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   7 <chapter id="applications">
   8 <title>&kde; applications</title>
   9
  10 <qandaset>
  11 <qandaentry>
  12 <question>
  13 <para>&kppp;</para>
  14 </question>
  15 <answer>
  16
  17 <para>Many &kde; users report problems using &kppp;.  But before you
  18 complain about &kppp;, make sure you have already checked the
  19 following:</para>
  20
  21 <itemizedlist>
  22 <listitem><para>Can you dialup to your <acronym>ISP</acronym> without using &kppp;?  If you cannot, then perhaps &kppp; is not the culprit after
  23 all.</para></listitem>
  24 <listitem><para>Have you gone through the &kppp; documentation at
  25 least three times and followed its instructions and trouble-shooting
  26 suggestions?</para></listitem>
  27 </itemizedlist>
  28 <para>The &kppp; documentation can be accessed through the
  29 <application>&kde; Help Center</application>.
  30  Last, but not least, the &kppp; homepage is at <ulink
  31  url="http://ktown.kde.org/~kppp/">http://ktown.kde.org/~kppp/</ulink>.</para>
  32 <para>Now, if you still encounter problems, here's what might help you
  33 solve them:</para>
  34 <variablelist>
  35 <varlistentry><term>How do I change the &MTU; setting in &kppp;?</term>
  36 <listitem><para>Open up the &kppp; dialog box and select
  37 <guibutton>Setup</guibutton>.  Choose an existing account and click
  38 <guibutton>Edit</guibutton>, or <guibutton>New</guibutton> to create a
  39 new dialup account.  Select the <guilabel>Dial</guilabel> tab and
  40 click <guibutton>Arguments</guibutton>.  Type what you want to change
  41 in the Argument textbox (&eg; <userinput>mtu 296</userinput>) and
  42 click <guibutton>Add</guibutton>.  When you are satisfied, click
  43 <guibutton>Close</guibutton>.</para>
  44 <para>To check whether the options <quote>took</quote>, do one of the following:</para>
  45 <itemizedlist>
  46 <listitem>
  47 <para>In a terminal window, run
  48 <userinput><command>/sbin/ifconfig</command> ppp0</userinput> and look
  49 at the reported &MTU; in the output.  It should match your
  50 request.</para>
  51 </listitem>
  52 <listitem><para>Add <option>debug</option> and <option>kdebug</option>
  53 (each on a separate line) to your
  54 <filename>/etc/ppp/options</filename> file and restart your
  55 &PPP; session.  You will find debugging messages in
  56 <filename>/var/log/messages</filename>, including &MRU; and &MTU;
  57 settings.</para></listitem>
  58 </itemizedlist>
  59 <para>If you want, the &MRU; and &MTU; settings can be added to the
  60 <filename>options</filename> file, one complete setting per line, no
  61 quotes or dashes.</para></listitem>
  62 </varlistentry>
  63 <varlistentry>
  64 <term>&kppp; connects at a slower speed than
  65 normal.</term>
  66 <listitem><para>The following might do the trick:</para>
  67 <itemizedlist>
  68 <listitem><para>Try executing <command>setserial
  69 spd_hi</command>.</para></listitem>
  70 <listitem><para>The default &MTU; value is 1500,
  71 which maybe too large
  72 for a dialup connection.  Try changing it to a smaller value like
  73 <userinput>296</userinput>
  74 or <userinput>576</userinput>.</para></listitem>
  75 <listitem><para>Check in your <filename
  76 class="directory">$<envar>HOME</envar>/.kde/share/config</filename> for the
  77 <filename>kppprc</filename>.  Ensure the correct modem speed is
  78 actually defined there.</para></listitem>
  79 </itemizedlist></listitem>
  80 </varlistentry>
  81 </variablelist>
  82 </answer>
  83 </qandaentry>
  84
  85 <qandaentry>
  86 <question>
  87 <para>&konsole;</para>
  88 </question>
  89 <answer>
  90 <variablelist>
  91
  92 <varlistentry>
  93 <term>How do I page-up or page-down?</term>
  94 <listitem><para>Use <keycombo action="simul">
  95 &Shift;<keycap>Page Up</keycap></keycombo>
  96 and <keycombo action="simul">&Shift;<keycap>Pg
  97 Dn</keycap></keycombo>.
  98 </para></listitem>
  99 </varlistentry>
 100
 101 <varlistentry>
 102 <term>How do I perform a simple <quote>copy</quote> from &konsole; to
 103 anything else?</term>
 104 <listitem><para>When I do a <command>ls</command>, first I select with
 105 the mouse the desired text, press
 106 <keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>C</keycap></keycombo>,
 107 then I make the target application active, point the mouse to the
 108 relevant part and press <keycombo
 109 action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>V</keycap></keycombo>.
 110 Alternatively, highlight the text by dragging with the &LMB; down and
 111 paste by clicking with the &MMB; (or both buttons if you are using a
 112 2 button mouse with 3 button emulation).
 113 </para></listitem>
 114 </varlistentry>
 115
 116 <varlistentry>
 117 <term>Why can't &konsole; find the <quote>9x15</quote> and the 2
 118 <quote>console</quote> bitmap fonts installed with &kde;?</term>
 119 <listitem>
 120
 121 <para><application>FontConfig</application> must find the three fonts
 122 installed in: <filename
 123 class="directory">$<envar>KDEDIR</envar>/share/fonts</filename>.
 124  If
 125 the &kde; install does not install these fonts in a directory that
 126 already exists (&eg; <filename
 127 class="directory">/usr/share/fonts</filename>) then you must add this
 128 directory to the configuration file <filename
 129 class="directory">/etc/fonts/local.conf</filename>.  This should be
 130 the first line after <quote>&lt;fontconfig&gt;</quote>.  For example:
 131 <programlisting>
 132 &lt;fontconfig&gt;
 133 &lt;dir&gt;/usr/kde3/share/fonts&lt;/dir&gt;
 134 &lt;/fontconfig&gt;
 135 </programlisting>
 136 After adding the directory, run (as root):
 137 <userinput><command>fc-cache</command> -v</userinput> and check that
 138 it found the directory.</para>
 139 </listitem>
 140 </varlistentry>
 141
 142 </variablelist>
 143 </answer>
 144 </qandaentry>
 145
 146 <qandaentry>
 147 <question>
 148 <para>&kmail;</para>
 149 </question>
 150 <answer>
 151 <para>&kmail; has its own home page at <ulink
 152 url="http://kmail.kde.org">http://kmail.kde.org</ulink> where a
 153 <acronym>FAQ</acronym> is available.</para>
 154 </answer>
 155 </qandaentry>
 156
 157 </qandaset>
 158 </chapter>