February 2004 - openSUSE KDE - openSUSE Mailing Lists

Could not start kdeinit
by DB Troll 09 Feb '04

09 Feb '04

After upgrading to kde 3.15 I get a gray box in the top right corner after log-in stating that could not start kdeinit. If I acknowledge the box kde starts fine. How do I get rid of the box. TIA David

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switching off konqueror preview settings globally
by eddie 09 Feb '04

09 Feb '04

Does anyone know how to switch off konqueror preview settings so that the default is off, system-wide? Thanks Eddie

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failure notice
by Jan Strube 09 Feb '04

09 Feb '04

Hi, I have installed XFce4 on my system and made the corresponding entries in /etc/opt/kde3/share/config/kdm/kdmrc everything worked fine until I updated to KDE 3.2. The menu entries are now seemingly in random order, at least the order is different from any of the kdmrc files I know of. (/etc/.../kdmrc and kdmrc.SuSEconfig or /opt/kde3/.../kdmrc And, of course, the XFce4 entry is gone. Help, anyone ? Thanks, Jan

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KDE 3.1.4 to 3.2 questions
by linux 09 Feb '04

09 Feb '04

hello all, i have/had the following "problems" 1) whenever i start kde there is no background color ** at startup (only x server background) 1.1) is there something wrong with kdmrc** linux2:~ # find / -name kdmrc /etc/opt/kde3/share/config/kdm/kdmrc /opt/kde3/share/config/kdm/kdmrc /opt/kde3/share/config/SuSE/default/kdmrc /var/adm/SuSEconfig/md5/etc/opt/kde3/share/config/kdm/kdmrc what is the propper file? i created a link like this: ln -s /etc/opt/kde3/share/config/kdm/kdmrc >/opt/kde3/share/config/kdm/kdmrc 2) yast modules in kcontrol starting external. 3) icons lost for yast in kcontrol (copied back from 3.1.4, now ok) 4) autologin do not work for any user 5) kmail problems (somehow loosing mails) 6) k3b problems when i use the suse package (workaround with the "packman" release) 7) how can i get the KDE original menu back? (at the moment it's the "suse" menu) i installed KDE 3.2 in single-user-mode. (did not remove the kde-suse-base) can someone help me or give me some answers.. thank you! ------------------------- linux(a)utanet.at ------------------------

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kdelibs3-3.2.0-2.i586.rpm
by vze5bgzj 09 Feb '04

09 Feb '04

Hi. I am running SuSE 8.2. I am attempting to upgrade KDE to 3.2.0 and seem to have hit a wall with kdelibs3-3.2.0-2.1586.rpm. When I attempt to install this version of kdelibs3 I receive the following error message: file /opt/kde3/share/mimelnk/application/x-cue.desktop from install of kdelibs3-3.2.0-2 conflicts with file from package k3b-0.8.1-15 file /opt/kde3/share/mimelnk/application/x-iso.desktop from install of kdelibs3-3.2.0-2 conflicts with file from package k3b-0.8.1-15 file /opt/kde3/share/mimelnk/application/vnd.sun.xml.calc.desktop from install of kdelibs3-3.2.0-2 conflicts with file from package susewm-3.6.0-232 file /opt/kde3/share/mimelnk/application/vnd.sun.xml.draw.desktop from install of kdelibs3-3.2.0-2 conflicts with file from package susewm-3.6.0-232 file /opt/kde3/share/mimelnk/application/vnd.sun.xml.impress.desktop from install of kdelibs3-3.2.0-2 conflicts with file from package susewm-3.6.0-232 file /opt/kde3/share/mimelnk/application/vnd.sun.xml.writer.desktop from install of kdelibs3-3.2.0-2 conflicts with file from package susewm-3.6.0-232 How do I determine the specific file from the packages mentioned? How do I upgrade? Thanks Mike

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kde 3.2 & k3b .11.1 installation problem
by Adolph & Sharon Weidanz 09 Feb '04

09 Feb '04

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hey all.. A problem I've had since .94 that is begining to bug me. I tried installing k3b .11.1 from rpm (using synaptic .46) . I get an error that says k3b conflicts with several kdelibs (I can get the exact ones if it would help). I then did dl'd the source, thinking to recompile, might clear up the problem. It didn't, all I got was errors about libmad not installed ( it was) Any help would be appreciated.. - -- Adolph & Sharon Weidanz S/V Time To Paws 43' 1978 Endeavour Ketch -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (MingW32) iD8DBQFAJuVflC+PSm9+eB0RAoTaAJ0YEJDxBU2DYGZAEKllJHeaYOiPTgCeKgLd 4x0kXzwggheN4OqUxVNJEmo= =JWNU -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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kmail can't connect
by Alaios 08 Feb '04

