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**askrieger** · Nov 24, 2006, 08:41 PM

Re: customize kde?

You can look at /home/<A-User>/.kde/share/config/ to change thngs on a user-by-user basis. For example, the file klipperrc in that directory has an entry

AutoStart=true

I suspect that changing it to "false" would turn off klipper for that user. Of course, if the user knows how, she can turn it back on, but I suppose you could change the ownership to root, root and and change the perms make it unwriteable by mere mortals.

**claydoh** · Nov 24, 2006, 09:03 PM

Re: customize kde?

You have the option when closing klipper from the desktop (right-click menu) to not start it up after login

kjournald is not a kde process, it is a kernel/filesystem process that is part of your ext3 filesystem. You need it unless you try a different filesystem.

khelper is also part of the kernel (not a kde app), though I can't remember what it is for.

a brief explaination of kded is here:
http://www.kde.org/areas/sysadmin/startup.php
You can see what kded items are running on demand and at startup in System Settings/Service Manager

Im sure you don't need kde running to use khotkeys, but you sure will have to have at least some kde libraries loaded up for it to run, which would add to your system if you are running gnome or XFCE, which probably have their own similar utilities

**grizzly** · Nov 24, 2006, 11:01 PM

Re: customize kde?

well klipper can be disabled from ~/.kde/share/config , but I couldn't find anything for disabling kicker/kdesktop/korganiser etc. But again if I can get khotkeys to run without kde, I'll be more than delighted. Anyone?
How is the khotkeys daemon is started?

**claydoh** · Nov 24, 2006, 11:55 PM

Re: customize kde?

I think we may need more info, as in what you mean "run khotkeys without kde"
Which desktop environment are you running in place of KDE? khotkeys is part of kdebase, pretty much the core of the desktop. But you can bring up the module with the command

Code:

kcmshell khotkeys

You can remove the kicker (taskbar) as well as the system tray which I think will prevent the korganizer icon from starting up. Right-click on the taskbar and remove whatever you want removed.

**grizzly** · Nov 25, 2006, 12:21 PM

Re: customize kde?

My desktop environment is fvwm(yes I know its a window manager). So what I want is to start khotkeys without starting the k desktop environment. Just like kicker can be started simply by the command 'kicker' irrespective of the desktop environment.

kcmshell khotkeys

Thanks but this starts the configuring dialog for khotkeys.. not the daemon

**claydoh** · Nov 25, 2006, 04:39 PM

Re: customize kde?

khotkeys ii I think kde-specific, so I don't think it will run without loading part of kde at least from what I can find. (my searches produce little info on this.)

Have you tried just running the command "khotkeys"? this produces an error for me.
If you already have khotkeys running, it will give the error:

Code:

$ khotkeys
ERROR: Communication problem with khotkeys, it probably crashed

But you can kill it by:

Code:

dcop kded khotkeys quit

or

Code:

 killall khotkeys

then run the command "khotkeys'
so if you arent't running kde, the command 'khotkeys' *should* work, maybe , I think, possibly

**grizzly** · Nov 27, 2006, 01:54 PM

Re: customize kde?

typing "khotkeys" ws the first thing I tried of course..

**claydoh** · Nov 28, 2006, 12:32 AM

Re: customize kde?

As far as I can tell, fvwm's key setup is done through its config file, so I don't believe khotkeys would work in that WM anyway

very brief and uninformative
http://www.zensites.net/fvwm/guide/bindings.html

fvwm's wiki http://www.fvwmwiki.org/
is down atm

Some overall fvwm configs, which you could use as a reference point
http://www.dotfiles.com/index.php?app_id=17

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