Konqueror runs from console but NOT from GUI

[Cucaratxa]

By what you say yours looks like a configuration
problem. I think you should check your enviro
variables for under GUI. Most probable reason is
conflicting libraries.

--- Benjamin Sher <delphi123 at zebra.net> wrote:

> Dear friends:
> 
> [Using Debian 3.1 Etch (testing) and Kmail 1.7.2 and
> 
> KDE/Konqueror 3.3.2]
> 
> I have run into a strange problem:
> 
> Konqueror runs fine as File Manager, both as user
> and as root.
> 
> Konqueror also works fine as browser from the
> console, normally, 
> like all other browsers.
> 
> But Konqueror does NOT run normally from the GUI,
> either in 
> KDE or as URL launcher in Kmail.
> 
> Here is a screenshot:
> 
> http://www.websher.net/temp/konqueror1.jpg
> 
> See also error message generated when konqueror is
> launched 
> from console:
> 
> http://www.websher.net/temp/konqueror2.jpg
> 
> But when I type a URL in konqueror (launched from
> the console), 
> it works fine and launches the URL instantly. The
> problem arises 
> when launching Konqueror (either standalone or from
> Kmail) from 
> the GUI.
> 
> Let me point out that konqueror does not launch
> properly 
> from KDE, Start, Internet, i.e. as a standalone
> browser as well as 
> not launching from Kmail when launching a URL.
> 
> The only thing I can say is that I upgraded my
> original Sarge to 
> Etch by changing the sources in sources.list, first
> from "stable" to 
> "sarge", then a few days later, from "sarge" to
> "etch" (every 
> "sarge" was changed to "etch"), then apt-get update.
> I also 
> upgraded the system apt-get upgrade, but always from
> the testing 
> "etch" distro, NEVER from "unstable".
> 
> So, how do I go about resolving this issue?
> 
> Is there something I could uninstall, then
> reinstall? Perhaps even 
> kde? I am willing to do it if it will work. I'd
> certainly hate to have to 
> reinstall the entire system.
> 
> One final note: Prior to switching to Debian 3.1
> about two weeks 
> ago, I ran Scientific Linux, a derivative of RHEL. I
> recall very 
> clearly that I had the same problem of launching a
> URL from 
> Kmail (spinning and shaking up and down in the
> taskbar). I recall 
> this vividly because I discussed this with a member
> of the fedora-
> list, who suggested that I switch from Kmail to
> Thunderbird, which 
> I, in fact, did. So, my hunch, as an ordinary user,
> based on my 
> experience, is that this has something to do with
> Konqueror. This 
> couldn't be a coincidence. And, though I know little
> about the 
> inner workings of Kmail, I'd bet that the error
> message generated 
> in the console is a clue to what's going on. None of
> the other 
> browsers or Kmail itself generated any error
> messages 
> whatsoever when run from the console.
> 
> This install of Debian 3.1 was a clean, fresh
> install into its own 
> hard drive. Debian formatted the drive, then
> installed its OS.
> 
> In fact, due to a number of unrelated issues, I
> decided to do a 
> complete, fresh install of Debian once again. First
> thing I checked 
> was Konqueror. I tested it as above. Absolutely
> identical results. 
> Let me, however, describe the exact sequence of
> events that 
> happen when I try to launch it in KDE (either as
> standalone or as 
> URL launcher in Kmail):
> 
> First, after some time has passed, I see the dreaded
> download 
> box at the top left of my screen. Then, after
> another eternity, I see 
> the Konqueror window. I then see 25% in the status
> progress bar. 
> Then I can see the outline of my site, i.e. just the
> text and lines. 
> Then, after another eternity, at last I see the site
> with all its 
> images.
> 
> Hope you can help me troubleshoot this.
> 
> Thank you so much.
> 
> Benjamin
> 
> 
> 
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