switching to kubunto first impressions and few questions

[Derek Broughton]

Emanoil Kotsev wrote:

> Hi, thank you for answering

>> > I did ls -al /lib/dhcp3-client/call-dhclient-script
>> > 
>> > -rwsr-xr-- 1 root ssh 2960 2008-04-02 15:38
>> > /lib/dhcp3-client/call-dhclient-script
>> > 
>> > Why the h* it has permissions root:ssh
>> 
>> You didn't actually install Kubuntu, fresh, did you?
>> You've upgraded from
>> Debian, which is likely to result in a fair number of
>> problems.
> 
> False asumption - I did install clean kubuntu. I just said that I'm
> switching to kubuntu from debian - keeping my home-data and stuff - but I
> _did_ clean install

It's not an assumption, it's a guess based on insufficient data from you. 
Quite simply, I can imagine no way that can happen - and I have enough
experience to have done it myself - without restoring a /etc/passwd file
from another system.
> 
>> Particularly, your /etc/shadow and /etc/passwd and probably
>> /etc/group
>> & /etc/gpasswd are out of sync.
> 
> this is based on the wrong assumption made above. It's there for not true.

whatever.
 
>> Incorrectly written DSDT in the BIOS.  Sorry, I don't
>> recall the fix but
>> it's an ACPI parameter in the grub boot settings.
> 
> What is to be done? Which paramter?

For heaven's sake - google!  Why should _we_ have to be able to dredge it
up - it's common and well known.

>> 
>> > 4) dual monitor layout
>> > Appart the fact that intel 945 has a stupid 3d
>> limitation of screen size
>> > and when using two monitors there is no 3d
>> acceleration I observed
>> > following.
>> 
>> Cheap hardware gives cheap results.  I can live with those
>> limitations.  I
>> don't even know if the Intel graphics can do that in
>> Vista, but certainly
>> not in X.
> 
> Well, where is this magic kde setting written, so that new user gets
> monitors automatically configured and old users do not?

That's got nothing to do with the above.   Intel can't do 3D on dual
monitors in X for new or old users.
> 
>> 
>> > Who is responsible to extend the functionallity of the
>> krandrtray, so a
>> > user can say use two desktops - I'm really missing
>> it. Also a feature for
>> > screen A left/right of screen B would be fine. Screen
>> here is monitor of
>> > course.
>> 
>> I have that with my laptop and a 945 graphics card.  System
>> Settings -
>> Monitor and Display.
> 
> How do you proceed there? I'm command line user and do it with xrandr as I
> said, what I'm looking for is a setting to make it permanentloy working.

How can you be complaining about lack of functionality in KDE, and then
complaining that I tell you how to make the settings in KDE?  While I
usually give command line solutions for things that can be done
appropriately at the command line, just because they're so much easier to
demonstrate completely in a text medium, this is a KDE issue, so use the
KDE System Settings.
-- 
derek