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Hi all,

 

Fairly new install of Mandriva 2006 free DVD with updates applied. I use kmail and have it run in the background and put an icon in the system tray when I close it. When I left click on the kmail icon in the system tray the icon just disappears and I have to restart kmail from the menu. For the fun of it I ran kmail from the konsole and it works properly then.

 

Any ideas?

 

Thanks.

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I use kmail and have it run in the background and put an icon in the system tray when I close it. When I left click on the kmail icon in the system tray the icon just disappears and I have to restart kmail from the menu. For the fun of it I ran kmail from the konsole and it works properly then.

 

Yes, annoying that isn't it. Here's how I got it to work for me.

 

Change the command on the application tab of the icon properties from "kontact --module kmail" to "kontact"

 

If you want to start in mail, then "configure kontact" allows you to choose the default module.

 

Hope that helps...

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Sorry, preah. Didn't notice your reply.

 

Yes, annoying that isn't it. Here's how I got it to work for me.

 

Change the command on the application tab of the icon properties from "kontact --module kmail" to "kontact"

 

If you want to start in mail, then "configure kontact" allows you to choose the default module.

 

 

I'm a little confused with regard to the location of the icon properties. Are you refering to the kmenu editor or some other place.

 

I have noticed that if I run kontact instead of kmail from the app menu that left clicking in the systray works properly. If I try to edit the command for kmail in the menu editor to say 'kontact' instead of what it currently says, 'kontact-kmail.sh' and restarting X, it still won't work correctly. The next time I looked in the menu editor I had two entries for kmail but I don't recall seeing two kmail icons in the app menu.

 

Thank you.

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