[arch-general] KDE 4.3 no power functions ?
I recently installed KDE 4.3.4 The Leave section in the menu doesn't have power functions like shutdown and restart. How to solve this ? Also GTK apps are appearing very ugly, any suggestions ? -- Nilesh Govindarajan Site & Server Adminstrator www.itech7.com
2010/1/27 Nilesh Govindarajan <lists@itech7.com>:
I recently installed KDE 4.3.4
The Leave section in the menu doesn't have power functions like shutdown and restart.
How to solve this ?
Do you use KDM as display manager? If yes, check in the Login configuration (System Settings->Login screen->Shutdown tab) that your user is actually allowed to do things like that.
Also GTK apps are appearing very ugly, any suggestions ?
You should probably install a GTK theme. QtCurve is a possibility, very flexible and provides a uniform theme among KDE3, KDE4 and GTK applications. When you installed that, create a link inside your home directory: cd ~ ln -s /usr/share/themes/QtCurve/gtk-2.0/gtkrc .gtkrc-2.0 Kind regards, -- Bram Schoenmakers What is mind? No matter. What is matter? Never mind. (Punch, 1855)
At Mittwoch, 27. Januar 2010 15:59 Bram Schoenmakers wrote:
cd ~ ln -s /usr/share/themes/QtCurve/gtk-2.0/gtkrc .gtkrc-2.0
I don't think that this is a good idea and if you want a to create a symlink it is more recommend to do this in /etc/gtk-2.0: http://slackbuilds.org/repository/12.2/desktop/QtCurve-Gtk2/ For a ~/.gtkrc-2.0 i suggest more to include this line include "/usr/share/themes/QtCurve/gtk-2.0/gtkrc" because than you can append lines for your prefered font or another gtk-icon- theme. I recognized that for me the look of the fonts is better if i choose the same font with 1pt lower for gtk apps. See you, Attila
On 01/28/2010 12:01 AM, Attila wrote:
At Mittwoch, 27. Januar 2010 15:59 Bram Schoenmakers wrote:
cd ~ ln -s /usr/share/themes/QtCurve/gtk-2.0/gtkrc .gtkrc-2.0
I don't think that this is a good idea and if you want a to create a symlink it is more recommend to do this in /etc/gtk-2.0:
http://slackbuilds.org/repository/12.2/desktop/QtCurve-Gtk2/
For a ~/.gtkrc-2.0 i suggest more to include this line
include "/usr/share/themes/QtCurve/gtk-2.0/gtkrc"
because than you can append lines for your prefered font or another gtk-icon- theme. I recognized that for me the look of the fonts is better if i choose the same font with 1pt lower for gtk apps.
See you, Attila
Thanks for your suggestion. I put the include line in /etc/gtk-2.0/gtkrc instead of symlinking it coz it had already some fallback theme setting in it. -- Nilesh Govindarajan Site & Server Adminstrator www.itech7.com
2010/1/27 Nilesh Govindarajan <lists@itech7.com>:
I recently installed KDE 4.3.4
The Leave section in the menu doesn't have power functions like shutdown and restart.
How to solve this ?
There are two answer: 1) Are your user in the power group? 2) You start KDE with a login manager like GDM/KDM/slim or with .xinitrc and startx.
Also GTK apps are appearing very ugly, any suggestions ?
You could install qtcurve-gtk2 qtcurve-kde4 and manage them with gtk-theme-switch2 Alberto -- Bonacina Alberto email: bonacina.alberto@gmail.com Per favore, non mandatemi allegati in Word o PowerPoint http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.it.html Sai perche' GNU/Linux e' meglio? http://www.whylinuxisbetter.net/index_it.php
On Wed, 2010-01-27 at 16:10 +0100, Alberto Bonacina wrote:
2010/1/27 Nilesh Govindarajan <lists@itech7.com>:
I recently installed KDE 4.3.4
The Leave section in the menu doesn't have power functions like shutdown and restart.
How to solve this ?
There are two answer:
1) Are your user in the power group? 2) You start KDE with a login manager like GDM/KDM/slim or with .xinitrc and startx.
Also GTK apps are appearing very ugly, any suggestions ?
You could install qtcurve-gtk2 qtcurve-kde4 and manage them with gtk-theme-switch2
1) Power group? Damn, that's old. Does KDE still use that? 2) Using a display manager that supports ConsoleKit should fix this issue. KDM/GDM are two display managers that have native support for ConsoleKit, others need pam modules and/or ck-launch-session.
2010/1/27 Jan de Groot <jan@jgc.homeip.net>:
1) Power group? Damn, that's old. Does KDE still use that?
I don't know if it's old but the beginners guide [1] tolds that when you want to create a new users you should "put" him in the power group to e.g.: shutdown with power button. [1] http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Beginners_Guide#Step_4:_Add_a_user_and_s... -- Bonacina Alberto email: bonacina.alberto@gmail.com Per favore, non mandatemi allegati in Word o PowerPoint http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.it.html Sai perche' GNU/Linux e' meglio? http://www.whylinuxisbetter.net/index_it.php
On Wed, 2010-01-27 at 16:20 +0100, Alberto Bonacina wrote:
2010/1/27 Jan de Groot <jan@jgc.homeip.net>:
1) Power group? Damn, that's old. Does KDE still use that?
I don't know if it's old but the beginners guide [1] tolds that when you want to create a new users you should "put" him in the power group to e.g.: shutdown with power button.
[1] http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Beginners_Guide#Step_4:_Add_a_user_and_s...
With consolekit and the fixed ACL management in the latest package of udev none of that should be required anymore.
Thanks all. Using KDM (inittab, previously GDM) fixed the power problem. Okay is it possible to apply GTK themes to KDE ? I think no cause KDE uses QT. -- Nilesh Govindarajan Site & Server Adminstrator www.itech7.com
Am oder ungefähr am Mittwoch, 27. Januar 2010, 17:22:24 schrieb Nilesh Govindarajan:
Thanks all. Using KDM (inittab, previously GDM) fixed the power problem.
Okay is it possible to apply GTK themes to KDE ? I think no cause KDE uses QT.
There are several little programs that can do this. I personally use switch2 but I don’t know if it is still around. ;) Edgar
participants (6)
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Alberto Bonacina
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Attila
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Bram Schoenmakers
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Edgar Kalkowski
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Jan de Groot
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Nilesh Govindarajan