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KDE 3.1 Problems and Help needed
by Ralph De Witt 04 Feb '03

04 Feb '03

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi all: I have read through all the messages relating to Kde 3.1 install problems and I seem to remember some solutions to my problems, but seem to have gone blind reading the messages and have not found what I needed. Problem #1 I have lost the default SuSe background and taskbar icons. I seem to remember someone stating that it was a matter of copying some file. Could some one refresh my mind. Problem #2 Kmail is complaining when opening signed/encrypted mail. I have gnugp 1.2.1 installed and kmail options are to use it. Is there a solutions to this. Problem #3 When I try to install a new rpm, kpackage opens then ask for root password. Then errors with a message saying that the file or directory does not exist. Is there a solutions for this problem as I need to install some rpms to complete some work. Thank you for your help is clearing up these problems. - -- Yours, Ralph. It said Use Windows XP or better, so I installed SuSE-Linux 8.1 Register Linux User 168814 ICQ #49993234 AIM ralphdewitt jabber.org ralphdewitt GPG Public Key available at http://www.keyserver.net Key id = 3097 3BC4 Kernel version 2.4.19-4GB Current Linux uptime: 1:06, days users hours minutes. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE+PidTmmsm1DCXO8QRAkX7AJ0erhl4nplPxAOmZxcyAf9Pa+S+owCfYAIc av2xAt+lM8/KjUuAbnIDJ50= =VV1F -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Re: [suse-kde] probs w. screensaver
by Christoph Dohmen 04 Feb '03

04 Feb '03

Am Dienstag, 4. Februar 2003 15:16 schrieben Sie: > Have you ran the Xscreensaver demo or list program like one of the other > folks mentioned? I don't have the extra X list in my control center as > you found. All I have are the standard KDE ones I had before. No, I did not do anything with Xscreensavers. All I did was installing kdeartwork3-3.1-61.rpm. And those screensavers aren't working. Only thos installed with other packages like kdebase. Chris -- Christoph Dohmen ChDohmen(a)gmx.de

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KDE 3.1 on 8.1, yet again
by KMcLauchlan＠chrysalis-its.com 04 Feb '03

04 Feb '03

Assuming that I ever get enough of KDE 3.1 onto my system, what needs to be changed in order for 3.1 to start, rather than 3.0.x?? Is it necessary to edit an X file (which one?) to point to a new version of kdm? Or is the apt-get update/upgrade process supposed to replace the earlier kdm with a newer version? I pointed at every repository that people have mentioned recently and told apt-get to get started. 18 hours later, it finished, with a summary that said (of 1100 packages...) the KDE3.1 packages had been "held back". So, I ran it again... and got some more additions (probably packages that had been added to repositories while my system was doing the big download), and still the KDE stuff was "held back". So, I got tired of that and fired up synaptic. Then I just kept pressing buttons until the program stopped complaining (i.e., fixing or removing broken packages), which eventually left the KDE3.1 stuff... and some more stray packages that had krept into the lists while I had been playing with synaptic. So, with no more complaints visible, I told synaptic to "Proceed". It did. A couple of hours later, it finished with an error message or two, but they did not seem to mention KDE3 packages specifically. So, I shut down and restarted. Old kdm came up. Hmm. I selected my normal login, selected "KDE" from the list, gave it my password and KDE... 3.0.x started. Well, it got as far as "Loading Desktop", and then just sat there. So, I opened a console ( [Ctrl][Alt][F1], went to run-level 3, went back to run-level 5, and started GNOME, instead. Gnome works fine, despite having had hundreds of its packages updated during the general assault. KDE does not. I even opened KMail in GNOME, and it worked. Where do I go from here? /kevin

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RE: [suse-kde] 3.1 upgrade
by Richard Bos 04 Feb '03

