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Vince Coen
May 15, 2012, 11:06:06 AM5/15/12
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Hello All!
How can you revert the desktop back to the original menu system instead
of these silly mass icons.
I like the KISS methodology and have a clean top except for often used
apps, the rest I just go via the menu.
Vince
How can you revert the desktop back to the original menu system instead
of these silly mass icons.
I like the KISS methodology and have a clean top except for often used
apps, the rest I just go via the menu.
Vince
Bit Twister
May 15, 2012, 10:29:28 AM5/15/12
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On Tue, 15 May 2012 15:06:06, Vince Coen wrote:
> Hello All!
>
> How can you revert the desktop back to the original menu system instead
> of these silly mass icons.
Right click the menu icon.
> Hello All!
>
> How can you revert the desktop back to the original menu system instead
> of these silly mass icons.
unruh
May 15, 2012, 7:24:44 PM5/15/12
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Not sure what you mean-- do you mean the little application laucher icon
in the lower left had corner? The only way I have found is to right
click on it, and remove it. Then right click on teh panel bar and select
Add Widgets. One of the widgets in the set is the KDE Application
launcher widget ( there qare two of them, choose the classic one) Now to
put it onto the panel bar, double click on it. Unfortunately that puts
it into the lower right had corner, not left. I have no idea how to move
icons around on the panel. Nothing I do works. so I have to be happy
with the launcher on the lower right corner instead of the lower left.
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> Vince
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unruh
May 15, 2012, 7:26:06 PM5/15/12
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the icon.
Bit Twister
May 15, 2012, 7:49:45 PM5/15/12
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On Tue, 15 May 2012 23:26:06 GMT, unruh wrote:
>
> Nope that just gives me the panel options (add, remove widget) or remove
> the icon.
Ok, sorry, it has been awhile since I was running Mandriva and a year since I
>
> Nope that just gives me the panel options (add, remove widget) or remove
> the icon.
had made that adjustment.
Unlock your widgets, right click task bar and select add widgets.
There you should see one or two blue menu launcher icons. I can not
remember if I picked the first or second one. Anyway, I would drag it
down just after that sorry Rosa launch widget. You have to play around
with the placement before you release the mouse button.
As you slowly move the new wiget you should see an right angle bracket
show up. When you can get that bracket about where you want the new
widget release the mouse button.
Bit Twister
May 15, 2012, 8:15:55 PM5/15/12
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On Tue, 15 May 2012 23:49:45 +0000 (UTC), Bit Twister wrote:
>
> As you slowly move the new wiget you should see an right angle bracket
> show up. When you can get that bracket about where you want the new
> widget release the mouse button.
Frap, sorry again. On Mandriva 2011 you have to slowly drag the new
>
> As you slowly move the new wiget you should see an right angle bracket
> show up. When you can get that bracket about where you want the new
> widget release the mouse button.
wiget around where you want it placed until a white space shows up
in the task bar for the new wiget.
Once you have it where you want it, tested it, you can remove the rosa
widget/launcher.
I am not sure but you might want to log out/in to get the changes
saved in .kde*/wherever.
Jim Beard
May 15, 2012, 9:46:11 PM5/15/12
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cashew to get options to adjust height of the panel, etc. Right
click? Left click? Something.
While the option for adjusting the panel height is up, you can
drag icons along the tool bar. There seem to be some
restrictions, as I have never been able to move Opera right next
to Firefox, as Thunderbird or something stays in the way. I have
thought about deleting Thunderbird's icon and see if I can get
the browser icons next to each other and then put Thunderbird's
icon back, but this is on my backup machine and I have never
found it worth the time to try.
Cheers!
jim b.
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expects users to be computer-friendly.
C. Neil Ellwood
May 16, 2012, 7:23:23 AM5/16/12
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Neil
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Remove ‘l’ to get address.
Vince Coen
May 26, 2012, 11:09:22 AM5/26/12
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Hello Jim and everyone else!
16 May 12 02:46, Jim Beard wrote to All:
Yes that thats fixed it, well more or less, thanks for your help one and
all. I assume that if I upgrade it to the next version I will have to do
this again as it will not honour the existing system settings.
Now I have to work out why the network (RealTek chip) is saying it is
basically set up but is not working (runs like a snail) and when I alter it
then says connection failed. I know this is an issue with Meg' 2 but what
is going on with 2011.0 x64? At the moment my only idea is to delete the
connection and try to create a fresh one!
This is a fresh set up, on an i5 2500k based box that I intend to transfer
the drive to my main box that is using a Dual 2 core E6600 (with 2010.2
i386) hopefully transferring all the needed apps/data converted to x64
slowly.
I think I really need to start looking for another distro but most of the
one's looked at so far seem to have their own problems (CentOS, Linux
Mint, Oracle Linux).
Vince
16 May 12 02:46, Jim Beard wrote to All:
Yes that thats fixed it, well more or less, thanks for your help one and
all. I assume that if I upgrade it to the next version I will have to do
this again as it will not honour the existing system settings.
Now I have to work out why the network (RealTek chip) is saying it is
basically set up but is not working (runs like a snail) and when I alter it
then says connection failed. I know this is an issue with Meg' 2 but what
is going on with 2011.0 x64? At the moment my only idea is to delete the
connection and try to create a fresh one!
This is a fresh set up, on an i5 2500k based box that I intend to transfer
the drive to my main box that is using a Dual 2 core E6600 (with 2010.2
i386) hopefully transferring all the needed apps/data converted to x64
slowly.
I think I really need to start looking for another distro but most of the
one's looked at so far seem to have their own problems (CentOS, Linux
Mint, Oracle Linux).
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