January 2003 - openSUSE KDE - openSUSE Mailing Lists

A little disappointed with 3.1
by Peter Nunn 30 Jan '03

30 Jan '03

Hi folks, I've finally got KDE 3.1 working but have to say that I'm a little disappointed with the font performance of it on my laptop. It looks great on the desktop machine, but only marginally better on the laptop (I guess I expected more). Is there anything I can do to clean it up a bit? I've got the default fonts selected with antialias turned on. Thanks. Peter.

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Re: [suse-kde] Installing KDE 3.1 from new RPM's
by Peter Nunn 30 Jan '03

30 Jan '03

>On Wed, 29 Jan 2003, Daniel Eckl wrote: >> >> Hmmmm, perhaps you want to try this one: >> >> <ftp://ftp.kde.org/pub/kde/stable/latest/SuSE/ix86/8.1/qt3-3.1.1-15.i586.rpm > >And please try >rpm --checksig qt3-3.1.1-15.i586.rpm >I just checked it on the master mirror, where it is okay. >bye >adrian Thanks guys, I've just run the --checksig and its comming up with MD5 GPG NOT OK. I've downloaded from the above link, from the Australian mirror and from one other site now and there all the same. Looks like its either corrupted there or for some reason this one file simply won't play for me. Peter. CAUTION - This message may contain privileged and confidential information intended only for the use of the addressee named above. If you are not the intended recipient of this message you are hereby notified that any use, dissemination, distribution or reproduction of this message is prohibited. If you have received this message in error please notify AMCOR immediately. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender and may not necessarily reflect the views of AMCOR.

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KDE3.1 Cool International Clock Feature
by Jethro Cramp 30 Jan '03

30 Jan '03

Just discovered that if you middle click on the clock on the taskbar it shows different international times. And its configurable (of course). Cool. Jethro

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What YOU was suppose to do/be.
by Ben Rosenberg 29 Jan '03

29 Jan '03

I've noticed that YOU was said to just be for system updates such as security and the like which puzzles me. Several SuSE people and other said that apt would no longer be needed once the 8.1 YOU was in full swing. Well, if one can't just install the newest software or software that wasn't previously installed then why would apt no longer be needed since YOU doesn't do these things. I think people get mad because they are under the impression that YOU was ment to do what apt does. Am I wrong? It's just something that's crossed my mind lately. -- Ben Rosenberg ---===---===---===--- mailto:ben@whack.org Tell me what you believe.. I'll tell you what you should see.

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Re: [suse-kde] KDE3.1 observations
by Federico Damonte 29 Jan '03

29 Jan '03

> > it was suggested that you were better off, waiting for SuSE(TM) packages, > that was what I was looking for ;-) > > I see now in Adrians letter that there will be no such thing. I will go to > kde.org then. > but on SuSE ftp server there are 3.1 rpm's, are they any differnt from the ones on kde.org? could someone clarify this? fred

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Listviews in konqueror.
by Richard Fletcher 29 Jan '03

29 Jan '03

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 After upgrading to 3.1 I lost the muticoloured list when in "detailed view" in konqueror file manager mode. You know when one line is white and the next is blue. Well, ive looked all over the place and deleted ~/.kde/share/config/konquerorrc but various editings of this file didn't help either. Ive even grepped the source code to tryt and find something useful, but Ive not had any luck. If anyone can get this to work could they please post their ~/.kde/share/config/konq* files, excluding konq_history Note that some of the files may contain private stuff in the form of RecentFiles lists, and you might want to give them a quick once over. I imagine everyhing I might need would be in the [settings] section of konquerorrc since thats where BgColor and Background settings are stored. TIA - -- Richard Fletcher, Sheffield, UK. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD4DBQE+N9rUFv+mlSC+6l4RAqGEAJioFx37dqFX+Kwt1SvnXejirB3vAKCTmM9i WgJ8O+NmtJ0T289JVGJ3Dg== =HAWB -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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RE: [suse-kde] KDE3.1 observations
by Allen Seelye 29 Jan '03

29 Jan '03

> > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Allen Seelye [mailto:aseelye@blackfoot.net] > >> I got them from here but this server is probably jam-packed right now. >> http://download.kde.org/stable/3.1/SuSE/ix86/7.3/ > >That's 7.3. I've got SuSE 8.1. I think the other >poster does, too. > >/kevin > > Oh, Oops! Sorry, try this one: http://download.kde.org/stable/3.1/SuSE/ix86/8.1/

