Thank you for the information. I think someone on this list was saying that,and how to do it should be explained soon. So there is a place at the KDE2 website for converting? I will check that out. Thanks for the info. Marcia
Re: [newbie] KDE 2.0 Themes and Sound
On Tuesday 05 December 2000 07:12 am, Marcia wrote: > Dear All, I just asked about the theme manager, also, but so far no > one has answered. I , too, loved the way the thememanager worked in > 7.0. I am disappointed about the absence of it in 7.2. Was this an > oversight? Well i usually shy away from these questions cause i believe the answer is readily discernable/available... but what t'hey From my perspective, KDE2 allows much more customization than KDE1 did, even tho it currently lacks but a few third party themes and the planned future manager. In Control Center , there are already different themes: Look 'N Feel | Style | Widget Style and theme Then in | Colors, you can further customize any theme you chose above Then by r-clicking on any Windows title bar you can change the borders, 'Decoration', several choices, like 'system ++' for example 'Course, you can use any pic file for backgrounds, just put them in /home/tom/.kde/share/wallpapers/AngelBoris.jpg . ^^^ your 'user' dir ^^^ YMMV, but I'm in love ;> Put in several and you can have different ones for each desktop. Bottom line, due to all the possible combos of the above, is you have the ability to make your own themes. So who needs http://kde.themes.org/themes.phtml?action=search&themetxt=&submit=Search&verids%5B%5D=KDE2.0&odby=download&disptype=norm&numthemes=10&showmod=on -- Tom Brinkman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Galveston Bay
Re: [newbie] KDE 2.0 Themes and Sound
hey Marcia -- i am not completely up on the histroy of this thread, as i don't use KDE much i was not paying attention =) but i seem to remember someone said the KDE 1.x themes do not work at all with KDE 2 unless you "convert" them over, and there was something in KDE 2 that would do this but that is all i recall. sorry -- but does that help you out any? Adrian Smith 'de telepone dude Telecom Dept. x 7042 [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> Marcia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 6:12:38 AM 12/5/00 >>> Dear All, I just asked about the theme manager, also, but so far no one has answered. I , too, loved the way the thememanager worked in 7.0. I am disappointed about the absence of it in 7.2. Was this an oversight? Mike, how exactly did you install the themes you wanted? I am a newbie and need to know every step in detail if someone would be willing to help me here. Is there a way we can inform Linux-Mandrake of this thememanager problem? I do remember they were asking for suggestions for awhile. I guess I will just go and check their website again. Thanks for your help. Marcia
RE: [newbie] KDE 2.0 Themes and Sound
i miss this aspect myself...not sure what happened to it. We'll have to wait and see what the answer is. -Original Message- From: Marcia [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, December 05, 2000 8:13 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] KDE 2.0 Themes and Sound Dear All, I just asked about the theme manager, also, but so far no one has answered. I , too, loved the way the thememanager worked in 7.0. I am disappointed about the absence of it in 7.2. Was this an oversight? Mike, how exactly did you install the themes you wanted? I am a newbie and need to know every step in detail if someone would be willing to help me here. Is there a way we can inform Linux-Mandrake of this thememanager problem? I do remember they were asking for suggestions for awhile. I guess I will just go and check their website again. Thanks for your help. Marcia
RE: [newbie] KDE 2.0 Themes and Sound
Hi Marcia! Probably the easiest thing for you would be to go to http://kde.themes.org/themes.phtml?themeid=967409601 and download the KDE2.0 theme "Aquatica" by Vukman. That page (the above URL) gives specific installation instructions in the description of the theme. Those instructions confirm what I discovered through an hour of playing with my Linux box. (Sorry I can't include them here. I don't have them on this machine.) It will tell you which files to place into which directories. Mike -Original Message- From: Marcia [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, December 05, 2000 7:13 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] KDE 2.0 Themes and Sound Dear All, I just asked about the theme manager, also, but so far no one has answered. I , too, loved the way the thememanager worked in 7.0. I am disappointed about the absence of it in 7.2. Was this an oversight? Mike, how exactly did you install the themes you wanted? I am a newbie and need to know every step in detail if someone would be willing to help me here. Is there a way we can inform Linux-Mandrake of this thememanager problem? I do remember they were asking for suggestions for awhile. I guess I will just go and check their website again. Thanks for your help. Marcia
