Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (1839 mails)

[Oliver Kullmann <O.Kullmann@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, Sep 21, 2010 at 02:55:49PM -0400, dwgallien wrote:
> > It seems that upgrading to 4.5 you can't do within the Suse-Yast framework?
> Sure you can.  Add the 2 repositories here:
>
> http://en.opensuse.org/KDE_repositories#Upstream_Release_.28KDE_SC_4.5.29
>
> In YaST Software Management, navigate to each repository and, just above the 
> top of the list, click on "switch system packages to the versions in this 
> repository".  (This cannot be done within the released 11.3 upgrade process, 
> it's an add-on step.)

Thanks. I'll try that once I'm back from the conferences I'm going soon (too 
frightened to
try it before).
 
> > > >
> > >
> > > Right-click on the Pager, check out the various new settings.  And when 
> > > you hover over a virtual desktop you should see a pop-up that lists all 
> > > the windows on that desktop.
> >
> > This is helpful, but doesn't solve the problem of finding out where you are 
> > right now (say,
> > after logging in).
> I wonder if under Desktop Effects, one of the Window Management effects might 
> be a solution?  Box Switch, Cover Switch, and Flip Switch all use Alt-Tab to 
> scroll through all windows in a pop-up list.  Desktop Grid will display all 
> virtual desktops organized in a grid, showing the windows that are in each; 
> essentially a magnified view of the Pager (and you also can drag windows 
> between the desktops here).  Present Windows will display all windows on all 
> desktops or just those windows on the current desktop or just those windows 
> that belong to the same "class".

Currently I can't use the desktop effects (ATI driver not working), but 
hopefully at some
point I can try it out.

Thanks!

Oliver

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Dr. Oliver Kullmann
Computer Science Department
Swansea University
Faraday Building, Singleton Park
Swansea SA2 8PP, UK
http://cs.swan.ac.uk/~csoliver/
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