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[opensuse-kde] KDE 4.3.1 Desktop Errors
by Jay Mistry 06 Sep '09

06 Sep '09

Using openSUSE 11.1 (i686, 32-bit) I have just upgraded to KDE 4.3.1 (Rel 163) a couple of days back. On enabling the desktop folder view [Pict 1], I am getting the following errors: - Any folder on the desktop opens with Gwenview on clicking it (should open w/ Dolphin or Konqueror, by default) - Both, Konqueror & Dolphin show all the application files as files with the [.dektop] extension. [Pict 2] - On trying to run any application on the desktop, it gives an error message, which shows the file as a <.desktop> file and says that the file should be executable to run (checking properties of the file, all are executable, as they are applications). This happens with all apps on desktop: Firefox, OpenOffice.org Starter, etc. (Images [3], [4] - these are for Firefox, but happens with any app/shortcut on the desktop). However, the apps can be run from the Kicker Menu. Any suggestions to fix the problem, because in all other respects, KDE 4.3.1 seems stable and functional. Thnks, Jay [1] http://www.imagebam.com/image/f7c2b347856337 [2] http://www.imagebam.com/image/e0fc2747857082 [3] http://www.imagebam.com/image/27911547856333 [4] http://www.imagebam.com/image/78ebae47856335 -- Linux User 483705 | openSUSE 11.1, Ubuntu 9.04 (i686) w/ Windows XP -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-kde+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-kde+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-kde] KDE 4.3.1, Wireless Configuration not available
by Jay Mistry 06 Sep '09

06 Sep '09

On oS 11.1, w/ KDE 4.3.1 (163): I have enabled Network Configuration via Network Manager (instead of traditional ifup, through Yast). Nonetheless, the Network Manager options for Wireless and Wireless Broadband are greyed out (not configurable thro' Network Manager in the System Tray - [1] ). Have tried re-enabling 'Network Manager' from Yast, but still those options are greyed-out. Thanks for any help, Jay [1] http://www.imagebam.com/image/66ad4747861576 PS: I am CCing to both lists as not sure whether it is a KDE 4.3.1 issue or an openSUSE 11.1 problem. -- Linux User 483705 | openSUSE 11.1, Ubuntu 9.04 (i686) w/ Windows XP -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-kde+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-kde+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-kde] KDE 4.3.1 / SuSE 11.1 : How to add and move Kicker Applications?
by Paul Hands 05 Sep '09

05 Sep '09

Hi all, Sorry if I'm being stupid, but I've just loaded the latest KDE, and it looks great on my T60p Thinkpad - all the compositing and eye candy works beautifully. However, I cannot find a way to add icons to the Kicker panel. The icon might be to launch an application like Firefox or Thunderbird. Also, I cannot move icons already on the panel. I can delete them, but that's it. There's no "add application icon" context menu pick as described in the help documents. I've used KDE 3 for years, and all this stuff is second nature, but maybe KDE4 has changed the mechanism and I can't find it. Trying to drag icons to move them also doesn't work. I've tried the lock/unlock widgets menu pick, but it makes no difference. Any ideas? Thanks, Paul -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-kde+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-kde+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-kde] Re: [kde] Can't move Icons in top panel, KDE 4.3.1
by Jay Mistry 04 Sep '09

04 Sep '09

On Fri, Sep 4, 2009 at 2:02 AM, Duncan<1i5t5.duncan(a)cox.net> wrote: > Jay Mistry posted on Thu, 03 Sep 2009 20:55:28 +0530 as excerpted: > >> This is on openSUSE 11.1 (32 bit) & having just upgraded to KDE 4.3.1 >> (http://en.opensuse.org/KDE/Upgrade) yesterday. I can't move the any of >> icons (Digital Clock, Switcher, Yast, Termina, Calculator) in the top >> panel on to the right of the top panel. On unlocking the top panel, I >> can click and move the icons over to the right end of the panel, but >> they immediately come back to the extreme left of the panel on releasing >> the left mouse button. This happens only for the top panel, not the >> main (bottom) one. >> >> Also, I can't find the <Spacer> widget/plasmoid/applet (it should be >> called 'plasmoid' in KDE 4.x, right ?), anywhere in the list of >> widgets/plasmoids. >> >> My (top) panel prefs are: 'Centered', 'Always Visible'. > > The spacer is available from the "cashew" on the panel resizer and > options widget. "Add spacer". Thank you, Duncan & Stephan (what you refer to as the "panel manipulation mode bar" = the 'cashew', which locks/unlocks plasmoids). That did the trick, I could add the pager and from there move the clock over to the extreme right of the panel. The widgets/plasmoids now stay there. > From what you're describing, it may be that you need a spacer. I never > have enough room on my panels for long to have to worry about it, as I > make them only the size I need. Thus, I don't really need the spacers, > tho I could try them again to see if they perhaps work a bit better in > 4.3.1 than they did in 4.3.0. (I'm hoping for absolute positioning, > overruling the otherwise greedy plasmoids that like way more free space > around themselves than I like.) And sometimes they hop off the end of the panel and onto the desktop. This happens on KDE 4.3.1 as well. > Duncan - List replies preferred. No HTML msgs. > "Every nonfree program has a lord, a master -- > and if you use the program, he is your master." Richard Stallman Jay -- Linux User 483705 | openSUSE 11.1, Ubuntu 9.04 (i686) w/ Windows XP -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-kde+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-kde+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-kde] Firefox KDE integration
by Lubos Lunak 04 Sep '09

