Re: Upgrade to KDE 3.2: X resolution, Kwifimanager,
Chris Cheney: > On Tue, Feb 24, 2004 at 10:03:01PM +0100, Dietz Proepper wrote: > > This is strange. I can see kwifimanager, but it's broken, anyway. The > > reason seems to be that first kwifimanager depends on some old libiw, > > which means it won't compile withot modification. The second reason > > semms to be that kdenetwork-3.2.0/debian/kwifimanager.install contains > > only the documentation... > > Yes, kwifimanager in 3.2 and BRANCH was broken the last time I compiled > the debs. It does use the current libiw api. I went ahead and included Hmm, is 26 current or 27? > the deb anyway since it needed an override that usually takes an extra > week. Hopefully kwifimanager will be fixed in time for the 3.2.1 > release. Bringing it to compile againt the current libiw in unstable requires a minimal fix. If you're interested, I can make a patch from my changes (plz. include your preferred patch format;). Dietz
Re: Upgrade to KDE 3.2: X resolution, Kwifimanager,
Thanks a lot for everybody's answers! I will wait for the KWifimanager and X modules to appear in the Control Center of 3.2 after some new update. Meanwhile I found the new XF86Config-4 where David suggested, and, voila! 96 dpi again. Joan (BTW why changing the DisplaySize option is better than forcing a dpi value ? ; also, To which section of XF86Config-4 do I add the line?)
Re: Upgrade to KDE 3.2: X resolution, Kwifimanager,
Am Mittwoch, 25. Februar 2004 02:42 schrieb Doug Holland: > Definitely follow David Bishop's advice concerning adding -dpi 100 > to /usr/share/config/kdm/Xservers. That'll help deal with dreaded tiny > font disease. Also go into Appearance & Themes -> Fonts and play with the > fonts until you find them readable. Hmm, no. For TFT displays, this is totally incorrect. use the DisplaySize option in /etc/XF86Config-4 instead. To force 100dpi with the -dpi parameter was all wrong in the first place (it did override the DisplaySize option). Additionally: why is the configuration file in /usr/share/config? It is _not_ supposed to be there! HS -- Mein GPG-Key ist auf meiner Homepage verfügbar: http://www.hendrik-sattler.de oder über pgp.net PingoS - Linux-User helfen Schulen: http://www.pingos.org pgpp4e1qBnwcJ.pgp Description: signature
Re: Upgrade to KDE 3.2: X resolution, Kwifimanager,
El MiÃrcoles, 25 de Febrero de 2004 01:42, Doug Holland escribiÃ: > Definitely follow David Bishop's advice concerning adding -dpi 100 > to /usr/share/config/kdm/Xservers. That'll help deal with dreaded tiny > font disease. Also go into Appearance & Themes -> Fonts and play with the > fonts until you find them readable. I prefer David's solution rather than playing with kcontrol fonts, because last one leaves gtk apps with tiiny fonts ;) Thanks David!! Rafael RodrÃguez -- "Linux is user-friendly. It's just more selective on who its friends are" Escrito en Debian GNU/Linux por el Usuario Registrado n 327106
Re: Upgrade to KDE 3.2: X resolution, Kwifimanager,
On Tuesday 24 February 2004 12:04 pm, Joan Roig AmorÃs wrote: > Hi, > > I upgraded from KDE 3.1.4 to KDE 3.1.2 in Sid as instructed on the Wiki. It > has been quite easy and most of the things work great (THANKS to everybody > that made that possible! 3.2 is really great). I noticed a few issues: > > -If you have set Kdm to load Session Type-Last (like I think most people > do), it will not start KDE until you point it specifically to KDE . > > - X resolution changed (from 96 to 75dpi) . I have XFree 4.3.0. > and /etc/kde3/kdm/Xservers has not changed (-dpi 96). > > - Control center has two "Display" modules (well , not exactly, Kmenu - > Preferences-Peripherals- does). The new with Monitor Gamma and Multiple > Monitors tabs and the old one with K Xconfig (that never worked for me; > this has not changed). Maybe this has to do with the above point? > > - I can not find Kwifimanager anywhere (and I swear, I installed it! ;-). > > > I hope that helps. I would appreciate a solution specially for X resolution > change, two more weeks with this resolution and I will need glasses... > Hmm. There's supposed to be a module in the control center that lets you do cool X 4.3 stuff like resizing the display. I don't seem to have it in my control panel - maybe it was omitted or Chris & Ben don't think it's ready yet. That leaves plan B - reconfiguring the X server. Like in Perl, There's More Than One Way to do this. I do it the old fashioned way - editing /etc/X11/XF86Config-4. You can also do dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86, or run one of the zillions of X configurator programs out there. Definitely follow David Bishop's advice concerning adding -dpi 100 to /usr/share/config/kdm/Xservers. That'll help deal with dreaded tiny font disease. Also go into Appearance & Themes -> Fonts and play with the fonts until you find them readable. Doug pgphrZtrJ1usf.pgp Description: signature
Re: Upgrade to KDE 3.2: X resolution, Kwifimanager,
