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RE: kde 3.0 no icons



Just tried this out, the solution works for me too.... thanks

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Joan,

Don't forget to cc the list.

Your solution is interesting.

I wonder what the underlying problem is.

Harold

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Joan Bertran [mailto:jbertran@cirsa.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, April 10, 2002 8:40 AM
> To: huntharo@msu.edu
> Subject: RE: kde 3.0 no icons
>
>
>   I have the same problem and i have found a workaround,
> just reducing the M$-windows color depth from 32 bit to 15 bits
> per pixel (it's the only high-color options on my driver) solves this
> and all icons are displayed fine.
>
>               Joan Bertran.
>
>
> http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-xfree/2002-04/msg00132.html
>     * From: "Harold Hunt" <huntharo at msu dot edu>
>     * To: "M Manohar" <m dot manohar at attbi dot com>, <cygwin-xfree at
> cygwin dot com>
>     * Date: Tue, 9 Apr 2002 01:36:49 -0400
>     * Subject: RE: kde 3.0 no icons
>
> >
> > Manohar,
> >
> > I just logged into KDE3 via one of the computers in our campus
> labs today
> > (running 4.1.99 which is either some unknown test release or 4.1.0) and
> saw
> > the problem that you mentioned.  I noticed that two desktop
> icons show up
> >(one was the "Internet" icon for Konq) but no bottom-bar buttons
> showed up.
>
> > I'm not sure what causes the problem but at least now I have
> some sort of
> > test environment.
> > Harold
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: cygwin-xfree-owner@cygwin.com
> > [mailto:cygwin-xfree-owner@cygwin.com]On Behalf Of M Manohar
> > Sent: Monday, April 08, 2002 10:42 PM
> > To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com
> > Subject: RE: kde 3.0 no icons
> >
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > I recently installed KDE 3.0 on my linux box and have the same
> > problem, that is certain icons don't get displayed
> > on Cygwin/XFree86 4.2.0 (version confirmed by running xdpyinfo).
> >
> > I poked around a little more and found that icons that are in PNG
> > format are the ones that
> > don't get displayed. I checked my Cygwin installation for
> > libpng.dll and it does exist
> > (I manually copied cygpng2.dll to libpng.dll). I'm not sure if
> > this library is required though.
> >
> > Hoping somebody can help me on this.
> >
> > Thanks
> > Manohar
> >
> > ----------------
> > Scott,
> >
> > That doesn't sound good.
> >
> > I haven't yet installed KDE 3.0 and I won't have time to for at
> > least a week,
> > so I won't have a chance to look into this for some time.
> >
> > I know you say that Cygwin/XFree86 is up-to-date, but are you running
> > Cygwin/XFree86 4.2.0?  You can check by running 'xdpyinfo' in a local
> > Cygwin/XFree86 session or in a terminal when you are logged into another
> > machine via XDMCP.
> >
> > Awaiting a chance to investiage this,
> >
> > Harold
> >
> > Scott Alexander <salexander@taz.qinetiq.com> said:
> >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > My server has just been upgraded to kde 3.0 running redhat
> 7.2.  I use =
> > > cygwin with xfree86 to connect to this server using
> > >
> > > x -query <servername>
> > >
> > > I have been doing this for a while with kde 2.2.2 with no problems.  =
> > > However when i connect to it now with kde 3 my screen has no
> icons or =
> > > icons on the kicker bar at the bottom. =20
> > >
> > > Does anyone know of this problem and a solution for it.
> > >
> > > My machine runs w2k with up 2 date cygwin and xfree86.
> > >
> > > Cheers
> > >
> > > Scott Alexander
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>



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