Help with KDE3 Please
Hi All,
My goal is to contribute toward Linux, and it looks to me like
Debian is my best avenue to do so. I think of it as giving back
to all of you who have already given to me.
Primarily from reading the excellent mypage.bluewin.ch/kde3-debian
and davidpashley.com/debian-kde/faq.html I've been trying to install
the 3.1Beta, but it looks like I've done something wrong.
(Note: To learn Debian, I originally installed 'stable' 3.0 (woody),
then recently upgraded to 'unstable'.)
To save time/bandwidth, I'm stacking all my questions here, in order
of priority.
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QUESTION ABOUT DOCS:
From http://mypage.bluewin.ch/kde3-debian, the How to Install
KDE3 on Debian 3.x.y/Sarge (testing/unstable) section appears to
have an obvious typo. Shouldn't the first line be up-to-date Sarge
system instead of up-to-date Woody system?
From the same web page and section, after my installation I could
not log in to KDE because I didn't have the 'kdelibs4-bin' package
installed. Should this section explicitly mention 'kdelibs4-bin' too?
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PRIMARY QUESTION:
(Reading the above docs, most of my uncertainty involved the correct
way to remove KDE2, and I *suspect* my current problems may be related
more to improper removal of KDE2 than improper installation of KDE3.)
I can login in to KDE3 and run, but I don't get the menubar across
the bottom of the screen, so when I minimize a window, I don't know
how to get it back! I'd thought 'kicker' was what I needed, but that
is installed fine.
How do I fix this? (Related question: where are the debugging/logging
files for KDE3?)
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SECONDARY QUESTION(s):
Upon bootup, when KDM presents the login screen it places the name
of a nonexistent user ('pgd' or something) into the 'login' box.
Also, the title is German, Valkommem till Linux pa sandra.
(Hmmm, the packager/compiler had a German locale, and I am missing
having an English locale?)
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MINOR QUESTION:
sandra:~# dpkg --get-selections *kde*
kde purge
kdebase install
kdebase-audiolibs purge
kdebase-bin install
kdebase-datainstall
kdebase-dev install
kdebase-doc purge
kdebase-libspurge
kdebugdialoginstall
kdelibs3purge
kdelibs3-binpurge
kdelibs3-docpurge
kdelibs4install
kdelibs4-bininstall
kdelibs4-data install
kdepasswd purge
kdepim-libs install
kdeprintinstall
kdesktopinstall
kdewallpapers purge
libkdenetwork1 purge
sandra:~#
Is there a way to get 'dpkg' to forget that (for example) kdelibs3
was ever installed? I can be mistake prone, so anything I can do to
'cleanup' is extremely helpful. (i.e. I don't want the 'kdelibs3'
line to appear in the output.)
Side question: KDE3 doesn't have a 'kde3' or 'kde' package? (I
tried to find/install, but no go.)
Sneaky question: Does this 'dpkg' output show that my prior problems
might be due to a missing package(s)?
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FINAL QUESTION:
Any pointers to further FAQs, manuals, or web sites which would have
helped me answer these questions myself?
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Thank you all very much for any help.
--Tom
Re: Help with KDE3 Please
On Thu, Oct 03, 2002 at 04:06:43PM +1000, Tom wrote: Also, the title is German, Valkommem till Linux pa sandra. It's Swedish. Cannot help you with your problem though. :( -Sami -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] VHF: Ilmaris / OG 9799 GSM: +358504876750 http://lempinen.net/veneveppi/
Re: libarts1
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wednesday 02 October 2002 8:34 pm, Jarno Elonen wrote: btw your key doesn't seem to be on the keyservers, which makes signing messages a lot less useful. You may want to do: gpg --keyserver the.earth.li --send-key E5FA70BF btw2: is there some way to configure KDE/Kmail to automatically look-up keys of signed messages? - Jarno Yes. Add the folling line to ~/.gnupg/options: keyserver-options auto-key-retrieve You may not want to until KDE3.1 due to a bug in kmail which means that gpg recalculates the trustdb every time you import a new key into your keyring, and kmail takes 50% of the processor time polling the gpg process. This has been fixed in KDE3.1 aiui. - -- David Pashley [EMAIL PROTECTED] Nihil curo de ista tua stulta superstitione. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.0 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE9nAD5YsCKa6wDNXYRAoUWAJ9Hg1MZXLEgTZW50sw8fUbkQ/17QACeOxJF ZYd0UBk7qRp1S1jNDC9NIHI= =MAGw -END PGP SIGNATURE-
Re: KDE 3.1b2 Dependency Problems!
