KDE and Virtual Desktop Size

[Larry Hartman]

Post to my post:

KDE handles the change, but not smoothly.  Windows are set to open throughout 
the desktop space, leading to some windows opening off screen.  This requires 
that each application window be set to load at a certain location initially.  
Another concern is the lack of immediate access to KMenu.  Perhaps one way 
around this is to assign Katapult to a keyboard shortcut.  Another way would 
be to assign KMenu to the desktop right click menu.  

Also, the mounted device icons are removed from the desktop after switching to 
the larger screen.  To work in with the larger virtual desktop would require 
a some study to make it efficient, but there exists enough baseline 
functionality to make it promising at some point in the not-to-distant 
future.

On Monday 12 March 2007 05:49:56 am Larry Hartman wrote:
> KDM gets the screen res right at login dialog, the KDE profile will reload
> after end session, but not after computer restart.  User must run
> gnome-display-properties after restart to reenable settings.  More
> experimentation.....for another day.
>
> On Sunday 11 March 2007 10:50:22 pm D. Michael McIntyre wrote:
> > On Sunday 11 March 2007 10:27 pm, Larry Hartman wrote:
> > > Ok, got it figured out, kinda cool.
> >
> > Here's another thing.  If you have both GNOME and KDE installed, and
> > GNOME is getting this right, how much time do you actually spend at the
> > login screen anyway?  Does it matter that much to use the off-color login
> > manager?  You can set GDM to be your login manager, and start KDE from
> > GDM. I misremember all the details, but it's some /etc/alternatives thing
> > I think.  The default Kubuntu KDM is hacked up to look just like GDM
> > anyway, except in blue instead of brown.  The difference is pretty
> > trivial; at least out of the box. --
> > D. Michael McIntyre