February 2011 - openSUSE KDE - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[opensuse-kde] Unrar to move to non-oss
by Dave Plater 05 Feb '11

05 Feb '11

Hi, it's come to the attention of legal that the unrar license is considered as unfree by fedora. I thought I might bring to your attention that moves are afoot to move it to non-oss and it's just occurred to me that this might break ark. The bug's novell only bnc#669449 Regards 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] KDE 4.6.0 sys tray icons so ugly
by Malte Gell 05 Feb '11

05 Feb '11

Hi, do we really need to copy every look and feel from MS Windows!? I find the new sys tray icons so damn ugly.... I want those colorful icons back! And it really looks silly when the new icons get mixed with icons that are not aware of the new look. 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] Messed up media center display installing openSuSE11.3 x64
by Marc Chamberlin 05 Feb '11

05 Feb '11

Hello I just got done installing openSuSE11.3 x64 on to my media center and WOW is the screen ever mucked up! And I don't have a clue how to fix it... So here are some of the particulars - I am using an nVidia controller GeForce 8500GT I have 2 monitors connected to it, one is a 42 inch monitor that I run with a resolution of 1920x1080 dpi and the other is a small 6 inch monitor that I run at 800x600 dpi. I run these two monitors in clone mode with the second monitor using the pan ability to track the mouse cursor around the desktop. Under openSuSE11.2 I had these two monitors working fine. Note the usage of the word HAD, installing 11.3 has now seriously mucked up the display under 11.2 also... My disk drive is configured such that 11.2 and 11.3 were installed in their own partitions, and /home was installed in a separate partition, which I configured to mount under both 11.2 and 11.3. It is my belief that some configuration file must reside on my home directory /home/marc that worked ok for KDE and 11.2, but KDE and 11.3 did not like. So, contrary to what the openSuSE wiki says about how it is safe to port /home from one version of openSuSE to another, I must disagree! It didn't. I will try to describe how the display appears, under 11.2 and 11.3, it is kinda similar but not quite. First of all the kicker bar at the bottom of the desktop is HUGE! Probably taking up a full 5th of the screen in height. In length it extends off screen at both edges, making it impossible to click on the SuSE applications icon at the far left, or seeing all of the clock at the far right. There are icons for Dolphin and launching a terminal window which are EXTREMELY small, hard to see, and icons for shutting down the system and locking the screen which are EXTREMELY large! Go figure that one!!! I managed to unlock the widgets and bring up the control panel for the panel settings for the kicker. With that, I can adjust the height of the kicker bar, but if I try to make it a reasonable smaller height, the various icons will disappear below the edge of the screen. The handles to adjust the width of the kicker will not budge and remain immovable, no matter how I click on them and try to drag em. The various plasmoids/widgets or whatever they are called, that go with the various activities are also extremely large. The activity bar that I had set up is now off the screen at the top and unreachable. So I can no longer switch activities. The xterm windows are launched extremely large also. but font size with in them is normal and what I have configured. Only the font size for the clock widget is extremely large. In appearance, the main difference is that all the various windows in 11.3, do not form rectangular boxes, rather they are somewhat large stair steps along the vertical edges. Also the pan mode for the small monitor has stopped working. It does not appear I have the configuration tools I had in 11.2, in 11.3, such as Sax2, and the nVidia settings tool also seems to have changed. (extremely hard to use in 11.3 anywise due to the stair step effects on the windows, and mouse/cursor location does not seem to agree with what it is pointing at, so I have to guess where to put the cursor before clicking on something) I have uninstalled/reinstalled 11.3 with exactly the same results. I have also done a full update of everything from the repositories. Still no joy. If I were to take a guess, I would say that the nVidia driver is installing OK, (not sure about 11.3) judging by the background pictures shown on my desktop. But something is seriously mucked up with all the various KDE widgets, windows, toolbar, kicker etc... Am willing to send any files that might be helpful, and thanks in advance for helping me with this problem. Marc... -- 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] Key shortcut F9 makes Konqueror freeze
by Malte Gell 05 Feb '11

05 Feb '11

Hello, I use KDE 4.4.4 and when I press F9 to get the sidebar, Konqueror freezes for a lot of seconds. Is there a workaround besides opening the sidebar from the menu? Is this a known bug? 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] YaST does not use KDE style of root
by Malte Gell 05 Feb '11

05 Feb '11

Hello, as far as I know, YaST uses the KDE style set for the root user. I have set Bespin as the style for root. But, YaST does not use Bespin, but something different, Plastique or so. How can I make YaST finally using Bespin as its style? Setting Bespin for root is already done.... 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] Cannot open forum in Konqueror
by Malte Gell 04 Feb '11

04 Feb '11

Hello, running KDE 4.4.4, why can't I open this forum in Konqueror? http://www.doppel-wobber.de/wbb2/ It works fine in Firefox, but it cannot be opened with Konqueror in KDE 4.4.4 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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Re: [opensuse-kde] KDE 4.6 - desktop effects with live previews broken
by Matthias Meyr 04 Feb '11

04 Feb '11

On Fri, Feb 4, 2011 at 3:33 PM, Sebastian Kügler <sebas(a)kde.org> wrote: > Which graphics driver are you using? Looks like I'm running "radeon". But I'm not sure. According to Xorg.0.log both "radeon" and "radeonhd" get loaded, but "radeonhd" gets unloaded again. Btw: My hardware is a X1400 chip in a Thinkpad T60. > Try playing around with the ADvanced Desktop Effects settings, especially: > - Scale Method > - Keep window thumbnails... I did so. "Keep window thumbnails..." didn't change anything, but activating the scale methods "smooth" or "crisp" did both help. Now I see live previews but the box of the "Box Switch" effect is still missing and the text telling me the application's name when moving the windows to the background (e.g. when using the Present Windows effect) is still not available. Can I make sure that I'm not missing any artwork or font? > Please check the bugtrackers for this, and report it if it's not reported > yet. (KDE bugtracker, file against KWin). I will do that tomorrow. Thanks for your help! Matthias -- 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 many apps not shown in system tray
by Malte Gell 04 Feb '11

04 Feb '11

Hi there, I just upgraded to KDE 4.6.0 from the KDE repo. I see the system tray has changed a lot. I cannot see many apps any longer, e.g. kmix, kopete, klipper. None of them is shown in the system tray. How can I get those icons back? I see, kmix is running, but not shown in the system tray. How to get the icons back? Thanx 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] Konqueror, how to change address bar width
by Malte Gell 04 Feb '11

04 Feb '11

Hello, I wanted to add some more icons to the bar where the address bar is located. But it seems when more icons are set there, they can't be seen because the address bar takes all the space. Thus, can the width of the address bar be made smaller to fit all additional icons? I use KDE 4.4.4. Regards 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 Repo for openSuSE 11.3 seems to offer 11.4 packages
by Sebastian Koerner 03 Feb '11

03 Feb '11

Hi, I added the KDE 4.6 repos to yast2 on openSuSE 11.3 x86_64 http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/KDE:/Release:/46/openSUSE_11.3/re… and now I have some conflicts. Mostly it seems that the Repo offers some 11.4 packages (the four below). This is the yast output. Saying I have 11.3-13.2 installed but 11.4-82.2 is available. kdebase4-runtime-branding-openSUSE | The KDE Runtime Components | 11.3-13.2 (11.4-82.2) | 141,0 KiB [kdebase4-workspace-branding-openSUSE | openSUSE KDE Extension | 11.3-13.2 (11.4-82.2) | 1,7 MiB kdelibs4-branding-openSUSE | KDE Base Libraries: Build Environment | 11.3-13.2 (11.4-82.2) | 38,0 KiB kdm-branding-openSUSE | KDE login and display manager | 11.3-13.2 (11.4-82.2) | 770,0 KiB In http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/KDE:/Release:/46/openSUSE_11.3/re… primary.xml.gz there are lines referring to 11.4. Which seems wrong Is this problem known? -- Best regards Sebastian Koerner <mailto:s.koerner@online.de> -- 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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