KDE 3.4.2 Released

Thursday, 28 July 2005  |  Binner

KDE 3.4.2 has been released. This is the second translation and bugfix release to the 3.4 series, it includes all security updates to date, numerous minor fixes and improved translations including a new Afrikaans translation pack. See the 3.4.2 Release Announcement for full details and the changelog for a full list of updates. If you want to test KDE 3.4.2 there is a new version of the Klax Live CD. Packages are currently available for Conectiva, Kubuntu, Mandriva and Slackware, see the 3.4.2 Info Page for links. If you want to compile the sources yourself try using Konstruct which has been updated for this new release.

Comments:

The Kubuntu source doesn't work - Joseph Reagle - 2005-07-28

Failed to fetch http://download.kde.org/stable/3.4.2/kubuntu/dists/hoary-updates/main/binary-i386/Packages.gz 302 Found Reading package lists... Done W: Couldn't stat source package list http://download.kde.org hoary-updates/main Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/download.kde.org_stable_3.4.2_kubuntu_dists_hoary-updates_main_binary-i386_Packages) - stat (2 No such file or directory) W: You may want to run apt-get update to correct these problems E: Some index files failed to download, they have been ignored, or old ones used instead.

Re: The Kubuntu source doesn't work - John Christopher - 2005-07-28

Check this http://www.kubuntu.org/hoary-kde-342.php

Re: The Kubuntu source doesn't work - leon - 2005-07-29

When I add "deb http://kubuntu.org/hoary-kde342 hoary-updates main" to /etc/apt/sources.list and perform a apt-get update and apt-get upgrade I get a lot of "the following packages have been kept back"...

Acid2 - Pilaf - 2005-07-28

Does this include the Acid2 fixes in KHTML? Judging by the kdelibs changes I would say not, but was just wondering. BTW, thanks a ton to all KDE developers for such a wonderful environment!

Re: Acid2 - Ian Ventura-Whiting - 2005-07-28

Yes. I use the KDE desktop not only for fun, but for work too. Great work guys. Ian

Re: Acid2 - SuSE_User - 2005-07-29

I use KDE on my only computer, for work and for play. It is a wonderful piece of work- thank you for a job well done!

Re: Acid2 - John Doe - 2005-07-29

I just updated & tested and Acid2 still fails.

Re: Acid2 - Eike Hein - 2005-07-29

Probably too big a patch set to introduce it in a maintenance release.

Re: Acid2 - Bram Schoenmakers - 2005-07-29

Indeed, Acid2 is KDE 3.5 stuff.

Re: Acid2 - superstoned - 2005-07-30

yeah, it works here :D reall cool...

SuSE - Estevam - 2005-07-28

Where are SuSe rpm pkgs?! Man... they're so late!

Re: SuSE - Andy - 2005-07-28

You forget that there are different timezones. Expect pakets to move in tomorrow (july 29th) at about noon utc.

Re: SuSE - Anonymous - 2005-07-28

They are spreading to FTP servers already, ftp.kde.org will have them in 1,5h.

Re: SuSE - SuSE_User - 2005-07-29

They were out yesterday afternoon (3pm CDT).

Moving of 3.x to branch - m. - 2005-07-28

I'd like to ask what does mean moving of 3.x to branch for users following SVN (but not developers). KDE had outstanding stability in unstable HEAD/trunk. When trunk will require Qt4? Is KDE4 ready for every day use? Is it safer to switch to 3.5 branch? Thanks in advance. m.

Re: Moving of 3.x to branch - Anonymous - 2005-07-28

> When trunk will require Qt4? Yesterday. > Is KDE4 ready for every day use? No. > Is it safer to switch to 3.5 branch? Yes.

Finnish translation - Petteri - 2005-07-28

Finnish translation of 3.4.1 was messed up. Some strange problems with ä and ö letters. Hopefully this release will fix those :) Can't wait for this to arrive Debian Sid.

Re: Finnish translation - Bram Schoenmakers - 2005-07-29

Did you report those issues?

Re: Finnish translation - tpr - 2005-07-29

As Kim said <a href="http://groups.google.fi/group/sfnet.atk.linux/msg/017cfe55f7689f80?hl=fi&">here</a>, it should be fixed.

KDE 3.4.89 >= 20050727 - Fast_Rizwaan - 2005-07-28

I'm using KDE 3.5svn. It feels better than KDE 3.4.1. especially the 'plastik window decoration is awesome.' thanks guys!

Google maps? - Fizz - 2005-07-28

Am I right in thinking that the fixes for google maps made it into konqueror for 3.4.2? It appears to work but has a few small issues (nothing too bad though). Either way this is great!

Re: Google maps? - Bram Schoenmakers - 2005-07-29

I would say this was intended for KDE 3.5. But maybe some related fixes have been backported to the 3.4 branch.

