[opensuse-factory] KDE 4.8.3 on OpenSuSE 12.1
Hello, after recent update to KDE 4.8.3, users of OpenSuSE 12.1 may have problem with starting a KDE4 session. The reason is that package kdebase4-session doesn't contain symbolic link /usr/share/xsessions/kde4.desktop -> kde-plasma.desktop present in previous version. If you can't start a default KDE4 session from KDM, either create the link or change variable DEFAULT_WM in /etc/sysconfig/windowmanager to "kde-plasma". Hopefully this saves someone the investigative work. Michal Kubeček -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-factory+owner@opensuse.org
On Mon, May 07, 2012 at 08:17:37AM +0200, Michal Kubeček wrote:
Hello,
after recent update to KDE 4.8.3, users of OpenSuSE 12.1 may have problem with starting a KDE4 session. The reason is that package kdebase4-session doesn't contain symbolic link
/usr/share/xsessions/kde4.desktop -> kde-plasma.desktop
present in previous version. If you can't start a default KDE4 session from KDM, either create the link or change variable DEFAULT_WM in /etc/sysconfig/windowmanager to "kde-plasma".
Hopefully this saves someone the investigative work.
Can someone fix the package to have that link so things continue to work properly? thanks, greg k-h -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-factory+owner@opensuse.org
On Mon, May 07, 2012 at 08:17:37AM +0200, Michal Kubeček wrote:
after recent update to KDE 4.8.3, users of OpenSuSE 12.1 may have problem with starting a KDE4 session. The reason is that package kdebase4-session doesn't contain symbolic link
/usr/share/xsessions/kde4.desktop -> kde-plasma.desktop
present in previous version. If you can't start a default KDE4 session from KDM, either create the link or change variable DEFAULT_WM in /etc/sysconfig/windowmanager to "kde-plasma".
Hopefully this saves someone the investigative work.
Weird: I did the upgrade, don't have the file or the link and did not have
any the variable is DEFAULT_WM="startkde" (wherever that value comes from ;)
Ciao
Jörg
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Joerg Mayer
On Monday 07 May 2012 19:20:19 Joerg Mayer wrote:
On Mon, May 07, 2012 at 08:17:37AM +0200, Michal Kubeček wrote:
after recent update to KDE 4.8.3, users of OpenSuSE 12.1 may have problem with starting a KDE4 session. The reason is that package kdebase4-session doesn't contain symbolic link
/usr/share/xsessions/kde4.desktop -> kde-plasma.desktop
present in previous version. If you can't start a default KDE4 session from KDM, either create the link or change variable DEFAULT_WM in /etc/sysconfig/windowmanager to "kde-plasma".
Hopefully this saves someone the investigative work.
Weird: I did the upgrade, don't have the file or the link and did not have any the variable is DEFAULT_WM="startkde" (wherever that value comes from ;)
If you have ever selected a value manually from the kdm login screen, that gets written to your $HOME/.dmrc and this overrides the DEFAULT_WM value. I've had kde-plasma in .dmrc since ages, so I never noticed this bug Anders -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-factory+owner@opensuse.org
On Monday, May 07, 2012 09:42:36 PM Anders Johansson wrote:
On Mon, May 07, 2012 at 08:17:37AM +0200, Michal Kubeček wrote:
after recent update to KDE 4.8.3, users of OpenSuSE 12.1 may have problem with starting a KDE4 session. The reason is that package kdebase4-session doesn't contain symbolic link
/usr/share/xsessions/kde4.desktop -> kde-plasma.desktop
present in previous version. If you can't start a default KDE4 session from KDM, either create the link or change variable DEFAULT_WM in /etc/sysconfig/windowmanager to "kde-plasma".
Hopefully this saves someone the investigative work.
Weird: I did the upgrade, don't have the file or the link and did not have any the variable is DEFAULT_WM="startkde" (wherever that value comes from ;) If you have ever selected a value manually from the kdm login screen,
On Monday 07 May 2012 19:20:19 Joerg Mayer wrote: that gets written to your $HOME/.dmrc and this overrides the DEFAULT_WM value.
I've had kde-plasma in .dmrc since ages, so I never noticed this bug
Anders -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-factory+owner@opensuse.org I installed 4.8.3 yesterday, never saw bug. Just checked .dmrc and it has kde-plasma in it.
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