KDE4.1 & Seamonkey Issue

[NoOp]

On 08/06/2008 02:17 PM, Leonard Chatagnier wrote:
> Am using hardy x86-64, KDE4.1 and can only start
> Seamonkey from the cli interface(Konsole).  When I try
> to start Seamonkey from the K menu or a seamonkey icon
> in the panel, it will do the busy cursor routine for
> some time then just disappear. No problem running
> firefox or opera from menu or icon, just seamonkey. 
> Seamonkey runs ok from cli but outputs errors shown
> below(can anyone offer a fix or link that would help):
> 
> TIA,

You know me... I'm pretty much a diehard Gnome guy, but:

FWIW: I installed kde 4.1 and SeaMonkey (from Synaptic) and it works
both from the menu and the command line (32bit). However, I did it on
two machines; 1 with a fresh install of Ubuntu (standard Gnome 8.04.1)
and no previous kde, and 1 with some previous kde 4.x programs (floppy
formater). I found the menu's to be pretty buggy on both, using gdm -
not kdm:

1. Fresh install:
SeaMonkey ended up in "Lost and Found" and I have to move it to "Internet".

2. Existing system:
SeaMonkey ended up in "Development" and "Lost and Found" I had to move
it to "Internet". Not an easy task compared to Gnome. Just trying to
find Synaptics is a chore as it is only listed "Package Manager" - the
same as the Add/Remove program w/both having faint grey descriptions
underneath.

So, on #1 I did a complete removal of SM (same as sudo apt-get remove
--purge) to see if perhaps I'd messed something up. For some reason
Synaptic hangs at "ldconfig deferred processing taking place" and I have
to kill the job via 'sudo killall synaptic' (try to find the (force a
misbehaving app applet... no 'widgets' there). Afterwards I logged out
and reinstalled SM (this time via the terminal) after today's updates
and now find SM in the "Internet" menu where it belongs. It works from
there & apparently didn't touch my existing ~/.mozilla folder.

Note: it still is 1.1.9 with security fixes _not_ resolved. If you are
going to use 1.1.9 you should pile on the bug bandwagon and demand that
1.1.9 be updated to the latest 1.1.11 security patches. Otherwise
download the mozilla version and use that instead.

BTW: drove me nuts trying to figure out how to just get the 'Show
Desktop' icon on the panel... found out that you need to install:
sudo apt-get install kdeplasma-addons
Go figure.

Note: I found that after today's updates, I can now actually right-click
on a menu item and have it properly added to the destop or panel, so it
looks like work is progressing.
  I can try again using kdm if you'd like, but it's still 32bit; I keep
flagging down the UPS guy each day to see if you've sent me a 64bit
machine, but no joy so far. The only thing that happens is now the UPS
guy speeds up & lays on the horn every time he nears my house...
Oh, and it still has the boing boing thing (hourglass whatever) instead
of a rotating disc.

Some very nice desktop features & graphics I'll admit, and most likely
will eventually work very well; but the window framing still looks to me
like a 1980's Mac wannabe :-)