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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> |