Unable to access Internet with Konqueror

[Gerhard den Hollander]

* Nigel Henry <cave.dnb at tiscali.fr> (Tue, Dec 12, 2006 at 10:33:22PM +0100)
> On Tuesday 12 December 2006 21:31, Kevin Krammer wrote:
> > On Tuesday 12 December 2006 21:16, Nigel Henry wrote:
> > > So far so good. Creating a new user, I am now able to launch Konqueror
> > > under the new user name. Logging back in as the original user, and
> > > renaming kio_httprc, and kioslaverc as kio_httprc-2, and kioslaverc-2
> > > respectively, I logged out and back in as the original user. Kioslaverc
> > > has a new entry, but kio_httprc only shows the renamed one, and I still
> > > can't access the Internet with Konqueror as the original user.
> > >
> > > Any further suggestions, because it seems we're getting somewhere.
> >
> > Hmm.
> > Try renaming them when not logged in under KDE. Either using a console
> > login or when working as root.
> >
> > Cheers.
> > Kevin
> 
> Apologies Kevin, but any hints on renaming files when not logged into a GUI? I 
> havn't tried that before. 


Ctrl-Alt-F1 to get the other login screen
login as yourself
cd .kde/...wherever you need to be
mv kio_httprc kio_httprc-2
mv kioslaverc kioslaverc-2


or even more simple


mv ~/.kde ~/.kde-borken
(of course that will move all your KDE settings, so only use as last ditch resort)

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