DEC
24
2001
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KDE 2.2.2: FreeBSD and Solaris Packages AvailableGood news for many |
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See, how KDE is giving freedom!
I appreciate KDE peoples' work and the package creators who gives more choice to the users. Now one can use KDE, the best desktop environment on any Unix flavor! Thanks a lot friends!!
I saw Caledera OpenLinux and saw 'KXconfig' tool a nice one, can't we have that for KDE for other distros, so that Xconfiguration becomes easier?
Great Wishes!!!
http://homepage.uibk.ac.at/service/wishlist/main.html
http://homepage.uibk.ac.at/service/wishlist/select.html?stat=a&sec=6
Re: Great Wishes!!!
Above wishlist is closed/unmaintained for over two years now!
And we have http://bugs.kde.org/db/si/pendingwishlist.html
Thanks KDE Team
Merry Christmas everyone !
Not related but anyway!!
I have a question, want to here if someone else has got the same result. I upgraded from kde 2.2.1 to 2.2.2 and the dir browsing in konq is much slower. Could it be a setting? or what can it be. I used the mandrake rpm's. I installed all packages ... I dont know whitch I need so I installed them all.
Disable Klipper
It's the problem with Klipper and QT (as discussed earlier here). Just 'killall -KILL klipper' will correct it for now.
Re: Disable Klipper
That dosen't always help - using Qt 2.3.2 will still cause problems, whether or not Klipper is running. Unfortunatly, if you use SuSE rpms, you're stuck with it (last I checked, two or three weeks ago).
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Evan
Re: Disable Klipper
aktually I got a speed improvment but I dont know if was some kind cash that make the improvment. I runned the killall -KILL klipper thing and I got a no proces to kill answer so I assumed that it didnt work. But when I started to work again I was amazed of the speed.
Install problems on Solaris
I cant seem to install some of the Solaris packages. I get the following:
% pkgadd -d pcre-3.7-SPARC-Solaris8-local.pkg
pkgadd: ERROR: no packages were found in
Some packages work however:
% pkgadd -d xpm-3.4k-sol8-sparc-local.pkg
The following packages are available:
1 SMCxpm xpm
(sparc) 3.4k
Select package(s) you wish to process (or 'all' to process
all packages). (default: all) [?,??,q]:
Are some of the packages corrupt, or is it just a problem with my Solaris installation? I have full+OEM installation, and the latest recommended patches.
Re: Install problems on Solaris
Just to let you know if it's a problem with your Solaris installation then I have exactly the same problem.... I've spent ages fiddling around with them but with no success. I don't seem to be able to get any of the AROBASE* packages installed though, as you say, the SMC* packages seem to be fine.
Thanks in advance for any suggestions - I'll be very happy to have an up-to-date KDE to replace the terrible CDE!
Re: Install problems on Solaris
Replacing CDE is worth _any_ amount of work. ;)
Use older KDE packages (still kicks CDE's butt) or compile 2.2.2 yourself. I installed 2.1 binaries in my $home on one of those machines, transforming the machine into something _useful_...
Re: Install problems on Solaris
I had the same problem installing the packages on Solaris 8.
After I installed all the recommended patches for Solaris (download ~52 MB) it worked fine. So my guess is to install the patches for solaris.
Now I have a different problem. As root I can use KDE. But any other user it keeps saying that DCOP server is not running. Any idea's
BTW KDE is a great replacement for CDE and even for windows
johan.
Re: Install problems on Solaris
PLEASE READ THE README that I included with the packages.
There is a known Solaris (not KDE) issue with /tmp/.ICE-unix permissions. Users need to be able to write to /tmp/.ICE-unix in order for the KDE DCOPserver to start up, etc., but logging in as root before any other user causes the directory to be created root:root and 775.
If you used my packages, it includes an init script which does a chmod 777 on /tmp/.ICE-unix on bootup. If you then login as a regular user straight away, not logging in as root first, then everything works.
If you login as root, change the permissions before logging out, or write yourself a script to do so. You could also set up a root cron job to chmod 777 /tmp/.ICE-unix every 5 minutes or so, or simply chgrp staff /tmp/.ICE-unix, assuming that your users are all members of 'staff'.
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Len Laughridge
Arobase Group, Inc.
Re: Install problems on Solaris
Hello:
You need to install Solaris patches 110380-04 and 110934-05 which
correct this issue. Upgrading to Solaris 8 (10/01), which includes
these packages, also solves it. If you're running older releases of
Solaris 8, get the latest 8_Recommended patch cluster for Sparc. I
think December was the latest cluster release.
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Len Laughridge
Arobase Group, Inc.
Re: Install problems on Solaris
This same problem occurs on Solaris 9 4/04.
The patches for Soaris 8 do not apply.
Any suggestions?
Thanks,
Michael
Re: Install problems on Solaris
I also have the same problem on a 'fresh' load of Sol8....hmmm. the 2.2binaries worked fine on my other machine at werk. any info getting new new version to work would be helpful thanks...
cyberslug
Re: Install problems on Solaris
Your version of Solaris 8 must be older than 10/01 on the machine that is not working.
You need to install Solaris patches 110380-04 and 110934-05 which
correct this issue.
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Len Laughridge
Arobase Group, Inc.
Re: Install problems on Solaris
I sent the developer my notes from debugging pkgadd,
we can probably get them happy again pretty quickly!
--dave (at home) c-b
from Opcom, at Sun Canada
Re: Install problems on Solaris
Hello:
You need to install Solaris patches 110380-04 and 110934-05 which
correct this issue. Upgrading to Solaris 8 (10/01), which includes
these packages, also solves it. If you're running older releases of
Solaris 8, get the latest 8_Recommended patch cluster for Sparc. I
think December was the latest cluster release.
--
Len Laughridge
Arobase Group, Inc.
Re: Install problems on Solaris
I experienced the same problem; a quick email to the Arobase Group, however, advised me to install Solaris patches 110380-04 and 110934-05 which correct the issue with pkgadd.
I installed the entire 1/9/02 cluster (I was overdue!) and the remainder of the KDE install process went smoothly.
Stellar tech-support from the Arobase Group!
is there a KDE howto for solaris 8 anywhere ?
hi there,
i have tried to install the KDE package supplied by default in the Solaris 8 CD set ( from sun), and have succeeded in installing the same.
also the dtlogin script ran without errors / displays KDE on the login screen.
but when you select kde, it just hangs, goes to the common desktop env. and stays there.
anyone else with similar experiences ?
ms.
Re: is there a KDE howto for solaris 8 anywhere ?
Hi,
i have got exactly the same problems with kde and my machine shows the same symptoms. But till now I have no idea, what to do else.
During installation everything ran without error message.
If you have got any solution in meantime, please let me know.
Mw
Re: is there a KDE howto for solaris 8 anywhere ?
http://xdroop.dhs.org/content/984496082.html
Great Job but...
This is a great job accomplished, but I have a problem with both KNOFITY and NOATUN. Both of them are crashing... Beside this everything is running smooth.
Re: Great Job but...
Did you relocate the install directories? Noatun works fine if everything is installed exactly as described in the readmes, but if you relocate a directory, it breaks.