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@@ -55,25 +55,6 @@ YP YD 88 YD ~Y8888P' `8888Y' YP YP Y8888D' Y88888P 88 YD ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -IMPORTANT: Crashes in Krusader caused by Qt 3.3.5 -************************************************* -We've been getting a lot of emails and bug reports regarding random -crashes in Krusader, especially during some file operations (copy/move -etc.). These crashes are related to Qt 3.3.5 and NOT Krusader. It seems -that Qt 3.3.5 introduced a serious bug which is now causing random -crashes in many KDE applications including Konqueror. You can google for -it to find out more. - -As far as we know, debian and suse already posted new Qt binaries that -fix the problem, and gentoo has masked Qt 3.3.5 completely. As for now, -you either need Qt 3.3.4 or a fixed Qt 3.3.5, depending on your -distribution. For more information is available on our website at -http://krusader.sourceforge.net/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=1407 - - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- - - Chapter 13. Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) Table of Contents Installation_FAQ @@ -114,7 +95,7 @@ Installation FAQ No, Krusader does not need the TDE window manager to run on your computer but Krusader's natural environment is TDE, because it relies on services provided by the TDE base libraries. Only some shared libraries are needed - e.g. TDE libraries, Qt™ libraries, etc. This means that Krusader runs + e.g. TDE libraries, TQt™ libraries, etc. This means that Krusader runs on GNOME, AfterStep, XFce and other window managers provided the approriate libraries are installed on your computer. All this is not a problem since the apt-get world can resolve these dependencies instantly. @@ -269,7 +250,7 @@ Installation FAQ install Mandrake™-Linux� 9.2 with the default settings, this package is not installed. If you need more information take a look at FAQ_missing libs_or_headers. -11. Debian� complains about Qt™ when running ./configure, what's wrong? +11. Debian� complains about TQt™ when running ./configure, what's wrong? This problem occurs when you use gcc 2.95, you need to install gcc 3.2 (or higher). You also need to set the enviroment variables "CC, CPP and CXX" before running the ./configure script. @@ -277,11 +258,11 @@ Installation FAQ $ export CXX=/usr/bin/g++-3.2 $ export CPP=/usr/bin/cpp-3.2 For more information please take a look in_our_forum and at the - instructions on how to build a Qt™/KDE3 application on Debian�. + instructions on how to build a TQt™/TDE application on Debian�. 12. I have a libGLcore.so.1 compile error after using the NVIDIA� installer, what to do? This problem occurs when you use the NVIDIA� installer and not the official - NVIDIA� packages of your distribution. Krusader is based on Qt™ which + NVIDIA� packages of your distribution. Krusader is based on TQt™ which can be linked against the X OpenGL libraries. As a result Krusader may look for OpenGL as well. The problem is that the NVIDIA� installer (prior to version 7xxx) doesn't perform it's task properly: it replaces the OpenGL @@ -395,19 +376,7 @@ Usage FAQ 20. How_can_I_set_the_look_&_feel_of_2_different_users_to_be_the_same? 21. Why_doesn't_"save_last_location"_work? 22. Why_doesn't_the_handbook_work? -1. Krusader keeps crashing, why? - We've been receiving a lot of emails and bug reports (December 2005) - regarding random crashes, especially during file operations such as copy, - move, etc. These crashes are related to Qt™ 3.3.5 and NOT Krusader. - It seems that Qt™ 3.3.5 introduced a serious bug which is currently - (December 2005) causing random crashes in many TDE applications including - Konqueror. You can use Google to find out more. As far as we know, Debian�- - Sid and SuSE� already posted new Qt™ binaries that fix the problem, - and Gentoo� has masked Qt™ 3.3.5 completely. As for now, you either - need Qt™ 3.3.4 or a fixed Qt™ 3.3.5 or a higer version, - depending on your distribution. More information is available on our - website. -2. When I try to mount/unmount my cdrom/floppy, Krusader reports something +1. When I try to mount/unmount my cdrom/floppy, Krusader reports something about a supermount, what's this about? Supermount is a daemon which handles the mounting/unmounting of removable filesystems for you. Just insert a floppy, and do cd /mnt/floppysupermount @@ -418,7 +387,7 @@ Usage FAQ because the system information is not correctly updated by supermount - is there really a floppy in the drive? Of course, this can be solved, but as for now, we don't consider it a priority. -3. Why does Krusader freeze or hang on a dead mountpoint? +2. Why