Attempting to move from kde 4.2.2 to 4.2.3

[Steven Vollom]

On Friday 29 May 2009 08:45:13 pm David McGlone wrote:
> On Friday 29 May 2009 08:27:41 pm steven vollom wrote:
> > Dear David,
> >
> > Sometimes when I am asked for my password, I get the response you see on
> > the last post.  Sometimes it takes the password and works.  Other than it
> > seems to always work like the last post when using the konsole anymore, I
> > have been asked for passwords from gui's and the password has worked
> > normally there. This is a new experience today, never before.
> >
> > When you suggested reinstalling the memory and video card, do you think
> > it may be accepted with a fresh install?  The extra work would be worth
> > it if I could eliminate hardware failure from the equasion.  I can
> > reinstall in about 20 minutes; reconfiguration takes a bit longer, but
> > the installation goes pretty fast with Jaunty.
>
> Yes I would suggest putting your memory and video card back in and doing a
> fresh install.
>
> But before you do so, here are some pointers to make reconfiguring easier:
>
> 1. Save the following folders so you can just drag and drop them after the
> fresh install to get Kontact configured the way you have it now
>
> /home/steven/.kde/share/apps/kmail
>
> This means just save the folder named kmail
>
> also save:
>
> /home/steven/.kde/share/apps/kabc
>
> This is your address book, you only need to save the kabc folder.
>
> The rest of the apps I wouldn't worry about, since you can configure them
> when you use them over a period of time.
>
> This way, you can format your /home directory and get a complete fresh
> install without the possibility of any settings messing anything up.
>
> Once you've done your fresh install, drag the kmail folder and the kabc
> folder back where they were before you open kontact and all your settings
> will be restored for kontact
>
> Finally after you do this, shoot me an e-mail and I'll show you how you can
> quickly get your software for proprietary software such as watching movies,
> playing mp3's, java and flash.
>
> After that we'll work from there.
>
> --
> Blessings,
> David M.
> http://www.dmcentral.net
I wish I hadn't gone so fast, this is just what I would have liked.  I have 
some of those folders from a prior installation, so I can probably save some 
time dragging from the backup partition.  Thanks again,

Steven