Pradeepto Bhattacharya wrote:
Hi,
On Sat, Sep 6, 2008 at 10:03 AM, Rony gnulinuxist@gmail.com wrote:
Hello,
There is Kubuntu 8.04 KDE4 on a PC and it has been upgraded to the latest apt packages. Thunderbird 2 was installed from apt packages. A gmail account was setup but it fails to authenticate the password and returns a normal wrong password error. After wasting a lot of time rechecking and suspecting the keyboard, I setup the account in Kmail and it worked fine. So there appears to be a bug in that Thunderbird package.
I would also like to add that KDE4 does not allow editing of its menus
Please state the version of KDE and don't say "KDE4". Thereis big difference between KDE4 and KDE 4.0/4.0.4/4.1/4.1.1. "KDE4" means something different. You will find enough documents on the internet about this. Do read about it.
I had mentioned that it is upgraded to the latest packages through apt. Fresh and piping hot. :-)
and Kmail's icon which was missing from the 'Internet' sub-menu, could
Have you checked if this is a downstream problem and not anupstream one? And have you filed a bug on Launchpad / kde bugzilla?
What is an upstream or downstream problem? I just install GNU/Linux and use KDE. Found the problem just yesterday at someone's place.
not be added manually. Some people on the net appear to have similar problems. Even creating a new application shortcut on the desktop as well as task bar is not possible with a right click as that option itself is missing. KDE4 is still a little 'nangu'.
Oh you missed the whole "folder view" discussion thathappened. Its not possible "by design". Read about Plasma and Folder View. And also the "Desktop is not a Folder" school of thought across the interweb.
There may be a theory behind it but some pointers should be available in the interface itself so that a normally experienced KDE user can find his way around without google. Anyway I will look it up.