does Krusader freeze or hang on a dead mountpoint? When Krusader is e.g. browsing an NFS share and the NFS server goes down, Krusader will freeze. This Krusader (and all other open internal viewers/ editors) freeze is fatal, and can only be corrected with the kill -9. We @@ -430,11 +399,11 @@ Usage FAQ using a multi-threaded design - this way if we get stuck, we don't hang the entire application event loop, but we don't think that the time is right for adding threads, we are not sure that *all* the TDE systems out there - are using Qt™-mt (the multi threaded version of the Qt™ + are using TQt™-mt (the multi threaded version of the TQt™ library), and the Krusader Krew may not be the right people to address this major issue in any case; so currently this is just a bug we have to learn to live with. -4. When I try to resize Krusader to make it smaller, I discover that I can't +3. When I try to resize Krusader to make it smaller, I discover that I can't resize it below a certain size. Why? See the F1, F2 (etc.) buttons? They are not allowing Krusader to downsize as they have a minimum size. Just disable them View->Show FN Keys Bar and @@ -442,7 +411,7 @@ Usage FAQ have improved this greatly: when downsizing the buttons will look like 'F5 ..py'. When the button faces are too small to read a tooltip will give the complete text. The minimum width is 45 pixels for each button. -5. When I perform some file operations, Krusader's panel doesn't refresh / I'm +4. When I perform some file operations, Krusader's panel doesn't refresh / I'm using Krusader with fam installed, but updates to the panel are not shown. Why? The bad news is that we're not sure why, but it seems that fam (file @@ -454,7 +423,7 @@ Usage FAQ works) without needing to recompile. You can disable fam with: $ su -c 'fam -l' Look at the manpages for more information about fam. -6. Samba ISO 8859-x codepage / What to do if Krusader does not read shared +5. Samba ISO 8859-x codepage / What to do if Krusader does not read shared directories containing special international characters? Krusader does not handle (yet) Samba ISO 8859-x codepages, if you use a codepage different than 8859-1 you will have to do a manual configuration. @@ -465,14 +434,14 @@ Usage FAQ character set = MyCharSet (ex. ISO8859-2) Unfortunately kcontrol (KDE 3.1.1) fails to configure smb.conf properly, so this must be done manually with a text editor. -7. Krusader reports "krarc:... protocol not supported" error at opening an +6. Krusader reports "krarc:... protocol not supported" error at opening an archive file, what to do? Install the krarc slave properly: Copy the tdeio_krarc.so, tdeio_krarc.la files into $TDEDIR/lib/trinity Copy the krarc.protocol file into $TDEDIR/share/services or the directory where the TDEIO slaves are placed in your Linux� distribution. -8. I get the error message "Protocol not supported by Krusader: "krarc:/path/ +7. I get the error message "Protocol not supported by Krusader: "krarc:/path/ to/foo-archive", when I try to open foo-Archive, what to do? The icons, tdeio_slaves and documentation must be installed in the correct places in the TDE directory tree. The tdeio_krarc.* files must be in the same @@ -480,7 +449,7 @@ Usage FAQ link the tdeio_krarc.* files to the same location. Don't forget to run # ldconfig on this directory when you're done. For more information click here. -9. What todo if an extenal tool doesn't seem to work? +8. What todo if an extenal tool doesn't seem to work? Krusader uses several programs as external_tools, and sometimes they appear not to work. Open a terminal and check if tool foo is installed. $ foo @@ -491,7 +460,7 @@ Usage FAQ krusaderrc configuration file and remove it from this location, Restart Krusader, Krusader will now start the first start configuration wizard, follow these guidelines. -10. Howto executing jar files (and not enter the jar archive)? +9. Howto executing jar files (and not enter the jar archive)? Go to the Konfigurator_Protocol_page and remove application/x-jar from the krarc node, Krusader should no longer enter the archive. Global file associations are handled by TDE and not by Krusader. To assosiate the jar @@ -500,7 +469,7 @@ Usage FAQ * TDE Components->File Associations * Enter jar as filename pattern * Add java as application -11. Why do I have trouble with my FTP connection? +10. Why do I have trouble with my FTP connection? This problem often occurs when you are behind a firewall or proxy. Open TDE Control Center->Network->Preferences, "Enable Passive Mode (PASV)" has to be turned on or off, depending on it's current setting. Now try your FTP @@ -508,33 +477,33 @@ Usage FAQ sessions open (using web browsers, etc.), they