On Sunday 06 May 2012 01:33:50 kanenas@hawaii.rr.com wrote:
so there is a definite divide between 12.x suse and anything previous. and kde3 seems to be less capable in anything 12.x. don't know if it is just hal, but hal is definitely a problem spot.
but yesterday i did the latest kde3 upgrade on the desktop. Three *new* things came up: 1. the haldaemon was *not* started automatically. 2. The video (latest nvidia driver for the 11.4 repo) started acting up once in a while. 3. The "my computer" icon on the desktop was renamed to "storage media" , clicking on it brings up the /media folder. I was able to restart the haldaemon and it survived a reboot, but items 2 and 3 are still bugging my 11.4 desktop. The laptop does not have *any* problems.
can someone please suggest which kde3 module(s) should be rolled back in order to resolve issues 2 && 3, or at least issue 3?
thanks in advance, d.
Let me suggest an alternative method.
I'm running a mixed system OpenSuse 12.1 with KDE4 and KDE3 versions of KDEPIM
and Konqueror.
This way I get all the latest 12.1 stuff, and still get to use KDE PIM from
KDE3.
I just install OpenSuse 12.1 KDE4. add the KDE 3 repository and add the KDE3
desktop pattern. Then I use Yast/system and the /etc/sysconfig editor to
change the display manager to KDM3 and the window manager to startkde3. Then
I reboot into KDE3, make sure I can find the KDEPIM3 start Icon in the menu,
as well as the KDE3 version of Konqueror. Then I reset display manager and
window manager to the original versions and reboot back to KDE4.
Now I have a KDE4 system with KDEPIM version 3.
In either case, good luck.
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Bob Smits