Kmail - how to resize columns

[Mark Halegua]

On Wednesday 19 August 2009 02:24:00 am Alvin wrote:
> On Wednesday 19 August 2009 06:41:42 Mark Halegua wrote:
> > On Tuesday 18 August 2009 02:58:11 pm John L Vifian wrote:
> > > On Tuesday 18 August 2009 10:28:02 am Mark Halegua wrote:
> > > > Well, I tried the backport to 4.3, and it certainly made some
> > > > changes. Still couldn't resize the columns, and on rebooting the
> > > > system, the plasma said it couldn't do something, but couldn't give
> > > > me details to send in. Now, the task bar doesn't appear and trying
> > > > sudo apt-get update to try and fix it keeps telling me a pubkey isn't
> > > > correct, and to use apt-get update to fix it, which it doesn't and
> > > > keeps repeating the message.
> > >
> > > Rightclick on the desktop and choose add panel then right click on the
> > > panel and add the appropriate widgets: "Application Launcher", "System
> > > Tray", "Task Manger", "Trashcan", "Digital Clock", "Device Notifier"
> > > and "Pager" to duplicate what I have.
> > >
> > > John Vifian
> >
> > Right-clicking on the desktop does nothing for me.  The error I get says
> > Plasma has crashed.  When I try to do a backtrace, it won't saying the
> > system may have been corrupted.
> >
> > Luckily I had my /home directory in a separate partition.  I can install
> > from scratch and it won't affect my mail, local apps, or settings.
>
> Putting your /home on a separate partition is thoughtful, but in this case,
> I would first try to fix the installation. This isn't Microsoft Windows
> where you reinstall for shortcuts with the wrong icons.
>
> The pubkey is asked here every other day. There is a link to the
> instructions on the front page of http://www.kubuntu.org
>
> Useful links:
> http://www.kubuntu.org/faq/PPA-keys
> https://help.launchpad.net/Packaging/PPA/InstallingSoftware
>
> Now, just try the following:
> $ sudo apt-get update
> $ sudo apt-get install kubuntu-desktop
> $ sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

Alvin,

Thanks for the pointer to solving the pubkey issue.  That has helped me get 
beyond the apt-get update issue.

However, the apt-get install kubuntu-desktop is still a problem and Plasma 
still crashes.  It seems as if it won't install the 4.4.3 packages for kde, 
and only the 4.4.2 packages are installed.

I will try the dist-upgrade.

FYI, I do get a desktop, but without the taskbar, none of the windows has a 
frame, only a tgest menu, with some secondary toolbars.

Mark

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