<!-- <?xml version="1.0" ?> <!DOCTYPE chapter PUBLIC "-//KDE//DTD DocBook XML V4.2-Based Variant V1.1//EN" "dtd/kdex.dtd"> --> <chapter id="configure"> <title >Configuring &kde;</title> <qandaset> <qandaentry> <question> <para >How do I set the language used by &kde;?</para> </question> <answer> <para >There are two ways to set the language &kde; uses in the messages it will display:</para> <variablelist> <varlistentry ><term >Using the <application >&kde; Control Centre</application ></term> <listitem ><para >Fire up the <application >&kde; Control Centre</application > and select <guimenu >Regional & Accessibility</guimenu > followed by <guimenuitem >Country/Region & Language</guimenuitem >. 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>