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wednesday 02 October 2002 11:57 pm, Richard Shaw wrote: Look for sections like the following: Preparing to replace kaddressbook 4:3.0.7.cvs20020824-1 (using .../kaddressbook_4%3a3.0.8.cvs20020930-1.2_i386.deb) ... Unpacking replacement kaddressbook ... dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/kaddressbook_4%3a3.0.8.cvs20020930-1.2_i386.deb (--unpack): trying to overwrite `/usr/lib/kde3/libkaddressbookpart.la', which is also in package kpilot dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe) Then 'cd /var/cache/apt/archives/' and 'dpkg --force-all -i package_name' Do that for each package that has problems like the one above. Then 'apt-get -f install', to fix everything up and continue again with the upgrade. It will necessary to do this for every upgrade until the packages are all perfectly sorted in this respect. Richard ** WARNING *** *NEVER USE --force-all WITH EXPERIMENTAL DEBS* Some of you may remember some 3.0.0 betas which had /usr/sbin as a file. The correct fix is: stop X and log in to a console apt-get --purge remove kdelibs4 apt-get --purge remove libarts1 apt-get install arts kdelibs kdebase kdenetwork - -- David Pashley [EMAIL PROTECTED] Nihil curo de ista tua stulta superstitione. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.0 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE9nAH0YsCKa6wDNXYRAh56AKCCQFGajIYPToaKdaoDFIUE8wq69ACgoAuw 8l0tKEBEWFjMbzM0+JDfad4= =tGzE -END PGP SIGNATURE-
Kmail and gpg
Hi all. I've got KDE 3.0.3 and gnupg 0.13-3 from Debian unstable. I've generated my keys and configure kmail (1.4.3) in order to use gpg, but it never signs nor encripts my messages. Someone knows what can I do? I don't get any error/warning message about it, and I know gpg works ok. Thanks in advance, -- --+--- José Manuel Pérez Fuente | Universidad del País Vasco Punto Neutro EuskoNIX (UPV/EHU) | E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Plaza Elhuyar, 1 (Edif. Barriola) | Tel.: +34 943 018 281 20018 San Sebastián (SPAIN) | Fax.: +34 943 219 306 --+---
Bug for korganizer with kde beta2
Just installed kde beta2 on an unstable machine. So far it works ok, but korganizer misses libkcalsystem.so it is provided as a link by kdepim-dev, but cannot find it inside the debs. J -- Jesus Climent | Unix System Admin | Helsinki, Finland. web: www.hispalinux.es/~data/ | pumuki.hispalinux.es -- Please, encrypt mail sent to me: GnuPG ID: 86946D69 FP: BB64 2339 1CAA 7064 E429 7E18 66FC 1D7F 8694 6D69 -- Registered Linux user #66350 Debian 3.0 Linux 2.4.20 Coffee and cigarettes. That's like the breakfast of champions. --Bob (Blue in the Face) pgpJZKXD1JqmL.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Kmail and gpg
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thursday 03 Oct 2002 10:30 am, José Manuel Pérez wrote: Hi all. I've got KDE 3.0.3 and gnupg 0.13-3 from Debian unstable. I've generated my keys and configure kmail (1.4.3) in order to use gpg, but it never signs nor encripts my messages. Someone knows what can I do? I don't get any error/warning message about it, and I know gpg works ok. When composing you need to press either the sign or encrypt button in the toolbar. You can also set it to do this automatically in the options. Tom - -- Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] || Jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Homepage: http://www.doc.ic.ac.uk/~tb100 -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.0 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE9nCMPXCpWOla2mCcRAsT+AKDF3xF3P7fsp/zN7fZQCICC19+A7gCcD8Eu R/3q/Z6trcnQidZ9qhh44OQ= =ZMic -END PGP SIGNATURE-
Re: Kmail and gpg
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Am Donnerstag, 3. Oktober 2002 11:30 schrieb José Manuel Pérez: Hi all. I've got KDE 3.0.3 and gnupg 0.13-3 from Debian unstable. I've generated my Huh: ii gnupg 1.0.7-2GNU privacy guard - a free PGP replacement. is in testing. keys and configure kmail (1.4.3) in order to use gpg, but it never signs nor encripts my messages. In the different Profiles, there is a field for the key to use. HS -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE9nCcGzvr6q9zCwcERApZFAJ9D3wBCkoTyZlxDTXQ9lrfvhlKmmQCgmCwV b9Km1XZ89lIGTPwok656IUQ= =JqcH -END PGP SIGNATURE-
Re: Help with KDE3 Please
