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List:       kde-user
Subject:    AW: KDE2 Newbie problem
From:       "Schmidt, Frank-Andreas" <Frank-Andreas.Schmidt () sig ! siemens ! de>
Date:       1999-12-03 9:00:56
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I īve had the same problem.
Do not use kpanel &,  but kicker & .
Try to launch it by right-click on the desktop-background -> launch application (or so).

You might edit the startkde script and add the "&" after the kicker-entry
after this test.

Hope that helps,
-- Frank


> ----------
> Von: 	Martin Welch[SMTP:mwelch@totalise.co.uk]
> Antwort an: 	kde-user@lists.netcentral.net
> Gesendet: 	Freitag, 3. Dezember 1999 09:32
> An: 	KDE User List
> Betreff: 	Fw: KDE2 Newbie problem
> 
> Can anyone help me with this?
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> Martin
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Martin Welch <mwelch@totalise.co.uk>
> To: KDE general mailing list <kde@lists.netcentral.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, December 01, 1999 11:12 PM
> Subject: Re: KDE2 Newbie problem
> 
> 
> > I can't open a terminal. All I've got is the three desktop icons. Here's
> > what I've done:
> >
> > I've reinstalled everything. Formatted the partition and re-installed
> > Slackware 7. That's overcome one problem -- I gave the wrong setting for
> the
> > mouse so it didn't work. I've installed the XFree86 source and built and
> > configured it using an existing working XF86Config file. The default twm
> > comes up as expected. Mouse now operational!
> >
> > I've then installed the source for QT and KDE as I described earlier.
> > Finally I modified my /var/X11R6/lib/xinit/xinitrc and replaced twm with
> > startkde.
> >
> > When I startx for the first time the panel appears and the contents do as
> > well -- the K button etc -- for about a second. All I'm left with is a
> grey
> > bar at the bottom of the screen.
> >
> > If I shut X down and then restart I only get the three icons. I can right
> > mouse-click. I tried to execute the command kpanel & but nothing happened.
> I
> > tried konqueror &. Again, nothing. kpanel doesn't exist in my
> > /usr/local/kde/bin. I've built it from the source and copied it to
> > /usr/local/kde/bin. kpanel & again. Still no joy.
> >
> > Everything I've done above has been done as root.
> >
> > Should I just try another snapshot? Is ./configure, make, make install all
> I
> > have to do or are there other configuration files I have to change or
> > environment variables I have to set, perhaps?
> >
> > Thanks for your help.
> >
> > Martin
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: EDUARDO EDUARDO SANCHEZ <esm97@hotmail.com>
> > To: KDE general mailing list <kde@lists.netcentral.net>
> > Sent: Tuesday, November 30, 1999 3:30 AM
> > Subject: Re: KDE2 Newbie problem
> >
> >
> > >
> > > What happens if you open a terminal and type "kpanel &"
> > > does the panel appears????
> > >
> > >
> > > Eduardo Sanchez
> > > KDE on Unix (solaris 2.6)
> > >
> > > >From: "Martin Welch" <mwelch@totalise.co.uk>
> > > >Reply-To: kde@lists.netcentral.net
> > > >To: KDE general mailing list <kde@lists.netcentral.net>
> > > >Subject: KDE2 Newbie problem
> > > >Date: Mon, 29 Nov 1999 09:50:16 -0000
> > > >
> > > >I've just reinstalled Slackware 7.0 -- just the basic series A diskette
> > > >stuff on a Dell PIII (No X, KDE, Gnome etc.) followed by gcc295 and
> > > >glibc207.
> > > >
> > > >I've then built XFree86 3.3.5 from source followed by Qt, kdesupport,
> > > >kdelibs and kdebase, in that order, using 19991127 snapshots for
> > > >everything.
> > > >In each case I've done the ./configure, make, make install and they all
> > > >built successfully. Is that all I have to do? Or is there some other
> > setup
> > > >script I need to follow?
> > > >
> > > >The reason I ask is that KDE starts but only displays three icons --
> > Trash,
> > > >Templates and Autostart and that's it. No panel, nothing.
> > > >
> > > >Or is this a feature of 19991127? :-)
> > > >
> > > >Cheers!
> > > >
> > > >Martin
> > > >
> 
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