tde-users March 2015

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Getting stuck in LXDE after an update. solution
by Lisi Reisz 08 Mar '15

08 Mar '15

For the archives, and for anyone else who makes the same stupid mistake I did. I have my TV connected computer set to boot up without requiring a password. It is running Jessie and TDE14. I forgot, before I started an upgrade, to set tdm back to requiring a password. O.K. No-one but me could be so dumb, but still, for the archives: I ran an update -> upgrade - and forgot to reset the dm to tdm (instead of ldm) before rebooting. Yes, I can be dumb. When I rebooted after the upgrade, I was in ldm and LXDE. As far as I could see, ldm offered no choice of desktop. I managed to change back to tdm - but tdm wasn't asking me to log in, so wasn't giving me a chance to change to TDE. So there was I, stuck. In neither tdm nor ldm could I change back to TDE. I could have ldm, a login screen and no choice of session, or tdm and no login screen. Solution? A solution, anyway. # aptitude purge tdm-trinity && aptitude install tdm-trinity After the first half, it closed my xserver down, but gave me a virtual terminal login. So I logged in as root and repeated the command. (Up arrow worked.) Having found no tdm to purge, the first time round having obviously got that far when it closed the xserver down, it installed tdm. So, set dm to tdm. Cross fingers. # init 6 And there, large as life and twice as lovely is my login screen! So, all is well, and I am back in TDE. I haven't listed everything I tried nor everything I called myself. But hopefully anyone else who gets him or herself in as stupid a bind will find this, before going through an hour or two of frustration. Let's just hope that, unlike our institutions, I actually learn the lessons that have been learnt! Lisi

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Problem with icons after upgrade to R14
by iadest＠o2.pl 08 Mar '15

08 Mar '15

I've recently upgraded my Debian notebook from 3.5.13.2 to R14. I have a problem with icons in menu. I think there are 2 separate problems. First, some icons in menu appear blurred, especially launcher icon. They're not sharp as previous icons were, they look blurred or semi-transparent. The second problem is with icons in KDE Classic icon set - it looks like some icons are missing after upgrade. At least Graphics, Multimedia, Programming tools and Tools category icons look like they are taken from another theme. Here is menu from my old computer (in fact it's 3.5.13, not 13.2, but icons are OK): http://postimg.org/image/ichghc3w9/ Icons in Debian notebook after upgrade. Notice blurring in menu launcher icon: http://postimg.org/image/feepaby85/ Is it possible to disable icon semi-transparency? How to re-install classic icon set? MCbx

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TDE version of kmail question
by Gene Heskett 07 Mar '15

07 Mar '15

I have a bash script that can tell kmail, over the dbus, to go get the mail from the local /var/spool/mail/ after procmail has delivered it. Since switching t tde, that is failing and I've been for to make kmail check periodically. That command is preset in the script to: Cmd="/usr/bin/qdbus org.kde.kmail /KMail org.kde.kmail.kmail.checkMail" Since this is TDE, not KDE, is there something in the above line I need to edit to make it function with this TDE version? Thanks. Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene>

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Iceweasel
by Baron 06 Mar '15

06 Mar '15

Hi All, Debian Jessie, R14. I've noticed an odd thing. Having closed Iceweasel, it still seems to be running and taking 98% cpu according to KSysguard. I had noticed a slowdown in browsing for a few days now, but didn't realise why until last night. -- Best Regards: Baron

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knetworkmanager/network-manager-tde: icon
by Uwe Brauer 05 Mar '15

05 Mar '15

Hello I just realized that the planel icon of knetworkmanager/network-manager-tde: is changed from 3.5.13 to R14: instead of the globe it seems now as a sort of cabel. Any reason for this? thanks Uwe Brauer

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Help! No, really - I want help with the help function. ;-)
by Lisi Reisz 04 Mar '15

04 Mar '15

I an stuck in this circle: see attached What now? Lisi

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KPDF change dir in save as dialog
by Greg Madden 04 Mar '15

04 Mar '15

TDE R14, Debian Jessie I download & open a pdf file with kpdf from a vendor, happens automagically, kpdf is set as default app for pdf. I go to 'file>save as" , the save as dialog always starts at /tmp...then I have to navigate to the dir with saved pdf's...this is a deep dir structure...I would prefer to have 'save as' open the last used dir...or something..is this configurable? -- Peace, Greg

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kmix issue with mwheelevent in TDE
by westlake 03 Mar '15

03 Mar '15

hi tde fans! I notice there's the systemtray kmix applet which works quite well in TDE for managing sound volume but there's a little benign issue here with r14 on debian jessie. When I use the mousewheel over the kmix volume speaker in the system tray, the volume changes but when the kmix icon is clicked on to expand showing the vol indicator, the position of the vol indicator remains unaffected. not a top priority of course so I'm patient to see a fix on this.. thanks

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tde-kmail spell checker works but missing from tools menu???
by Gene Heskett 02 Mar '15

02 Mar '15

Greetings all; TDE r4, kmail-1.9.10. Just in th last 4 or 5 days, the spell checker in the tool pulldown menu has disappeared. It still works, hilighting the words it _thinks_ are miss-spelled, but the only way to fix it seems to be playing the 10,000 moneys writing MacBeth again. Any body know how to re-enable that spelling thing in the tools menu and make it work again? It did work, for a few days after I installed TDE, latest. but it left at about the same time it forgot 40 of the 70 or so filter rules. Thanks all. Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene>

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