KDE 3.5.10 Desktop Background Issue

[Sandro Steger]

On 02 October 2008 22:32:45 Craig White wrote:
> On Thu, 2008-10-02 at 22:23 +0200, Sandro Steger wrote:
> > On 02 October 2008 20:54:00 Craig White wrote:
> > > On Thu, 2008-10-02 at 20:42 +0200, Sandro Steger wrote:
> > > > On 02 October 2008 19:57:23 Rex Dieter wrote:
> > > > > Sandro Steger wrote:
> > > > > > Hello fellow fedora users,
> > > > > >
> > > > > > for some reason I can't set the Desktop background using the
> > > > > > "Configure Desktop ..." tool from the Desktop Context Menu. It
> > > > > > doesn't work with the Control Panel as well (Well, basically it's
> > > > > > the same dialog).
> > > > >
> > > > > Odd, unfortunately I can't reproduce that, seems to work as
> > > > > advertised for me (I don't usually set/use background images, or
> > > > > change colors often).
> > > > >
> > > > > -- Rex
> > > >
> > > > Same, that's why it took me a while to notice.
> > > >
> > > > I suspect a corrupted config file to be the cause.
> > > > Is there a command to get kde to reload all user settings without
> > > > relogging in? That would make it a lot easier and faster to find the
> > > > cause.
> > >
> > > ----
> > > No - log out
> > > press <Control><Alt><F1>
> > > log in as your normal user in the virtual console
> > > type 'mv .kde .kde-bak'
> > > type 'exit'
> > > press <Control><Alt><F7>
> > > login as usual, your settings will be back to the beginning and all of
> > > your old data/settings are in your $HOME/.kde-bak
> > >
> > > Craig
> >
> > Thank you for your help, but I planned to evade that (the reason for my
> > previous question).
> >
> > Anyway, I found the cause and it indeed seems like a bug.
> >
> > Explanation:
> > Konqueror breaks the configuration (located at
> > ~/.kde/share/config/kdesktoprc) when using the "Set as background"
> > function in some conditions.
> >
> > The solution:
> > Konqueror adds a part starting like [Desktop0Screen0] in
> > ~/.kde/share/config/kdesktoprc
> > Removing that part does the trick.
> >
> > Can someone confirm this? If yes, I'm gonna file a bugreport on the kde
> > bugzilla or the mailinglist.
>
> ----
> you have to know that the days for KDE 3.5.x are numbered less than 100
>
> Craig


Well, I give you that, but that's no reason not to file a bugreport. If they fix 
that only in KDE 4.1.x that's fine with me too. And I hope they'll at least 
provide security fixes for KDE 3.5.x for some years or I have to get myself a 
new notebook I guess...

(Un-)fortunately (I don't know which one yet), after the release of Fedora 10 I 
gotta leave my reliable Fedora 8 behind. Are there still driver problems with 
X-Server 1.5 and KDE 4.1?

Greetings,

Sandro
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