04 Feb '03

>===== Original Message From Daniel Kröger <zesolo(a)zesolo.net> ===== >Am Freitag, 31. Januar 2003 14:44 schrieb DB Troll: >> When trying to upgrade with apt-get I receive the following. >> >>..... >> > Executing RPM (-e)... >> > Executing RPM (-Uvh)... >> > file /opt/kde3/share/applnk/Settings/Network/lanbrowser.desktop from >> > install of kdebase3-3.1-51 conflicts with file from package >> > kdenetwork3-3.0.4-6 >> > E: Sub-process /bin/rpm returned an error code (20) >> > linux:/home/dbtrol # >> >> Could someone please tell me what I have done wrong and a fix for it. >> TIA Yep, just remove kdenetwork3 manually "rpm -e kdenetwork3", and execute apt-get install/upgrade once more. This will solve your problem. -- Richard -- Dit bericht is verzonden met Webmail van Freeler. Ook snel en betrouwbaar toegang tot internet? Meld je aan op http://www.freeler.nl

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probs w. screensaver
by Christoph Dohmen 04 Feb '03

04 Feb '03

Hi out there, while updating KDE to 3.1 on my suse 7.3 I saw a lot of additional screensavers were installed. But the newer ones can't be run! I use the latest XFree from SuSE an xinerama. Is this a KDE or a user prob?! Chris -- Christoph Dohmen ChDohmen(a)gmx.de

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Re: [suse-kde] 3.1 upgrade
by René Matthäi 03 Feb '03

03 Feb '03

René Matthäi schrieb: > Hi, > > DB Troll schrieb: > >>Richard Bos wrote: >> >>>Yep, just remove kdenetwork3 manually "rpm -e kdenetwork3", and execute >>>apt-get install/upgrade once more. >>>This will solve your problem. > >[...] SORRY, falsche ML! Ré

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Help Needed to restore Root Desktop
by Ralph De Witt 03 Feb '03

03 Feb '03

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi All: I have just upgraded to KDE 3.1 and noticed that my root desktop is missing. When I try to configure it I get an error message that says: Cannot open SuSE/settings/looknfeel/desktop.desktop libkcm_kong.la not found in the path.Is there some way to restore the desktop? Thanks for your help - -- Yours, Ralph. It said Use Windows XP or better, so I installed SuSE-Linux 8.1 Register Linux User 168814 ICQ #49993234 AIM ralphdewitt jabber.org ralphdewitt GPG Public Key available at http://www.keyserver.net Key id = 3097 3BC4 Kernel version 2.4.19-4GB Current Linux uptime: 12:46, days users hours minutes. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE+PuL/mmsm1DCXO8QRAgxdAKCGAEyLEnDLGQHOqPrpsRUj5TwwFQCggBzE GfacsL2aEVOOTkwlneJUbto= =rY9s -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Probs w. Kmid / SB AWE
by Christoph Dohmen 03 Feb '03

03 Feb '03

Hi, on the weekend I updated my KDE from 3.0.5 to 3.1 on my SuSE Linux 7.3. I am very amazed, that it is not possible to play midi-files wether in kmid nor in kmidi. The configuration-dialog does not present any selection! The hardware is still running, because I can play midi-files with playmidi! I use a Soundblaster AWE 32. And the read tells me to compile the sources by myself, if the rpm-package makes problems, because it's not compiled with AWE-support :-( I tried to compile the src-rpm package, but the resulting file was not able to deal with my soundcard, too! So, what can I do, to use the mmidi-interface of my soundcard? Chris -- Christoph Dohmen ChDohmen(a)gmx.de

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KDE3.1 Kmail hangs when when linking to url
by Richard 03 Feb '03

03 Feb '03

On SuSE8.1 Kmail, if I click on a url in body of message a dialog comes up indicating that it is starting a browser but then no browser and Kmail hangs. I have tried it with and without a browser running with same results. Must kill the process to recover. Rarely it works but most often it hangs. Have been using Opera as my browser for years. Problem started on upgrade to 3.1 Any suggestions? TIA richard