On Thu, Oct 03, 2002 at 10:20:27AM +0300, Sami Lempinen wrote: On Thu, Oct 03, 2002 at 04:06:43PM +1000, Tom wrote: Also, the title is German, Valkommem till Linux pa sandra. It's Swedish. Cannot help you with your problem though. :( You can fix that one manually in /etc/kde3/kdmrc... -Malte #8-)
Re: Bug for korganizer with kde beta2
torsdagen den 3 oktober 2002 12.50 skrev Jesus Climent: Just installed kde beta2 on an unstable machine. So far it works ok, but korganizer misses libkcalsystem.so it is provided as a link by kdepim-dev, but cannot find it inside the debs. I have gone the whole of KDE and have found that there is not a single library that can't be dynamically loaded, and thus need the .la file. So every single .la file should go out of the development libraries and into the main libraries, since even though the library is not called by an existing application today, since it is callable, it can happen tomorrow. I am rebuilding the packages. -- Karolina
kapptemplate should conflict with kdelibs4-dev
Package: kapptemplate Version: 2.2.2-7 Severity: wishlist kapptemplate fails to create compilable code when using kdelibs4-dev version 4:3.0.3a-1. Kdelibs4-dev provides kdelibs-dev that kapptemplate depends on, but this configuration obviously doesn't work. Freshly created app templates with default settings fail to compile with invalid use of undefined type `class KStatusBar': c++ -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I.. -I/usr/include/kde -I/usr/include/qt -I/usr/X11R6/include -O2 -fno-exceptions -fno-check-new -c kmyapp.cpp kmyapp.cpp: In method `KMyApp::KMyApp()': kmyapp.cpp:48: invalid use of undefined type `class KStatusBar' /usr/include/kde/kmainwindow.h:35: forward declaration of `class KStatusBar' kmyapp.cpp: In method `void KMyApp::optionsShowStatusbar()': kmyapp.cpp:237: invalid use of undefined type `class KStatusBar' /usr/include/kde/kmainwindow.h:35: forward declaration of `class KStatusBar' kmyapp.cpp:239: invalid use of undefined type `class KStatusBar' /usr/include/kde/kmainwindow.h:35: forward declaration of `class KStatusBar' kmyapp.cpp: In method `void KMyApp::changeStatusbar(const QString )': kmyapp.cpp:271: invalid use of undefined type `class KStatusBar' /usr/include/kde/kmainwindow.h:35: forward declaration of `class KStatusBar' From information elsewhere on the net I deduced that these errors appeared because I was using kdelibs4-dev (providing kdelibs-dev) instead of the real kdelibs-dev. However I have _not_ actually exhaustively tested this. -- System Information Debian Release: testing/unstable Kernel Version: Linux peregrine 2.4.19 #8 ma syys 9 18:06:14 EEST 2002 i686 unknown unknown GNU/Linux -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] (finger me for public key) When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro. -- Hunter S. Thompson
Re: Kmail and gpg
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 so you have to do gpg --edit-key email-address Command sign Command trust Command save No! You should only ever sign a key if you can be sure the key belongs to the person who claims to own it. This generally means you have received the key (or its fingerprint) through a non-electronic medium - such as in person on a slip of paper - and you have verified the identify of its owner, such as by checking a drivers' license or passport. The whole point of key signing is to get around the problem of verifying whose keys are whose, which is the weakest point of this particular cryptographic system. Please read the GnuPG docs (package gnupg-doc) for details. In particular, you should read through section 3.6 of the mini-HOWTO (the section on key signing). Ben. - -- Ben Burton [EMAIL PROTECTED] | [EMAIL PROTECTED] Public Key: finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] Paradoxically though it may seem, it is none the less true that life imitates art far more than art imitates life. - Oscar Wilde -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.0 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE9nENUMQNuxza4YcERAmUrAJ4zIeBgoKffB8vVfer9Hl90kRtDWgCaA4lr IBwXaWHuopJekoDnbfHulEk= =X+3p -END PGP SIGNATURE-
Re: kapptemplate should conflict with kdelibs4-dev
