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From: jamesromeongmail.com on 2 Apr 2008 15:37
I decided to try KDE4 on my SUSE 10.3 64-bit machine. The one in the
distro never worked for me, so I installed almost all of the rpms from
http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/KDE:/KDE4:/STABLE:/Desktop/openSUSE_10.3/x86_64/
(Unfortunately, the packaged install program on the OpenSUSE site
could never succeed because of timeouts).

So, if I access this machine remotely, KDE4 seems to work nicely
(Mostly).
1) I cannot figure out how to add to the number of desktops. There was
no such option in the desktop settings.
2) I also cannot figure out how to add an application to the tool bar.
It allows me to add an applet, but not an application, such as konsole
-- so did I fail to install some package?

But even worse, if I log into the console, the X server no longer
starts. So I would appreciate some help.
How do I get the X server back?

Thanks,
Jim

From: jamesromeongmail.com on 2 Apr 2008 20:18
On Apr 2, 3:37 pm, "jamesromeongmail.com" <jamesr...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> I decided to try KDE4 on my SUSE 10.3 64-bit machine. The one in the
> distro never worked for me, so I installed almost all of the rpms fromhttp://download.opensuse.org/repositories/KDE:/KDE4:/STABLE:/Desktop/...
> (Unfortunately, the packaged install program on the OpenSUSE site
> could never succeed because of timeouts).
>
> So, if I access this machine remotely, KDE4 seems to work nicely
> (Mostly).
> 1) I cannot figure out how to add to the number of desktops. There was
> no such option in the desktop settings.
> 2) I also cannot figure out how to add an application to the tool bar.
> It allows me to add an applet, but not an application, such as konsole
> -- so did I fail to install some package?
>
> But even worse, if I log into the console, the X server no longer
> starts. So I would appreciate some help.
> How do I get the X server back?
>
> Thanks,
> Jim

My machine rebooted, and X is working again. But now the bottom bar
(with all the controls) is gone, and I cannot figure out how to get it
back.
From: Michael Soibelman on 2 Apr 2008 20:40
jamesromeongmail.com wrote:

> On Apr 2, 3:37 pm, "jamesromeongmail.com" <jamesr...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>> I decided to try KDE4 on my SUSE 10.3 64-bit machine. The one in the
>> distro never worked for me, so I installed almost all of the rpms
>>
fromhttp://download.opensuse.org/repositories/KDE:/KDE4:/STABLE:/Desktop/...
>> (Unfortunately, the packaged install program on the OpenSUSE site could
>> never succeed because of timeouts).
>>
>> So, if I access this machine remotely, KDE4 seems to work nicely
>> (Mostly).
>> 1) I cannot figure out how to add to the number of desktops. There was
>> no such option in the desktop settings.
>> 2) I also cannot figure out how to add an application to the tool bar.
>> It allows me to add an applet, but not an application, such as konsole
>> -- so did I fail to install some package?
>>
>> But even worse, if I log into the console, the X server no longer
>> starts. So I would appreciate some help.
>> How do I get the X server back?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Jim
>
> My machine rebooted, and X is working again. But now the bottom bar
> (with all the controls) is gone, and I cannot figure out how to get it
> back.

Start by right clicking on the desktop -> 'run command' -> 'kcontrol'

I'll leave the rest to you, but -> 'Desktop' -> 'Panels' would probably be a
good place to look.......
From: Darrell Stec on 4 Apr 2008 09:39
jamesromeongmail.com wrote:

> On Apr 2, 3:37 pm, "jamesromeongmail.com" <jamesr...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>> I decided to try KDE4 on my SUSE 10.3 64-bit machine. The one in the
>> distro never worked for me, so I installed almost all of the rpms
>>
fromhttp://download.opensuse.org/repositories/KDE:/KDE4:/STABLE:/Desktop/...
>> (Unfortunately, the packaged install program on the OpenSUSE site could
>> never succeed because of timeouts).
>>
>> So, if I access this machine remotely, KDE4 seems to work nicely
>> (Mostly).
>> 1) I cannot figure out how to add to the number of desktops. There was
>> no such option in the desktop settings.
>> 2) I also cannot figure out how to add an application to the tool bar.
>> It allows me to add an applet, but not an application, such as konsole
>> -- so did I fail to install some package?
>>
>> But even worse, if I log into the console, the X server no longer
>> starts. So I would appreciate some help.
>> How do I get the X server back?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Jim
>
> My machine rebooted, and X is working again. But now the bottom bar
> (with all the controls) is gone, and I cannot figure out how to get it
> back.

Press the ALT and F2 keys at the same time. In the Command field
type "kicker" (without the quotes) and click on OK.

--
Later,
Darrell Stec darstec(a)neo.rr.com

Webpage Sorcery
http://webpagesorcery.com
We Put the Magic in Your Webpages
From: luvallcomputers on 18 Apr 2008 08:40
On Apr 4, 8:39 am, Darrell Stec <darrell_s...(a)webpagesorcery.com>
wrote:
> jamesromeongmail.com wrote:
> > On Apr 2, 3:37 pm, "jamesromeongmail.com" <jamesr...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> >> I decided to try KDE4 on my SUSE 10.3 64-bit machine. The one in the
> >> distro never worked for me, so I installed almost all of the rpms
>
> fromhttp://download.opensuse.org/repositories/KDE:/KDE4:/STABLE:/Desktop/...
>
>
>
> >> (Unfortunately, the packaged install program on the OpenSUSE site could
> >> never succeed because of timeouts).
>
> >> So, if I access this machine remotely, KDE4 seems to work nicely
> >> (Mostly).
> >> 1) I cannot figure out how to add to the number of desktops. There was
> >> no such option in the desktop settings.
> >> 2) I also cannot figure out how to add an application to the tool bar.
> >> It allows me to add an applet, but not an application, such as konsole
> >> -- so did I fail to install some package?
>
> >> But even worse, if I log into the console, the X server no longer
> >> starts. So I would appreciate some help.
> >> How do I get the X server back?
>
> >> Thanks,
> >> Jim
>
> > My machine rebooted, and X is working again. But now the bottom bar
> > (with all the controls) is gone, and I cannot figure out how to get it
> > back.
>
> Press the ALT and F2 keys at the same time. In the Command field
> type "kicker" (without the quotes) and click on OK.
>
> --
> Later,
> Darrell Stec dars...(a)neo.rr.com
>
> Webpage Sorceryhttp://webpagesorcery.com
> We Put the Magic in Your Webpages

Thanks Darrell,

This command works on my 64 bit kubuntu system to return the tool bar.
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