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When I use KDM and specify that I want a random background on each login, the option fails to work (on Fedora) because the Current WallpaperName value in /etc/kde/kdm/backgroundrc is set to the first random value used, and that setting apparently overides the "random" selection. By putting the following code in /etc/rc.d/rc.local the desired behavior is restored: Source code 1 2 3 # Remove any current wallpaper name from the login background sed -i s/^CurrentWallpaperName=.*$/CurrentWallpaperNam...

Hi, I upgraded to 3.5 via the kde-redhat-stable repository (using Fedora Core 4). Most things seem fine, except that users are presented with a blank panel when they attempt to configure their display panel. (I.e.: Settings -> Desktop -> Panels displays a window with no contents.) Since this works as expected for "root," I suspect a permissions problem. Can anyone suggest which components needs their permissions changed so users can configure their own panels? I did look a the "kicker" files, bu...

You hit it on the head! There was a Nautilus process running, and everything reverted to "KDE standard" when I killed it. Since the "feature" presisted across logouts. reboots. and shutdows, I guess that the Nautilus process was "stuck" in the system state. (Hum, I'll have to see what happens when I logout after I send this note.) Again, thanks. Now, how about a "swtich desktop app in this workspace" tool? This "bug/feature" sort of implies that it might be easy to impliment. Oh, by the way, "ps...

I was adding several "extensions" to my Firefox browser when I noticed a strange occurence: My Gnome desktop was being displayed instead of the KDE desktop. (The specific extension was, I think, the FireFTP, which failed to install.) Anyhow, after playing around some, I've discovered that I can toggle the GNOME desktop display in any workspace. All I need to do is use the desktop configuration tool to turn icon display off. With icon display on I have my "standard" KDE desktop in the workspace. ...

For some reason, unknown to me, the "Home" menu item (KDE 3.3) command kfmclient openProfile filemanagement instead of kfmclient openProfile filemanagement $HOME Now that I changed it in the menu editor, "Home" once more starts in my home directory. (I suspect that the start location was "lost" when I was fooling around with the setting->view profile options.)