[Gllug] Fwd: [Probably Solved] Re: KDE's Selected Text/Active Title Bar Colours Are Constantly Reverted in Mandriva 2007

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Shlomi Fish wrote:

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>
>Subject: [Probably Solved] Re: KDE's Selected Text/Active Title Bar Colours 
>Are Constantly Reverted in Mandriva 2007
>Date: Tuesday 05 December 2006 11:04
>From: Shlomi Fish <shlomif at iglu.org.il>
>To: "Linux-IL, " <linux-il at linux.org.il>
>
>Replying to myself, I'd like to say that I believe I found a way how to solve
>the problem. After inspecting the kdebase package code, I found that the
>current colours are specified in the "kdeglobals" file in the [WM] section
>and in other sections. However, my kdeglobals file did not contain the
>activeBlend= key (which is for the active title bar) and other keys.
>
>I tried saving the color scheme again from the KDE control center, and
>afterwards the kdeglobals indeed contained these keys. So I realised that
>somehow it got over-rided by a different kdeglobals that did not contain
>them.
>
>What I did as the time was kill X using Ctrl+Alt+Backspace, so when KDE
> starts it will use that kdeglobals file. However, there's a better way:
>
>1. Open a terminal window and input the following command (but don't press
>enter):
>
>	cp ~/.kde/share/config/kdeglobals ~/kdeglobals-GOOD
>
>2. Fire up the KDE Control Center, and set the colours to their good setting
>again.
>
>3. Press enter in the terminal you've opened.
>
>4. Exit KDE.
>
>5. In a virtual console (Ctrl+Alt+F2), run the following command:
>
>	mv -f ~/kdeglobals-GOOD ~/.kde/share/config/kdeglobals
>
>(Press enter for it now).
>
>6. Start KDE again.
>
>------------
>
>It seems to have worked for me so far - I'll see if it persists and if it
>indeed does, I'll post this message to my blog.
>
>Regards,
>
>	Shlomi Fish
>
>On Monday 04 December 2006 21:30, Shlomi Fish wrote:
>  
>
>>Hi all!
>>
>>I'm using Mandriva 2007 with KDE. The selection/windows title bar colours
>>keep changing to saturated light blue instead of the normal darker blue
>>that is the default.
>>
>>I've tried creating my own colour scheme called "Shlomif Default" in the
>>KDE Control Center's "Appearance & Themes -> Colors" applet with the good
>>configuration. It didn't help and the colours were reverted.
>>
>>Strangely enough when the applet is opened it displays it with the bad
>>colours, and with the "Shlomif Default" scheme selected, but when I select
>>a different scheme and revert "Shlomif Default", the colours I specified
>>are restored. But they get reverted to the bad state again after KDE is
>>running for a while.
>>
>>Note that only KDE apps are affected. The Gtk+ colours remain fine.
>>
>>I could not find anything about it in the Mandriva bug tracker or on
>>Google.
>>
>>Does anyone know how to fix it?
>>
>>Thanks in advance,
>>
>>	Shlomi Fish
>>
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>>
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>Shlomi Fish      shlomif at iglu.org.il
>Homepage:        http://www.shlomifish.org/
>
>Chuck Norris wrote a complete Perl 6 implementation in a day but then
>destroyed all evidence with his bare hands, so no one will know his secrets.
>  
>

You could maybe try:

chmod a-w ~/.kde/share/config/kdeglobals


after setting your colour scheme of course.

Gabriel.
http://lives.sourceforge.net




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