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Package: kapptemplate Version: 2.2.2-7 Ah, okay. I'm not going to add this conflict, since that particular version of kapptemplate is the KDE2 version on the debian servers; the debian servers don't even know what kdelibs4-dev is. There could be an argument however for having the KDE2 kapptemplate recommend kdelibs-dev ( 4:3.0). Once KDE3 is uploaded to the main debian servers, this problem will go away magically because you will have the KDE3 version of kapptemplate and the old kdelibs-dev package will no longer exist. :) Meanwhile you should add the apt-line providing kdesdk for KDE3 (as well as koffice and other things); this will get you the newer kapptemplate that works with kdelibs4-dev. deb http://people.debian.org/~bab/kde3 ./ Ben. - -- Ben Burton [EMAIL PROTECTED] | [EMAIL PROTECTED] Public Key: finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] The man who sees both sides of a question is a man who sees absolutely nothing at all. - Oscar Wilde -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.0 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE9nEYMMQNuxza4YcERAppBAJ9iyesvQIm5nZwT73ZZ2d177i7GcQCgoK3m OrwMqV04N1WcUaUGiRD79mQ= =ubnt -END PGP SIGNATURE-
Re: Kmail and gpg
On Thu, 3 Oct 2002 15:17, Ben Burton wrote: so you have to do gpg --edit-key email-address Command sign Command trust Command save No! You should only ever sign a key if you can be sure the key belongs to the person who claims to own it. This generally means you have received the key (or its fingerprint) through a non-electronic medium - such as in person on a slip of paper - and you have verified the identify of its owner, such as by checking a drivers' license or passport. I was under the impression that the original message was about your own key, which you should sign (keys that aren't self-signed are worthless). Presumably you don't need to look at your own drivers' license. -- http://www.coker.com.au/selinux/ My NSA Security Enhanced Linux packages http://www.coker.com.au/bonnie++/ Bonnie++ hard drive benchmark http://www.coker.com.au/postal/Postal SMTP/POP benchmark http://www.coker.com.au/~russell/ My home page
Re: Kmail and gpg
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thursday 03 October 2002 1:19 pm, bruno randolf wrote: i'm not sure if this is the problem in your case, but kmail only encrypts to keys which are signed and trusted. so you have to do gpg --edit-key email-address and then: Command sign ... Command trust ... Command save after that you are able to select the key when you encrypt a message. br1 On Thursday 03 October 2002 11:30, José Manuel Pérez wrote: Hi all. I've got KDE 3.0.3 and gnupg 0.13-3 from Debian unstable. I've generated my keys and configure kmail (1.4.3) in order to use gpg, but it never signs nor encripts my messages. Someone knows what can I do? I don't get any error/warning message about it, and I know gpg works ok. Thanks in advance, /me has found another person to not trust - -- David Pashley [EMAIL PROTECTED] Nihil curo de ista tua stulta superstitione. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.0 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE9nEskYsCKa6wDNXYRAsHxAJ9g/WNYxrcgEjRwlcpyGFp0CMPPkACfTj/8 Qgc7pPqHhIL1xd2aiPXzoyc= =EPW6 -END PGP SIGNATURE-
Re: Kmail and gpg
El Jue 03 Oct 2002 13:16, Hendrik Sattler escribió: Am Donnerstag, 3. Oktober 2002 11:30 schrieb José Manuel Pérez: Hi all. I've got KDE 3.0.3 and gnupg 0.13-3 from Debian unstable. I've generated my Huh: ii gnupg 1.0.7-2GNU privacy guard - a free PGP replacement. is in testing. Sorry, I'm wrong, I've got in unstable ... ii gnupg 1.2.0-1GNU privacy guard - a free PGP replacement. keys and configure kmail (1.4.3) in order to use gpg, but it never signs nor encripts my messages. In the different Profiles, there is a field for the key to use. That's right. It was my mistake, I should read ALL fields in profile setup. There is one to setup this stuff. Thanks you to everybody who send me comments. Now I can sign/encrypt my mails. -- --+--- José Manuel Pérez Fuente | Universidad del País Vasco Punto Neutro EuskoNIX (UPV/EHU) | E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Plaza Elhuyar, 1 (Edif. Barriola) | Tel.: +34 943 018 281 20018 San Sebastián (SPAIN) | Fax.: +34 943 219 306 --+---
Re: Kmail and gpg
I was under the impression that the original message was about your own key, which you should sign (keys that aren't self-signed are worthless). Presumably you don't need to look at your own drivers' license. Sure, but the message I quoted was regarding encryption which is generally (though not always) about other people's keys. Ben. -- Ben Burton [EMAIL PROTECTED] | [EMAIL PROTECTED] Public Key: finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] People can be so vicious toward the imaginary world and it saddens me. You kill a lot of little people's dreams that way. You're no different from Hitler, as far as I'm concerned. - Tori Amos
