Content-Type=message/rfc822 Content-Description=embedded message From: Paul <bdi-emc@ntlworld.com> To: main@lists.alug.org.uk Subject: Re: [ALUG] plugins & KDE Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2004 17:53:04 +0000
Hi Bryce
Having just experienced KDE hanging during one of the initial stages of startup, you may want to try running ldconfig.. It solved the problem I was having.
Regards, Paul.
On Thursday 05 February 2004 12:32 am, Bryce Martin wrote:
konqueror and navigator have stopped playing video files on bbc websites that they were playing without the slightest trouble last week.
-- Thanks for the tip Paul but I need to know how to run idconfig. I mean, I tried typing idconfig as root and a user at the command line, but nothing happens of course. What do I need to do? The thing is that all the plugins (realplayer and the like) are already present and correct on my system. Last week konqueror and navigator used them properly and realplayer did it's job. Somehow, the system has got itself confused and thinks the plugins are not present (or something like that because it prompts me to download them). This is one aspect of linux that really annoys me. Everything is set up correctly and working one week, and the next things stop working for no apparent reason. Anyway, if you can give me as much detail about running or doing this idconfig thing, I would be very grateful. Regards, -- Bye, Bryce.
This is one aspect of linux that really annoys me. Everything is set up correctly and working one week, and the next things stop working for no apparent reason.
I think that if you change the word 'linux' to 'computers, you'll be nearer the mark :-) I've seen wierd things like this on windows, macs and linux-based OS's over the years. I share your pain :-) More seriously - computer systems are often seriously frustrating things. They are very complex systems designed by human beings - no wonder they don't always behave as expected! In your case, for example, the problem is unlikely to be with linux (the kernel) but could be with realplayer, the BBC website, KDE, the browser or browsers you are trying, the way that the particular distro you are using is configured - there are an awful lot of variables involved here. Let us know the distro you're using then someone can advise how to install ldconfig. I'd never heard of it before but it seems to be installed on my mandrkae 9.2 system. Post the URl of a page that used to work and no longer does so and we can try and figure out what may have happened. Syd
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