Missing Control Center

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Tuesday, August 28th 2007, 9:13pm

Sorry if this is a daft question but I've looked at the forums and I can't find an answer.

I've just installed Ubuntu and then installed KDE. All the documentation tells me that the Control Center should be on the K menu. But it isn't. Can I add it? And why is it not there?

I know I can run it from a command prompt but I'd like to know why it is not where it is supposed to be.

Thanks for any help offered
Richard

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TravisB

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Tuesday, August 28th 2007, 9:48pm

RE: Missing Control Center

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Originally posted by Richard210363
Sorry if this is a daft question but I've looked at the forums and I can't find an answer.

I've just installed Ubuntu and then installed KDE. All the documentation tells me that the Control Center should be on the K menu. But it isn't. Can I add it? And why is it not there?

I know I can run it from a command prompt but I'd like to know why it is not where it is supposed to be.

Thanks for any help offered
Richard

I wouldn't be able to tell you how to add this off hand (I suppose bookmark it and then add it), but open konqueror and type "settings:/"

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Richard210363

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Wednesday, August 29th 2007, 12:09am

Ta for that. I can see where I can manually add the control center exe. Unfortunatly after only 10 hours with Linux I have noooooo idea where to find it in the filing system.
Back to the internet I guess ;-)

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jucato

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Wednesday, August 29th 2007, 1:22am

How did you install KDE in Ubuntu? If you installed it through the kubuntu-desktop package, you won't be able to see KControl in the K Menu, because System Settings is the default control center for Kubuntu (and for KDE 4 too).

OS: Kubuntu 6.06 LTS (Dapper Drake) | KDE 3.5.3
Computer Specs: AMD Sempron 2200 1.5Ghz | VIA KM266 Pro 8235 chipset | nVidia GeForce MX 4000 128MB DDR-RAM 32-bit AGP 8x

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Richard210363

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Wednesday, August 29th 2007, 3:59pm

Hi

I ran this command to set up KDE

sudo aptitude update && sudo aptitude install kubuntu-desktop

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jucato

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Wednesday, August 29th 2007, 4:58pm

Ok that's exactly what I was referring to. Kubuntu uses System Settings by default instead of KControl, but KControl is still installed.

OS: Kubuntu 6.06 LTS (Dapper Drake) | KDE 3.5.3
Computer Specs: AMD Sempron 2200 1.5Ghz | VIA KM266 Pro 8235 chipset | nVidia GeForce MX 4000 128MB DDR-RAM 32-bit AGP 8x

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Richard210363

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Wednesday, August 29th 2007, 6:48pm

OK. Thanks

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