Some initial problems

[Ralf Habacker]

Waldo, Paul schrieb:
> Hi all,
>  
> I'm an avid KDE user under Linux at home, but I'm forced to use Windows
> at work.  I was very happy to find that KDE under Cygwin is available!
> I have it up and running, but I have a few issues I was hoping to get
> some help with:
>
> - things that require root access are problematic:
> sh-3.2$ kdesu
> kdesu: ERROR: User root does not exist
>   
Nobody has investigated in this issue until now.
> - Starting up programs from the K menu is very slow.  I see in
> TaskManager that kdeinit runs full-bore for many seconds before the
> program appears
>   
windows does not have a fast fork/exec implementation, it has to be
eumulated by using CreateProcess, which is slow.
> - Sound does not work.  When I run "startkde" I see this in the output:
> Could not find 'artswrapper' executable.  Do I need to run esd in
> Windows to get sound?
>   
Some people are using an external command line media player. Esd may
work, I don't know.
> - Only a few styles are available, and I see this in the startup
> messages:
> Conflict in /usr/lib/kde3/plugins/styles/light.dll:
>   Plugin uses incompatible Qt library (3.3.6)!
> Conflict in /usr/lib/kde3/plugins/styles/highcolor.dll:
>   Plugin uses incompatible Qt library (3.3.6)!
> Conflict in /usr/lib/kde3/plugins/styles/highcontrast.dll:
>   Plugin uses incompatible Qt library (3.3.6)!
> Conflict in /usr/lib/kde3/plugins/styles/keramik.dll:
>   Plugin uses incompatible Qt library (3.3.6)!
> Conflict in /usr/lib/kde3/plugins/styles/kthemestyle.dll:
>   Plugin uses incompatible Qt library (3.3.6)!
> Conflict in /usr/lib/kde3/plugins/styles/scheck.dll:
>   Plugin uses incompatible Qt library (3.3.6)!
> Conflict in /usr/lib/kde3/plugins/styles/plastik.dll:
>   Plugin uses incompatible Qt library (3.3.6)!
>
>   
It looks that your kde  release is build using a different qt version or
your installed qt is outdated.

> - The only way to access the KDE Settings is via expanding menus from
> the K menu.  I don't see a Control Panel-type application that stays
> open and contains all of the settings icons.
>   
KControl is located in the kdebase package.


Ralf