Moving from RedHat/KDE to Debian/KDE
Dear KDE/Debian users,
(Similar e-mail previously sent to kde-debian@kde.org)
I have an established Red Hat 9.0 system and I am trying to migrate to a
Debian/Sarge system using all the same /home/* subdirectories. I am
simply hoping to have a desktop and display that has the same resolution
and roughly the same functionality, to begin with, as I had with RedHat.
It should be possible to simply find the existing configuration settings
on my RedHat system and copy them to my Debian system, but
I don't really know where to locate the essential information.
At the moment, my Debian/KDE system has the following problems:
1. Resolution reduced from 1024x768 to 800x600 on 19" monitor.
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I am not able to keep the same resolution as I can on my Redhat system.
My Debian system only achieves 800x600, whilst my existing
RedHat achieves 1024x768. I can't think of any obvious reason why the
resolution can't be the same.
2. Konsole tab 'icon size' context sensitive menu missing
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This feature is inexplicably missing in Debian KDE,
(I prefer the smallest possible icon size to preserve desktop space.)
3. Lost access to menus and other Kpanel features
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When I click on the spot where my menu used to be located, I get
the message:
"failed to read Directory".
(It may be problems with permissions, because the new account number did
not, at first match the old, but I can't see the obvious blace to look other
than somewhere in ${HOME}/.kde/.)
...So I would greatly appreciate any thoughts about how to preserve what
is in my existing RedHat 9.0 installation.
Any recommended tutorial/documentary material?
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After many years, I still find all of X Windows and KDE
etc completely overwhelming. From where I stand it's complexity
seems to approach that of neuroscience.
Are there any good online documentary resources which could explain
how X Windows and KDE fit together? I would like to be able to understand
how the Menu structures and other settings relate to files and directory
structures.
TIA
James Sinnamon
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