- openSUSE KDE 3

Amarok 1.4.10 and M4A audio files.
by Rafael Herrera 14 Feb '24

14 Feb '24

Hello, I'm still running Amarok 1.4.10. My desktop computer is running Leap 15.5. I've a number of audio files with extension m4a. When I try to play them I get "Error Loading Media There is no available decoder." I've the gstreamer libraries installed, but whatever decoder is needed by this version of Amarok is, it's missing or not compatible. Amarok 9 has no issues with these files. Does anybody know if there's a particular package I'm missing or it's just not possible? Rafael

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Leap 15.5 KDE3 start menu: missing internet group
by Istvan Gabor 11 Feb '24

11 Feb '24

Hello:I installed Leap 15.3 desktop-data-openSUSE package in my Leap 15.5 system.It shows the program groups in KDE3 start menu but the "internet" category is missing.In my Leap 15.1 it is between "graphics" and "multimedia" groups. Why is it and how could I fix it? The internet category is an important one, and now none of its application are shown in KDE3 start menu.Thanks,Istvan

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[kde3] Konsole tab icons +
by Felix Miata 07 Feb '24

07 Feb '24

Are bigger than elsewhere and bigger in TW than in Leap, swelling the height of the tabs to 150% of the height they ought to be. I can't find anything that can change them in Konsole settings, and nothing I see in Personal Settings icons is different except for toolbar that's 32 in Leap, 22 in TW. Both are using Crystal SUSE icon theme. The only other place I have noticed about icon size difference is in personal settings the framing buttons in TW are huge compared to those in Leap, while the content icons are a match. -- Evolution as taught in public schools is, like religion, based on faith, not based on science. Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata

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[kde3] KMix ignores HDMI outputs
by Felix Miata 02 Feb '24

02 Feb '24

I have at least 40 different TW, Slowroll and Leap installations using KDE3, mostly to the exclusion of any other DE installed besides IceWM. Since early last year, typically right after a zypper up or dup, I've been collecting inventories on them of installed sound-related packages, and setup options, such as from inxi -ASaz alsactl info wpctl status pw-cli list-objects Device pw-cli list-objects Node aplay -lL systemctl --global --user status pipewire.{service,socket} systemctl --global --user status wireplumber and sometimes others. The attachment is one such collection from 15.5. I've been hoping to find the right combination such that alsa, pipewire and/or jack sound always works for everything that uses it - without requiring pavucontrol or pulseaudio be installed. WRT KMix it seems I have narrowed down what is required or not when the audio connection is the pinjack output of motherboard or discrete audio card, or a laptop's built in speakers, but not if output is expected from HDMI or DP, whether from discrete GPU card or from motherboard graphics outputs. Even when KDE3 system sounds work through HDMI or DP, KMix seems oblivious to possible existence of speakers attached to the ends of DP or HDMI ports. It seems there must be somewhere that the default audio output needs to be registered according to what is connected, or specifically as desired, but I've been unable to locate any such setting, while KMix seems must be permanently directed to the analog output in every case one exists, which is virtually always. Trying to configure KDE3 sound through KControl on these produces: "Unable to start the sound server to retrieve possible sound I/O methods. Only automatic detection will be available." With KDE3 system sounds, automatic detection is obviously working, but not for KMix3. HDA Intel HDMI can be selected from the mixer window, but all that window shows are yellow dots for e.g. 3 IEC958s - sans vertical sliders. I note that all my most recent PCs have only Intel CPUs with integrated GPU, and all have multiple digital outputs, either one DVI and one HDMI, one DVI, one DP and one HDMI, or one DP and two HDMI. Normally when in use these PCs are using all 2 or 3 available digital video outputs, and those displays getting HDMI or DP input have speakers I wish used. Does anyone here know what is happening, or not, that keeps KMix3 from using any DP or HDMI Intel HDA output? Is this a known KDE3-specific issue? I suspect it shouldn't be, because on TDE and Plasma installations the problem is similar, just less clearly analog-works, digital-not, with different mixer UIs. Can a disabling of analog out or preference to digital out be made by the system, and to be recognized by KMix? Is there some secret method of configuring KMix to see the digital out? If I were to report on b.o.o. is there any likelihood somebody would try to fix it? If would be nice if we still have KDE3 in 15.6 and 16.0 that audio would just work without including pulseaudio to degrade audio performance. -- Evolution as taught in public schools is, like religion, based on faith, not based on science. Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata

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Firefox open containing folder
by Lioh Möller 17 Jan '24

17 Jan '24

Hi all, I would like to ask if any of you have found a solution to get the open containing folder function in Firefox to work. It should open with Konqi but currently it does nothing. I have already tried to set the xdg-mime type for inode/directory without success. Greetings Lioh

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15.4 bmp images - no preview in konqueror, no display in kview, etc...
by David C. Rankin 30 Dec '23

30 Dec '23

All, I may just have mixed up libraries on 15.4, but currently it will not display a simple uncompressed .bmp file in konqueror preview or in kview or any other kde dependent image viewer. Other image viewers are like gpicview are fine. I don't recall this ever being a problem before, but maybe from the ancient days I loaded another packman library? Please confirm and reply... -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.

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Bug Kate - rename "Save As" doesn't Update name in file list if extensions shortened (e.g. .cpp to .c)
by David C. Rankin 19 Dec '23

19 Dec '23

I need someone to confirm a bug with the Kate documents list. If you have a file saved, e.g. main.cpp and then "Save As" main.c the window continues to show main.cpp. Same if you have file.txt and "Save As" file.t, the name in the document list remains file.txt even though you are editing file.t now. If you can confirm, I'll write the bug up. -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.

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Need to Update C/C++ syntax for size_t
by David C. Rankin 06 Dec '23

06 Dec '23

All, We need to update the c.xml and isocpp.xml syntax files to include size_t as a type. A simple addition of the following in the type section is all that is needed: <item> size_t </item> Nothing could be easier. Let me know if you think a bug/feature request is needed or if somebody can take it from here. Make code much nicer to read... -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.

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Anybody Know Where kate Alert words are defined? ("NOTE", "FIXME", etc..)
by David C. Rankin 17 Nov '23

17 Nov '23

All, Before I start grepping sources, does anyone recall where the Alert words in kate that get syntax highlighting in red are listed? Like when you type in "NOTE" or "FIXME", kate automatically hightlights them with the Alert (1,2,3) level from Configure kate, Fonts & Colors, Syntax Highlighting. I know I've run across the list before, but cannot recall where. May have been in the source, but I want to say it was easier than that to add words? Any ideas let me know. -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.

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Fwd: [tde-devels] Re: Check TDE to see if the kate session->rename bug exists
by David C. Rankin 08 Nov '23

08 Nov '23

TDE has addressed the kate session issues. See e-mail response from Michele Calgaro below. cherry-pick? -------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: [tde-devels] Re: Check TDE to see if the kate session->rename bug exists Date: Wed, 8 Nov 2023 10:40:34 +0900 From: Michele Calgaro via tde-devels <devels(a)trinitydesktop.org> Reply-To: TDE Devels <devels(a)trinitydesktop.org> To: devels(a)trinitydesktop.org CC: Michele Calgaro <michele.calgaro(a)yahoo.it> -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.

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