Re: [newbie] KDE 2.0 Themes and Sound
Hi , it's there. I found it last Sunday. I will have to wait till I get home to tell you where it is. I'm at work. The only problem I have found is that I can't seem to pull in any old themes, like Gondolin as a favorite. On KDE.org the themes are listed as kde2 but no download as yet. There is apparently some changes that have to be made in the probram language in order for KDE2 to use them. Not compatible whith the old KDE themes. I'll get back on line this evening and let you know what and where I found for themes, unless someone else jumps in here first. Kelly, Christopher wrote: > i miss this aspect myself...not sure what happened to it. We'll have to wait > and see what the answer is. > > -Original Message- > From: Marcia [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, December 05, 2000 8:13 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [newbie] KDE 2.0 Themes and Sound > > > Dear All, I just asked about the theme manager, also, but so far no one > has answered. I , too, loved the way the thememanager worked in 7.0. I > am disappointed about the absence of it in 7.2. Was this an oversight? > > Mike, how exactly did you install the themes you wanted? I am a newbie > and need to know every step in detail if someone would be willing to > help me here. > > Is there a way we can inform Linux-Mandrake of this thememanager > problem? I do remember they were asking for suggestions for awhile. I > guess I will just go and check their website again. Thanks for your > help. Marcia -- ennis Myers Registered Linux user
Re: [newbie] KDE 2.0 Themes and Sound
Dear All, I just asked about the theme manager, also, but so far no one has answered. I , too, loved the way the thememanager worked in 7.0. I am disappointed about the absence of it in 7.2. Was this an oversight? Mike, how exactly did you install the themes you wanted? I am a newbie and need to know every step in detail if someone would be willing to help me here. Is there a way we can inform Linux-Mandrake of this thememanager problem? I do remember they were asking for suggestions for awhile. I guess I will just go and check their website again. Thanks for your help. Marcia
[newbie] KDE 2.0 Themes and Sound
I've up-graded to KDE 2.0 and am pleased with the performance it gives. I've still to solve a few mysteries, however: (documentation seems to be a mix of old and new version comments at this early date ...) 1. My earlier version of KDE had a slick and simple way of managing themes. Within the theme manager you merely hit the browse button, pointed at the .tar.gz file containing your theme and clicked on install. Done! A nice thumbnail preview was even offered. Am I right that no theme manager is included in KDE 2.0? I have done detective work and discovered the directories into which I need to copy .themerc files and .png files (no thanks to the documentation), but this is nothing nearly as smooth as the old theme manager. 2. System Sound is still a mystery. I've found where you assign system event sounds (well hidden!) but haven't gotten them working yet. Everything works independently (Kmedia player plays .wav files when I point to them in Konqueror, cdplayer works, mpeg player works with sound, ...) -- just can't get those cool sounds to work when I zoom windows around the screen or login and logout. What have I failed to find? Mike
Re: [newbie] KDE 2.0 and Mandrake 7.2 Lockup Problems
the store version (7.2 complete) with kde2 beta works ok...but first you must update to kde2 final from off the download version. I've had nothing but problems after installing the download version. I believe they came out to quickly with the download version. there is massive problems with it...I couldn't get apache running...at all ...I first had to go back to the store version then get apache running, then update to kde2 final from off the download version (had to do that a certain way,also) if I was anyone wanting to upgrade to 7.2...I would first get the store version (that seems stable enough,except konqueror crashes if not used correctly,untill updating to kde2 final)...then leave the