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You can select your language and location here. If &kde; cannot find a translation in the first language chosen, it will fall back on the default language. This is usually (American) English by default.</para> -<note -><para ->Using the <application ->&kde; Control Centre</application -> is the preferred way of choosing languages in &kde;.</para -></note -></listitem> -</varlistentry> -<varlistentry -><term ->Using the <envar ->LANG</envar -> environment variable</term> -<listitem -><para ->The second method uses the standard locale setting on your system. To change the language, simply set the environment variable <envar ->LANG</envar -> accordingly. For example, if your shell is <application ->bash</application ->, execute <userinput -><command ->export</command -> <envar ->LANG</envar ->=de</userinput -> to set German as the language used.</para -></listitem> -</varlistentry> -</variablelist> -</answer> -</qandaentry> - -<qandaentry> -<question> -<para ->Is there any keyboard switcher for international keyboards for &kde;?</para> -</question> -<answer> -<para ->Yes, you can configure it using the <application ->&kde; Control Centre</application -> <guimenu ->Regional & Accessibility</guimenu -> <guimenuitem ->Keyboard Layout</guimenuitem -> configuration page. </para> -</answer> -</qandaentry> - -<qandaentry> -<question> -<para ->How do I replace the standard text login screen with the &kde; login screen?</para> -</question> -<answer> -<note -><para ->Your distribution/&UNIX; flavour may have its own setup tools to change this (⪚ <application ->YaST</application -> on &SuSE; &Linux;). This will be the safest way to enable the &kde; login screen. However, if for some reason you do not wish to use these tools, the following instructions may be useful.</para -></note> -<para ->First, you need to change to the <quote ->xdm runlevel</quote -> (runlevel 5 on &RedHat; and &SuSE; systems) by editing your <filename ->/etc/inittab</filename -> file. In the file, you should have a line saying <userinput ->id:3:initdefault:</userinput ->. Change it to <userinput ->id:5:initdefault:</userinput ->. Now, at the end of the file, comment out the following line: <literal ->x:5:respawn:/usr/bin/X11/xdm -nodaemon</literal -> and replace it with <userinput ->x:5:respawn:<replaceable ->/opt/kde/</replaceable ->bin/kdm -nodaemon</userinput ->. <note -><para ->The location of &kdm; may differ on your system.</para -></note -></para> -<para ->For changes to take effect immediately, type <command ->init 5</command -> (for &RedHat; systems) at the shell prompt. <caution -><para ->It is risky to initiate a graphical login without checking beforehand whether it works. If it fails to work, you would be in for a hard time getting back....</para -></caution -></para> -</answer> -<answer> -<para ->For FreeBSD, you should edit the file <filename ->/etc/ttys</filename -> and change one of the lines that look like <programlisting ->ttyv8 "/usr/X11R6/bin/xdm -nodaemon" xterm off secure</programlisting -> to instead say <userinput ->ttyv8 "/usr/local/bin/kdm -nodaemon" xterm off secure</userinput ->.</para> -</answer> -</qandaentry> - -<qandaentry> -<question> - -<para ->I would like to click the &LMB; anywhere on the desktop and have the <guimenu ->K</guimenu -> menu displayed.</para> -</question> -<answer> -<para ->Open the <application ->&kde; Control Centre</application -> and choose <menuchoice -><guisubmenu ->Desktop</guisubmenu -> <guisubmenu ->Behaviour</guisubmenu -></menuchoice ->. You can now choose the behaviour of mouse clicks on the desktop. To have the <guimenu ->K</guimenu -> menu open from a single &LMB; click, change the entry labelled <guilabel ->Left button</guilabel -> to say <guilabel ->Application Menu</guilabel ->.</para> -</answer> -</qandaentry> - -<qandaentry> -<question> -<para ->Where do I find information regarding &kde; themes?</para> -</question> -<answer> -<para ->Go to <ulink url="http://kde.themes.org/" ->http://kde.themes.org/</ulink -> or <ulink url="http://www.kde-look.org" ->http://www.kde-look.org</ulink ->.</para> -</answer> -</qandaentry> - -<qandaentry> -<question> -<para ->How do I change &MIME; Types?