On Sun, 14 Dec 2014 01:26:25 -0500
Felix Miata <mrmazda@...> wrote:

> Mike Bird composed on 2014-12-13 21:26 (UTC-0800):
> 
> > Felix Miata wrote:
> 
> >> Debian 6.0 system is "up to date", in that apt-get udate; apt-get upgrade
> >> find nothing new. TDE is 3.5.13. Settings menu option for Control Center
> >> produces nothing, while from Konsole, the message in $SUBJECT. Individual
> >> settings from the main menu is among the worst UIs on the planet. Please,
> >> how can I get kcontrol working (without hours of updating)?
> 
> > Does "apt-get --reinstall install kdelibs4c2a-trinity" help at all?
> 
> Helped a lot! KControl works. :-D http://tinyurl.com/nz37aer :-D How did you
> figure out that's what needed doing? $SUBJECT produced 0 hits from Google. :-p

The error suggested it was having difficulty finding the symbol definitions for a
common TDE graphical component.  The logical place for such a component to
be defined is the libs package, and the easiest way to deal with a broken package
is usually to reinstall it and hope the package mangler gets it right this time. ;)

E. Liddell