can cause complications. More information can be found in Active_FTP_vs._Passive_FTP,_a_Definitive Explanation. -12. I get "FTP protocol not supported by Krusader" error when trying to open a +11. I get "FTP protocol not supported by Krusader" error when trying to open a remote FTP directory, what to do? The reason for this error is that 'FTP via HTTP proxy' feature is not yet supported by Krusader. This error may be caused by a misconfiguration of the proxy settings in Trinity Control Center. Modify the proxy settings to not use HTTP proxy and FTP will work. -13. How don't add ".part" suffix when copying files via ftp? +12. How don't add ".part" suffix when copying files via ftp? When uploading files a .part suffix is added to the filename, once the upload is complete the filename is renamed automagically to remove the .part suffix. This works great but sometimes some ftp-servers don't allow a rename operation. You can solve this by unchecking the checkbox Mark partially uploaded files in the TDE control center. The checkbox is located at Internet and Network->Connection Preferences. -14. How can I close a remote connection (e.g. a FTP connection)? +13. How can I close a remote connection (e.g. a FTP connection)? It's explained in the remote_connections_chapter. -15. I am experiencing problems with the media:// protocol, why? +14. I am experiencing problems with the media:// protocol, why? At the moment of writing the media:// protocol is instable, we need to wait until the TDE team corrects it, every other protocol works properly with Krusader, only media fails. More information regarding this issue is available in our_forum. -16. How can I disable the default sounds, e.g. when I do a delete action ? +15. How can I disable the default sounds, e.g. when I do a delete action ? Those are the default TDE System sounds, and not related to Krusader. If you want to disable them globally open the Trinity Control Center (kcontrol): Trinity Control Center->Sound & Multimedia->System Notifications, Event Source: "TDE System Notifications" and uncheck sound items you don't like. -17. Where is RemoteMan, the remote connection manager ? +16. Where is RemoteMan, the remote connection manager ? RemoteMan has been replaced by our Bookmark Manager since Krusader 1.25- beta1. The Bookmark Manager handles local files and remote_URL's the same way. RemoteMan was left as a selection until Krusader-1.51 to allow an @@ -548,13 +517,13 @@ Usage FAQ krbookmarks.xml 5. install Krusader-1.60, it will use krbookmarks.xml or import it if needed. -18. Why doesn't mimetype magic sometimes work inside archives? +17. Why doesn't mimetype magic sometimes work inside archives? When you enter an archive and press F3 to view a file that has no known extension, e.g. README, INSTALL etc.. And if the viewer opens in hex-mode instead of the usual mode, than you need to configure: Trinity Control Center- >TDE components->File Associations->Application->octet-stream, binary viewer needs to be removed. -19. Where is Konfigurator, do i need to install the Trinity Desktop Enviroment to +18. Where is Konfigurator, do i need to install the Trinity Desktop Enviroment to use it? Konfigurator is Krusaders configuration module, when you have installed Krusader than you have also Konfigurator. For some reason some people think @@ -563,13 +532,13 @@ Usage FAQ Settings->Configure Krusader, and it will start Konfigurator. Please read the manual, Krusader has many many configuration options, a lot of things can be customized to your needs with Konfigurator. -20. How can I set the look & feel of 2 different users to be the same? +19. How can I set the look & feel of 2 different users to be the same? Presuming that the current setup is the good configuration, you can copy the configuration to the other user. # cp ~/.trinity/share/config/krusaderrc /home/foo_user/.trinity/share/config And when the other user is Root use: # cp ~/.trinity/share/config/krusaderrc /root/.trinity/share/config -21. Why doesn't "save last location" work? +20. Why doesn't "save last location" work? Unfortunately the 1.70.x version contains a bug. The tabs are not saved if a "Panels Save Settings=Tabs" item is present in the configuration files. The fix is easy: @@ -577,7 +546,7 @@ Usage FAQ * remove the "Panels Save Settings" item and it'll work with the <Last Session> feature in Konfigurator. More info can be found in our_forum. -22. Why doesn't the handbook work? +21. Why doesn't the handbook work? This error will happen on Debian� (or Debian� based) distro with the krusader_1.51-1_i386.deb package. You will see the next error message if you try to open the handbook: "The requested help file could not be found. |