Re: [expert] Re: KDE 3.1.3 for 9.1 : go or no-go ?
On Thursday, September 11, 2003 11:27 am, Praedor Tempus wrote: > My desktop is lightening fast (Athlon XP2700+, 256MB > RAM, NVIDIA Ti4200) and of course KDE starts quickly, > at least as fast as the previous KDE version. I HAVE > run into an intermittent problem, however, and I > assume it is a memory leak in the OpenGL screensavers. > I would set one of the nifty new OpenGL screensavers > to work and it would be fine for a while (a day, a > couple days) but then I would find the system locked > up hard. No keyboard inputs possible and the system > would not accept a network connection so I could try > to kill X remotely. I have had to hard reboot. I > have since switched to just "blank screen" and have > thus far not had any problems...of course, I could go > home today and find my system locked up again but in > any case, none of this occurred until after I updated > my KDE. This is strictly a shot in the dark, but you might try reinstalling the proprietary NVIDIA drivers (if you have them installed). I've seen that behavior myself in the past and eventually traced it to having installed a Mesa rpm (libMesaGL1, IIRC) after installing the drivers. The rpm was adding back OpenGL .so files that NVIDIA's install routine had moved out of way to avoid conflicts. HTH, Arn Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Re: KDE 3.1.3 for 9.1 : go or no-go ?
Praedor Tempus wrote: Don't know if it's "just me" but...I installed the the Club 3.1.3 rpms on my desktop, and the texstar rpms on my laptop. The texstar KDE 3.1.3 system is gawd-awful slow on my laptop, much slower than the original KDE that came with 9.1, at least with regards to initial startup. Takes a LNG time for my desktop to finally come up (Thinkpad 1412, Celeron 366, 128MB RAM). My desktop is lightening fast (Athlon XP2700+, 256MB RAM, NVIDIA Ti4200) and of course KDE starts quickly, at least as fast as the previous KDE version. I HAVE run into an intermittent problem, however, and I assume it is a memory leak in the OpenGL screensavers. I would set one of the nifty new OpenGL screensavers to work and it would be fine for a while (a day, a couple days) but then I would find the system locked up hard. No keyboard inputs possible and the system would not accept a network connection so I could try to kill X remotely. I have had to hard reboot. I have since switched to just "blank screen" and have thus far not had any problems...of course, I could go home today and find my system locked up again but in any case, none of this occurred until after I updated my KDE. praedor --- Brant Fitzsimmons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Alex Fisher wrote: Greg Meyer wrote: On Saturday 06 September 2003 06:47 am, Stefano Pogliani wrote: Would it be ok now to migrate to KDE 3.1.3 for MDK 9.1 or is it still "unstable" ? In case of "yes", which is the most stable source : TexStar or the Mdk Club ? I am using Texstar's packages and they work great. Unfortunately, I think the qa on them is better than those packages available from Club. And where do I get these packages? Go here http://www.zarb.org/~nanardon/ and set up your urpmi sources. Make sure you get the Texstar resource. -- Brant Fitzsimmons [EMAIL PROTECTED] Are you sure the lockups can be attributed to KDE? You said you tried the OpenGL screensavers so it appears that you have installed the nVidia drivers from nVidia. I had strange lockups all the time until I re-installed 9.1 and didn't re-install the nVidia drivers. I haven't even tried the drivers again because of the newfound stability I am experiencing. Same KDE, no lockups. I'm only forced to shutdown when a thunderstorm comes through. Maybe you could try the original drivers that come with Mandrake to rule out the possibility of a video problem. -- Brant Fitzsimmons [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Linux user #322847 | Linux machine #207465 | http://counter.li.org/ AMD Duron 1.3GHz | Mandrake 9.1 | Kernel 2.4.21-0.16mm-mdk KDE 3.1.3 | Mozilla 1.4 Mail Client Uptime: 13:50:00 up 5 days, 1:06, 1 user, load average: 0.41, 0.34, 0.16 ___ "All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident." -Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Re: KDE 3.1.3 for 9.1 : go or no-go ?
