Bug#275098: Broken KDE/Konqueror thumbnails
I had this problem too, and have found a solution.
This applies to:
Bug#275098: Konqueror won't display JPEG thumbnails
http://lists.debian.org/debian-qt-kde/2004/10/msg00094.html
and
http://lists.debian.org/debian-kde/2004/10/msg00211.html
The short fix:
1. From a konq. window, go to Settings > config konq > previews & meta data...
2. check the box for Local Protocols (why this got turned off I don't know). I
have the 2 check boxes checked also.
3. you may need to press reload to get the pictures to arrive in your icons.
A longer way around:
Create a new user, log on in KDE and let it set itself up.
Check icon previews work. If they don't, I probably can't help you.
Then log out.
then temporarily move your ~/.kde/share folder away, and copy the share folder
from your new users's account.
chown you.you ~/.kde/share -R
and log in on kde as you again. Obviously all your settings are missing, but
check thumbnails are working. Now, I found that by fiddling like this, then
replacing /share again with my old, original one, thumbnails started working
again.
Wanting a bit more of a scientific answer, I then got a working copy of my share
directory and the original broken one, did md5s on every file, and diff'ed the
ones which had changed.
While I admit this wasn't that enlightening, I did find some potentially
relevant things:
in share/config/konqiconviewrc the IconSize was set to 0 on the broken one(!)
also, check the [PreviewSettings] in kdeglobals. Here's my working one:
PreviewSettings]
BoostSize=true
MaximumSize=1048576
UseFileThumbnails=true
ar=false
devices=true
file=true
fish=false
floppy=false
fonts=true
ftp=false
imap=false
imaps=false
ldap=false
mac=false
man=true
nfs=false
nntp=false
pop3=false
pop3s=false
print=false
printdb=false
programs=true
settings=true
sftp=false
smb=false
smtp=false
smtps=false
system=true
tar=false
webdav=false
webdavs=false
zip=false
I have 2 computers and they both fell sick with this thumbnail business and it
really annoyed me. It's one of the great things about konqueror, and konqueror
(and kmail) is really the only reason I use kde. I really like the bigger
preview that comes in the tool-tip type popup.
Anyway, hope it works for you all too.
rich
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