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+<!--
+<?xml version="1.0" ?>
+<!DOCTYPE chapter PUBLIC "-//KDE//DTD DocBook XML V4.2-Based Variant V1.1//EN"
+ "dtd/kdex.dtd">
+-->
+
+<chapter id="applications">
+<title
+>&kde; applications</title>
+
+<qandaset>
+<qandaentry>
+<question>
+<para
+>&kppp;</para>
+</question>
+<answer>
+
+<para
+>Many &kde; users report problems using &kppp;. But before you complain about &kppp;, make sure you have already checked the following:</para>
+
+<itemizedlist>
+<listitem
+><para
+>Can you dialup to your <acronym
+>ISP</acronym
+> without using &kppp;? If you cannot, then perhaps &kppp; is not the culprit after all.</para
+></listitem>
+<listitem
+><para
+>Have you gone through the &kppp; documentation at least three times and followed its instructions and trouble-shooting suggestions?</para
+></listitem>
+</itemizedlist>
+<para
+>The &kppp; documentation can be accessed through the <application
+>&kde; Help Centre</application
+>. Last, but not least, the &kppp; homepage is at <ulink url="http://ktown.kde.org/~kppp/"
+>http://ktown.kde.org/~kppp/</ulink
+>.</para>
+<para
+>Now, if you still encounter problems, here's what might help you solve them:</para>
+<variablelist>
+<varlistentry
+><term
+>How do I change the &MTU; setting in &kppp;?</term>
+<listitem
+><para
+>Open up the &kppp; dialogue box and select <guibutton
+>Setup</guibutton
+>. Choose an existing account and click <guibutton
+>Edit</guibutton
+>, or <guibutton
+>New</guibutton
+> to create a new dialup account. Select the <guilabel
+>Dial</guilabel
+> tab and click <guibutton
+>Arguments</guibutton
+>. Type what you want to change in the Argument textbox (&eg; <userinput
+>mtu 296</userinput
+>) and click <guibutton
+>Add</guibutton
+>. When you are satisfied, click <guibutton
+>Close</guibutton
+>.</para>
+<para
+>To check whether the options <quote
+>took</quote
+>, do one of the following:</para>
+<itemizedlist>
+<listitem>
+<para
+>In a terminal window, run <userinput
+><command
+>/sbin/ifconfig</command
+> ppp0</userinput
+> and look at the reported &MTU; in the output. It should match your request.</para>
+</listitem>
+<listitem
+><para
+>Add <option
+>debug</option
+> and <option
+>kdebug</option
+> (each on a separate line) to your <filename
+>/etc/ppp/options</filename
+> file and restart your &PPP; session. You will find debugging messages in <filename
+>/var/log/messages</filename
+>, including &MRU; and &MTU; settings.</para
+></listitem>
+</itemizedlist>
+<para
+>If you want, the &MRU; and &MTU; settings can be added to the <filename
+>options</filename
+> file, one complete setting per line, no quotes or dashes.</para
+></listitem>
+</varlistentry>
+<varlistentry>
+<term
+>&kppp; connects at a slower speed than normal.</term>
+<listitem
+><para
+>The following might do the trick:</para>
+<itemizedlist>
+<listitem
+><para
+>Try executing <command
+>setserial spd_hi</command
+>.</para
+></listitem>
+<listitem
+><para
+>The default &MTU; value is 1500, which maybe too large for a dialup connection. Try changing it to a smaller value like <userinput
+>296</userinput
+> or <userinput
+>576</userinput
+>.</para
+></listitem>
+<listitem
+><para
+>Check in your <filename class="directory"
+>$<envar
+>HOME</envar
+>/.kde/share/config</filename
+> for the <filename
+>kppprc</filename
+>. Ensure the correct modem speed is actually defined there.</para
+></listitem>
+</itemizedlist
+></listitem>
+</varlistentry>
+</variablelist>
+</answer>
+</qandaentry>
+
+<qandaentry>
+<question>
+<para
+>&konsole;</para>
+</question>
+<answer>
+<variablelist>
+
+<varlistentry>
+<term
+>How do I page-up or page-down?</term>
+<listitem
+><para
+>Use <keycombo action="simul"
+> <keycap
+>Shift</keycap
+><keycap
+>Page Up</keycap
+></keycombo
+> and <keycombo action="simul"
+><keycap
+>Shift</keycap
+><keycap
+>Pg Dn</keycap
+></keycombo
+>. </para
+></listitem>
+</varlistentry>
+
+<varlistentry>
+<term
+>How do I perform a simple <quote
+>copy</quote
+> from &konsole; to anything else?</term>
+<listitem
+><para
+>When I do a <command
+>ls</command
+>, first I select with the mouse the desired text, press <keycombo action="simul"
+>&Ctrl;<keycap
+>C</keycap
+></keycombo
+>, then I make the target application active, point the mouse to the relevant part and press <keycombo action="simul"
+>&Ctrl;<keycap
+>V</keycap
+></keycombo
+>. Alternatively, highlight the text by dragging with the &LMB; down and paste by clicking with the &MMB; (or both buttons if you are using a 2 button mouse with 3 button emulation). </para
+></listitem>
+</varlistentry>
+
+<varlistentry>
+<term
+>Why can't &konsole; find the <quote
+>9x15</quote
+> and the 2 <quote
+>console</quote
+> bitmap fonts installed with &kde;?</term>
+<listitem>
+
+<para
+><application
+>FontConfig</application
+> must find the three fonts installed in: <filename class="directory"
+>$<envar
+>KDEDIR</envar
+>/share/fonts</filename
+>. If the &kde; install does not install these fonts in a directory that already exists (&eg; <filename class="directory"
+>/usr/share/fonts</filename
+>) then you must add this directory to the configuration file <filename class="directory"
+>/etc/fonts/local.conf</filename
+>. This should be the first line after <quote
+>&lt;fontconfig&gt;</quote
+>. For example: <programlisting>
+&lt;fontconfig&gt;
+&lt;dir&gt;/usr/kde3/share/fonts&lt;/dir&gt;
+&lt;/fontconfig&gt;
+</programlisting
+> After adding the directory, run (as root): <userinput
+><command
+>fc-cache</command
+> -v</userinput
+> and check that it found the directory.</para>
+</listitem>
+</varlistentry>
+
+</variablelist>
+</answer>
+</qandaentry>
+
+<qandaentry>
+<question>
+<para
+>&kmail;</para>
+</question>
+<answer>
+<para
+>&kmail; has its own home page at <ulink url="http://kmail.kde.org"
+>http://kmail.kde.org</ulink
+> where an <acronym
+>FAQ</acronym
+> is available.</para>
+</answer>
+</qandaentry>
+
+</qandaset>
+</chapter>