Sailejay
October 23rd, 2011, 10:04 PM
Guys, please forgive me for asking so many questions here. Just know I attempt to google search. Why wouldn't I? It's easier than writing here, hehe. Perhaps I'm a lousy googler, though.
Either way I've been playing around with Kubuntu 11.10 (and am new to KDE), and for the most part I have this desktop tip-top (thanks in part to you folks), but there are a few nagging issues.
First the easy one: After leaving my computer (a Dell Inspiron N7010 w/ Intel HD gfx) idle for a few minutes the backlight turns off. It's no major issue really, because all I have to do is move the mouse and it comes right back on. However, I don't want it going off when plugged in. I looked all through power settings and whatnot, but see nothing there. I feel this is a simple setting probably hiding in plain sight, but tell me, please, where is it? My screensaver is disabled.
Next: I have my KDE desktop layout set to "Folder View." But something strange happens; my icons will sometimes randomly resize. Why is that?
Within Desktop Settings under the Display section I have Icon Arrangement set to "Top to Bottom, Left to Right," however when adding a new icon, say adding a new folder via right clickin the desktop, it may appear over another icon (superimpose itself on another icon), or it may appear in the upper left corner of the screen. In other words, what an icon will do when I add it to the desktop is not consistent at all. All I want it to do is simply be the next icon in the list like this, for example:
Home
Trash
Firefox
Clementine
<New Icon is added here>
I just want a newly added, downloaded, created, or whatever icon to appear as next in the list of my desktop icons. Man I hope that was clear.
I know this is really anal, folks - but I'm sure I'm in good company with respect to being that way about my computer. Now, off to write a term paper about the differences about the historical reasons for the food of Latin Europe (France, Portugal, Spain, etc) having a different flair than food of the British Isles. You guys are more than welcome to help me with that to, ha!
Seriously though, Thanks in advance guys.
Either way I've been playing around with Kubuntu 11.10 (and am new to KDE), and for the most part I have this desktop tip-top (thanks in part to you folks), but there are a few nagging issues.
First the easy one: After leaving my computer (a Dell Inspiron N7010 w/ Intel HD gfx) idle for a few minutes the backlight turns off. It's no major issue really, because all I have to do is move the mouse and it comes right back on. However, I don't want it going off when plugged in. I looked all through power settings and whatnot, but see nothing there. I feel this is a simple setting probably hiding in plain sight, but tell me, please, where is it? My screensaver is disabled.
Next: I have my KDE desktop layout set to "Folder View." But something strange happens; my icons will sometimes randomly resize. Why is that?
Within Desktop Settings under the Display section I have Icon Arrangement set to "Top to Bottom, Left to Right," however when adding a new icon, say adding a new folder via right clickin the desktop, it may appear over another icon (superimpose itself on another icon), or it may appear in the upper left corner of the screen. In other words, what an icon will do when I add it to the desktop is not consistent at all. All I want it to do is simply be the next icon in the list like this, for example:
Home
Trash
Firefox
Clementine
<New Icon is added here>
I just want a newly added, downloaded, created, or whatever icon to appear as next in the list of my desktop icons. Man I hope that was clear.
I know this is really anal, folks - but I'm sure I'm in good company with respect to being that way about my computer. Now, off to write a term paper about the differences about the historical reasons for the food of Latin Europe (France, Portugal, Spain, etc) having a different flair than food of the British Isles. You guys are more than welcome to help me with that to, ha!
Seriously though, Thanks in advance guys.