February 2011 - openSUSE KDE - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[opensuse-kde] kalarm for kdepim46 crashes
by Stefan Vater 16 Feb '11

16 Feb '11

Hi, I am using openSUSE 11.3 (64 bit) with KDF and kdepim46 repos. Unfortunatelly, kalarm always crashes on startup and almost every time it is started manually. When I delete the ~/.kde4/share/apps/kalarm folder, kalarm seems not to crash the first time I use it. But at least at the first next restart of kde it crashes again. I suppose, it might have to do with the Qt patch needed, which was reported in [1]. But I am not sure. If yes, would it be possible to add a version of qt including this patch to the repos? That improve testing this version a lot ;-) Otherwise, I can also give some more information, file a bug report to kde, if needed. Regards, Stefan [1] http://mail.kde.org/pipermail/release-team/2011-January/004428.html -- 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 menu editor - set icon
by johnm_s2 15 Feb '11

15 Feb '11

openSUSE 11.4 RC1 KDE - oxygen widget style I spent about 30 minutes trying to figure out how to set the icon for a new menu item, using KDE menu editor... argh!! :D I knew I had done it before, but I couldn't figure out what had changed. Then I happened to mouse over the magic location, and tada a button showed up. Otherwise its totally camouflage. screenshot: http://www.picfront.org/d/842Q Should I report this upstream? -- 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] AI: KPK systray icon
by Martin Schlander 15 Feb '11

15 Feb '11

As everyone probably knows, KPackageKit is the default updater on 11.4 KDE systems. At the last KDE IRC meeting I got the action item to check if KPackageKit systray icons are "good enough"(tm). My findings are these: KPK will show the same systray icon to notify about all types of patches/updates (security, recommended, optional), and this icon seems to be the 'system-software-update' from Oxygen icons - so not included in KPK itself. Note: You can easily distinguish between patch types in the KPK UI - this is only about the systray icon. It'll look like this: http://www.opensuse-guide.org/tmp/kpk.png Personally I can easily accept only one icon for all types of patches - but I do think the icon should be a highly visible one that isn't easily overlooked. So what can we do? Option 1: ------------------------------ Do nothing. Accept status quo from upstream. Possibly talk to pinheiro and/or dantti about making the icon more "visible" for future releases. Advantages: No extra work, consistency with other (KPK using) distros like Fedora and Kubuntu (I think, haven't tried). Disadvantage: "Updates available" icon remains easily overlooked. Option 2: ----------------------- We could use an icon from kupdateapplet instead: http://www.opensuse-guide.org/tmp/kupdateapplet_red.png http://www.opensuse-guide.org/tmp/kupdateapplet_yellow.png Advantage: Highly "visible" icon, consistent with older openSUSE versions. Disadvantage: Extra work, not consistent with KDE looks and other distros. Option 3: -------------------- We could use a different Oxygen icon - which is more craving of attention. E.g.: http://www.opensuse-guide.org/tmp/emblem-important.png http://www.opensuse-guide.org/tmp/security-medium.png http://www.opensuse-guide.org/tmp/preferences-desktop-notification-bell.png http://www.opensuse-guide.org/tmp/preferences-desktop-notification.png Advantages: Icon is not overlooked, integrates in the look of KDE Disadvantages: Extra work, inconsistent with other distros. -- 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] Kwin- Xrender or OpenGL?
by Anshul Jain 14 Feb '11

14 Feb '11

Hi all, I've been trying out KDE 4.6 for the past few weeks since it was released, and to my very pleasant surprise...its been pretty darn stable on my modest Thinkpad SL400c w/ 2GB of RAM and Intel 4500MHD graphics driver. There's one wrinkle and thats Kwin under OpenGL which renders fonts incorrectly for my development environment (LabVIEW) when compositing is turned on. Seems like a regression from Qt 4.6 to 4.7. Also, OpenGL is sluggish and freezes when clicking OK in systemsettings. Xrender on the other hand is rock solid and stable. No problems with font rendering and absolutely no lockups or freezes. Heck, I'd call Kwin+Xrender to be smoother and lighter than Compiz on GNOME under 11.3. My question is, what are the advantages of using OpenGL as compared to Xrender? Is OpenGL any better than Xrender, if so how? Thanks! -Anshul -- 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] Kwrite is not the handler for application/x-perl
by Křištof Želechovski 13 Feb '11