Re: Kmail and gpg
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thursday 03 October 2002 2:40 pm, Russell Coker wrote: On Thu, 3 Oct 2002 15:17, Ben Burton wrote: so you have to do gpg --edit-key email-address Command sign Command trust Command save No! You should only ever sign a key if you can be sure the key belongs to the person who claims to own it. This generally means you have received the key (or its fingerprint) through a non-electronic medium - such as in person on a slip of paper - and you have verified the identify of its owner, such as by checking a drivers' license or passport. I was under the impression that the original message was about your own key, which you should sign (keys that aren't self-signed are worthless). Presumably you don't need to look at your own drivers' license. GPG changed recently in that it stopped ultimately trusting any key for which you have a private key. This means you have to edit your key and trust yourself. I would be surpised if someone had managed to create a key which hadn't been self-signed. However, that said, I was under the impression that the email bab followed up to was advocating signing keys willy nilly. Certianly how I read it. - -- David Pashley [EMAIL PROTECTED] Nihil curo de ista tua stulta superstitione. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.0 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE9nFEGYsCKa6wDNXYRAqS9AJ0Rtt8yB0DjOYcbDI9z15SKx3/KMACghKB3 K8jCX+bg0vpgVbh3wxU15X0= =uFuM -END PGP SIGNATURE-
Re: Kmail and gpg
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thursday 03 October 2002 2:50 pm, David Pashley wrote: On Thursday 03 October 2002 1:19 pm, bruno randolf wrote: i'm not sure if this is the problem in your case, but kmail only encrypts to keys which are signed and trusted. so you have to do gpg --edit-key email-address and then: Command sign ... Command trust ... Command save after that you are able to select the key when you encrypt a message. [snip] /me has found another person to not trust david david% gpg --edit-key E5FA70BF pub 1024D/E5FA70BF created: 2002-06-14 expires: never trust: -/- sub 2048g/6C0F3248 created: 2002-06-14 expires: never (1). Bruno Randolf [EMAIL PROTECTED] Command trust pub 1024D/E5FA70BF created: 2002-06-14 expires: never trust: -/- sub 2048g/6C0F3248 created: 2002-06-14 expires: never (1). Bruno Randolf [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please decide how far you trust this user to correctly verify other users' keys (by looking at passports, checking fingerprints from different sources...)? 1 = Don't know 2 = I do NOT trust 3 = I trust marginally 4 = I trust fully 5 = I trust ultimately m = back to the main menu Your decision? 2 pub 1024D/E5FA70BF created: 2002-06-14 expires: never trust: n/- sub 2048g/6C0F3248 created: 2002-06-14 expires: never (1). Bruno Randolf [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that the shown key validity is not necessarily correct unless you restart the program. Command quit - -- David Pashley [EMAIL PROTECTED] Nihil curo de ista tua stulta superstitione. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.0 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE9nFq5YsCKa6wDNXYRAjwNAKCQ8dg2pNmdRIRCJA9avGJmbMx09gCdFUg/ OqKchnjQ7OlybC02Q0h2Cig= =jATY -END PGP SIGNATURE-
Re: Help with KDE3 Please (kicker panel, pgd login and Välkommen )
Tom, I'll try and help with a few of your questions, however please don't try and evaluate Debian on the strength of KDE 3.1 Beta or Unstable. I do run Unstable and 3.1 Beta on a seperate partion from my Testing/KDE 3.03. And although KDE is Beta, it is pretty stable as is the Unstable OS but KDE 3.1 Beta does have some problems. (It IS a Beta!) I can login in to KDE3 and run, but I don't get the menubar across the bottom of the screen, so when I minimize a window, I don't know how to get it back! I'd thought 'kicker' was what I needed, but that is installed fine. kcontrol is broken ... you can try finding the appropriate settings in the kd...rc files, but kicker panel was hard for me to find also! The default settings for that are to not display. To fix that, run kcmshell panel from a command line. Change the Position as desired but most importantly change the