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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: KDE 2.2 Observations ...
From:       Christoph Cullmann <crossfire () babylon2k ! de>
Date:       2001-05-09 11:48:24
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Am Dienstag,  8. Mai 2001 12:51 schrieb Thomas Leitner:
> Hi,
>
> I've just completed a compile of a fresh CVS checkout of KDE 2.2. This is
> what I observe when starting it from a fresh user account (where KDE was
> never started before).
>
> a.) The panel only contains two buttons: the K menu and the "Show Desktop"
>     button. Is this intentional? If not, what might be the reason for that?
>
> b.) The "konsole" always starts off with black text on a black
>     background so that the window is completely empty. This happens
>     regardless of which color scheme I chose. After starting konsole
>     I always need to manually switch to a color scheme to see something.
>     So when I start konsole, I need to select "Settings->Schema" and
>     see that the "Konsole default" is already selected. Then I re-select
>     it and after that point, I get a black text on a white background,
>     just at it's supposed to be.
>
> c.) KATE does not start. When I enter "kate" from a konsole window,
>     it just sits there and no window appears. When I debug the running
>     process, I see that the last routine called is:
>     slotActivatePluginItem in Class KateConfigPluginPage in library
>     libkatecore.
Curious, just deleted all my installed plugins (libs + config + dirs) and no 
problems. Even a plain kate from kdebase without any plugins from kdeaddons 
should start very well. Thought perhaps no installed plugins are a problem 
(but the above test says me that it is no problem, as it should be ;)

cu
Christoph

>
> d.) After logging in to KDE, I always get a message box from the
>     AlarmDaemon containing the text "Cannot download calendar from .".
>     This also happens when starting korganizer.
>
> e.) When starting "kwrite" it crashes in
>     KateConfigPluginPageXv::loadPlugin
>
> f.) kpat crashes right after startup. The crash location could not be
>
> g.) Some programs like kiconedit take quit a long time (10-20 seconds)
>     to start while other programs like kpaint startup very quickly.
>     I do *not* have a sound server (artsd) running. Maybe this causes the
>     delay?
>
> h.) Sometimes when selecting programs from the K-menu, it takes some
>     time (5-10 Seconds) until I see the programs rotating icon in the
>     panel which indicates that the program is being started.
>     I do *not* have a sound server (artsd) running. Maybe this causes the
>     delay?
>
> i.) konqueror crashes when clicking on Bookmarks->Netscape Bookmarks.
>     I can provide the "bookmarks.html" file if necessary.
>
> Thanks // Tom

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