13 Feb '11

Kwrite is not the handler for application/x-perl and KSUSEInstall cannot find anything appropriate. == Steps to reproduce == 1. { h2xs -A -n Mytest; } 2. Tell Dolphin to navigate to Mytest. 3. Tell Dolphin to open Makefile.PL . == Actual results == 3. Dolphin is unable to find a handler for "application/x-perl". == Expected results == 3. Dolphin should tell Kwrite to open Makefile.PL . Note: this is only an annoyance, since Kwrite is eventually called when the dialogue box is dismissed. However, Kwrite is perfectly capable of handling Perl code and I can see no reason why it is not registered as a handler for it. Please fix, Chris -- 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] Klipper hot key does not work
by Křištof Želechovski 13 Feb '11

13 Feb '11

The global shortcut Ctrl+Alt+V to get at Klipper does not work in KDE 4.6 on openSuSE 11.3. This is important because GTK overrides the PRIMARY selection unasked [1] and Klipper is needed to restore it. Please fix, Chris ___ [1] <URL: https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=68174 > -- 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 4.6 and display brightness
by Andrea Turrini 11 Feb '11

11 Feb '11

Hi all, I have an openSUSE 11.3 installed on an acer aspire 1810tz and I have just upgraded KDE from 4.5.5 to 4.6.0 (release 381). During the boot and in the login screen the display brightness is maximal (and this is OK); I have set the display brightness to the lowest value in each power management profile, so when I log in, in KDE 4.5.5 the brightness is correctly lowered. Now with KDE 4.6 every time I log in the brightness is not lowered, even if the profiles still show that display brightness is set to the lowest value. Is it a known issue? There is something I need to update in the profiles? Should I open a bug report in bnc? Regards, Andrea -- 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 10th February 2011
by Karsten König 10 Feb '11

10 Feb '11

Heya, we just had our kde meeting, the next meeting will be on 23rd February, 15:00 UTC in #opensuse-kde on the in the freenode irc network. See http://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:KDE_Meetings for futher details. == Old Action Items == * wstephenson to contact i18n team with regards to openSUSE guides. ''Not done'' * javier to further explore the live cd listings on kde-apps. ''Done, Beineri gave him access to the account'' * all Check kde packagekit frontend http://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:KDE_11.4_packagekit ** ''sebas: testruns turned out ok on different machines, no dup'' ** ''rabauke: could use a way to start yast inst_source, would prefer more visual feedback'' ** ''wstephenson: zypp backend still troublesome'' * all test phonon-gstreamer + pulseaudio combo ** gstreamer has a few shortages regarding equalizer and fading ** pulseaudio still seems to cause troubles * wstephenson make phonon 4.4.4 pkgs ''Done'' == Status Report == * opensuse 11.4 rc1 is propagating to the mirrors with kde 4.6.0 * wstephenson: Fosdem, cleaned up UI jargon strings upstream, started looking at gross memory leaks too, 11.4RC1 submissions, bluedevil stuff, fixes all over the board * tittiatcoke: Updates Unstable based on the KDE packages that moved to GIT * testing results for Factory covered == 11.4 stabilization == * nasty nvidia bug affecting x86 users https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=648718 ** most reports hint at a suse related problem in qt applications * wstephenson is swamped fixing bugs left and right * bug entry triage can use more hands == Q&A == ''meeting time again'' * no opposition to biweekly on wednesday, 15 UTC * meetings should take no longer then 2h == Action Items == * wstephenson to contact i18n team with regards to openSUSE guides. * wstephenson, duncanmv fix packagekit-zypp some more * anaumov study packagekit-zypp * cb400f patch in icons from kupdateapplet * all test phonon-gstreamer + pulseaudio combo * remur_030 bring up triage strategy on list * discussion on repo naming etc to deferred to next meeting -- 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] icons and activities in 4.6
by Cor Blom 10 Feb '11

10 Feb '11

Hello, At the end of last week I decided to try Activities (a feature that was marketed for KDE 4.6). I could then assign an specific icon to each activity. I liked it and decided to use it seriously. During the last days I updated to the newest KDE 4.6 in OBS (First KDF, later R:46, with the same result) and I lost the ability to assign custom icons the different activities. Only the default sphere like icons are shown with the option to change this. Does anyone know what has happened? Am I the only one and is it a fault with my system, or do others have the same problem? Regards, Cor -- 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] 'Notes has already been migrated'
by johnm_s2 10 Feb '11

10 Feb '11

openSUSE 11.4 M6 x86_64 KDE Everytime I login I get a window that says KResource Migration Tool, Notes has already been migrated. It goes away after a minute. screenshot: http://picfront.org/d/83Sy -johnm -- 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, 10th February 15:00 UTC
by Karsten König 09 Feb '11

