Hi,

We are trying to install a virtual machine with minimal size and a colleague installed a minimal install of KDE4. In comparison to a full install the option to arrange items along a grid on the desktop is missing. In the full install I get this with right click.

Also KDE seems to be unable to detect new items in the Desktop folder. It just ignores changes.

Is there a way to install small packages (ubuntu) that provide this functionality and nothing more?

Thanks!

Best wishes

Stefan

if it's the desktop layout you're asking about then It's in plasma-containments-addons, you'll need to change the layout to folderview (cashew -> default desktop settings -> layout) OR are you looking for the folderview widget, then it would be plasma-widget-folderview. there's also a grid desktop layout that would also be in plasma-containments-addons

could you elaborate on "unable to detect new items" ... "it just ignores them" you mean on the desktop? in a widget or in Dolphin?

google01103 wrote:if it's the desktop layout you're asking about then It's in plasma-containments-addons, you'll need to change the layout to folderview (cashew -> default desktop settings -> layout) OR are you looking for the folderview widget, then it would be plasma-widget-folderview. there's also a grid desktop layout that would also be in plasma-containments-addons

Hm, cashew? Where do I find this? I always tried the KDE system settings for configuration.

When I rightclick I get:

- run command
- add widget
- add panel
- activities

while in the full installation I get:

- create new
- undo
- paste clipboard
- icons
- refresh desktop
- open with dolphin

I am looking for the "icon" part.

google01103 wrote:could you elaborate on "unable to detect new items" ... "it just ignores them" you mean on the desktop? in a widget or in Dolphin?

In the full installation KDE recognizes when I put a .desktop file into the folder ~/Desktop. This is not the case in the reduced installation. I have to drag and drop files from the ~/Desktop folder onto the desktop to make them appear there.

Thanks for the help!

Best

Stefan

cashew the thingy on upper right corner of screen, you can also use right click the desktop -> default desktop settings OR alt+d, alt+s (when over the desktop)

the reason the 2 different right click results is that they are different desktop layouts, the default (desktop icons) and folderview (which is what you're wanting to use)

also to have the desktop mirror ~/.desktop you need to use the folderview layout

Thanks!