04 Sep '09

Hello, as mentioned in the meeting minutes, the home:llunak:mozilla repo now has Firefox version with some KDE integration. It is otherwise the Firefox version from mozilla:Factory, i.e. what will be in 11.2, and the changes will be pushed back. The boring (and somewhat old) demo is at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pyp5bX_NV6k , but it's of course much better to see it with your own eyes ;). http://en.opensuse.org/KDE/FirefoxIntegration has a page listing all the integration points, if you want to help testing, please check those. For any bugs[*], please report them to bugzilla and assign to me (llunak(a)novell.com). Make sure you have the two -kde4 packages installed, if the publishes packages get out of sync, they may be removed because of dependencies. Also, there is currently a rebuild running with the latest version[**], so please be specific with version numbers when reporting problems. [*] Bugs related to the KDE integration, of course. Also, at least somewhat serious problems - if a pixel is a bit off, I don't give a damn. Thanks. [**] So it might be simpler to download the latest packages directly from the buildservice pages for the repository. -- Lubos Lunak KDE developer -------------------------------------------------------------- SUSE LINUX, s.r.o. e-mail: l.lunak(a)suse.cz , l.lunak(a)kde.org Lihovarska 1060/12 tel: +420 284 084 672 190 00 Prague 9 fax: +420 284 028 951 Czech Republic http://www.suse.cz -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-kde+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-kde+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-kde] openSUSE KDE meeting 20090903
by Lubos Lunak 03 Sep '09