Length from 0% to 100%. From memory I had found a way to display that from a menu but I can't find that now!!! Once you have the taskbar defined, you can get to that thru the K menu. Your secondary question was about Välkommen That is the greeting that was left by the Swedish packager (Karolina Lindqvist - to be thanked for the 3.1 debs) and pgd is part of the login. As far as Välkommen I'm saving this for future KDM logins - It's a bit nicer than my English Welcome! As far as pgd ... you can define that from the kcontrol panel - login manager but since that doesn't work change the DefaultUser=pgd in /etc/kde3/kdm/kdmrc to the DefaultUser=yourid that is desired for login. Michael
qt designer and mysql
I'm trying to use the database from qt designer. It will not connect to the database. I get: Could not connect to database. Please ensure that the database server is running and that all the connection information is correct. [Driver not loader Driver not loaded] I get the same message no matter what I leave out in the connection info. I can connect to the database useing a bunch of other clients tora, mysql, mysql-navigator,GtkSql ... I've got qt3-dev and libqt3-mysql installed. I'm running woody. Any help or ideas would be welcome. -- Earl F Hampton http://hamiii.sytes.net/index.phtml
How to upgrade from kde2 to kde3
hi, I have a debian 2.2 / woody with kde2 running on my latop , I want to upgrade it to the latest realease of kde. How can I do that ?? thanks in advance. suresh __ Do you Yahoo!? New DSL Internet Access from SBC Yahoo! http://sbc.yahoo.com
Re: Help with KDE3 Please (kicker panel, pgd login and Välkommen )
torsdagen den 3 oktober 2002 19.11 skrev Michael Hoodes: That is the greeting that was left by the Swedish packager (Karolina Lindqvist - to be thanked for the 3.1 debs) and pgd is part of the login. As far as Välkommen I'm saving this for future KDM logins - It's a bit nicer than my English Welcome! As far as pgd ... you can define that from the kcontrol panel - login manager but since that doesn't work change the DefaultUser=pgd in /etc/kde3/kdm/kdmrc to the DefaultUser=yourid that is desired for login. I have found that problem. It is a small program that automatically generates the kdmrc file based on the current system. The only problem is that the program is run when I make the packages, not when the packages are installed. I am fixing that for future revisions. -- Karolina
Re: Kmail and gpg
On Thu, 3 Oct 2002 16:15, David Pashley wrote: trust yourself. I would be surpised if someone had managed to create a key which hadn't been self-signed. They do that all the time. Just recently I went to a key-signing party and one of the people there hadn't self-signed their key. I'm surprised that I was the only person to point it out to them... However, that said, I was under the impression that the email bab followed up to was advocating signing keys willy nilly. Certianly how I read it. It wasn't as clear as it should have been. -- http://www.coker.com.au/selinux/ My NSA Security Enhanced Linux packages http://www.coker.com.au/bonnie++/ Bonnie++ hard drive benchmark http://www.coker.com.au/postal/Postal SMTP/POP benchmark http://www.coker.com.au/~russell/ My home page
RE: How to upgrade from kde2 to kde3
These links maybe of interest too. http://lists.debian.org/debian-kde/2002/debian-kde-200209/msg00133.html http://mypage.bluewin.ch/kde3-debian/ Certainly I followed the instructions in the second link, in the General section, and it worked for me. Matthew Joyce -Original Message- From: David Pastern [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, 4 October 2002 9:37 AM To: 'suresh kumar sharma' Cc: 'debian-kde@lists.debian.org'; 'debian-user@lists.debian.org' Subject: RE: How to upgrade from kde2 to kde3 Suresh, That's a huge task I found. But worth it. I'm not really the best person technically to help you with this, but...i'd be disrepectful to the kind others on this list that helped me get kde3 working on my system. So i'll give it a bash - pun intended(bash = aussie slang for 'give it a try). 1. Firstly edit your /etc/apt/sources.list file to include the line: deb http://people.debian.org/~schoepf/kde3/woody ./ Make sure you do it exactly like that. Also, if you have multiple CD lines in there, i'd comment them out using your favourite editor. Just put a # in front of the lines starting with deb cdrom... 