Am Donnerstag, 6. Oktober 2011 schrieb Lisi: > Hello, all. > > This is a KDE problem, not a Trinity one, but I know of nowhere else that > would give me a sympathetic hearing. ("KDE 3 is dead already. Scrap KDE > 3 and go to KDE 4.") > > Bonkers is the best description I can come up with. Applications that were > working fine are suddenly not. (In particular Konqueror, but not only > Konqeror.) Settings change randomly. The latest, a few minutes ago, was > my desktop settings, which have disappeared and the same random KDE one > "set up" for all the desktops (4 - and until just now they all had > different backgrounds). When I went to check what "configure desktop" > showed, I found that my screensaver had been turned off. > > The most benign reason I can come up with is that the CMOS battery needs > changing. Something is obviously on the way out. Motherboard also springs > to mind. :-( > > It could, of course, be software related. I just can't think what! > > All other ideas and suggestions for solving this gratefully received. If > the advice is bin the thing it will only echo my fears. I built this box > about 8 years ago, so something crucial dying is not impossible. > > It would happen now. :-( I am in the middle of something that is important > to me, and has a deadline of Monday, which I am not going to meet. I have > had to give up driving because my eyesight has deteriorated, I live in the > country and my husband (i.e. my transport) is away for the next 2 weeks. > > My, the gremlins are having fun. ;-( Look at the logs (/var/log/messages), if nothing's in it, run memtest. Could be a good idea to make a backup ... Nik > > Lisi > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > trinity-users-unsubscribe@... For additional > commands, e-mail: trinity-users-help@... Read list > messsages on the Web archive: http://trinity-users.pearsoncomputing.net/ > Please remember not to top-post: > http://trinity.pearsoncomputing.net/mailing_lists/#top-posting -- Mag. Dr. Nikolaus Klepp Einnehmerstraße 14 A-4810 Gmunden Tel.: +43 650 82 11 724 email: office@...