On 2008-07-20, Mike Easter wrote:
> don wrote:
>> I have been using kalarm for a couple of years now. The alarms
>> always popped up on top of all other windows. Recently, the
>> alarms only shows up as icons on my KDE taskbar.
>>
>> How do I get the alarms to pop up as before?
>
> I'm not using kalarm, but there is a kalarm handbook^1.
>
> The handbook sez that the alarm windows display on the kde desktop and
> cannot be covered by ordinary windows. The links to various parts of the
> kalarm handbook do not provide for a reconfiguration in which the alarms
> only show on the taskbar.
>
> I would say that your kalarm is b0rken, not misconfigured. That would
> seem to require a reinstall.
>
> http://docs.kde.org/kde3/en/kdepim/kalarm/index.html The KAlarm Handbook

Thanks Mike. I will reinstall after I figure out where the
alarm files are kept.