[kde-linux] Lost system tray

[Thomas Olsen]

On 20/10-2009 21:27 Anne Wilson <cannewilson at googlemail.com> wrote:
> On Tuesday 20 October 2009 17:53:20 Stephen Brandon wrote:
> > I've tried widgets at the suggestion of Ann and Tim.
> > Unless someone knows how I can reload my KDE desktop back without
> > removing Fedora 11 from my computer and reinstalling.
> 
> Let's get the desktop back first, then we'll walk you through it.
> 
> > I originally started out trying to find a way to cause the number lock
> > to be active when I booted the computer.
> 
> That's in SystemSettings.  Again, if you don't know systemsettings, we'll
>  walk you through that, once you have your desktop back.
> 
> > I ended up with a tight checkerboard pattern and 6 smaller desktops. As
> > I tried to fix that I FUBAR'd my KDE desktop so bad it won't even come
> > up now.
> 
> Well, to see that you must have used the cashew at the top right of the
> screen.  All you've done is zoom out, and you can see representations of
>  your six desktops.  Probably the first one is the one you want to be on,
>  so look at the bottom of that desktop.  You should be able to see a
>  magnifying glass. Click on that, and it should zoom in.  If you have
>  zoomed out more than once you may have to zoom in more than once, but that
>  should cure it.
> 
> > However I did manage to get my Gnome desktop back with everything (I
> > think).
> 
> It's always useful to have another desktop available :-)
> 
> > SNAFU without very detailed instructions.
> 
> When you've got that desktop back, either use Alt-F2 or right-click on the
> desktop and select Run Command.  Type in 'systemsettings' and move the
>  cursor onto the offered menu item.  You may have a panel icon that looks
>  like a screwdriver and spanner/wrench crossed - that also launches
>  systemsettings. Once you have this up you have access to control most
>  aspects of your desktop. Near the bottom of the first page is Keyboard and
>  Mouse.  Click that, and halfway down the new page is where you choose
>  whether the NumLock is on or off at startup.
> 
> Close systemsettings, and come back for the next step.  We'll tackle the
> system tray problem next.
> 

That is indeed a better suggestion than my throw-it-all-out-and-start-again 
approach.
I had forgotten about the ZUI. Good thing that it is being 
removed/reimplemented. It is so non-intuitive that I got stuck in it several 
times too.

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Best Regards / Med venlig hilsen

  Thomas Olsen