On 7/24/05, BRUCE STANLEY <bruce.stanley@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > --- Dotan Cohen <dotancohen@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > On 7/23/05, BRUCE STANLEY > > <bruce.stanley@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > Your millage may vary, but I have found that if > > > you do an 'Upgrade' either of Linux, or of a new > > > release of KDE to the same version of Linux, > > > you should rename you ~/.kde directory and let > > > KDE recreated it again. You will have to redo > > > all of you settings. If you don't do this, > > > you 'MAY' have weird problems with the KDE > > > desktop. I have been told that this can be due > > > to new versions of things changing the way they > > > set up their startup/default settings. > > > > > > > > > > Then I could probably move the individual program's > > files one by one > > and try to avoid problems? > > > > Also, If I install another distro in it's own > > partition, but mount the > > same /home partition, will the KDE from the new > > distro recognize the > > settings that I set it Fedora? If, say, they are > > both the same version > > of KDE (3.4)? > > > > Dotan > > Not sure what you mean about moving individual > program files, but if they are 'rpm' base installs, > you could mess up your rpm database. > > The problem with install another distro (I assume > you mean like replacing Mandrake with Fedora as > an example), even with the same revision of KDE > (note I said revision, e.g 3.4), is that you don't > know how the other Distro might have changed things > to suite its own way of doing things before releasing > the same rev of KDE. It might still work, but > then again.... If it doesn't, you can alway rename > the ~.kde dir and redo all the settings.... :-( > > Could I tell KDE in Fedora to use ~/.KDEfedora as it's settings folder? And in Mandrake (for example) to use ~/.KDEmandrake? Also, if I install KDE from the rpm, instead of from the distro, would that be preferable? I would do that both for Fedora and Mandrake, from the same rpm. Then could I use the same ~/.KDE folder? Dotan http://lyricslist.com/lyrics/artist_albums/330/mcbride_martina.php McBride, Martina Song Lyrics
