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

[Shlomi Fish]

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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.

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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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