[kde-linux] Window Borders Have Dissapeared

[Alain M.]

That problem with borders disapearing happend many times to me with 
Mandriva 2007/2008. It appears that when "something" goes wrong it 
triggers that.

Could someone, please, explain who is responsible for drawing the 
borders and what happens with it so that it could be fixed anytime it 
happens?

thanks,
Alain

Steve O'Neill escreveu:
> On Wed, 19 Dec 2007, Andrew Walbran wrote:
> 
>> On Wed, 19 Dec 2007 8:34:37 am Steve O'Neill wrote:
>>> Here's what I get when I do this:
>>>
>>> kwin: symbol lookup error: /usr/lib/libkdeinit_kwin.so: undefined symbol:
>>> _ZNK11NETRootInfo24desktopLayoutOrientationEv
>> I do not have time to investigate fully right now, but c++filt reveals that
>> this symbol corresponds to the C++ function
>> NETRootInfo::desktopLayoutOrientation() const
>> Googling for this suggests that it is defined in netwm.cpp. I am not sure what
>> module (or even what library) this corresponds to, but if you can work that
>> out you could try a different version of the package and see if that fixes
>> the problem.
> 
> I managed to fix most of the problem just now by comparing the
> libkdeinit_kwin.so that's currently on my drive to the one that came with the
> installation DVD.  And, of course, they're different in both size and date.
> My guess that one package or other "updated" some files is apparently correct.
> I backed up the currnet lib file and copied over the original and, voila', the
> windows have borders and appear at random positions when started, just like
> before.  Looks like I have a bone to pick with the PCLinuxOS maintainers;
> who knows how many other traps await the unwary user?
> 
> I do have one problem left, though.  When I try to add the Desktop Preview and
> Pager applet to the panel so I can see my available desktops, I get an error
> message telling me that it couldn't be loaded.  I assume the file in /usr/bin
> called "kpager" is probably what I want, so I'll try replacing it with the
> original.  If it doesn't work, I'll be back.  Again, many thanks for pointing
> me in the right direction.
> 
> Steve O'Neill
> 
> 
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