[NTLUG:Discuss] kde4.2 question

[Kevin E. Ivey]

Fred wrote:
> Here's a good one...my kid's new HP laptop is running 
> opensuse 11.1 and kde 4.2.2. Somehow they managed
> to kill the status bar, activity bar, whatever it is along the
> bottom of the desktop. Since kde 4.2.2 is now so much like
> windows, there has to be a button in the bottom-left to 
> click to access applications. I cannot bring up the kde menu.
> 
> Any idea of how to get it back? Google didn't help.
> 
> Fred

Try switching to "Folder View" on the cashew in the top right corner.

You can try changing the properties of the panel in the "Configure your 
Desktop" control panel thingy buried in the menu, YMMV.

I have switched to PCLinuxOS because it works great and uses KDE 
3.5.10...  My Mandriva machines are either still at 2008.1 with KDE 
3.5.9 or 2009.1 with KDE 4.2.0.  I'm not fond of KDE 4 either, but it 
works much better than it did a year ago...

Kevin