On Thursday 03 July 2008 09:14:04 Kishore wrote: > On Thursday 03 Jul 2008 12:04:59 pm Anne Wilson wrote: > > > Which version of kde are you at? 4.1 beta? only the 4.1 series has the > > > option to horizontally resize the panel. If this is 4.0 then something > > > is really screwed and dumping config files is perhaps the best option. > > > > 4.0.5, I think. I need some detail, Kishore. I tried to dump the config > > files but found them recreated exactly the same, so I think I missed a > > step. > > > > First - what must I do to ensure that plasma is stopped? Then, am I > > looking for any more config files than the two in ~/.kde4/share/config ? > > Ooops! Sorry Anne. Given that you help so many of us, I assumed you would > know that part ;-) The steps are as below: > > $kquitapp plasma > $rm ~/.kde4/share/config/plasma* > $plasma > I've not come across kquiitapp before. Hmm - I wonder how many other kde-specific commands I should know? I'm putting together some end-user help docs, so if you could point me to a reference page I'd be grateful. > Better give a couple of seconds between the three steps. After step 1, the > desktop, panel etc should all disappear. once plasma has quit, it is safe > to delete the files. Launching plasma in the third step should bring back > the desktop to it's default state. Looks as though I'm in trouble: <unknown program name>(27998)/ checkComposite: Plasma has an argb visual 0x8058580 71303169 <unknown program name>(27998)/ checkComposite: Plasma can use COMPOSITE for effects on 0x8057ea0 I thought for a moment that plasma hadn't started, but it's just that, as for the last week or two, the panel does not show up until I change the size. It's most odd, as I don't need to do anything else. The panel now shows everything I would expect, but in a strange order. All the system icons are at the left and the running programs are to the right of the clock. That's no big deal, but it is odd. Anne ___________________________________________________ This message is from the kde mailing list. Account management: https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde. Archives: http://lists.kde.org/. More info: http://www.kde.org/faq.html.