09 Feb '11

Hello everybody! The next openSUSE KDE Team meeting will be held on Thursday, 10th February, 15:00 UTC. For discussion this week: * 11.4 stabilization (remur_030) Generic all-time topics: * old action items * status report * Q&A, misc Further items are appreciated; please add them and your IRC nick to http://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:KDE_Meetings Please use http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?day=10&month=2&year=20… to get the time of the meeting in your time zone. The meeting will happen in #opensuse-kde IRC channel on irc.freenode.net (feel free to add yourself to the list of people who should be notified before the meeting, at http://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:KDE_meetings_ping_list). Everyone is welcome to join in and participate! PS: I added 'send meeting announcements and results to opensuse-project' to our meeting organization page, a few weeks ago I asked for a place where stuff like this could go from all the teams, no one was interested, well I hope nobody will mind the traffic on -project then. -- 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] libqt4-x11 does not carry the license
by Křištof Želechovski 09 Feb '11

09 Feb '11

libqt4-x11 is licensed under GPL, therefore the redistributable package should contain the text of the license in COPYING. -- 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] 11.2 KDE 45: kdm is broken
by johnm_s2 08 Feb '11

08 Feb '11

openSUSE 11.2 x86_64 I just up'ed to KDE 45 using the 11.2 KDE 45 repos. KDM broke. The login screen says "login failed" and there is no visible controls for entering username or password. Can't really do anything. I had to init 3, then do a terminal login, then startx. That gets me into KDE at least. any ideas? -- 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] KR46 vs. KDF
by Martin Koller 08 Feb '11

08 Feb '11

Hi, I'm wondering which of these two repositories do I use if I want to have the version which includes the 4.6 bugfix branch, which will become 4.6.1 ? (and how often is that repository updated to the git/svn KDE repos ?) -- Best regards/Schöne Grüße Martin () ascii ribbon campaign - against html e-mail /\ www.asciiribbon.org - against proprietary attachments Geschenkideen, Accessoires, Seifen, Kulinarisches: www.bibibest.at

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[opensuse-kde] My Computer disk id appears instead of partition names
by Roman Bysh 08 Feb '11

08 Feb '11

Hi all, KDE 4.6.0. My Computer Why have we switched to showing disk ID instead of partition names. Graphically, it looks really crowded. Can we please bring back the partition names i.e /boot, /, /usr, /home etc. Cheers! Roman "Six by nine. Forty two." "That's it. That's all there is." "I always thought something was fundamentally wrong with the universe" -- 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] Dolphin updates the system configuration forever
by Křištof Želechovski 08 Feb '11

08 Feb '11

I tried to open a non-executable shell script (media type application/x-shellscript IIRC). Dolphin said it does not have an application to handle shell scripts and it offered me to install *tea* , so I did. Dolphin showed the "Update system configuration" progress bar. And now the progress bar restarts after reaching 80% and the Dolphin directory view does not respond. -- 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] Clarification re adding older KDE3 programs in OpenSuSE 11.3 KDE4
by Bob Smits 07 Feb '11

07 Feb '11

I'd like to add some KDE3 programs to a fresh install of OpenSuSE 11.3 KDE4 on one of my laptops. I don't want to install the KDE3 desktop or the old network manager, just some KDE3 based versions that still work better than the KDE4 versions. For example, I've installed the Clementine fork of Amarok 1.4 and it seems to work fine. Where do I find the older KDE3 version of KDEPIM that still seems preferable to me to the new version? -- Robert Smits Email bob(a)rsmits.ca -- 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 hardly use any kwin effect with KDE 4.6.0
by Malte Gell 07 Feb '11

07 Feb '11

Hi there, I run KDE 4.6.0 on a 2.2 Ghz dual core and nVidia 210mobile, so enough power is no issue. But, i can hardly use any effects. When I use the 3D cube or even only the application switcher, kwin immediately turns off compositing, saying the effects were too slow. Strange, I can very well use Compiz with all effects! Compiz runs fast and smooth, only kwin makes trouble. So I guess there is a kwin issue here. Is there any workaround? Because I would prefer kwin over Compiz, if it only worked.... Malte -- 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 4.6.0 for openSUSE 11.2 misses packages
by Malte Gell 07 Feb '11

07 Feb '11

Hello, I think for proper use of KDE 4.6.0 on openSUSE 11.2 the packages upower and udisks are badly needed, otherwise automatic detection of USB devices is broken, e.g. USB sticks or CD burner for k3b is not found. Could you please add these packages for openSUSE11.2? Malte -- 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 4.6.0 battery indicator says no battery there
by Malte Gell 07 Feb '11

07 Feb '11

Does anyone with a laptop have the same issue? On KDE 4.6.0 the battery indicator says, there was no battery. Xosview shows the correct battery load. Malte -- 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] kdelibs4 depends on an unindentified package
by Křištof Želechovski 06 Feb '11