Don't know if it's "just me" but...I installed the the Club 3.1.3 rpms on my desktop, and the texstar rpms on my laptop. The texstar KDE 3.1.3 system is gawd-awful slow on my laptop, much slower than the original KDE that came with 9.1, at least with regards to initial startup. Takes a LNG time for my desktop to finally come up (Thinkpad 1412, Celeron 366, 128MB RAM). My desktop is lightening fast (Athlon XP2700+, 256MB RAM, NVIDIA Ti4200) and of course KDE starts quickly, at least as fast as the previous KDE version. I HAVE run into an intermittent problem, however, and I assume it is a memory leak in the OpenGL screensavers. I would set one of the nifty new OpenGL screensavers to work and it would be fine for a while (a day, a couple days) but then I would find the system locked up hard. No keyboard inputs possible and the system would not accept a network connection so I could try to kill X remotely. I have had to hard reboot. I have since switched to just "blank screen" and have thus far not had any problems...of course, I could go home today and find my system locked up again but in any case, none of this occurred until after I updated my KDE. praedor --- Brant Fitzsimmons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Alex Fisher wrote: > > >Greg Meyer wrote: > > > > > > > >>On Saturday 06 September 2003 06:47 am, Stefano > Pogliani wrote: > >> > >> > >>>Would it be ok now to migrate to KDE 3.1.3 for > MDK 9.1 or is it still > >>>"unstable" ? > >>>In case of "yes", which is the most stable source > : TexStar or the Mdk > >>>Club ? > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>I am using Texstar's packages and they work great. > Unfortunately, I think > >>the qa on them is better than those packages > available from Club. > >> > >> > > > >And where do I get these packages? > > > > Go here http://www.zarb.org/~nanardon/ and set up > your urpmi sources. > Make sure you get the Texstar resource. > > -- > Brant Fitzsimmons > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ___ > > Linux user #322847 | Linux machine #207465 | > http://counter.li.org/ > AMD Duron 1.3GHz | Mandrake 9.1 | Kernel > 2.4.21-0.16mm-mdk > KDE 3.1.3 | Mozilla 1.4 Mail Client > Uptime: > 12:10:00 up 4 days, 23:26, 1 user, load average: > 0.42, 0.39, 0.27 > ___ > > "All truth passes through three stages. First, it is > ridiculed. > Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is > accepted as being > self-evident." > -Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860) > > > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Re: KDE 3.1.3 for 9.1 : go or no-go ?
Alex Fisher wrote: Greg Meyer wrote: On Saturday 06 September 2003 06:47 am, Stefano Pogliani wrote: Would it be ok now to migrate to KDE 3.1.3 for MDK 9.1 or is it still "unstable" ? In case of "yes", which is the most stable source : TexStar or the Mdk Club ? I am using Texstar's packages and they work great. Unfortunately, I think the qa on them is better than those packages available from Club. And where do I get these packages? Go here http://www.zarb.org/~nanardon/ and set up your urpmi sources. Make sure you get the Texstar resource. -- Brant Fitzsimmons [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Linux user #322847 | Linux machine #207465 | http://counter.li.org/ AMD Duron 1.3GHz | Mandrake 9.1 | Kernel 2.4.21-0.16mm-mdk KDE 3.1.3 | Mozilla 1.4 Mail Client Uptime: 12:10:00 up 4 days, 23:26, 1 user, load average: 0.42, 0.39, 0.27 ___ "All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident." -Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] Re: KDE 3.1.3 for 9.1 : go or no-go ?
Greg Meyer wrote: > On Saturday 06 September 2003 06:47 am, Stefano Pogliani wrote: >> Would it be ok now to migrate to KDE 3.1.3 for MDK 9.1 or is it still >> "unstable" ? >> In case of "yes", which is the most stable source : TexStar or the Mdk >> Club ? >> > I am using Texstar's packages and they work great. Unfortunately, I think > the qa on them is better than those packages available from Club. And where do I get these packages? -- Alex Fisher OpenOffice.org Marketing Project Community Contact, Australia Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
