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<!--
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 "dtd/kdex.dtd">
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<chapter id="applications">
<title
>&kde; applications</title>

<qandaset>
<qandaentry>
<question>
<para
>&kppp;</para>
</question>
<answer>

<para
>Many &kde; users report problems using &kppp;. But before you complain about &kppp;, make sure you have already checked the following:</para>

<itemizedlist>
<listitem
><para
>Can you dialup to your <acronym
>ISP</acronym
> without using &kppp;? If you cannot, then perhaps &kppp; is not the culprit after all.</para
></listitem>
<listitem
><para
>Have you gone through the &kppp; documentation at least three times and followed its instructions and trouble-shooting suggestions?</para
></listitem>
</itemizedlist>
<para
>The &kppp; documentation can be accessed through the <application
>&kde; Help Centre</application
>. Last, but not least, the &kppp; homepage is at <ulink url="http://ktown.kde.org/~kppp/"
>http://ktown.kde.org/~kppp/</ulink
>.</para>
<para
>Now, if you still encounter problems, here's what might help you solve them:</para>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry
><term
>How do I change the &MTU; setting in &kppp;?</term>
<listitem
><para
>Open up the &kppp; dialogue box and select <guibutton
>Setup</guibutton
>. Choose an existing account and click <guibutton
>Edit</guibutton
>, or <guibutton
>New</guibutton
> to create a new dialup account. Select the <guilabel
>Dial</guilabel
> tab and click <guibutton
>Arguments</guibutton
>. Type what you want to change in the Argument textbox (&eg; <userinput
>mtu 296</userinput
>) and click <guibutton
>Add</guibutton
>. When you are satisfied, click <guibutton
>Close</guibutton
>.</para>
<para
>To check whether the options <quote
>took</quote
>, do one of the following:</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para
>In a terminal window, run <userinput
><command
>/sbin/ifconfig</command
> ppp0</userinput
> and look at the reported &MTU; in the output. It should match your request.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem
><para
>Add <option
>debug</option
> and <option
>kdebug</option
> (each on a separate line) to your <filename
>/etc/ppp/options</filename
> file and restart your &PPP; session. You will find debugging messages in <filename
>/var/log/messages</filename
>, including &MRU; and &MTU; settings.</para
></listitem>
</itemizedlist>
<para
>If you want, the &MRU; and &MTU; settings can be added to the <filename
>options</filename
> file, one complete setting per line, no quotes or dashes.</para
></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term
>&kppp; connects at a slower speed than normal.</term>
<listitem
><para
>The following might do the trick:</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem
><para
>Try executing <command
>setserial spd_hi</command
>.</para
></listitem>
<listitem
><para
>The default &MTU; value is 1500, which maybe too large for a dialup connection. Try changing it to a smaller value like <userinput
>296</userinput
> or <userinput
>576</userinput
>.</para
></listitem>
<listitem
><para
>Check in your <filename class="directory"
>$<envar
>HOME</envar
>/.kde/share/config</filename
> for the <filename
>kppprc</filename
>. Ensure the correct modem speed is actually defined there.</para
></listitem>
</itemizedlist
></listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</answer>
</qandaentry>

<qandaentry>
<question>
<para
>&konsole;</para>
</question>
<answer>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term
>How do I page-up or page-down?</term>
<listitem
><para
>Use <keycombo action="simul"
> <keycap
>Shift</keycap
><keycap
>Page Up</keycap
></keycombo
> and <keycombo action="simul"
><keycap
>Shift</keycap
><keycap
>Pg Dn</keycap
></keycombo
>. </para
></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term
>How do I perform a simple <quote
>copy</quote
> from &konsole; to anything else?</term>
<listitem
><para
>When I do a <command
>ls</command
>, first I select with the mouse the desired text, press <keycombo action="simul"
>&Ctrl;<keycap
>C</keycap
></keycombo
>, then I make the target application active, point the mouse to the relevant part and press <keycombo action="simul"
>&Ctrl;<keycap
>V</keycap
></keycombo
>. Alternatively, highlight the text by dragging with the &LMB; down and paste by clicking with the &MMB; (or both buttons if you are using a 2 button mouse with 3 button emulation). </para
></listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</answer>
</qandaentry>

<qandaentry>
<question>
<para
>&kmail;</para>
</question>
<answer>
<para
>&kmail; has its own home page at <ulink url="http://kmail.kde.org"
>http://kmail.kde.org</ulink
> where an <acronym
>FAQ</acronym
> is available.</para>
</answer>
</qandaentry>

</qandaset>
</chapter>