[PLUG] kubuntu 8.04 setup problem(s)
Denis Heidtmann
denish at dslnorthwest.net
Sat Jun 21 09:23:03 UTC 2008
Denis Heidtmann wrote:
> Denis Heidtmann wrote:
>> Denis Heidtmann wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> After my failed attempt to upgrade from 7.04 to 7.10 (very long, sad story), I
>>> have (with a lot of help from Keith) installed 8.04. Now I am trying to set
>>> things up back to where they were before leaving 7.04.
>>>
>>> First: web links in Thunderbird do not launch Firefox. I fixed this by
>>> installing the "Support for Gnome in Mozilla Thunderbird". I did this because I
>>> saw another user had and solved this problem doing so. But there are about 20
>>> modules associated with "Support for Gnome...", and I thought the K in Kubuntu
>>> stood for KDE. Anybody really know what the issue is?
>>>
>>> Second: Changes (at least some of them) I make to System Settings (a GUI in
>>> KDE) seem not to have any effect. (Yes, I did restart X. Also rebooted.) I
>>> have changed the double mouse click value out to 1.5 seconds, and I still have
>>> trouble getting a doubleclick to launch a new window in Thunderbird. It works,
>>> but I have to put in effort to get my finger to click fast enough. I have
>>> googled for this problem, but have come up dry. Ideas? I remember a couple of
>>> years ago finding that System Settings did not save the power saving settings.
>>> This is a similar problem. Where is the basic data stored?
>>>
>>> Third: Not sure yet, but based upon recent history, there will be a third.
>>>
>>> Thanks for any suggestions.
>>>
>>> -Denis
>> More--found kcmshell gets to the individual modules system settings uses.
>> kcmshell mouse opens the same dialog I get with system settings. I tried kdesu
>> kcmshell mouse, still it does not seem to change anything. But I did notice
>> that the values of the settings displayed appeared different than those
>> displayed using system settings. So I am about to try restarting to see if
>> changes take effect then.
>>
>> -Denis
>
> No dice. I changed the number of lines a wheel click moves to 9, but it still
> moves 3. This is dumb. Why have a module which the system ignores?
>
> -Denis
New information. Error message. Does it contain a clue that someone here can
decipher?
parents at r2d3:~$ kdesu kcmshell mouse
passprompt
DCOPClient::attachInternal. Attach failed Could not open network socket
kbuildsycoca running...
The module launched, and showed the changes I had entered, but no changes in
behavior.
-Denis
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