download version alone...till they fix a few things. Tom O'Boyle wrote: > > Well I have one that's been frustrating me for awhile, everything installed > fine, runs a little slow but OK. After some period of time (a few hours, 1 > day, or 1.5 days) the machine starts grinding away at the hard drive. Stops > accepting all keyboard inputs and the display freezes. I can let the HD > grind away for hours and never stops.The only thing I can do is turn off > power and reboot..I've started to use GNOME and have yet to see the > problem, but It's only been one day.. Here's specs on machine: > > Pentium 233 > 96Meg RAM > 6.0 HD > ATI Mach 64 Rage II > SB16 > Mactronix Network Card (Tulip driver) > > This is an HP Pavilion 8160 machine and I'm trying to turn it into something > useful :-) > > Any ideas? > > Thanks, > Tom -- Registered Linux User:167369 <=KompuKit=> Kit Goins ICQ# 7110071 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Lowell, Mass. Web Designerhttp://kitdesigns.bizhosting.com WebServer: http://kompukit.dyndns.org (Server Runs between M - F 6pm-12am, S & S 12pm-12am EST) <=KompuKit=>
[newbie] KDE 2.0 and Mandrake 7.2 Lockup Problems
Well I have one that's been frustrating me for awhile, everything installed fine, runs a little slow but OK. After some period of time (a few hours, 1 day, or 1.5 days) the machine starts grinding away at the hard drive. Stops accepting all keyboard inputs and the display freezes. I can let the HD grind away for hours and never stops.The only thing I can do is turn off power and reboot..I've started to use GNOME and have yet to see the problem, but It's only been one day.. Here's specs on machine: Pentium 233 96Meg RAM 6.0 HD ATI Mach 64 Rage II SB16 Mactronix Network Card (Tulip driver) This is an HP Pavilion 8160 machine and I'm trying to turn it into something useful :-) Any ideas? Thanks, Tom
Re: [newbie] KDE 2.0 and stock 7.1
I managed to successfully install KDE2 over an installation of Mandrake 7.0. Whenever I got a message of unsatisfied dependencies when trying to install the KDE2 RPMs, I looked up the files and packages up at rpmfind.net and then downloaded the latest Mandrake cooker versions. On Thu, 26 Oct 2000 11:06, maynord wrote: > I have been reading the posts from Mandrake users working on the > installation of KDE 2.0. I have downloaded all the KDE rpm files, as > well as the recommended menu, Mandrake_Desk, Open SSL, qt2, and pam. menu > wants the new rpm, which I downloaded. However, when I try to install the > new rpm, it lists the following unsatisfied dependencies: > > glibc>= 2.1.92 > rpmlib > libbz2.so.1 > libc.so.6 > rpmlib > > Since I had not heard mention of these in the previous posts, I thought I > would check to be sure I'm on the right track. If so, it might be helpful > to create a "full" list of required files (and the order of installation) > for those Mandrake users who wish to upgrade to KDE 2.0 on a "stock" > version of Mandrake 7.1. It probably wouldn't be too difficult a task for > someone who had sucessfully completed the process. > > Surely there are - or will be - many of us doing the conversion (at least > until 7.2 is available). > > Robert Maynord -- Sridhar Dhanapalan "One World, One Web, One Programme" - Microsoft Promotional Ad. "Ein Volk, Ein Reich, Ein Fuhrer" - Adolf Hitler
[newbie] KDE 2.0 and stock 7.1
I have been reading the posts from Mandrake users working on the installation of KDE 2.0. I have downloaded all the KDE rpm files, as well as the recommended menu, Mandrake_Desk, Open SSL, qt2, and pam. menu wants the new rpm, which I downloaded. However, when I try to install the new rpm, it lists the following unsatisfied dependencies: glibc>= 2.1.92 rpmlib libbz2.so.1 libc.so.6 rpmlib Since I had not heard mention of these in the previous posts, I thought I would check to be sure I'm on the right track. If so, it might be helpful to create a "full" list of required files (and the order of installation) for those Mandrake users who wish to upgrade to KDE 2.0 on a "stock" version of Mandrake 7.1. It probably wouldn't be too difficult a task for someone who had sucessfully completed the process. Surely there are - or will be - many of us doing the conversion (at least until 7.2 is available). Robert Maynord
[newbie] kde 2.0
Someone asked about kde 2. I have done some searching and it is under heacy development so it won't be available for some time. Watch the skies... And just to wet your appetite... Wayne kde2.jpg
[newbie] KDE 2.0
List, http://www2.jorsm.com/~mosfet/screenshots.html A nice little article KDE ver 2.0 found on LINUX WEEKLY NEWS Larry
