On Tuesday 18 September 2012 15:23:44 Mag. Dr. Nikolaus Klepp wrote: > you've restarted kde after installing the patches? I thought so, but I just rebooted, and the answer is obviously no. :-(( All is now well. I shall be making myself use KDE4 as a punishment soon. I don't deserve decent software Thanks, Nic. Lisi > Am Dienstag, 18. September 2012 schrieb Lisi: > > I had an apparently working system, so I decided to take a deep breath, > > cross my fingers and install Slávek's patches. All appeared to go > > swimmingly. But now if I try to launch almost anything via Klauncher I > > get the message above. > > > > Application names preceded by kdesu appear to launch without a problem. > > > > Klauncher was working well before I installed the patches. Yes, daft, I > > know, not to leave well alone, when I had an operational system. But I > > fancied having the patches. > > > > I work almost entirely via Klauncher. The fact that they have messed > > around with Klauncher is one of the many things I dislike about KDE4. Is > > there an easy solution? Or shall I just reinstall and stop at 3.5.13 > > without patches? :-( > > > > I am NOT giving up. I have been pig-headed since I was a baby. It is > > bit late to change now.