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List:       koffice
Subject:    Re: koffice applications fail to start
From:       Andrew Benson <abenson () its ! caltech ! edu>
Date:       2003-08-15 21:27:20
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thanks - that seems to have fixed it!

On Friday 15 August 2003 01:20 pm, Mark Arrasmith wrote:
> On Friday 15 August 2003 02:55 pm, Andrew Benson wrote:
> > OK - if I do what you suggested then I can run kword etc. just fine
> > during the clean .kde login - so it seems like a problem in the .kde
> > config files
>
> Well you have two choices.  A. Use the clean version and put all your
> personal configuration back in (kmail, bookmarks, etc).  You can back up
> the two most important things :) easily (kmail settings and bookmarks).  B.
>  You can remove the koffice settings to just reset those.  Only the first
> option requires logging out and moving things around from a text login at
> first.
>
> A) Clean kde with backing up kmail and bookmarks ...
>
> 	(from text login)
>
> 	mv .kde .kderc old_kde/
> 	mv clean_kde/.kde* ~/
>
> 	Now log out of the text login and log back into kde.  And inside of
> 	kde you can move the needed files back.  (use konq or whatever)
> 	What you need are ...
>
> 	old_kde/.kde/share/config/kmailrc (file)
> 	old_kde/.kde/share/config/kmail.eventsrc (file)
> 	old_kde/.kde/share/config/konquerorrc (file)
> 	old_kde/.kde/share/apps/kmail (directory)
> 	old_kde/.kde/share/apps/konqueror (directory)
>
> 	and move them to their respective ~/.kde/ locations.
>
>
> OR just delete the koffice stuff ...
>
>
> B) deleting the koffice stuff
>
> 	from inside kde (use konq or whatever) delete the following ...
>
> 	.kde/share/apps/koffice
> 	.kde/share/config/kwordrc
> 	.kde/share/config/kspreadrc
> 	.kde/share/config/kpresenterrc
> 	.kde/share/config/kivo*
>
>
> either way kword, etc should then work.
>
> - mark

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