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Monday, July 28th 2008, 4:49am

military time

How do I set my military time to standard time if all of my options are shaded out in my system settings overview --> Date and Time?

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Monday, July 28th 2008, 10:48am

Can you provide some more information? What is your kde version and which distro are you using?

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Tuesday, July 29th 2008, 6:01pm

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How do I find the KDE version and the distro I am on?

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Tuesday, July 29th 2008, 7:02pm

When you click in the menu on Help, there is a point About KDE, there you get the version you are using.
To find out your distribution, open the Konsole, and there you type: cat /etc/issue
Then you get your distribution and your version number (as long as it is linux).

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Tuesday, July 29th 2008, 8:50pm

KDE Version, etc.

KDE version is 4.0.3
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Tuesday, July 29th 2008, 8:51pm

Kubuntu version

Kubuntu version 8.04.1.

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Tuesday, July 29th 2008, 9:02pm

Admiral,

Are you using KDE Control Center (I think you are)? In that case there should be a button Administrator Mode at the bottom of the window. When you hit that button, you will be asked for the root password. After giving the root password, the fields won't be shaded out anymore.

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Tuesday, July 29th 2008, 11:05pm

KDE Control Center

Rob, or anyone--

How do I get into KDE Control Center? I have no knowledge that I am using it. If I am using it, I certainly don't know that I am using. Trying to get into it is like having my hands tied behind my back.

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Tuesday, July 29th 2008, 11:12pm

Since you can access Konsole, just go to Konsole and enter: kcontrol
What comes up is the KDE Control Center. You were probably using it all along
Do you see any button/checkbox like "Administrator Mode"?

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Tuesday, July 29th 2008, 11:27pm

Don't panic, Admiral, don't panic. We'll get you there... ;)

First this: in any KDE application, if you ever want to know what application you are using, or what version it is, find the Help option in your menu and select about. There are 2 abouts in your Help menu: 1 for KDE and 1 for the application.

Now, back to your question.

If it is indeed kcontrol (KDE Control Center) you are using, I have already told you how to become root.

If it is not kcontrol, shut down the application you have open, hit Alt+F2 and type kcontrol. After pressing Enter KDE Control Center will open.

Rob


Edit:
Mmmmhh... Jayant was faster then I was... Credits go to him...

This post has been edited 1 times, last edit by "OhReally" (Jul 29th 2008, 11:49pm)

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Tuesday, July 29th 2008, 11:49pm

Kcontrol

Rob,

Thank you for your efforts, but as a matter of course, you should not have assumed that I was running Kcontrol. I had to install it upon your mention of its use for this issue. And you know what they say about assumptions.

So, now that it is installed, I went into administrator mode to try to do what I wanted to do, however, that proposed solution did not work. Something was done wrong. Don't know what, but it was done wrong. Now if we could get the right solution, and get it to work, that would be most helpful to me, and would employ some karma. :rolleyes:

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