March 2005 - openSUSE KDE - openSUSE Mailing Lists

unable to build kdebase from src.rpm
by Georgi Ivanov 22 Mar '05

22 Mar '05

Hi I can't build kdebase from srpm . This http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-kde/2005-Jan/0076.html is the same problem but this doesn't seem to be solution. The building starts with : Unknown option ? in verify_permissions(:-:) Unknown option ? in verify_permissions(:-:) Unknown option ? in verify_permissions(:-:) and exits with : + /usr/lib/rpm/suse_update_desktop_file.sh /var/tmp/kdebase3-3.4.0-build/opt/kde3/share/applnk/System/ScreenSavers/KBlankscreen.desktop ERROR: suse_update_desktop_file: unable to read + exit 1 error: Bad exit status from /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.48308 (%install) RPM build errors: Unknown option ? in verify_permissions(:-:) Unknown option ? in verify_permissions(:-:) Unknown option ? in verify_permissions(:-:) Bad exit status from /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.48308 (%install)

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Akregator kde3.4 confusion
by rwh 22 Mar '05

22 Mar '05

hello- what am i missing here. Akregator is installed. i have been able to use the provided feeds i have been able to add feeds. it does update. that was yesterday. today clicking "feeds" all i get is the Akregator welcome screen. the feed list does not appear. on another note clicking "summary" used to bring up various feeds, eg slahdot etc. this is now a hit or miss event. sometimes they show up sometimes not. has anyone had the same problem? i wish i could be more specific. if this has been covered could someone point me to the thread. thanx. kde3.4 a on SuSe9.2 64bit the best robert

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graphical 'tail -f ' somewhere?
by Martin Brüggebors 22 Mar '05

22 Mar '05

some time ago i used a kde program working like 'tail -f' to show me the last few lines of my logfiles in a window. i lost the name of this utility. any clues? martin

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Sony Clie TH-55 and kpilot problem solved
by John Quentin Heywood 21 Mar '05

21 Mar '05

Folks are always posting questions and problems to this list (as they should, of course), and I thought it might be nice to post a solution so that it is in the archive. I was having real trouble getting my Sony Clie TH-55 PDA to hotsync with pilot-link and kpilot. For the record, I am running SuSE Pro 9.2, pilot-link 0.11.8, ,KPilot 4.4.5 (Augsburg), KDE 3.3.0, and Qt 3.3.3. I followed all the online help I could find, to no avail. It should work, but it just didn't. Then a kind soul suggested that I look at the permissions of the usb devices in /dev/usb/. It was her belief that they needed to be a+rw for the two devices that the Clie used, /dev/usb/ttyUSB0 and /dev/usb/ttyUSB1. To make sure, I chmod'ed all the ttyUSB devices in that directory (ttyUSB0 through ttyUSB15) to a+rw. I pointed kpilot at /dev/usb/ttyUSB0, set the speed to 115200, the encoding to ISO8859-15, and gave it a shot. Success! -- John Quentin Heywood Adjunct Professor of International Law Digital Media Librarian & Information Architect Washington College of Law American University heywood(a)american.edu 202.274.4329/vox 202.274.4365/fax

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Missing rpm2 in KDE-3.4s SuSE-8.2 folder?
by Thomas Stieler 21 Mar '05

21 Mar '05

Hi, I already send the following question to kde-linux(a)mail.kde.org, but I got no answer at this moment: After updating my system at home (running with SuSE 9.2) to KDE-3.4 and being happy about the very nice new version I tried to update my system at work to the new version. Don't blame me: This system is a 8.2-SuSE system (yes, I know it's VERY out-of-date), but it works solid, and I didn't find the time to update it! Now I'm wondering: Under ftp://ftp.kde.org/pub/kde/stable/3.4/SuSE/ix86/8.2 I see only 58 files (147 MB), but under ftp://ftp.kde.org/pub/kde/stable/3.4/SuSE/ix86/9.2 there are 100 files (238 MB). Many rpms that I would expect (such as kdebase-3.4.* ) could not be found within the SuSE-8.2-directory. What's wrong with the 8.2-binarys? Could an open ear found at suse-kde(a)lists.suse.com? Any help would be appreciated :-)!! Regards, Thomas -- Thomas Stieler <stieler(a)schlund.de> Entwicklung Unix/Linux Schlund + Partner AG http://www.schlund.de Brauerstraße 48 Tel. +49 721 91374-0 76135 Karlsruhe Fax. +49 721 91374-212

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No more GNOME after updating to KDE 3.4 in KDM
by Michael Schueller 21 Mar '05

21 Mar '05

Hello List, I got a little Prob with KDM after Updating to 3.4. KDM is not giving me the option to start GNOME anymore. I got GNOME 2.8 from ULB installed, but it is not shown up in the PopUp Selection. If I use GDM both are shown up, KDE and GNOME (and others) like before, and i can login to both. Any Idee what i could modify to get back Gnome in KDM ? Thanks Micha

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Wandering Desktop Icons
by Randall R Schulz 21 Mar '05

21 Mar '05

Hi, Odd how my "Niggles" thread has led to the discussion only of issues about which I did _not_ ask. Is anybody else witnessing the problem with icon positions not being remembered when the log out and back in? If so, have you found out how to resolve the problem? Randall Schulz

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where are the dpi values in KDE3.4
by Michael Riess 21 Mar '05

21 Mar '05

in KDE3.3 the dpi value was mentioned in /opt/kde3/share/config/kdm/Xservers for exapmle for my TFT as :0 local@tty1 /usr/X11R6/bin/X -nolisten tcp -br vt7 -dpi 97 but Xservers does not exist any more in KDE3.4 can anyone give me a hint where to find/write the new dpi values? THANKS

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KDE Help Center Search Index
by Randall R Schulz 21 Mar '05

21 Mar '05

Hi, My KDE Help Center no longer has any search indexes. When I try to rebuild them, the list from which I am to select which documents or document categories or document collections (or whatever) is empty. I thought perhaps I should try running the Help Center as root so that it could write the indexes, but I cannot figure out what incantation to give to kdesu to do so. I used pstree to see what the name of the Help Center program was, but can see nothing there that would correspond to that window, which is open. Any help? On either of these questions? Thanks. Randall Schulz

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Re: [suse-kde] where are the dpi values in KDE3.4
by Michael Riess 21 Mar '05

21 Mar '05

Matthias Wieser wrote: > Am Montag, 21. März 2005 08:06 schrieb Michael Riess: >> The right place to define the dpi value is /etc/X11/xorg.conf! >> "[...] >> Section "Monitor" >> [...] >> DisplaySize 286 216 (for example) >> [...] >> >> >>and i dont know how to get the 2nd values for DisplaySize >>cause the Googled answers are so frustrating and different > > Just measure the width and height of your monitor/display. For example my > display measures 286mm x 216mm. X11 then calculates (and uses) the exact > dpi-value. sounds very simple i will give it a try (is this really a missing feature in KDE to set - yes, i know. the dpi-switch is not by KDE but of X, but KDE is the windowmanager for X - or is there a button or input field to set this cause i think this is one of the big advantages of a Linux System with X)

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