the goog old fam problem have you searched the gentoo-forums? http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t…ighlight=libfam fam is the file alternation monitor normally kde depends on it, better kdelibs but i can remember that there have been some issues with installing fam and or apps depending on it check the gentoo forums pascal
First you have to change the kdm settings for "Sessions -> Allow Shutdown -> Console" to Everybody. For quick acces type in a Konsole: [code:1] # kdesu kcmshell kdm [/code:1] Then you need to turn on "Confirm logout" in the Session Manager Control Modul. [code:1] # kcmshell kcmsmserver [/code:1] Pascal
For a detailed overview how KDEs configs work and where they are located check: http://www.kde.org/areas/sysadmin/ Pascal
So let it begin Shortcuts for new Sessions in Konsole: After reading this nice article i started to configuring new profiles for my Konsole. For quick access without movin my hand *this long way* to the mouse i added some new items in kmenu with something like [code:1] Name: <NiceKonsoleProfile> Command: dcop `dcop|grep konsole|head -1` konsole newSession <NiceKonsoleProfileName> Shortcut: Ctrl+F9 [/code:1] Note that the command greps the first konsole found by the dcop call and i ha...
It's because kdesktop owns the rootwindow to give you some nice icons an other stuff. Try # kstart --type Desktop --window MPlayer mplayer <nice_movie_file> check # kstart --help for more info. Maybe you have to start mplayer without kstart first to check the right windowname in the titlebar. Pascal
Here http://www.linux-mag.com/2002-11/kde_01.html they describe the kiosk functionality of kde. How to create default settings and avoid user s to change these. paxcal
try in a konsole: # kcmshell kcmsmserver you can also find this module in kcontrol paxcal
KDE looks for icons in the following directorys: $KDEDIR/share/icons $KDEDIRS/share/icons $KDEHOME/share/icons or if KDEHOME is not set $HOME/.kde/share/icons They "are categorized per theme, dimension and usage category"[1]. Just copy the icon to the right place, and it should have the same name like the app. [1] http://www.kde.org/areas/sysadmin/fsh.php paxcal