On Tue, Feb 24, 2004 at 10:03:01PM +0100, Dietz Proepper wrote: > David Bishop: > > On Tuesday 24 February 2004 12:04 pm, Joan Roig Amorós wrote: > > > - I can not find Kwifimanager anywhere (and I swear, I installed it! > > > ;-). > > > > An apt-cache search for kwifi brings back nothing. Where did you get > > This is strange. I can see kwifimanager, but it's broken, anyway. The > reason seems to be that first kwifimanager depends on some old libiw, > which means it won't compile withot modification. The second reason semms > to be that kdenetwork-3.2.0/debian/kwifimanager.install contains only the > documentation... Yes, kwifimanager in 3.2 and BRANCH was broken the last time I compiled the debs. It does use the current libiw api. I went ahead and included the deb anyway since it needed an override that usually takes an extra week. Hopefully kwifimanager will be fixed in time for the 3.2.1 release. Chris signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: Upgrade to KDE 3.2: X resolution, Kwifimanager,
On Tuesday 24 February 2004 02:03 pm, Dietz Proepper wrote: > David Bishop: > > On Tuesday 24 February 2004 12:04 pm, Joan Roig Amorós wrote: > > > - I can not find Kwifimanager anywhere (and I swear, I installed it! > > > ;-). > > > > An apt-cache search for kwifi brings back nothing. Where did you get > > This is strange. I can see kwifimanager, but it's broken, anyway. The > reason seems to be that first kwifimanager depends on some old libiw, > which means it won't compile withot modification. The second reason semms > to be that kdenetwork-3.2.0/debian/kwifimanager.install contains only the > documentation... Turns out I needed an 'update'. I can see it now... -- D.A.Bishop
Re: Upgrade to KDE 3.2: X resolution, Kwifimanager,
David Bishop: > On Tuesday 24 February 2004 12:04 pm, Joan Roig Amorós wrote: > > - I can not find Kwifimanager anywhere (and I swear, I installed it! > > ;-). > > An apt-cache search for kwifi brings back nothing. Where did you get This is strange. I can see kwifimanager, but it's broken, anyway. The reason seems to be that first kwifimanager depends on some old libiw, which means it won't compile withot modification. The second reason semms to be that kdenetwork-3.2.0/debian/kwifimanager.install contains only the documentation... Dietz
Re: Upgrade to KDE 3.2: X resolution, Kwifimanager,
On Tuesday 24 February 2004 12:04 pm, Joan Roig Amorós wrote: > Hi, > > I upgraded from KDE 3.1.4 to KDE 3.1.2 in Sid as instructed on the Wiki. It > has been quite easy and most of the things work great (THANKS to everybody > that made that possible! 3.2 is really great). I noticed a few issues: > > -If you have set Kdm to load Session Type-Last (like I think most people > do), it will not start KDE until you point it specifically to KDE . I've noticed that, too, on two seperate machines. > - X resolution changed (from 96 to 75dpi) . I have XFree 4.3.0. > and /etc/kde3/kdm/Xservers has not changed (-dpi 96). The kdm config is now in /usr/share/config/xdm. The file you want is Xservers. This one stumped me for a good long while, as I need +xinerama appended to the vt line, and I couldn't figure out why it wasn't working. > - Control center has two "Display" modules (well , not exactly, Kmenu - > Preferences-Peripherals- does). The new with Monitor Gamma and Multiple > Monitors tabs and the old one with K Xconfig (that never worked for me; > this has not changed). Maybe this has to do with the above point? I see this too, but what above point are you referring to? > - I can not find Kwifimanager anywhere (and I swear, I installed it! ;-). An apt-cache search for kwifi brings back nothing. Where did you get this from? If you did do a .deb install, run dpkg -L to see all the files that it installed. I do that and grep for 'bin' all the time... > I hope that helps. I would appreciate a solution specially for X resolution > change, two more weeks with this resolution and I will need glasses... Add -dpi 100 to /usr/share/config/kdm/Xservers, and restart. That should do ya! -- D.A.Bishop
Upgrade to KDE 3.2: X resolution, Kwifimanager,
Hi, I upgraded from KDE 3.1.4 to KDE 3.1.2 in Sid as instructed on the Wiki. It has been quite easy and most of the things work great (THANKS to everybody that made that possible! 3.2 is really great). I noticed a few issues: -If you have set Kdm to load Session Type-Last (like I think most people do), it will not start KDE until you point it specifically to KDE . - X resolution changed (from 96 to 75dpi) . I have XFree 4.3.0. and /etc/kde3/kdm/Xservers has not changed (-dpi 96). - Control center has two "Display" modules (well , not exactly, Kmenu - Preferences-Peripherals- does). The new with Monitor Gamma and Multiple Monitors tabs and the old one with K Xconfig (that never worked for me; this has not changed). Maybe this has to do with the above point? - I can not find Kwifimanager anywhere (and I swear, I installed it! ;-). I hope that helps. I would appreciate a solution specially for X resolution change, two more weeks with this resolution and I will need glasses... Thanks, and keep the good work! JOan