03 Sep '09

See http://en.opensuse.org/KDE/Meetings/ for futher details. == Old Action Items (apokryphos, 16:07:43) == * add packaging guideline for kde4 packages (wstephenson) (apokryphos, 16:09:41) ** Will not around atm, so no progress (apokryphos, 16:10:17) * talk to docu and PM about artwork reqts (wstephenson) ** ACTION: llunak to take care of artwork reqts for Will (apokryphos, 16:16:35) * greeter and associated text (wstephenson) ** probably too late, it will be left as it is now (minus the development text that is in Factory) * drop kdebase3-session and dropping/excluding -apps/-workspace (Beineri) (apokryphos, 16:12:03) ** done (apokryphos, 16:12:21) * investigate how to make Firefox use defaults suitable for KDE (llunak) (apokryphos, 16:12:35) ** done, see topic below == Status Report (apokryphos, 16:19:02) == * KDE 4.3.1 has been released (Beineri, 16:19:28) ** RPMs are available in KDE:KDE4:Factory:Desktop repository and in Factory (Beineri, 16:19:52) ** KDE Four Live 4.3.1 has been created (Beineri, 16:20:06) * NetworkManager-kde4 should now be able to connect to hidden wireless networks (Beineri, 16:21:20) * Arora/Konqueror should be able to connect to Novell SSL sites again in Factory with latest openssl checkin (Beineri, 16:22:07) * Amarok on Factory MySQL collection problems are sorted (Beineri, 16:22:27) * Plasmoids don't require python-devel package anymore to be able to run (Beineri, 16:23:00) * OOo 3.1 packages got (splitted) oxygen icon set support (Beineri, 16:24:11) ** [http://developer.kde.org/~binner/ooo-oxygen.png] (Beineri, 16:24:22) * K:*/Factory now builds against Factory/snapshot (see mail on list) (Beineri, 16:25:36) * coolo said we can do branch diff updates until 25th Sep (Beineri, 16:28:18) == Firefox KDE integration (llunak, 16:21:32) == * Firefox is the default browser for 11.2, but its integration with KDE is very poor * most of this has been already fixed in home:llunak:mozilla * please test the packages but keep in mind that they are still work in progress that keeps changing * http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pyp5bX_NV6k - (old) demo * http://en.opensuse.org/KDE/FirefoxIntegration (Beineri, 16:31:23) == PulseAudio enabled by default (apokryphos, 16:34:51) == * the consensus is to keep it disabled by default for KDE * ACTION: find a way to keep PA disabled by default even if something else pulls it in (llunak) (llunak, 16:41:37) == KDE talks/BOFs/unconference sessions at the openSUSE Conference (apokryphos, 16:43:26) == * http://conference.opensuse.org/schedule/ has the current schedule (apokryphos, 16:43:40) * ACTION: llunak to schedule a KDE session (apokryphos, 16:48:03) == Auto-hiding notifications in KDE 4.3 (apokryphos, 16:53:37) == * Since KDE 4.3 both jobs and notifications are auto-hidden after some time by default. While this is fine with most notifications and completed jobs, auto-hiding running jobs might be confusing and might lead to unexpected results for the not so careful (e.g., unmounting of a usb drive when copying files to it, without paying attention to the not-so-prominent system-tray job running icon). (apokryphos, 16:53:51) * https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=533001 (apokryphos, 16:54:00) * the consensus is off by default, but first it should be investigated if it can be made off only where it matters (file operations) (llunak, 17:03:16) * ACTION: investigate whether it's possible to disable auto-hide for file operations -- llunak (apokryphos, 17:03:11) == Why the "old" KDE3 Path are installed in the 11.2 ? Is it not possible to erase the old install Path? (apokryphos, 17:04:49) == * unknown what this topic is about (llunak, 17:07:35) == Moving from git.opensuse.org to gitorous (apokryphos, 17:08:02) == * repositories from git.opensuse.org should be migrated to gitorous * http://gitorious.org Offers a project hosting solution and an open source graphical interface for git repositories. (apokryphos, 17:08:25) * ACTION: move desktop-data and kdebase-openSUSE to gitorous and mail the list when it's done -- llunak (apokryphos, 17:11:20) == Q&A, Misc (apokryphos, 17:12:19) == * Q&A, Misc - Multimedia keys (apokryphos, 17:14:00) ** https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=524734 (apokryphos, 17:14:28) ** will be sorted out as part of the bug report (apokryphos, 17:21:57) * Q&A, Misc - Device Automounter submit request (apokryphos, 17:23:16) ** sr#15724 (apokryphos, 17:24:35) ** AGREED: reject for now, too late (apokryphos, 17:25:42) == Closing (apokryphos, 17:27:25) == * Next meeting on 01/10 as the conference is on in two week's time (apokryphos, 17:28:35) == Action items == * take care of artwork reqts for Will (llunak) * find a way to keep PA disabled by default even if something else pulls it in (llunak) * schedule a KDE session at the conference (llunak) * investigate whether it's possible to disable auto-hide for file operations (llunak) * move desktop-data and kdebase-openSUSE to gitorous and mail the list when it's done (llunak) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-kde+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-kde+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-kde] Can't move Icons in top panel, KDE 4.3.1
by Jay Mistry 03 Sep '09

03 Sep '09

This is on openSUSE 11.1 (32 bit) & having just upgraded to KDE 4.3.1 (http://en.opensuse.org/KDE/Upgrade) yesterday. I can't move the any of icons (Digital Clock, Switcher, Yast, Termina, Calculator) in the top panel on to the right of the top panel. On unlocking the top panel, I can click and move the icons over to the right end of the panel, but they immediately come back to the extreme left of the panel on releasing the left mouse button. This happens only for the top panel, not the main (bottom) one. Also, I can't find the <Spacer> widget/plasmoid/applet (it should be called 'plasmoid' in KDE 4.x, right ?), anywhere in the list of widgets/plasmoids. My (top) panel prefs are: 'Centered', 'Always Visible'. Pl let me know if you need screengrab images and I can provide them. Thanks, Jay -- Linux User 483705 | openSUSE 11.1, Ubuntu 9.04 (i686) w/ Windows XP -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-kde+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-kde+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-kde] openSUSE KDE Team Meeting - Thursday 3rd August, 16:00 UTC
by Lubos Lunak 02 Sep '09

02 Sep '09

The next openSUSE KDE Team meeting will be held tomorrow, Thursday 3rd August, at 16:00 UTC. The current list of scheduled topics is: * PulseAudio enabled by default (PA has been removed from the KDE pattern for now, but there doesn't seem to be a clear consensus yet; if we stay with disabled, we also need to handle the case when something else pulls it in) * KDE-related talks/bofs/unconference sessions at openSUSE Conference * old action items * status report * Q&A, misc Further items are welcome; please add them http://en.opensuse.org/KDE/Meetings Please use http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?day=3&month=8&year=200… to get the time of the meeting in your time zone. The meeting will happen in #opensuse-kde IRC channel on irc.freenode.net You are welcome to join and participate! -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-kde+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-kde+help(a)opensuse.org

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