[NTLUG:Discuss] KDE on OpenSUSE 11.0

[Chris Cox]

Richard wrote:
> Is there a way to change the style or theme of the program menu so that 
> it is more Redmond-like instead of being the right & left scroll-ie 

Right click on it and select Switch to KDE Menu Style

... I'm assuming you're running KDE 3.5 and not KDE 4.

> thing?   Also, what configuration option is it that causes the tool-tip 
> popup whenever the mouse is left hovering over a running task that is 
> down in the task bar.   I can't figure out how to make the taskbar 
> popups either go away totally or at least after a certain time.  Is 

Right click on the taskbar, Configure Panel -> Appearance... you'll
see the options at the top.

> there a way to  make KDE in OpenSUSE less flashy?   Maybe more like it 
> runs in Slackware?  I did look in YAST and there are the 
> kdebase4-workstation-branding packages.  Could it be as simple as 
> removing the opensuse branding and replacing it with the upstream branding?

Ouch... I think you just said the KDE 4 word.  You may have to
forget anything else I mentioned here.  KDE 4 is a work in progress.
It doesn't come anywhere near to supporting everything that KDE 3 does
today... but sadly, all work on KDE 3 has stopped (so eventually
we'll all have to use KDE 4, like it or not... even if it's still
baking).

KDE 4 is meant to be NON Windows like (the main reason why Gnome
fanboys dismiss KDE is it's Windows look and feel).  Going from
KDE 4 back to KDE 3 is not necessarily easy.


> 
> Also, the monitor is running at 60Hz.  It is VERY annoying as it is 
> flickering in time with the florescent lighting.  How does one FORCE the 
> monitor to run at a specific Hz?  Should I just edit the xorg.conf file 
> (or use the dialog boxes to do the same) to set the monitor range from 
> 70Hz to 70Hz?  Surely there has to be a better way.

If sax2 didn't detect your monitor correctly, you can choose (override)
a different monitor (there are generic ones with Hz levels).

Also, if you can run krandrtray, you may be able to select this on the fly.
Right click on the Resize & Rotate tool in your systray and see if there
is something under Refresh Rate to choose from.  If not, you'll have
to go back to sax2 and make changes there.