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| 2 | <!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.4//EN"
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| 3 | "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.4/docbookx.dtd" [
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| 4 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
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| 5 | %general-entities;
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| 6 | ]>
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| 7 |
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| 8 | <sect1 id="kde-core-config">
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| 9 | <?dbhtml filename="config.html"?>
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| 10 |
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| 11 | <sect1info>
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| 12 | <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
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| 13 | <date>$Date$</date>
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| 14 | </sect1info>
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| 15 |
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| 16 | <title>Configuring the Core KDE Packages</title>
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| 17 |
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| 18 | <para>Back up your existing <filename>~/.xinitrc</filename> file
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| 19 | and create a new <filename>.xinitrc</filename> file to start
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| 20 | <application>KDE</application>:</para>
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| 21 |
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| 22 | <screen><userinput>echo "exec startkde" > ~/.xinitrc</userinput></screen>
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| 23 |
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| 24 | <indexterm zone="kde-core-config">
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| 25 | <primary sortas="e-AA.xinitrc">~/.xinitrc</primary>
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| 26 | </indexterm>
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| 27 |
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| 28 | <para>If you installed the <xref linkend="desktop-file-utils"/> package,
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| 29 | update the MIME-type application database (as
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| 30 | <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>):</para>
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| 31 |
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| 32 | <screen role="root"><userinput>update-desktop-database</userinput></screen>
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| 33 |
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| 34 | <para>Ensure all libraries can be found with (as
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| 35 | <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>):</para>
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| 36 |
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| 37 | <screen role="root"><userinput>ldconfig</userinput></screen>
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| 38 |
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| 39 | <note>
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| 40 |
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| 41 | <para>When starting a new version of <application>KDE</application> for the
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| 42 | first time, problems have been observed with the
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| 43 | <application>KDE</application> menu system when a user has established a
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| 44 | configuration with a previous version. To correct this, one technique that
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| 45 | works is to rename the existing home directory and create a new one with
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| 46 | <emphasis>only</emphasis> an <filename>~/.xinitrc</filename> file. You
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| 47 | should also delete the directories <filename
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| 48 | class='directory'>/tmp/kde-<replaceable>userid</replaceable></filename>,
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| 49 | <filename
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| 50 | class='directory'>/tmp/ksocket-<replaceable>userid</replaceable></filename>,
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| 51 | and <filename
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| 52 | class='directory'>/var/tmp/kdecache-<replaceable>userid</replaceable></filename>.
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| 53 | Then log out and log in again to ensure the new directory is in use. Now,
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| 54 | starting <application>KDE</application> will rebuild the menus.</para>
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| 55 |
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| 56 | <para>Move or copy any needed files from the old home directory to the
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| 57 | new one. Do not move or copy the old <application>KDE</application>
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| 58 | configuration files:
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| 59 | <filename class='directory'>.kde</filename>,
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| 60 | <filename>.kderc</filename>,
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| 61 | <filename class='directory'>.fonts.cache-1</filename>,
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| 62 | <filename class='directory'>.local</filename>,
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| 63 | <filename class='directory'>.qt</filename>,
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| 64 | <filename class='directory'>.mcop</filename>,
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| 65 | <filename>.DCOPserver*</filename>,
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| 66 | and <filename class='directory'>Desktop</filename>.</para>
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| 67 |
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| 68 | <para>This technique may need to be repeated after adding additional
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| 69 | optional packages.</para>
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| 70 | </note>
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| 71 |
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| 72 | <para>At this point you can bring up <application>KDE</application> with:</para>
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| 73 |
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| 74 | <screen><userinput>startx</userinput></screen>
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| 75 |
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| 76 | </sect1>
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