On 2011/07/07 22:54 (GMT+0200) Alex Schuster composed: > schrieb Felix Miata: >> I've done several new installations lately, openSUSE 11.4 and Kubuntu >> 11.04, all on i865G video, in each case doing system updates (to e.g. >> 4.6.4) prior to first X start. All have been very difficult to get into >> anything after starting X, including systemsettings to turn off the >> broken desktop FX. Phantom windows come and go, including main menu& >> panel& clock settings, How on further i865G installations can I >> configure a system globally to disable desktop FX by default? Will it be >> the same for 4.7? > I'm not sure if I understand this right... so the active desktop effects > mess up everything, and it is even hard to start systemsettings and turn > them off? Exactly. I can rarely remember the run command hotkey. If I did, I'd open Konsole and try doing things from that, or run command. > Try Alt+Shift+F12, this toggles the desktop effects. I use it on a PC (not Another hotkey combination I'll probably forget as fast as I discovered it, or at least not remember when I need to. > You can also edit ~/.kde/share/config/kwinrc, and set Enabled=false in the > [Compositing] section. That would not be a global fix. That file doesn't even exist on a new install until after KDE gets started, and then only for each individual's first login. On Natty, I looked and found only one kwinrc, hiding in a directory called /usr/share/kubuntu-netbook-default-settings/share/config, which makes no sense to me, since this is a desktop install, not a netbook. Looking on the mirrors in pool/main/k/ I see a kubuntu-netbook-default-settings/, but nothing that looks appropriate for a desktop installation. On 11.4, I couldn't find a kwinrc in any of /etc, /opt, /var or /usr. Anyway, would the kwinrc file in Natty's /usr rats nest be appropriate for global changes? It has no [Compositing] section. -- "The wise are known for their understanding, and pleasant words are persuasive." Proverbs 16:21 (New Living Translation) Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/ ___________________________________________________ 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.