strange behaviour in kde3.5.9

HI folks

Using kde 3.5.9. under suse11.00 I am now experiencing some strange
behavior.
Running applications no longer appear in the panel and when attempting
to minimise an application it is closed (apparently) without any change
in the panel, which is always empty on the right hand side. This also
seems to result in a very slow start-up. I have so far been unable to
rectify this situation so can anybody offer suggestions please.

All the best Hector Gordon
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hectoraigordon

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I can only think that maybe a kde upgrade and incompatible theme may be
the cause. Try selecting default theme and see how that goes.


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hectoraigordon wrote:
> HI folks
>
>
> Using kde 3.5.9. under suse11.00 I am now experiencing some strange
> behavior.
> Running applications no longer appear in the panel and when attempting
> to minimise an application it is closed (apparently) without any change
> in the panel, which is always empty on the right hand side. This also
> seems to result in a very slow start-up. I have so far been unable to
> rectify this situation so can anybody offer suggestions please.
>
> All the best Hector Gordon
> Reply
>
> Forward
>
>

I was playing with the settings in
control centre -> desktop -> taskbar
which has settings for selectively showing/hiding items and got a
similar effect. You haven’t (accidentally) changed anything there?

It didn’t change the startup timing though :frowning:


PeeGee

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Hi again
Many thanks for the suggestion but it has lead me to another
problem - I did not notice it before but I have discovered that there is
no kde icon on the panel/taskbar and I cannot access the kde control
centre I have looked at yast but to no avail, I would appreciate any
suggestions as to what I can do now. –


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Quick and dirty method to reset kde3 back to ‘first run’ state:

‘Raiden’s Realm: HowTo: Reset KDE to Previous Configuration State’
(http://www.raiden.net/?cat=2&aid=433)

I also note there have been more updates to both kde3 and kde4
recently, so you might want to try updating via yast.


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hectoraigordon;1901722 Wrote:
> Hi again
> Many thanks for the suggestion but it has lead me to another
> problem - I did not notice it before but I have discovered that there is
> no kde icon on the panel/taskbar and I cannot access the kde control
> centre I have looked at yast but to no avail, I would appreciate any
> suggestions as to what I can do now. –

Right click to your panel and select Add Applet to Panel, into search
type: K Menu. Add it to the panel. You’ll find Control Center under
Favorites.


http://yami.googlecode.com/
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HI
Thanks for the replies. I do have an application launcher on the
taskbar but with a different (Green Gecko) icon it does not, however
give me a ‘KDE Control centre’ option. It has a ‘config. desktop’ option
which does nothing. Other apps. including Kdevelop work ok but no longer
allow minimisation or reside on the panel/taskbar. I have not yet
approached the Raiden’s Realm option which seems somewhat hazardous.
All the best Hector Gordon


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