[kde] Re: Kmix KDE4.6 Pulseaudio
On Tuesday 15 February 2011 11:44:24 Duncan wrote: > Peter Nikolic posted on Tue, 15 Feb 2011 08:24:01 + as excerpted: > > I have been looking at opensuse 11.4 RC1 with KDE 4.6 now i am not > > sure where the correct place for this is but here goes . > > > > OS11.4rc1 install seems to default to pulseaudio (pa) which if it works > > is fine apart from with pa running Kmix adopts a dire personality where > > each slider id it it's own Tab . > > > > Question is how can i revert Kmix back to the old sensible method but > > keep with pa i have tried binning /home/user/.kde4/config/kmix* that > > just stops kmix until i log out and back in again when we are back in > > the same disgusting boat of one slider oer tab dont like it dont > > appreaciate it find it very clunky to use all in all hard work for > > something that should be simple . > > I'm not an OpenSuSE user (Gentoo) nor a pulseaudio user (straight alsa, > phonon-vlc as the kde/phonon backend), but here's a simple trick that may > well fix it for you, given the above: > > Those kmix config files? Instead of deleting them, truncate them to zero > bytes (delete everything in them, or delete them and then touch them to > recreate @ 0 bytes), then set permissions on them read-only. (I've used > this trick to good effect with a number of other kde uncooperatives. If > they can't write the bad config...) > > If that doesn't work (it might not depending on the config saving > mechanism) try setting them to root ownership and read-only. > > If that doesn't work (depending on the technique used by config-saving > mechanism, you may need to set perms on the containing directory, which > isn't ideal given its a general kde config dir, not kmix specific), > there's three more complex options you might be able to try depending on > how your system is setup: > > If the filesystem in question is ext2/3/4 based, consider setting the > files in question "immutable". (FWIW I've never done this as I run > reiserfs here and IIRC it doesn't have an immutable bit, but it's an > interesting concept.) > > If your system runs SELinux security contexts, you can try editing the > security contexts of the files so kmix can't touch them. (Again, no > selinux here so I've not actually tried it.) > > Setup a script that deletes the files either as part of the login process, > before kmix is up and running to read them, or perhaps as part of the > logout process. (I HAVE done this sort of thing, before, actually > somewhat frequently, as because the technique simply runs a script, it's > as flexible as the commands I can run from a script. =:^) Well fixed it uninstalled pulseaudio all fine now mixer back to sanity sound still working from what i have been told on the suse list it seems it is a personality used for pulseaudio henc i will not use pa till this problem is solved Unless anyone knows how to doctor this so called personality Pete . -- Powered by openSUSE 11.3 (x86_64) Kernel: 2.6.34.7-0.7-desktop KDE Development Platform: 4.5.5 (KDE 4.5.5) "release 1" 16:36 up 4 days 17:33, 5 users, load average: 0.31, 0.12, 0.04 ___ This message is from the kde mailing list. Account management: https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde. Archives: http://lists.kde.org/. More info: http://www.kde.org/faq.html.
[kde] Kdevelop won't start
On Kubuntu 10.10 with KDE 4.6, I installed the Kdevelop 4.2 RC but when I start it I get this message: """Failed to lock the session , probably it is already active in another running instance""" There is no running instance, and never has been. In fact, grepping for a possible lockfile fails. Googling returns no results on that phrase. Any ideas where to continue? Thanks! -- Dotan Cohen http://gibberish.co.il http://what-is-what.com ___ This message is from the kde mailing list. Account management: https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde. Archives: http://lists.kde.org/. More info: http://www.kde.org/faq.html.
[kde] Re: Kmix KDE4.6 Pulseaudio
Peter Nikolic posted on Tue, 15 Feb 2011 08:24:01 + as excerpted: > I have been looking at opensuse 11.4 RC1 with KDE 4.6 now i am not > sure where the correct place for this is but here goes . > > OS11.4rc1 install seems to default to pulseaudio (pa) which if it works > is fine apart from with pa running Kmix adopts a dire personality where > each slider id it it's own Tab . > > Question is how can i revert Kmix back to the old sensible method but > keep with pa i have tried binning /home/user/.kde4/config/kmix* that > just stops kmix until i log out and back in again when we are back in > the same disgusting boat of one slider oer tab dont like it dont > appreaciate it find it very clunky to use all in all hard work for > something that should be simple . I'm not an OpenSuSE user (Gentoo) nor a pulseaudio user (straight alsa, phonon-vlc as the kde/phonon backend), but here's a simple trick that may well fix it for you, given the above: Those kmix config files? Instead of deleting them, truncate them to zero bytes (delete everything in them, or delete them and then touch them to recreate @ 0 bytes), then set permissions on them read-only. (I've used this trick to good effect with a number of other kde uncooperatives. If they can't write the bad config...) If that doesn't work (it might not depending on the config saving mechanism) try setting them to root ownership and read-only. If that doesn't work (depending on the technique used by config-saving mechanism, you may need to set perms on the containing directory, which isn't ideal given its a general kde config dir, not kmix specific), there's three more complex options you might be able to try depending on how your system is setup: If the filesystem in question is ext2/3/4 based, consider setting the files in question "immutable". (FWIW I've never done this as I run reiserfs here and IIRC it doesn't have an immutable bit, but it's an interesting concept.) If your system runs SELinux security contexts, you can try editing the security contexts of the files so kmix can't touch them. (Again, no selinux here so I've not actually tried it.) Setup a script that deletes the files either as part of the login process, before kmix is up and running to read them, or perhaps as part of the logout process. (I HAVE done this sort of thing, before, actually somewhat frequently, as because the technique simply runs a script, it's as flexible as the commands I can run from a script. =:^) -- Duncan - List replies preferred. No HTML msgs. "Every nonfree program has a lord, a master -- and if you use the program, he is your master." Richard Stallman ___ This message is from the kde mailing list. Account management: https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde. Archives: http://lists.kde.org/. More info: http://www.kde.org/faq.html.
[kde] Kmix KDE4.6 Pulseaudio
Hi . I have been looking at opensuse 11.4 RC1 with KDE 4.6 now i am not sure where the correct place for this is but here goes . OS11.4rc1 install seems to default to pulseaudio (pa) which if it works is fine apart from with pa running Kmix adopts a dire personality where each slider id it it's own Tab . Question is how can i revert Kmix back to the old sensible method but keep with pa i have tried binning /home/user/.kde4/config/kmix* that just stops kmix until i log out and back in again when we are back in the same disgusting boat of one slider oer tab dont like it dont appreaciate it find it very clunky to use all in all hard work for something that should be simple . Pete . PS sig is not from the machine in question before everyone get upperty -- Powered by openSUSE 11.3 (x86_64) Kernel: 2.6.34.7-0.7-desktop KDE Development Platform: 4.5.5 (KDE 4.5.5) "release 1" 08:15 up 4 days 9:12, 5 users, load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00 ___ This message is from the kde mailing list. Account management: https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde. Archives: http://lists.kde.org/. More info: http://www.kde.org/faq.html.
