Re: [newbie] Problems with KDE in Mandrake 7.0

2000-03-01 Thread rmurphy
Alan Shoemaker wrote: RickI'm guessing that you're in KDE as root (but are in the user's directory that can't change the desktop options, not in root's directory) and can see the file .kderc in a kfm window. Just right click the file and choose properties - permissions. Change both

Re: [newbie] Problems with KDE in Mandrake 7.0

2000-03-01 Thread Alan Shoemaker
Rickok, in a console as root (su is ok), go to the users directory (where the .kderc file is located) and (assuming the user in question is rick) type: chown rick.rick .kderc Alan rmurphy wrote: Alan Shoemaker wrote: RickI'm guessing that you're in KDE as root (but are in the

[newbie] Problems with KDE in Mandrake 7.0

2000-02-29 Thread Aaron deRozario
I have recently completed a fresh install of Mandrake 7.0 on my system and fried my old bastardised 6.0/6.1 system. I have noticed a few problems with KDE and am wondering if anyone else has had similar problems. All these problems come from the KDE Control Panel not effecting certain changes I

Re: [newbie] Problems with KDE in Mandrake 7.0

2000-02-29 Thread Alan Shoemaker
RickI'm guessing that you're in KDE as root (but are in the user's directory that can't change the desktop options, not in root's directory) and can see the file .kderc in a kfm window. Just right click the file and choose properties - permissions. Change both ownership windows from root to