Re: CloclApplet in KDE

[Rex Dieter <rdieter@math.unl.edu>]

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On Friday 06 June 2003 11:00 am, Sadanapalli, Pradeep Kumar (MED, TCS) 
wrote:
> Hi,
> I am running RedHat 8.0 and kde 3.1.2 . When I login as a normal user, I
> am unable to change the system date. I am trying to do this. I am right
> clicking on the clock applet on the panel, and then from the popup menu,
> I am clicking on "Adjust Date & Time ..." and nothing comes up.

How did you install kde 3.1.2? (ie, where did you get it from)?

hint/fyi: KDE built from sources won't work.  (-:  The RPMS included in rh9 
and from both kde-redhat.sf.net and kde.org include a patch (attached) to 
make the "Adjust time & date" option invoke the redhat-config-date 
program.

-- Rex

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--- kdebase-3.1/kicker/applets/clock/clock.cpp.clock	2002-11-20 17:27:29.000000000 -0500
+++ kdebase-3.1/kicker/applets/clock/clock.cpp	2002-11-20 17:27:00.000000000 -0500
@@ -928,11 +928,15 @@
 		_settings->openPreferences();
 		break;
 	case 103:
-		proc << locate("exe", "kdesu");
-		proc << "--nonewdcop";
-		proc << QString("%1 clock --lang %2")
+		if ( QFile::exists( locate("exe", "redhat-config-date") ) )
+			proc << locate("exe", "redhat-config-date");
+		else {
+			proc << locate("exe", "kdesu");
+			proc << "--nonewdcop";
+			proc << QString("%1 clock --lang %2")
 				.arg(locate("exe", "kcmshell"))
 				.arg(KGlobal::locale()->language());
+		}
 		proc.start(KProcess::DontCare);
 		break;
 	case 104: