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[opensuse-kde] IMAP messages in kmail stopped working
by Richard 11 Apr '11

11 Apr '11

Hi, I no longer get incoming imap messages in kmail, till noon it worked. At that time I switched off my computer. I just started my computer again, and now no imap emails are delivered. They are present, I can e.g. see and process them with Thunderbird and Mutt. Imap messages to another account are working. I re-logged in and restarted the computer, to see if that helped, but it does not unfortunately. This is on openSUSE_11.4 with kmail-4.4.10-277.1.x86_64 Does anyone know, what can be done to make it work again, or what debugging can be done? -- TIA, Richard -- 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:Release:XX HOWTO
by Javier Llorente 09 Apr '11

09 Apr '11

Hi KDE Team, First of all, I would like to thank Will and Raymond for their help. I have learnt many things from them :-) I have written this HOWTO to share what I've learnt from the past few months. Feel free to improve it. KDE:Release:XX HOWTO =================== This is a HOWTO for setting up and maintaining a KDE:Release:XX repository. Before starting, please take into considerations the following: Coordinate the work with others. If the Qt version in KDE:Distro:Factory is newer than the one shipped with openSUSE, don't link libqt4, instead aggregate it (ie: from KDE:Qt:STABLE) and patch kde4-filesystem (macros.kde4). KDE:Release:XX shouldn't pull a newer version of Qt (ie: 4.6.x vs 4.7.x) unless it's required to build KDE. Please do not accept/submit patches for KDE base packages in KDE:Release:XX as long as they are links to KDE:Distro:Factory packages. This may cause link conflicts when updating links revisions! Generally speaking, patches should go to KDE:Distro:Factory first. Ready to go? 1. Create the KDE:Release:XX repository or ask to have it created for you. 2. Create links in KDE:Release:XX osc ls KDE:Distro:Factory |xargs -i -t osc linkpac KDE:Distro:Factory {} KDE:Release:XX 3. Relink subpackages to base packages in KDE:Release:46. ie: perl-kde4 / kdebindings4.  #!/usr/bin/perl my $repository = "KDE:Release:46"; my %kde_sub_packages = ( "kdeaccessibility4-icons" => "kdeaccessibility4", "kdeartwork4-noarch" => "kdeartwork4", "kdebase4-wallpapers" => "kdebase4-workspace", "kdeedu4-noarch" => "kdeedu4", "kdegames4-carddecks" => "kdegames4", "kdelibs4-apidocs" => "kdelibs4", "mono-kde4" => "kdebindings4", "perl-kde4" => "kdebindings4", "python-kde4" => "kdebindings4", "python-kdebase4" => "kdebase4-workspace", "ruby-kde4" => "kdebindings4", "smoke-generator" => "kdebindings4", ); foreach $sub_package (sort keys %kde_sub_packages){ system("osc rdelete $repository $sub_package"); system("osc linkpac -C copy $repository $kde_sub_packages{$sub_package} $repository $sub_package"); }  4. Fix links for KDE base packages to latest revision. The following perl script does it for you:  #!/usr/bin/perl my $repository = "KDE:Release:46"; my @kdebase = qw( kde4-filesystem kde4-l10n kdeaccessibility4 kdeadmin4 kdeartwork4 kdebase4 kdebase4-runtime kdebase4-workspace kdebindings4 kdeedu4 kdegames4 kdegraphics4 kdelibs4 kdemultimedia4 kdenetwork4 kdesdk4 kdetoys4 kdeutils4 kdewebdev4 oxygen-icon-theme plasma-addons ); foreach (@kdebase){ system("osc setlinkrev $repository $_"); }  You may also want to fix links for some packages such as amarok. 5. Delete packages that aren't needed for openSUSE. ie: gpgme 6. Copy the project config from KDE:Distro:Factory Run osc meta prjconf -e KDE:Release:46 to edit it. 7. Add a repository. ie: openSUSE:11.4 + openSUSE:11.4:Update path 8. Raw config: disable publish, enable one architecture (ie: x86_64) and see how it goes. run osc meta prj -e KDE:Release:XX to edit it. 9. Once everything is green, enable all archs and add repositories for other openSUSE versions. 10. All green? Then enable publish :-) 11. Ask maintainers to enable other repos (ie: KDE:Extras) to build against KDE:Release:46. Updating KDE in KDE:Release:46 In most cases, updating the link revisions of the KDE base packages is enough (running the script from point 4 would do that). Don't forget to disable publish first! If an alpha/beta of KDE is about to arrive in KDE:Distro:Factory, copypac the packages from KDE:Distro:Factory to KDE:Release:46 first. From that point on, KDE:Release:46 would contain packages and not links. That means that you could accept patches or that you would have to upload tarballs everytime there's a new release of KDE. Comments and suggestions are welcome! ;-) Cheers, -- Javier Llorente

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[opensuse-kde] Plasma Active on openSUSE
by Sebastian Kügler 09 Apr '11

09 Apr '11

Hi opensuse-kde :), As some of you know, we've been working on non-desktop UIs in #plasma and #opensuse-kde for a while, with very nice results. I've put together a blog post about Plasma Active, and a bunch of wiki pages the name we've given this effort. http://vizzzion.org/blog/2011/04/plasma-active-a-desirable-user-experience- encompassing-the-device-spectrum/ http://community.kde.org/Plasma/Active I have Plasma Active running on a nice tablet here, and it pretty much rocks (buggy, but still). To make it rock even more (and bring it to an end-user ready thing), there's some more work involved. I've detailed what needs to be done on: http://community.kde.org/Plasma/Active/Tasks#openSUSE If you find this project interesting, please help us making Active a success. We're already a pretty determined team, but not strong enough yet to develop its full potential. Will has started moving the stuff which resided in my home project to a new one, KDE:Active, which will be our working base. (You can find more details about the workflow of development, deployment and testing on the Wiki, under Development). We're planning to get two-weekly snapshot images out, and regularly updated packages from master for people to test and quickly see their results deployed. Special thanks go out to tittiatcoke and wstephenson for helping me get these packages working. You guys rock :-) Cheers, -- sebas http://www.kde.org | http://vizZzion.org | GPG Key ID: 9119 0EF9 -- 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] Plasma Active, was: Re: [opensuse-project] future features
by Sebastian Kügler 08 Apr '11

08 Apr '11

Hi *, Jos, On Monday, April 04, 2011 18:07:16 Jos Poortvliet wrote: > I've received a few requests already from ppl asking "what will the next > openSUSE release bring". Now I know a few things being worked on, from > Webpin2 to the bretzn/appstream stuff. And of course the obvious "latest > software packages". But I guess there are other ideas people would like > to work on, right? Quite. :) We (open-slx) are doing a Plasma Active device-independent user experience, based on openSUSE and Plasma. I've just blogged about Plasma Active, as many of you won't have heard of it yet: http://vizzzion.org/blog/2011/04/plasma- active-a-desirable-user-experience-encompassing-the-device-spectrum/ There's more information on communitybase: http://community.kde.org/Plasma/Active .. and a video for the impatient: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4GAFfjscVyg In all due modesty, I've an insanely great openSUSE in my hands, running on a tablet computer. :) We're working on it on the opensuse-kde list, and on the active(a)kde.org list, packages have been developed in the OBS, and the sources are upstream at KDE's Git. There are 11.4-based packages and a live iso. The status is "boots and kinda works", lots of showstoppers. We're targeting our first stable release end of Sept. I understand that non-desktop or -server stuff may not be everybody's cup of tea, but those who would like to lend a hand on making openSUSE rock on all kinds of new devices are very welcome to do so. (See http://community.kde.org/Plasma/Active/Tasks for some inspiration.) Plasma Active is also quite different in its approach to the upstream/downstream: we're a cross-stack, multi-disciplined team (designers, hackers, testers, packagers, ...), working across borders dedicated to create a desirable user experience. As to marketing and communication, please do not overhype this thing at this point. Those that can be of value to our mission should surely know. We've worked out a communication strategy in the Plasma Active team, so if you're planning to do any substantial PR around it right now, I'd much prefer if we first concentrate on making it really rock, and above all that we coordinate it. Cheers, -- sebas http://www.kde.org | http://vizZzion.org | GPG Key ID: 9119 0EF9 -- 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] Mount point of an external disk
by Giacomo Comes 08 Apr '11

08 Apr '11

Hi, If I mount an external usb disk clicking on the device notifier icon, it is mounted in /media/<filesystem label> That's good. If the filesystem doesn't have a label, up to 11.3 it was mounted on /media/disk, now on 11.4 it is mounted on /media/<uuid>. That's ugly. How can I revert things back and have the disk mounted on /media/disk when I click on the corresponding icon in the device notifier? Other question. I like very much the possibility to mount and dismount external devices not only with mouse clicks, but also using shell commands. Up to 11.3 I used halmount. I could mount a device with halmount and dismount it from the desktop and viceversa. However, now if I mount a device from the desktop and I try to dismount it with halmount I receive this error message: /dev/sdb1: org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.Volume.NotMountedByHal: Device to unmount is not in /media/.hal-mtab so it is not mounted by HAL I know that hal is now obsolete, so I'm asking: what command can I use now that has the same functionality of halmount? Giacomo -- 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] keyboard issues in kdm
by Giacomo Comes 08 Apr '11

08 Apr '11

Hi, I have noticed the following problem with kdm in openSUSE 11.4. In the login screen if I select Menu -> Shutdown either by clicking with the mouse or by pressing Alt-S a popup menu appears with the four options: Turn off, Restart, Suspend and Cancel. In order to choose an option, in 11.3 I can use the cursor and return keys or the Alt-key shortcuts (Alt-T, Alt-R, Alt-S, Alt-C) In 11.4 that doesn't work. The popup menu appears but you cannot make your choice with the keyboard, you are forced to use the mouse. Is this a bug or a misconfiguration? How to fix it? Also in 11.3 from the login screen if I want a console login I only need to press Alt-N and I get it. In 11.4 after I press Alt-N a popup menu appears and I need to press Alt-O in order to get the console login. That would not be so bad except that this last popup menu is also affected by the previous bug: the keyboard doesn't work. Actually if I first click on the background image and press Alt-N then the keyboard works and I can press Alt-O or Alr-C or Return or Esc in order to proceed. But if I click in the username or password field and press Alt-N then the keyboard is inactive and I can only proceed using the mouse. Is there a way to disable this last popup menu and go to the console login after only pressing Alt-N as it was in 11.3? Giacomo -- 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] Middle mouse button
by Scott Newton 08 Apr '11

08 Apr '11

Is there any way to configure the middle mouse button to do the same as Ctrl- Shift-Return in applications like KMail and Akregator. I can change the keyboard shortcuts but not set them a middle mouse click. Thanks. -- Regards Scott Newton -- 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] konq-plugins version
by Cor Blom 07 Apr '11

07 Apr '11

Hi, Is there a reaseon why konqeror-plugins is not updated to 4.6.1 in KDF and KR46? Is there still at 4.3.1. Regards, Cor -- 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] How to chose thumbnail program for KDE
by gumb 07 Apr '11

07 Apr '11

> Packman is going through a cleaning process. > I have just submitted kffmpegthumbnailer to Packman/Multimedia. > > Cheers, > -- > Javier Llorente Excellent, thanks very much. Have already downloaded and installed it. gumb -- 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] How to chose thumbnail program for KDE
by gumb 06 Apr '11

06 Apr '11

> Tirsdag den 5. april 2011 09:17:24 skrev Malte Gell: > I use KDE4.6.0 on openSUSE 11.4. I have ffmpegthumbnailer installed, but > Dolphin still does not create thumbnails from video files. > How can I set ffmpegthumbnail to be my preferred thumbnail program? > Malte I've been using kffmpegthumbnailer on 11.3. It has very few dependencies and works well in Dolphin after ticking it in the configuration dialog. However, I've just upgraded another machine to 11.4 and can't find this in any of the repos. It was provided by Packman previously. I note it's missing from Packman on 11.3 now as well so perhaps it's not been updated and is incompatible, but if not could somebody look at packaging it again? Cheers, gumb -- 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] Address book problem
by Bob S 06 Apr '11

06 Apr '11

Hello SuSE people, I am trtying to import my address book, all email addresses, ditribution lists, groups, etc from KDE3,5 to KDE4,6 in kmail. Can't seem to find where that info is stored. I kinow that a lot of that info is on vcf cards. (I have about 40 of them, which I copied over) but they don't show up in the 4.6 kmail address book unless they are each imported individually but even then they are just a hodge podge of email addresses with no organization at all. The new address book looks completely different to me. This would be a real show stopper for me if I can't get it. Wouldn't be able to use KDE4 then. Bob S -- 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] Problem with addressbook groups.
by upscope 06 Apr '11

06 Apr '11

openSUSE 11.4 (2.6.37.1-1.2-desktop) KDE Platform Version 4.6.1 (4.6.1) "release 2" Kontact 4.4.10 Kmail 1.13.6 Kaddressbook 4.4.10 I must be missing a step somewhere. I create a new addressbook group under personal contacts. I select the 7 people I want to be a part of the group (old distribution list). They show the correct entries when I select the group under contacts. I then switch to Kmail, go to New Message --> Select --> Addressbook Distribution Lists. It shows the group name with 7 email addresses. (Correct number) but clicking on the > shows seven blank cards. <code> Processes show akonadi 4745 ? 00:00:00 nepomukserver 4747 ? 00:00:13 nepomukservices 4749 ? 00:00:01 krunner 4758 ? 00:00:00 akonadi_control 4760 ? 00:00:07 akonadiserver 4762 ? 00:00:08 mysqld 4777 ? 00:00:00 kmix 4781 ? 00:00:02 amarok 4798 ? 00:00:01 akonadi_contact 4800 ? 00:00:00 polkit-kde-auth 4801 ? 00:00:00 akonadi_ical_re 4802 ? 00:00:00 kwalletd 4804 ? 00:00:00 akonadi_maildir 4808 ? 00:00:00 akonadi_maildis 4809 ? 00:00:00 akonadi_nepomuk 4810 ? 00:00:00 klipper 4813 ? 00:00:04 akonadi_nepomuk 4826 ? 00:00:00 korgac 4833 ? 00:00:42 virtuoso-t 4862 ? 00:00:03 nepomukservices 4865 ? 00:00:00 nepomukservices 4867 ? 00:00:03 nepomukservices 4868 ? 00:00:04 nepomukservices 4869 ? 00:00:03 nepomukservices 4976 ? 00:00:00 kpackagekitsmar </code> I have used the same .csv and imported the groups and personal contacts into SeaMonkey and all works correctly. I can send my various distribution lists. This was working under 11.4 RC1. I did a fresh install for the GM release and it has not worked since. I must of missed something. Can anyone give me a idea what to look for or a how too. I've been thru the the steps on the KDE site. No help. Thanks in advance. Russ -- 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] How to chose thumbnail program for KDE
by Malte Gell 05 Apr '11

05 Apr '11

Hi, I use KDE4.6.0 on openSUSE 11.4. I have ffmpegthumbnailer installed, but Dolphin still does not create thumbnails from video files. How can I set ffmpegthumbnail to be my preferred thumbnail program? 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] Slow KDE 4.6.1 response for some application
by Andrea Turrini 05 Apr '11

05 Apr '11

Hi all, I switched my system (oS 11.4 - kernel 2.6.37.1-1.2-desktop - x86_64) to KDE 4.6.1 using repositories KDE:Release:46 and KDE:Extra:K_R_46_oS11.4. I have noted that when I click on the Skype icon in the system tray (skype 2.1.0.81), I obtain immediatly the window that should contain all contacts, but I need to wait about 5 seconds before viewing the actual content of the window. If I close such window and then I open it again, the content is displayed immediatly. This behaviour may be caused by the fact that Skype is proprietary and not KDE-native, but with KDE 4.6.0 I had not such behaviour. Moreover, the same thing happens when I press Ctrl-Alt-Del in order to shutdown the system. Also in this case I need to wait about 5 seconds before I am propted with the action to perform (logout/shutdown/reboot). Any idea about the causes of these delays? How can I collect information in order to file a bugreport in bnc? Regards, Andrea -- 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] How do I upgrade my OpenSuSE 11.3 KDE to 4.6?
by Leslie Turriff 04 Apr '11

04 Apr '11

Hi, In the past I have not tried to upgrade KDE between upgrades of my base SuSE, but now that KDE4 is changing so fast, I think I need to upgrade it without waiting. But I don't find anything in Yast2 that allows me to do that. Seems like there used to be something like that, but I don't see anything now. How do I go about upgrading to 4.6? TIA, Leslie -- 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] Networkmanager KDE updates
by todd rme 02 Apr '11

02 Apr '11

There was recently a blog post about KDE Networkmanager fixes: http://lamarque-lvs.blogspot.com/2011/03/plasma-nm-bugs-fixed.html "Since Plasma NM does not follow KDE SC release schedule I thought posting a list of bugs fixed should be a good idea. Some users do not know we do not follows KDE SC release schedule, some distribution packagers also seem to not know which important bugs have been fixed this year." It lists over 30 fixes since December. However, it looks like the sources in KDE:Distro:Factory were last updated 4 months ago. Should the sources be updated? -Todd -- 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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