</para> -</question> -<answer> -<para ->If you are using &konqueror;, do this instead: first, open a &konqueror; window and choose <menuchoice -><guimenu ->Settings</guimenu -><guimenuitem ->Configure Konqueror</guimenuitem -></menuchoice ->, then <guilabel ->File Associations</guilabel ->. Find the type you want to change (⪚ <literal ->text/english</literal -> or <literal ->image/gif</literal ->), and set the application preference order to whatever you want.</para> -</answer> -</qandaentry> - -<qandaentry> -<question> -<para ->&kde; (&kdm;) does not read my <filename ->.bash_profile</filename ->!</para> -</question> -<answer> -<para ->The login managers<application ->xdm</application -> and &kdm; do not run a login shell, so <filename ->.profile</filename ->, <filename ->.bash_profile</filename ->, &etc; are not sourced. When the user logs in, <application ->xdm</application -> runs <command ->Xstartup</command -> as root and then <command ->Xsession</command -> as user. So the normal practice is to add statements in <filename ->Xsession</filename -> to source the user profile. Please edit your <filename ->Xsession</filename -> and <filename ->.xsession</filename -> files.</para> -</answer> -</qandaentry> - -<qandaentry> -<question> -<para ->How do I use &TrueType; fonts in &kde;?</para> -</question> -<answer> - -<para ->You need to install &TrueType; font support into your &X-Window; configuration. Please take a look at <ulink url="http://x.themes.org/" ->x.themes.org</ulink -> for the fonts, and <ulink url="http://www.dcs.ed.ac.uk/home/jec/programs/xfsft/" ->xfsft: &TrueType; Font Support For X11</ulink -> or <ulink url="http://X-TT.dsl.gr.jp/" ->X-&TrueType; Server Project Home Page</ulink -> for the font servers.</para> - -<para ->If you have a bunch of &TrueType; fonts from &Microsoft; &Windows;, edit the <filename ->XF86Config</filename -> file to get the fonts from the font folder. Then just tell &kde; to use these new fonts with the font administrator utility.</para> - -</answer> -</qandaentry> - -<qandaentry> -<question> -<para ->Is it possible to enter, show and work with the Euro Symbol in &kde;?</para> -</question> -<answer> -<para ->Yes and no. For details, look here: <ulink url="http://www.koffice.org/kword/euro.php" ->http://www.koffice.org/kword/euro.php</ulink ->.</para> -</answer> -</qandaentry> - -<qandaentry> -<question -><para ->How do I run a program at &kde; startup?</para -></question> - -<answer -><para ->There are many ways to do that. If what you want to do is to run some scripts that would set some environment variables (for example, to start <command ->gpg-agent</command ->, <command ->ssh-agent</command -> and others), you can put these scripts into <filename class="directory" ->$<envar ->KDEHOME</envar ->/env/</filename -> and make sure their names end in <literal role="extension" ->.sh</literal ->. $<envar ->KDEHOME</envar -> is usually a folder named <filename class="directory" ->.kde</filename -> (note the period at the beginning) in your home folder. If you want scripts to be executed for all &kde; users, you can put them under <filename class="directory" ->$<envar ->KDEDIR</envar ->/env/</filename ->, where $<envar ->KDEDIR</envar -> is the prefix &kde; was installed to (you can find this out using the command <userinput -><command ->kde-config</command -> --prefix</userinput ->).</para> -<para ->If you wish to start a program after &kde; has started, you may want to use the <filename class="directory" ->Autostart</filename -> folder. To add entries to the <filename class="directory" ->Autostart</filename -> folder: <orderedlist> -<listitem -><para ->Open &konqueror;.</para> -</listitem> -<listitem -><para ->Select <menuchoice -><guimenu ->Go</guimenu -><guimenuitem ->Autostart</guimenuitem -> </menuchoice -> from the menubar.</para> -</listitem> -<listitem -><para ->Right-click in the window view area and select <menuchoice -><guisubmenu ->Create New</guisubmenu -><guisubmenu ->File</guisubmenu -><guimenuitem ->Link to Application</guimenuitem -> </menuchoice -></para> -</listitem> -<listitem -><para ->Click on the <guilabel ->Application</guilabel -> tab in the window that appears and enter the name of the command to run in the <guilabel ->Command</guilabel -> text box.</para> -</listitem> -</orderedlist> -</para> - -</answer> -</qandaentry> - - -</qandaset> -</chapter> |