Do I need these running? and if not how can I stop them?

M$ISBS · 06-30-2006, 12:28 AM

These are KDE programs or whatever you call them. It seems that when I kill them KDE runs much more stable. I have been killing every time I start up KDE. If I do some kind of chmod -x on each of them would that stop them? I did google but I didnt get much info. Thanks.

Kaccess
Knotify
Klipper
Korgac
Kio_file

Bruce Hill · 06-30-2006, 02:32 AM

I don't know what they are, but you could look for them, and at them, like this:

Code:

mingdao@silas:~$ whereis kaccess
kaccess: /opt/kde/bin/kaccess
mingdao@silas:~$ ls -lh /opt/kde/bin/kaccess
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 3.8K 2006-06-02 11:16 /opt/kde/bin/kaccess

Then as you suggested, as root "chmod -x /opt/kde/bin/kaccess" and restart X and see what happens. That KDE is a big old resource hog. You might try Xfce ... it's completely different to setup and learn, but doesn't take as much resources to run. And you still get a GUI desktop if you need one.

trainee · 06-30-2006, 03:14 AM

Is there anyway to run KDE application like "kile" without KDE?

Bruce Hill · 06-30-2006, 03:18 AM

trainee,

You thread hijacker! You should get 40 lashes with a wet noodle. If you will promise to read every word of How To Ask Questions The Smart Way there will be no such harsh punishment.

And the answer to your question is yes.

trainee · 06-30-2006, 03:55 AM

Sorry if that offended you. I just thought that the question is relevant to your answer above, and would be OK to ask.

Woodsman · 06-30-2006, 04:59 PM

IIRC Knotify and Klipper can be disabled at startup. For Klipper, click on the tray icon with your secondary mouse button. For Knotify I think the config is in the KDE Control Center.

Also, check your ~/.kde/Autostart directory for programs.

I find Klipper handy, similar to the Windows clipboard but improved. Knotify also is handy, although many people could disable this utility with no ill effects.

I am unfamiliar with the other apps listed.

dive · 06-30-2006, 06:11 PM

Korgac is the korganizer alarm daemon (sits in sys tray) and without it you will get no reminders. I starts up auto when you run korganizer and at startup.

M$ISBS · 06-30-2006, 10:01 PM

Thanks for the replies. I have been killing these processes and like I said before, KDE runs much more stable. I dont know if its just one that does it or all of them.

Old_Fogie · 06-30-2006, 11:59 PM

I cant get the korganizer to stop starting up no matter what I do lol

M$ISBS · 07-01-2006, 12:04 AM

Yea, I think I am going to dump KDE, The newest version is extremely unstable and some processess just wont stop. I am looking at xfce or enlightenment. I use windowmaker also but its really basic.

Bruce Hill · 07-01-2006, 12:28 AM

IMO the KDE philosophy is just like Micro$oft - release new versions with new features without concern for fixing all the bugs in the present version.

KDE is more bloated, and much less efficient that the Windoze eXPeriment GUI.

I'm learning Xfce on a test box -- when I can configure it, Krummy Desktop Excuse goes in the round file...

People just coming from Windoze may enjoy this type of experience, but not me.

onebuck · 07-01-2006, 10:07 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chinaman

IMO the KDE philosophy is just like Micro$oft - release new versions with new features without concern for fixing all the bugs in the present version.

KDE is more bloated, and much less efficient that the Windoze eXPeriment GUI.

I'm learning Xfce on a test box -- when I can configure it, Krummy Desktop Excuse goes in the round file...

People just coming from Windoze may enjoy this time of experience, but not me.

Hi,

Chinaman, I agree that KDE has the M$ mindset! For laptops and light desktops, I prefer XFCE for simple but useful gui. Most of my work is cli but when I'm on LQ, I use an old Gateway solo so xfce works with ease.

I keep KDE on some desktops for family use but most want M$ idiot crippled OS. Sure I use M$ when I must but use gets less over time since I no longer have to support that mangled OS.

Bruce Hill · 07-01-2006, 10:37 AM

Yes, I've almost stopped supporting M$ myself. I still will help people who are here and can't get help elsewhere, but I'm losing all my M$ knowledge from lack of use.

Sure wish Adobe would port a couple of apps to Linux, then I could "rm -rf /Windoze" my one self. But so long as we have no professional quality OSS DTP app, and nothing comparable to Photoshop, I gotta use it. And some printer drivers comparable to Windoze ones -- HP provides them for Linux, but half the quality of Windoze -- I don't understand that.

The learning curve with XFCE seems a bit steep to me right now, less than a week into it, for most of the stuff seems so non-intuitive. But most everything else in the Linux world did at first, so I'll get there.

I'm with you on the CLI there -- and ashamed to admit I'm about 3 years late getting a CLI mail setup ... but I really should do that soon...

Old_Fogie · 07-01-2006, 12:49 PM

I've got the latest KDE on one pc and it has error's on exit. The only thing that seems nice is that it detects if you put a cd in and asks if you want to do something with it, an auto-mounter per se'. Very windows like, but it's a pain at times too.

I'm slowly moving over to fluxbox, I just wish there were some decent file manager for it.

Bruce Hill · 07-01-2006, 01:48 PM

If you like Konqueror as your file browser, use it in Fluxbox. In fact, it might even be on the menu of Fluxbox already. Look in ~/.fluxbox/menu

Code:

[submenu] (File utils)
      [exec] (konqueror) {kfmclient openProfile filemanagement}

You can add any app in your system to that file. If you don't know the full path, issue

Code:

mingdao@silas:~$ which konqueror
/opt/kde/bin/konqueror

and add that line.

So if your Fluxbox doesn't have Konqueror, add this:

Code:

[submenu] (File utils)
      [exec] (konqueror) {/opt/kde/bin/konqueror}

and it will. I got the line above from Slackware -current, and don't know what "kfmclient openProfile filemanagement" means. That version was Fluxbox 1.0rc.