On 18 Jul 2005 at 22:39, David Faure wrote: > On Monday 18 July 2005 21:51, you wrote: > > Let me just point out that konqueror does not launch properly > > from KDE, Start, Internet, i.e. as a standalone browser as well as > > not launching from Kmail when launching a URL. > > Yes, it's launched the same way (i.e. by KDE, instead of directly) > in both cases (from kmail or from the K menu). > > > The only thing I can say is that I upgraded my original Sarge to > > Etch by changing the sources in sources.list, first from "stable" to > > "sarge", then a few days later, from "sarge" to "etch" (every > > "sarge" was changed to "etch"), then apt-get update. I also > > upgraded the system apt-get upgrade, but always from the testing > > "etch" distro, NEVER from "unstable". > > Sorry, I have no idea what any of this means, since I don't use debian. > > > One final note: Prior to switching to Debian 3.1 about two weeks > > ago, I ran Scientific Linux, a derivative of RHEL. I recall very > > clearly that I had the same problem of launching a URL from > > Kmail (spinning and shaking up and down in the taskbar). > Spinning and shaking up for a second is fine, the problem is if nothing > else happens after that :)
Precisely. It just spins and spins and shakes and never launches. > > I recall > > this vividly because I discussed this with a member of the fedora- > > list, who suggested that I switch from Kmail to Thunderbird, which > > I, in fact, did. So, my hunch, as an ordinary user, based on my > > experience, is that this has something to do with Konqueror. This > > couldn't be a coincidence. And, though I know little about the > > inner workings of Kmail, I'd bet that the error message generated > > in the console is a clue to what's going on. None of the other > > browsers or Kmail itself generated any error messages > > whatsoever when run from the console. > > You changed the same setting both times, the "preferred browser" > in KControl, right? (That setting is quite untested I admit, since most > KDE people use konqueror). Absolutely. Changed BOTH settings several times. Made sure of that and made sure KDE saved the settings. And logged out of KDE and logged back in just to be sure. Benjamin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
