On 02 October 2008 22:32:45 Craig White wrote: > On Thu, 2008-10-02 at 22:23 +0200, Sandro Steger wrote: > > On 02 October 2008 20:54:00 Craig White wrote: > > > On Thu, 2008-10-02 at 20:42 +0200, Sandro Steger wrote: > > > > On 02 October 2008 19:57:23 Rex Dieter wrote: > > > > > Sandro Steger wrote: > > > > > > Hello fellow fedora users, > > > > > > > > > > > > for some reason I can't set the Desktop background using the > > > > > > "Configure Desktop ..." tool from the Desktop Context Menu. It > > > > > > doesn't work with the Control Panel as well (Well, basically it's > > > > > > the same dialog). > > > > > > > > > > Odd, unfortunately I can't reproduce that, seems to work as > > > > > advertised for me (I don't usually set/use background images, or > > > > > change colors often). > > > > > > > > > > -- Rex > > > > > > > > Same, that's why it took me a while to notice. > > > > > > > > I suspect a corrupted config file to be the cause. > > > > Is there a command to get kde to reload all user settings without > > > > relogging in? That would make it a lot easier and faster to find the > > > > cause. > > > > > > ---- > > > No - log out > > > press <Control><Alt><F1> > > > log in as your normal user in the virtual console > > > type 'mv .kde .kde-bak' > > > type 'exit' > > > press <Control><Alt><F7> > > > login as usual, your settings will be back to the beginning and all of > > > your old data/settings are in your $HOME/.kde-bak > > > > > > Craig > > > > Thank you for your help, but I planned to evade that (the reason for my > > previous question). > > > > Anyway, I found the cause and it indeed seems like a bug. > > > > Explanation: > > Konqueror breaks the configuration (located at > > ~/.kde/share/config/kdesktoprc) when using the "Set as background" > > function in some conditions. > > > > The solution: > > Konqueror adds a part starting like [Desktop0Screen0] in > > ~/.kde/share/config/kdesktoprc > > Removing that part does the trick. > > > > Can someone confirm this? If yes, I'm gonna file a bugreport on the kde > > bugzilla or the mailinglist. > > ---- > you have to know that the days for KDE 3.5.x are numbered less than 100 > > Craig Well, I give you that, but that's no reason not to file a bugreport. If they fix that only in KDE 4.1.x that's fine with me too. And I hope they'll at least provide security fixes for KDE 3.5.x for some years or I have to get myself a new notebook I guess... (Un-)fortunately (I don't know which one yet), after the release of Fedora 10 I gotta leave my reliable Fedora 8 behind. Are there still driver problems with X-Server 1.5 and KDE 4.1? Greetings, Sandro
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