

You could also try changing it from konsole2 to konsole. That would probably fix it too, but using the new configuration file is your best bet. - May 31 2003
1. How high the icons get "raised"
2. How large the icons get
To change the first one edit kroller.py (currently about line 305) and change the "raiseIcons" variable to something smaller than 30 pixels.
To change the second one edit kroller.conf and set the largeImageSize to something smaller than 128 pixels.
Hope that helps! - May 30 2003
Hope that helps! - May 29 2003
can you set the debug value in kroller.conf to 1, run it form a konsole, and email me the output? Also if you can find where your icons are actually located and let me know that would help too. Kroller is currently searching a large number of directories for your icons, I'm not sure why it wouldn't be able to find them.
Thanks! - May 29 2003
I honestly don't know what it is. So I have a few more questions.
1. Did you try kroller first with the default Python that comes with Slackware 9.0? Because that's what I'm using and it works.
2. What compiler did you use when compiling SuperKaramba, and did you use any special configure options? I always just do a plain "./configure; make; make install" for SK.
I can't think of any other questions right now. - May 26 2003
I control my pc over the vnc/remote desktop sharing in KDE at least once a day, and the key bindings for switching desktops doesn't work through that, so getting the virtual desktop selector working was a big deal for me.
Thanks for the feedback though. If you have any good ideas (or patches ;) please let me know. I know I've been slow getting releases out.. I've been very busy at work lately. - May 23 2003
Isn't the whole reason for multiple desktops so that you don't need to minimize tasks? ;) - May 22 2003
I could be wrong, but I think that's whats happening. Feel free to get back into coding again and send me patches anytime though :) - May 21 2003
Can you find where your KDE icons are stored? Maybe if I update kroller to look in more places for the icons it would resolve this issue the correct way so you don't have to edit the configuration file.
Anyone reading this please feel free to jump in and help me out. It works fine on all my systems, so it's hard for me to debug this :| Information like what distributions don't work would help too, that way I can bring up a test box on that platform for future QA. - May 21 2003
Has anyone else had this problem? - May 21 2003

Karamba & Superkaramba by ageitgey 326 comments
Steps to re-produce bug:
1. createImage
2. resizeImageSmooth
3. applyImageEffect (highlight is what I was using)
4. Notice that image has now been resized to original size :(
This does not happen if you use the non-smooth resizeImage function.
Anyway, it wasn't a show stopper, but thought I should let you know. - May 14 2003
So the short answer is no, not yet :(
I think everyone is anxiously awaiting true alpha blening in X windows :) - May 14 2003
However, now that you've expressed an interest in this functionality I will resume my efforts to get that functionality merged... along with trying to get some sort of task management functionality built in as others have been requesting (again I personally wouldn't use those features)
Of course all of this is on hold until after I see Matrix Reloaded later tonight ;)
Anyway, hope that helps you understand what's going on! - May 14 2003

Karamba & Superkaramba by ageitgey 326 comments
- Version of Python
- Linux Distribution (Redhat/Slackware/etc)
- If you compiled SuperKaramba yourself what compiler you have installed
And then turn debugging to a high level (3) in kroller.conf and run "superkaramba kroller.theme" from a konsole and post the output.
If you could do that, it would help a lot in tracking down the source of the problem.
Thanks! - May 13 2003
I will post an answer if I can find one, but so far I have been unable to duplicate this error, so it makes it hard for me to fix! - May 12 2003
I'll add it to my list of things to do and see if I can't get it done sometime this week. I would like to do the task management stuff too, but I'm not sure how soon I'll be able to get to it. - May 06 2003
It doesn't require doubble click unless you right clicked and selected "Toggle Locked Position." To change it back to single click, either restart kroller, or right click and lock it's position again.
Hope that helps. - May 06 2003
I will make sure the 64x64 icon clipping gets fixed in the next release (I was going to fix that in this release, but I forgot!)
As far as the iconbar streching out when you put your mouse into it: I'm not sure how to fix this. I think I might be able to do it if I just space everything out a bit more or something. I can't promise this will get fixed too soon, but I'll do my best. If anyone has any good ideas let me know! - May 06 2003

Karamba & Superkaramba by ageitgey 326 comments
Even with this standard though, it would still be a nice feature to have in super karamba. At least then the python extension can try (as a last resort?) to load the configuration file from the directory where the .theme file is stored. Most unix apps will try home dir first, then global dir second. - May 04 2003

Karamba & Superkaramba by ageitgey 326 comments
There are an increasing number of SuperKaramba projects that are using configuration files in their python programs, but the python program has no way of automatically finding it's configuration file. It would be nice if there was a karamba.getPath(), or something like that.
Brandon - May 01 2003
I think the reason Kroller uses so much less CPU is because it doesn't have the bar in the background, so my theory is that karamba doesn't have to alpha-blend the icons against the bar image, making it much faster.
I won't know for sure if that's it until I add support for a background image again. Contrary to what Ratbert said, adding the bar again isn't as simple as uncommenting the bar related code in kroller.
Thanks for the feedback! - Apr 30 2003
Hmm.. I'm not sure, but I would guess that when you updated superKaramba it didn't update the python module that goes with it or something like that, because it's saying the "keramba" module doesn't have a "createClickArea" object, but it should.
I guess it could be the .pyc file that needs to be recompiled on your computer? Try deleting the .pyc file and re-running.
Brandon - Apr 30 2003