Re: konqueror config error
On 29 August 2001, Francois Gouget said:
> * "Error - KDE Control Module
> There was an error loading module 'Settings/FileBrowsing/kcmkonq.desktop'
> The diagnostic is:"
> And that's all, it never says what the diagnostic really is.
>
> * Then I get the same error for
> 'Settings/FileBrowsing/filetypes.desktop' and
> 'Settings/WebBrowsing/konqhtml.desktop'.
>
>
> So what's wrong? Did I forget to install some module or something? I
> cannot find any of these files on my system. Also I see that Greg Ward
> got the same problem but he never got any answer, at least not in public
> it seems
I did get one reply in private email, from Dale Farnsworth
<dale@farnsworth.org>:
> I've seen this problem on my Debian system for close to a year
> now. If you have any suggestions on resolving it, I'd appreciate
> the info.
A few message later, Dale kindly revealed the magic trick: remove every
trace of KDE from your system and reinstall. Purging all KDE packages
is just the beginning. Here are Dale's exact words:
> First, I did an apt-get --purge remove list_of_all_kde_packages,
> then a reinstall of the same list. The config problem still persisted.
>
> I then repeated the purge, removed ~/.kde, /var/lib/kde2, /etc/kde2,
> and every other kde-related file I could find on the system.
> This time, when I reinstalled kde, things were working.
I did this, and now it works! I can run Konqueror, kscd, and kmix (the
only KDE apps I use regularly) without problems. This is KDE 2.1.1.
I'm not entirely sure where I downloaded the .debs from; for a while I
had
ftp://ftp.kde.org/pub/kde/stable/2.1.1/distribution/deb stable main
in my /etc/apt/sources.list, but I can't remember if it was in
effect when I installed.
Needless to say, I am *very* reluctant to upgrade to KDE 2.2.
Greg
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