KNotify Volume <100% bug - Corbin - 2005-07-28

I hope this new release includes the fix for the bug in KNotify that happens when the volume is less than 100% (not mixer volume, but the notifications volume). I know the bug was closed and a patch was added to SVN, but I'm not sure if it made it in in time. If it is fixed that means as soon as the ebuilds are added to portage I can watch movies (full screen) AND talk on IM at the same time :-D (gotta love the composite extension! It has gotten very stable it seems). I can't wait for KDE 3.5 or KDE 4! Thanks for all the hard work!

Get KDE 3.5svn - Fast_Rizwaan - 2005-07-29

Here's how I get KDE 3.5svn branch: 1. Get kdesvn-build from http://www.kde-apps.org/content/show.php?content=23840 2. tar -jxvf kdesvn*.bz2 3. cd kdesvn-build* 4. cp kdesvn-buildrc-sample kdesvn-buildrc 5. ./kdesvn-build wait a day or two ;) and you've kde 3.5. Manual compilation of KDE 3.5svn (if you don't have qt and kde installed or intend to remove them first) -------------------------------- (for qt) 1. ./kdesvn-build --svn-only 2. cd $HOME/kdesvn/qt-copy 3. export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$HOME/kdesvn/qt-copy/lib 4. export PATH=$PATH:$HOME/kdesvn/kdenonbeta/unsermake 5. ./configure --prefix=/usr/lib/qt -thread 6. unsermake && unsermake install (for kde) for i in kdesupport arts kdelibs kdebase kdemultimedia kdeaddons kdeadmin kdeartwork kdebindings kdeedu kdegames kdegraphics kdenetwork kdenonbeta kdepim kdesdk kdetoys kdeutils kdewebdev koffice; do cd $i; ./configure --prefix=/opt/kde && make && make install; cd ..; done cd extragear for i in libs graphics multimedia; do cd $i; ./configure --prefix=/opt/kde && make && make install; cd ..; done good luck!

errata - Fast_Rizwaan - 2005-07-29

use make or qmake for (qt) and unsermake for (kde packages)

Re: errata - Joe - 2005-07-29

-thread seems to not be available anymore.

unsermake and checkinstall - Fast_Rizwaan - 2005-07-29

I want to create slackware packages from kdesvn. but checkinstall doesn't get files into the package when unsermake is used? is there any way to create package using unsermake+checkinstall?

Re: unsermake and checkinstall - MamiyaOtaru - 2005-07-29

checkinstall *commandYouUseToInstall* will always work just fine. It defaults to "checkinstall make install" but you can use any method of installation by inputting checkinstall followed by the install command

Fedora Core 4 - Yan Morin - 2005-07-29

The update (with yum) of KDE 3.4.2 work very well yesterday. I didn't find any problem yet.

Kicker unstable to me - Wilbert - 2005-07-29

Since 3.4.0 (but also often in 3.4.2) kicker crashes on me on logout. Most times logout is slow, and a new kicker reappears before the session finally quits. There are many different bugreports about this, so yes, I will dig my way through them :-) But today kicker managed to crash on me when I used KMail's systray button to quit Kontact. Is it just me or are there more people fighting with Kicker since 3.4.0? But besides this minor issue, KDE is very useful to me. I use many cool features such as fish:// all the time. Cool to copy files between two different web hosts via fish :-)

Re: Kicker unstable to me - Burna - 2005-08-02

Since KDE 3.4.0 Kicker crashs on logout when running Skim as an IME. Do you use any input method editor?

Re: Kicker unstable to me - Markus - 2005-08-16

I have the same problem; with Fedora C3 as well as with SuSE Linux. It seems to depend on programs running within the system tray? I would be glad if anyone has a productive idea! Mrk

Re: Kicker unstable to me too - Juan Ehrenhaus - 2005-08-23

I have installed SuSE9.3 and updated KDE to the Version 3.4.2. As many of the above users, kicker crashes on session logoff. The backtrace I can mailing it tonight. My current system is: SuSE9.3, kernel-2.6.11-..default, xorg-x11-6.8.2, qt-3.3.4, KDE3.4.2 I have 4 users in one PC the problem appear in one of them and related with actions doing in the k_menu (new links to appl.) or with changes in kbfx appl. for instance. By other users where the k-menu or kicker changes are seldom, seems not to have this kicker behavior. I'm agree this is a shame considering kicker one of the top appl. under KDE windows manager. I will be happy to know how to fix this issue.

Re: Kicker unstable to me - Guy Stalnaker - 2005-08-29

Kicker has always been spotty with me, too, but with the update to Suse9.3 Pro, with KDE 3.4.0, it now will fail without warning NOR error report. That is, it simply goes away. One second there are two panels (Main at bottom, child at right), then both are gone. I use StarDict, which sits in the Main panel system tray, and when kicker dies, StarDict's tray icon appears in a small window on the desktop. Last time kicker died, I had to restart my X session to get it back. I can find no log file that contains any information about this crashing and it apparently bypasses the normal KDE crash handling routines. Weird.

Vau! - 138 - 2005-08-10

That was fast, I didn't even have time to upgrade to 3.4.1. Thanks to everyone involved in making KDE, your work is much appreciated.