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Archive files & konqueror (kde 3.1)
by Gour 03 Feb '03

03 Feb '03

Hi! As I see after updating kde to 3.1, konqueror doesn't recognize my *.war any longer and on apt repository there is no kdeaddon3 version for 3.1. Any hint how to get "war" support for new konqueror? Sincerely, Gour -- Gour gour(a)mail.inet.hr Registered Linux User #278493

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KDE 3.1 Suse 8.1
by Sven Burmeister 03 Feb '03

03 Feb '03

Hello everybody, I got Suse 8.1 and wanted to install KDE 3.1. However, as the new packages are not yet available with Yast2 Update I got the RPMs from kde.org meant for Suse 8.1. I ran into several problems, for example no matter how often I installed the multimedia-devel RPM YAst did not notice it and kept its 3.0.3. Another thing is that there does not seem to be a kdemultimedia rpm for the 3.1 release but Yast shows one for 3.0.3, thus I cannot update it should I uninstall it? The kdeaddons-konqueror rpm is not recognised by Yast after installing it and the 3.0.3 is still shown as being installed. This actually happens to quite a lot of KDE3.1's rpms. After re-installing Suse I got konstructor to do the KDE 3.1 install which got me KDE 3.1 running but no Yast, so this is no option. What am I doing wrong? should I first download all KDE3.1 rpms, use Yast to uninstall all of KDE3 and then install 3.1? How did you do it when upgrading to 3.1? Konqueror > Install using Yast...? When will the 3.1 packages be available with Yast? Thanks a lot in advance! Sven -- << s.burmeister(a)lancaster.ac.uk * sven.burmeister(a)gmx.de >> :: http://www.lancs.ac.uk/ug/burmeist/

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Kate - No files? (KDE 3.1)
by Joe 'Flame' Sullivan 02 Feb '03

02 Feb '03

Hey all, Okay, upgraded to KDE 3.1 on my SuSE 8.1 system. Kate is a much-used program for me. But the 3.1 version seems to not want to show any files! What I mean is in the left-side Selector, where you can browse directories and open files from there by clicking on them. It shows Directories, I can move in and out of directories with no problem. But no files in the directories are showing, just subdirectories if any. Is this an issue, or do I have selective blindness that blocks viewing actual files? No files of any kind are showing. I've tried all the various settings for it (Short View/Detailed View/Separate Directories/Show Hidden Files) and no files show with anything. Only way to open files is to click "Open File" and use the open file popup to open files one at a time. Thanks, Joe

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pixieplus-kde packaging bug
by Richard Bos 02 Feb '03

02 Feb '03

Hi, I'm getting the the error message below from rpm; # rpm -ivh pixieplus-kde-0.3-256.i386.rpm file /opt/kde3/share/mimelnk/image/x-pcx.desktop from install of pixieplus-kde-0.3-256 conflicts with file from package kdelibs3-3.1-46 One of the 2 rpms should release (pixieplus-kde) the file. -- Richard Bos Without a home the journey is endless

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"kups" not working since kde 3.1 upgrade
by Michael Nelson 02 Feb '03

02 Feb '03

Since upgrading my SuSE 8.1 system with the rpms from ftp.kde.org, kups has stopped working for users and root. When I try to start it from a shell, I see this error: kcontrol: ERROR: Module System/printmgr not found! However, when I search for printmgr.desktop, I find I have two of them: /etc/opt/kde3/share/applnk/SuSE/Settings/System/printmgr.desktop /opt/kde3/share/applnk/Settingsmenu/printmgr.desktop But they are different, and both seem to be older than they should be: ls -l /etc/opt/kde3/share/applnk/SuSE/Settings/System/printmgr.desktop /opt/kde3/share/applnk/Settingsmenu/printmgr.desktop -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 8264 Sep 28 11:22 /etc/opt/kde3/share/applnk/SuSE/Settings/System/printmgr.desktop -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 8976 Nov 18 05:14 /opt/kde3/share/applnk/Settingsmenu/printmgr.desktop Has anyone else run into this problem, and is there a solution? Thanks Michael -- Michael Nelson San Francisco, CA