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Re: [suse-kde] KDE3.1 observations
by Allen Seelye 29 Jan '03

29 Jan '03

I noticed these same things although kuickshow does show up where it's supposed to for me. It would be nice to get that suse menu back though. I guess I'm just to lazy to make the links myself. A few nice things that I really like about it: 1-New multimedia apps, Krec and Kaudiocreator. I've been looking for these exact types of apps for kde, 2-I like the new look (albeit it may be an old scheme, I don't really know but I like it just the same). 3-Konquerer loads noticeably faster, looks better and handles all my java stuff now that used to only work in netscape. 4-Kdm took no tweaking with this install. The last few releases completely hosed kdm and I had to go back and alter things everytime to make it work correctly. Kdm also looks better I think. 5-Jpeg images (wallpaper, previews, etc...) also show up correctly now. Ever since kde3.01 I've had to make changes to the qt install to get them to show up. Had no problems this time. 6-Kmenu seems to be organized a little bit better now. It appears to have just as much content but before, at first glance it seemed a little overwhelming. You would go into each menu and get hit with a barrage of apps that you will probably never use even if you did know what they all were. The way they are arranged now just seems to present better. 7-Kget! Finally a decent download manager for kde. Yet another application that I was frequently wishing I had. 8-Remote desktop, very nice. Thats going to come in quite handy. 9-New control center layout. Nothing new that Ive noticed but it looks much nicer. Organized better. 10-A few extra out-of-the-box wallpapers, nothing fantastic but nice just the same. I think that about covers it for now. Thats just the surface stuff that jumped out at me. There are supposed to be tons of security fixes and other odds and ends as well. Im pretty happy with it. >For those thinking of upgrading I would suggest waiting for SuSE to put >rpm's up on their site. > >Benefits I've seen (in 12 hours) using the kde.org rpms: >1.) Kmail auto indexing. >2.) Some java (javascript?) web pages which wouldn't work w/ Konqueror > but worked w/ all other browsers I tried now work (Yea!!!) >3.) For some reason my screen always seems clearer after an upgrade > (probably a psychological effect) >4.) kdesu konqueror shows up in detail view, the way I want it to. >5.) Konqueror hasn't crashed while trying to rename a file or folder > (yet) > >Disappointments: >1.) NO Kuickshow, I've got to find some workaround. > (the new kdegraphics.rpm claims its there but my > computer sure doesn't find it.) >2.) Konqueror file manager seems slower. >3.) Krusader doesn't work >4.) Theme (many/all) sett ings revert to default >5.) Many Icons (SuSE menu) lose their images. > >Nothing devastating, but basically a balance of improvements and >regressions. > >my .02 >-- >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 >

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Re: [suse-kde] KDE3.1 observations
by Allen Seelye 29 Jan '03

29 Jan '03

>On Wednesday 29 January 2003 22:25, Mathias Homann wrote: >> Am Mittwoch, 29. Januar 2003 22:10 schrieb KMcLauchlan(a)chrysalis-its.com: >> > Roughly how long might SuSE be expected to take to >> > create, test, and make available the SuSE flavo[u]r >> > rpms? >> done already. they're under their linuKs service... >Hmmm... on the page: >http://www.suse.de/en/private/download/linuks/index.html >I only see "KDE 3.0.4 packages are now available." > >Please tell me were to look... I cant wait to get it. > >-- >Regards >Klaus Vink Slott > > >-- >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 > I got them from here but this server is probably jam-packed right now. http://download.kde.org/stable/3.1/SuSE/ix86/7.3/ -Allen ICQ# 8286205 Problems? There are no problems. If there were problems, they would be your fault. If, hypothetically speaking, there were problems and they were not your fault, we couldn't help you with them. That's not a supported configuration.

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RE: [suse-kde] KDE3.1 observations
by KMcLauchlan＠chrysalis-its.com 29 Jan '03

29 Jan '03

> -----Original Message----- > From: Allen Seelye [mailto:aseelye@blackfoot.net] > I got them from here but this server is probably jam-packed right now. > http://download.kde.org/stable/3.1/SuSE/ix86/7.3/ That's 7.3. I've got SuSE 8.1. I think the other poster does, too. /kevin

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