Re: Debian 8, KDE Lockup

[Udyant Wig]

Is there an alternative to KDE Connect elsewhere?

Is there a non-KDE substitute that makes it easy to create a WiFi
hotspot/access point connection?  (NetworkManager cannot do this in
non-KDE environments in Debian.  It can under GNOME in Fedora.)

-- 
Udyant Wig

Re: Debian 8, KDE Lockup

[Tim McDonough]

On 10/11/2015 1:06 PM, Renaud (Ron) OLGIATI wrote:

On Sun, 11 Oct 2015 20:55:56 +0300
moxalt  wrote:


Basically, don't use GDM with KDE, and don't run KDE on systems that are short
of RAM. Or at all.

Yes, better use XFCE or LXDE, which are not bloated messes like KDE or Gnome.
  
Cheers,
  
Ron.


My ram did not arrive today so to help rule out hardware problems I 
reinstalled Debian 8 but this time used the LXDE desktop. Everything 
works fine as I had hoped the first attempt would. LXDE looks pretty 
nice so I will probably keep it and not worry about KDE.


Thank you for your help everyone.

Tim

Re: Debian 8, KDE Lockup

[ATrudyjane]

I had the same problem starting up KDE with a new installation of Debian 
8 with gdm as the selected display manager. In addition to that, there 
where GUI error messages that would pop up and disappear, but only when 
switching between desktops. Replacing gdm with LightDM as the display 
manager, uninstalling KDE, and then re-installing KDE from the 
appropriate repository (stretch) solved those problems. Running a 2010 
Samsung laptop with 6G ram, nvidia optimus card. Never figured out what 
caused the problem.


Andrea

Re: Debian 8, KDE Lockup

[moxalt]

Basically, don't use GDM with KDE, and don't run KDE on systems that are short
of RAM. Or at all.

Re: Debian 8, KDE Lockup

[Ron]

On Sun, 11 Oct 2015 20:55:56 +0300
moxalt  wrote:

> Basically, don't use GDM with KDE, and don't run KDE on systems that are short
> of RAM. Or at all.

Yes, better use XFCE or LXDE, which are not bloated messes like KDE or Gnome.
 
Cheers,
 
Ron.
-- 
   As a computer, I find your faith in technology amusing.

   -- http://www.olgiati-in-paraguay.org --
 

Re: Re: Debian 8, KDE Lockup

[ATrudyjane]

Yes, and after getting it working, didn't care for KDE anyway and 
uninstalled it. Now it's just Xfce, dwm, and cinammon.


Andrea

Re: Debian 8, KDE Lockup

[Tim McDonough]

On 10/9/2015 6:47 PM, Felix Miata wrote:

Tim McDonough composed on 2015-10-09 17:05 (UTC-0500):


I have a new installation of Debian 8 and the KDE Desktop that isn't
working. As the system boots it asks for user and password then as the
KDE startup icons appear in a box in the middle it always locks up once
the third one appears.
I have additional memory on order but presently the system has just 1GB
of RAM. Is this the likely source of my problem?

1G should be enough to get by on. Tell us more about your hardware, the
gfxchip in particular, but also CPU and chipset. lspci will give a summary if
you do Ctrl-Alt-F2 and login before it "locks up".


I'm not able to determine this right now. Since I already have memory on 
order I plan to wait until it arrives and try again before I invest more 
time.


Thanks for the suggestions so far!

Tim

Re: Debian 8, KDE Lockup

[Felix Miata]

Tim McDonough composed on 2015-10-09 17:05 (UTC-0500):

> I have a new installation of Debian 8 and the KDE Desktop that isn't 
> working. As the system boots it asks for user and password then as the 
> KDE startup icons appear in a box in the middle it always locks up once 
> the third one appears.

> I have additional memory on order but presently the system has just 1GB 
> of RAM. Is this the likely source of my problem?

1G should be enough to get by on. Tell us more about your hardware, the
gfxchip in particular, but also CPU and chipset. lspci will give a summary if
you do Ctrl-Alt-F2 and login before it "locks up".
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Debian 8, KDE Lockup

[Tim McDonough]

I have a new installation of Debian 8 and the KDE Desktop that isn't 
working. As the system boots it asks for user and password then as the 
KDE startup icons appear in a box in the middle it always locks up once 
the third one appears.


I have additional memory on order but presently the system has just 1GB 
of RAM. Is this the likely source of my problem?


Tim