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KDE 3.1 and SMB://
by B. J. Zolp 01 Feb '03

01 Feb '03

I upgraded to KDE3.1 using the SuSE 8.1 rpm's. Now when I try browsing out to any SMB, FTP, FISH, etc... shares all I get is a path like "lan://localhost/pc.domain.net/SMB" and konqueror does not change to "smb://pc.domain.net/" like it should. I reran the LISA setup a few times, but no luck. Any help would be great. thanks bjz

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Fwd: (OT) Re: [kde] KDE 3.1 RPM:s for Red Hat?
by Peter B Van Campen 01 Feb '03

01 Feb '03

Let us all work to show ALL the world that the SuSE community values and admires KDE Team as much as they deserve! PeterB ---------- Forwarded Message ---------- Subject: Re: [kde] KDE 3.1 RPM:s for Red Hat? Date: Sat, 01 Feb 2003 16:01:33 -0600 From: Andreas Pour <pour(a)mieterra.com> To: kde(a)mail.kde.org Hi, I do not know if you will find RedHat rpms. I considered making them but in light of the changes RH has made to KDE (see e.g. http://www.mosfet.org/noredhat.html and http://www.mosfet.org/rh-rebuttal.html) it is a non-trivial matter. You have to port KDE to RH 8.0, b/c RH does not follow standards and essentially "forks" open source projects by making incompatible modifications in "secret" (i.e., outside the projects' CVS tree and without the projects' knowledge). If you want to support that type of behavior, then support RH. If not, use another distro that works with the Open Source community, rather than against them, or tell RH you would like them to change their practices. Ciao, Dre Andreas Karlsson wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Hi, > > Ok, I probably know the answer but I will give it a try anyway. Are > there any unofficial KDE 3.1 RPM:s for RedHat? I've searched the web and > looked through all possible sources (ftp:s etc) but have failed to find > any. > The only one I have found was the once that RedHat have in their Rawhide > branch. I downloaded them but they failed dependencies. I do not want to > upgrade every package to the Rawhide branch. > I have not tried to download the Rawhide source-rpms yet. But I have > tried to compile KDE 3.1 from source (via konstruct). I got it to work > but couldn't enable AntiAliased fonts. Later I read that there was a > known problem with KDE 3.1 and Red Hat 8.0. I guess RedHat will make it > all shiny and nice in the 8.1 release, but I would like to upgrade now. > > Is my really last option to download the source (manually, without > konstruct) and do it "the hard way"? Yes, I am lazy, so hit me with a > stick. :) > > No, I do not consider changing distro. I am quite pleased with RedHat > (even though I disagree with their favouring of Gnome). > > Best regards, > Andreas Karlsson ___________________________________________________ This message is from the kde mailing list. Account management: http://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde. Archives: http://lists.kde.org/. More info: http://www.kde.org/faq.html. ------------------------------------------------------- -- -- Proud to be a SuSE Linux User since 5.2 --

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Kpilot needs lib
by PL O'Smith 01 Feb '03

01 Feb '03

Hi all, When installing kdepim3-kpilot from the 3.1 files, I found it needed a lib that wasn't included with any of the new files. I believe it was a libpisock.so.8.0 library file. I looked on the SuSE 8.1 discs and find it is included in the pilot-link rpm file there, but of course that is an older version which won't work. Anyone got this worked out yet or a clue to finding the file for the new kdepim3-kpilot files? Patrick-- --- KMail v1.5 --- SuSE Linux Pro v8.1 --- Registered Linux User #225206 On any other day, that might seem strange...

