On Wednesday 26 September 2012, Calvin Morrison wrote: > On 25 September 2012 21:54, ant <aw30@...> wrote: > > My parents, who are a bit visually impaired (and in their 90s), have > > managed (somehow) to wipe out some bits of kmail, probably by dragging > > bits of window edges around. It's a bit difficult to discover, because I > > can't easily get to their computer, because they live a long way away, so > > any reset instructions will have to be given by telephone. > > > > Is there any easy way (see above) of setting kmail back to its default > > appearance without losing settings such as server type/passwords/filters? > > Since they are using imap, I guess that folder lists will be ok. > > > > cheers > > > > ant > > > > -- > > Sent from my linux system running Debian 6, desktop trinity-KDE. > > This email is plain text, not HTML. Any attachments are either .jpeg or > > .pdf > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > > trinity-users-unsubscribe@... For additional > > commands, e-mail: trinity-users-help@... Read list > > messages on the web archive: http://trinity-users.pearsoncomputing.net/ > > Please remember not to top-post: > > http://trinity.pearsoncomputing.net/mailing_lists/#top-posting > > The kmailrc (located in .trinity/share/config/) Has a Geometry > section. Maybe you could delete those lines. As you suggested though > it may be difficult to instruct your parents how to do this. Do you > have a way to vnc inh? that is what I recommend do. If you have ssh > and VNC setup (if not now; but in the future) resolving problems is a > bit less of a hassle ;) > > There may also be websites that offer similar functionality. > And if it is too complicated to install vnc and tweak it to find a local network behind a router you might look into teamviewer on www.teamviewer.com. It's most easy to set up. Gerhard