2. Then remove kde 2.2 from your system. Firstly, to check what packages are on your system try this: dpkg -l | grep 2.2.2 Note that *not* everything with the output of this command will be for kde - it looks for 2.2.2. 95% was for me though. Try this command to remove the current kde on your system: apt-get --remove purge libarts kde* It mostly worked for me, leaving a few left other kde files. I don't know if that will work for you or not. Each system is inherently different. At this point i'd run the dpkg -l | grep 2.2.2 command again at a term to see *what is left*. I had several files left to remove and Thomas Schoepf from the KDE user lists kindly made up a shell script to help me remove the rest of the files (I wasn't totally sure what could go and what should stay). I've attached the shell script to this email, i'd *strongly* suggest reading the shell script' contents and comparing that to what packages for kde you might have left on your system (and obviously editing the shell script to suit your needs). Please note that with the shell script attached you will need to: chmod u+x and then run it as ./purge202.sh (just in case you didn't know that - i'd rather give *too* much information than not enough) Hopefully after this, all kde 2.2.2 files will have been removed from your system. We can now try to update to kde 3.0.3. Please note that with Thomas' .debs you will not need to go down the testing/unstable route. You can keep the default setting of stable for woody, and there will be no need to create a /etc/apt/preferences file or pinning etc. Please also note that QT is included with Thomas' kde packages, so no need to have that (qt 3) on your system. I'm not sure what the outcome would be if you have already installed qt on your system. 3. We can now and try to upgrade to kde 3.0.3. Try this command at the command line please. apt-get update Once that is done we can try: apt-get -d dist-upgrade Now I found that this didn't work for me...so Thomas suggested using dselect to do the job. And I switched to dselect. This is the instructions Thomas gave to me on using dselect: 1. start dselect (obvious) 2. select [A]ccess and verify that apt is selected. (Pressing X exits that screen again, losing changes) 3. Run [U]pdate. If the .debs are still in /var/cache/apt/archives, apt will not download them again. If there are errors, please show them to me. 4. Choose [S]elect (pressing the Space key will get you out of the help screen, but that's described in the help itself, of course :) ) 5. Hit Enter. If there are any dependency problems, dselect will show a screen telling you that (hit Space again to get out). Now you should see the missing/conflicting dependencies that dselect complains about. (Pressing - marks a package for removal, + for install). And watch closely for the packages dselect wants to remove. Sometimes, it's not very smart and tries to remove libc6 which usually is not a good idea, but I don't expect that to happen here. Hitting enter again, will accept the changes (or show the same procedure again, if there is still something wrong) 6. Run [I]nstall and apt should download the remaining packages and install/remove all pending packages. Please note that as Thomas pointed out to me: When selecting packages + and * do the same. dselect always shows that * Now at this point I had problems downloading files - i'd get a size mismatch error. I'm not sure why, neither is Thomas. Anyways...Thomas advised me to check the cache for apt. That is in: /var/cache/apt/archives and also /var/cache/apt/archives/partial Thomas advised me that sometimes the .debs in the partial sub dir could be corrupted and it would be best to remove them. So i'd manually go in there and remove them and try doing the dselect process again.
kde3, xinerama, and xfs (x font server)
Problem: Dual Head setup using Xinerama. Additional system specs: Dell Precision 420 Dual P3 1Ghz 1G Ram ATI Radeon 7500 (2x 1600x1200) So, I upgrade to kde3.0.3 using the kd3.org link and restart kdm. When I login, things seem to start up but the kicker quickly stops responding (locks up). If I remove my .kde dir the preferences window that starts the first time exhibits the same behavior. Some searching on google found a message about disabling xfs to work around it. Sure enough, commenting out the option in the X config file allows me to use kde but now my fonts are not what they were (Emacs uses a wider font, Mozilla doens't feel right). Thoughts? -- -rupa
