1.1. Installation | |
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1.1.1. | Where can I find SuperKaramba RPM's? |
The SuperKaramba web site (http://netdragon.sourceforge.net) has a list of user-submitted RPMs for several distributions. Other user-subm itted RPMs have been posted to kde-look.org and to the SuperKaramba Help forum. | |
1.1.2. | When I try to compile, I get this error:
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You will need to install the | |
1.1.3. | When I try to compile, I get this error:
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You will need to install the | |
1.1.4. | After running ./configure, make
and make install, the SuperKaramba executable is not
where I expected it to be. When I try to run superkaramba
from the command line it says |
In some distributions ./configure has a default prefix path that
differs to what you might expect. For example, in Mandrake the default
prefix is There are a few things you can do to fix this. You could run ./configure
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1.2. General | |
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1.2.1. | How do I get rid of the KDE panel? Do I have to keep Kicker running? |
Many themes depend on Kicker and will not work well without
it. If you don't want Kicker to show on your desktop, you can set it to
auto-hide. Another solution is to change the auto-hide setting in a
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1.2.2. | Can I run a system tray theme while the Kicker system tray is running? |
It's better not to. If you run a theme with a SysTray on it while a regular kicker systray is running, the theme will “steal” all the icons from the first systray. This is because in KDE and Gnome, the systray icons are really little windows and there is only one copy of each running. If you want to run a system tray theme, you can remove the system tray from Kicker. | |
1.2.3. | How do I set up my themes to run automatically on startup? |
Turn on KDE session support in the TDE Control Center. When session support is enabled, any theme that is left running when you logout will automatically start on startup. For some themes you will also need to mouse button click and reload the theme at least once after running it so that the config file will get written to your home directory. Another solution is to create a desktop config file in the KDE autostart directory. To create a desktop config file, open an editor and enter the following:
Then save it as
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1.2.4. | Why is the option disabled when I mouse button click on a theme? |
Some SuperKaramba themes don't include a Python script. This is normal and those themes will still work fine without one. However, if the theme does use a Python script, SuperKaramba may have not been able to load the script. This is usually due to Python errors. Run the theme from the command line to find out the specific error message. | |
1.2.5. | Why is the menu disabled when I mouse button click on a theme? |
The menu is only enabled if the theme has added options to it. Some themes do not have any configuration options or use a different configuration method. | |
1.3. Troubleshooting | |
1.3.1. | My themes start up in different locations each time I start KDE. |
Close all SuperKaramba themes and then delete any session files in
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1.3.2. | The backgrounds of my themes are black instead of transparent. |
In KDE, transparency only works when the desktop background is a wallpaper image that is centered or scaled. If the background is a plain color or a tiled image then SuperKaramba themes will not be transparent. In Gnome, there is a known issue that themes will have a black background even when a wallpaper is set. Unfortunately there is no current solution. Your theme should work fine otherwise. |
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