08 Feb '04

Just listen my new problem.... I am trying to connect to my pop3 mail server in order to send my emails.... The server does not need authentication. I check it in Outlook and Outlook express and it is fine.... I can't understand why the kmail cannot establish a connection with the server....... Any ideas? __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Finance: Get your refund fast by filing online. http://taxes.yahoo.com/filing.html

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X and kdm problem at startup
by Dominik Klein 08 Feb '04

08 Feb '04

When i start my SuSE 9, it does not boot into X any more. It boots text only. When i login as root, kdm is running, X is not running. When i do $> kill `pgrep kdm` $> kdm kdm and X start up and everything is fine. When i login as user and do "startx" X starts up, as it should, but no kdm, ok. I checked a couple of things already: default runlevel is 5 there is an rc script for kdm(it is called xdm but as far as i see it starts kdm) in rc5.d service kdm gets started and it says "done" at boot time X and kde are configured correctly - they run if i start them manually. I tried to just add another rc script in rc5.d It just does $> kill `pgrep kdm` $> /opt/kde3/bin/kdm but the only thing that comes up is an echoed "terminated". Thx in advance! Dominik

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Re: [suse-kde] KDE 3.2
by Craig Ambrose 08 Feb '04

08 Feb '04

The quoted reply below was offlist, but I hope Lee won't mind me posting it here, as others may find it interesting. On the subject of installing KDE3.2 with SuSE, I have a couple of other questions which I hope someone else has already encountered the answers to. I'm familiar with using package management systems like apt, and I guess I'm wondering if I can treat YaST2 in the same way. Can I set the ftp kde supplimentary directory as an installation source in YaST2 and then just tell it to update? Also, in a previous thread, I heard talk about not updating KDE using YaST while within KDE. Is this necessary? I've certainly done upgrades like this using apt before (from within KDE) without any problems. So to summarise, I'm thinking that I'll go ahead and install KDE3.2, even if it means that I lose the suseplugger and so forth until SuSE9.1 comes out. I intend to do the following. 1. Download all the RPM's 2. Boot in a text only runlevel. 3. Run yast in text mode and install the packages. 4. reboot in graphical mode. Does this sound like the right approach, and is it all necessary. ;) thanks Craig On Wednesday 04 February 2004 5:20 pm, you wrote: > On Tuesday 03 February 2004 11:20 pm, Craig Ambrose wrote: > > At the risk of dragging this thread off topic slightly, I was > > wondering what approach people generally favour with grabbing kde > > updates. Is it worth doing it yourself, or is it easier to just wait > > for SuSE to incorporate it officially. I'm new to SuSE, having just > > moved from fedora, and I'm loving the functionality and stability, > > but I do miss a lot of KDE3.2 features (I was previously running the > > beta version). If I upgrade, will I lose a lot of SuSE functionality? > > And if I don't, how long does SuSE usually take to incorporate new > > major KDE releases. > > > > Sorry for the rather vague newbie questions. ;) Anyone's thoughts > > would be appreciated. > > > > Craig > > ============== > > Hi Craig, > > Because KDE 3.2 is so "hot" right now, SuSE is usually very good about > getting a stable build out to the users. Because of the many changes > from 3.1.x to 3.2, I don't think it was possible to maintain some of > the perks SuSE adds when putting out the regular versions. They will > get around to it, I have no doubt, but those things are not so > important to the everyday workings of your KDE. I suspect that since > it will only be about another month or two before 9.1 might show up, > it's doubtful that we will see fixes for SuSEplugger, etc. > > The best thing to do, if you like to stay up to date, is find a good > mirror and download the files for the new KDE from SuSE. Install them > manually or use YaST2 to update from your hard drive. SuSE provides > you many ways to work with the files. > > Glad to have you using SuSE, I think you'll find it very nice to work > on. > > Hope that helps a bit, > Lee

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KDE 3.2.0 on Suse 8.1
by udo 08 Feb '04

08 Feb '04

Hi list ! I've done it ... upgraded to Kde 3.2.0 on my standard Suse 8.1 box. It is really a pretty standard box with XFree-4.2.0, Freetype2-2.0.9 . The more I was asthonished about the many unresolved deps when trying to install the rpms. But ignoring and using some tricks (and even seg faults) I could overcome those issues and whoop - the new KDE started. HOWEVER: - the rpms are built against libstdc++.so.5: version `GLIBCPP_3.2.2', which means, that several programmes such as juk, k3b are not starting ! That's annoying... - Sound is gone! Apart from many unresolved arts-deps, the main reason is that in the control center - sound system - hardware, you cannot select any type. There is autom. detection given only. This means alsa is selected, my card needs TOSS.... - the Euro is gone... At least in my de_DE... BUT: Apart from the above, Suse has done a good job, even for my "old" distro (including the kmail update). And KDE 3.2 is excellent.. I hope that the Suse people will release an update for the 8.1 rpms within the next days, so that people can use them... Udo

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