06 Feb '11

Don’t do this if you use current KDE 4.4: 1. Don’t tell YaST2 to install dolphin-4.6.0-211.1.x86_64. Result: kdebase4-workspace is not pulled, ksmserver cannot start, KDE is broken. 2. Don’t tell YaST2 to install kdebase4-workspace-4.6.0-568.1.x86_64. Result: kdeinit4 crashes, KDE is broken. Do this instead: 1. Tell YaST2 to switch system packages to KDE 4.6. (Unfortunately, this command is unavailable unless you have X11, but YaST2 cannot talk to X11 under sudo.) Please identify the unknown missing dependency for kdelibs4. Chris -- 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] A possible bug in KDE4 caused by cifs mounts dying when the server is shut down.
by Dave Plater 06 Feb '11

06 Feb '11

I experience a +/- 30sec lockup of the "Kickoff Applications Menu" when a windows vista system that I get the share from has shut down. After I unmount the share all is well again. It's a bug but I'm not quite sure what it's a bug against. I tried to fool it last night (early hours morning) and switched to a tty (ctrl/alt/F2) root console, issued a umount command and ended up having to hard reset my system. I don't have anything open in the share directory. It's mounted in a way that my user owns the files ie. credentials=xxx,nosuid,uid=1000,gid=100 with the name of the credentials file xed out, me being 1000. Anybody know what's happening? Thanks in advance. Dave P -- 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] Two gripes with KDE under openSuSE 11.4
by Thomas Taylor 06 Feb '11

06 Feb '11

Hi fellow KDE users; Sent to both lists for wider consideration. I installed openSuSE 11.4 Milestone 6 a couple of days ago and have two gripes with the KDE desktop. This has KDE version 4.5.95 (RC2). 1) Upon starting, whether from cold boot or restart, the "Mail Notification Properties" popup appears. I've searched through "Configure Desktop" but haven't been able to find how to turn it off. I don't use the KDE mail program (kmail) and don't want to be notified about new messages. How can I turn this annoyance off? 2) Is there a way (as in Winblows) to turn the sound off for ALL notifications without having to turn off every single "play sound" button on every single program, EASILY at a single click? Winblows at least allows one to click on "no sounds" for system notifications and still have audio available. 3) Guess I lied! Is there a way to turn off the VERY annoying buzzer sound that occurs in some programs when bad keyboard input occurs (such as trying to delete beyond/before a fill-in box? It annoys my wife when she's sleeping and I'm working at the keyboard. Thanks, Tom -- Tom Taylor - retired penguin openSuSE 11.3 x86_64 openSUSE 11.4M6 x86_64 KDE 4.4.4, FF 3.6.8 KDE 4.5.95, FF 4.0 Beta claws-mail 3.7.8 claws-mail 3.7.8 registered linux user 263467 linxt-At-comcast-DoT-net -- 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] Calendar of KDE 4.6 shows national holidays in duplicate
by Erwin Lam 06 Feb '11

06 Feb '11

Hello, I am running openSUSE 11.3 (x86_64) with KDE recently upgraded to version 4.6 (release 3.7.6). I noticed that the calendar of KOrganizer 4.4.10 shows all national holidays in duplicate, i.e. a holiday like newyears day now occupies two days. Has anyone else noticed this odd behaviour? Regards, Erwin Lam -- Erwin Lam (erwinlam(a)dds.nl) -- 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 4.6, major issues
by Tony 06 Feb '11

06 Feb '11

Howdy all: I have two computers, a desktop and laptop running 11.3, kde 4.5.5, nvidia 256.53 (have to use this driver to avoid the floating point error that causes all clock widgets to crash with kde 4.5). I tried updating both computers to kde 4.6 I used the following repos: http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/KDE:/Release:/46/openSUSE_11.3/ http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/KDE:/Extra/KDE_Release_46_openSUS… Did zypper up on one zypper dup on another to the kde:release:46 repo. Both updates failed big time, and I have reverted back to kde 4.5.x, below are the issues on both computers after the update: 1) No window controls, restore, close minimize, title bar ...... 2) no keyboard input in any window, within kde, kb works fine from tty1 ...... 3) Networkmanager would not load into system tray 4) kde starts on occasion with only the main panel with task bar system tray etc, but black screen I'm assuming plasma has crashed. 5) main panel will not allow changes, even if widgets unlocked, the little upside down like apostrophe does not appear and can not change panel 6) if using the newer nvidia driver 260.19.36, plasma loops and generates numerous seg fault messages. Below are a few things I tried before reverting back to kde 4.5.5 1) remove /tmp/kde-user temp directory, user of course replaced with my user name 2) deleted .kde4 folder, for logged in user 3) update to nvidia current drivers (this did nothing but bring back the floating point errors), then back to nvidia 256.53 driver. Any ideas suggestion greatly appreciated, Thanks, Tony -- 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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