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Re: [suse-kde] How to install the KDE 3.1 ?
by Allen Seelye 01 Feb '03

01 Feb '03

>On Friday 31 January 2003 07:45 am, Allen Seelye wrote: >-----------snip---------- > >> I'm not sure if this method will apply to SuSE 8.1 or not. I'm >> running 7.3 and it has worked well for me. I noticed, from kde3.0 on, >> that trying to install kde manually using rpm -Uvh... would always >> come back with dependancy errors if I didn't install them in the >> correct order. I found it easier to just fire up YaST(1), point it to >> the folder where my rpms are stored, select everything in the folder >> and let YaST install them. If it needs another package it goes >> through the list to see if it's there before spitting out an error >> message. > >Unfortunately SuSE apparently found this functionality to be >unnescissary in 8.0/8.1. No amount of user griping (on this list) has >been able to change their position > >Its the one thing I really miss being able to do. It finally forced me >to learn how to use apt4suse. > >see ya >-- >dh >Don't shop at GoogleGear.com! > >-- >To unsubscribe, email: suse-kde-unsubscribe(a)suse.com >For additional commands, email: suse-kde-help(a)suse.com >Please do not cross-post to suse-linux-e > Hmmm...bummer. Is apt any good? I've been considering upgrading to 8.1 but haven't come up with a good enough reason yet. But I suppose that's a topic for a different list. -Allen ---------------------------- Aseelye(a)blackfoot.net ICQ# 8286205 http://www.geocities.com/alleninmt - Problems? There are no problems. If there were problems, they would be your fault. If, hypothetically speaking, there were a problem and it wasn't your fault, we couldn't help you with it. That's not a supported configuration.

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Addressbook in KDE 3.1
by mchristoph.eckert＠t-online.de 01 Feb '03

01 Feb '03

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi, I cannot solve the following prob: I just updated to KDE 3.1 (from 3.0.5) on my SuSE 8.0 machine. Besides others, I currently try to have my addresses back in KAB. My addressbook-file has been stored in /home/ce/.kde/share/apps/kabaddressbook.kab until the update. Now it seems that in KDE 3.1 the addressbook is stored as /home/ce/.kde/share/apps/kabc/std.vcf But when I call the addressbook, my further entries from KDE 3.0.5 haven't been imported, and I cannot find any possibility to do the import manually, whether directly in kab nor in the control center. Is there any hint how I can convert or merge the old file to the new one? best regards ce -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE+PAVFwl5BpgWy4BMRApSPAJ93z+Mt4f7oykFfYp9CLMsU2lXn/ACfURH7 14Yq/pqFn4bi0cSULEONvso= =QHEY -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Kmail and "reply to" an html message.
by Nick Katsamas 01 Feb '03

01 Feb '03

Hi, I just install KDE 3.1. When I use Kmail and try to reply to an html message, it quote the source code of the message and not only the letters. Is there any way to remove the tags ( "<h5>" , "<b>" ....etc) from the quoted message? -- Best regards ******************************** Nick Katsamas e-Mail: nkat(a)forthnet.gr OS: SuSE Linux v7.3 Kernel: 2.4.19 XFree: 4.2.0 ********************************

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OT: Shockwave Player for Linux
by Jarl Friis 01 Feb '03

01 Feb '03

Dear all. If you would like to see Macromedia ShockWave Player please read on. A couple of days ago I contacted Macromedia regarding a Macromedia Shockwave Player for Linux (they have already made a Flash Player available). I requested them to build a Shockwave Player for linux and this was their response: ----------- Hi Jarl, Thank you for writing Macromedia Technical Support. The best thing to do would be to fill out the Feature Request form here: http://www.macromedia.com/support/email/wishform/ and have other Linux users do the same. The engineers view the wishlist regularly and would consider porting the player to Linux if enough users request for it. We hoped this has helped. Best regards, Jayem Abania Macromedia Technical Support ----------- This certainly look like development on demand. So I highly encourage you all to visit http://www.macromedia.com/support/email/wishform/ to fill out a wish for a Shockwave Player for linux. Jarl

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