Re: task-kde* for testing/unstable

2001-07-05 Thread Ivan E. Moore II
On Thu, Jul 05, 2001 at 08:47:38PM -0500, Stephen Uhlhorn wrote: > Okay guys, now I'm confused...and reading thru the archives has not helped. I > just gave my potato box a woody, i.e.- stable->testing. I'm reading through > the archives about all these great new AA features, and where the docs a

Re: /me smacking my head (KDE2.2beta1 experiences)

2001-07-05 Thread Ivan E. Moore II
> What I don't understand is why is removing the ~/.kde supposed to help? I > mean that's where all the personal data is stored. Even If I do move it to > another folder temporarily to give KDE more stability, what am I supposed to > do about restoring the data? it's also where all the configur

Re: /me smacking my head (KDE2.2beta1 experiences)

2001-07-05 Thread Andy Saxena
Welcome to the world of beta testing, brother! Just two days ago I posted similar message about KDE locking up my system. What I don't understand is why is removing the ~/.kde supposed to help? I mean that's where all the personal data is stored. Even If I do move it to another folder temporar

task-kde* for testing/unstable

2001-07-05 Thread Stephen Uhlhorn
Okay guys, now I'm confused...and reading thru the archives has not helped. I just gave my potato box a woody, i.e.- stable->testing. I'm reading through the archives about all these great new AA features, and where the docs are, etc. But the thing I find most puzzling iswhere are the task-k

/me smacking my head (KDE2.2beta1 experiences)

2001-07-05 Thread Viktor Rosenfeld
Hi there, I went the `apt-get update && apt-get dist-upgrade` path today, mainly to check out the new KDE beta. Very stupid idea. Konqueror keeps crashing in file-manager mode and kcontrol crashes on some modules. I read on the list, that erasing .kde might help, and putting years of unix exper

Re: KDE won't run!

2001-07-05 Thread matthschulz
Try "startkde" on a command line without starting X before. Also You might try "startx kde2" from a generic terminal. Matth Am Donnerstag, 5. Juli 2001 16:02 schrieb frost giant: > I decided I wanted KDE 2 on my Linux box, so I added the apt-line "deb > http://kde.debian.net potato main crypto

Re: preset bookmarks

2001-07-05 Thread Ivan E. Moore II
On Thu, Jul 05, 2001 at 05:24:01PM -0600, Bruce Sass wrote: > On Thu, 5 Jul 2001, Ivan E. Moore II wrote: > > On Thu, Jul 05, 2001 at 01:46:39PM -0600, Bruce Sass wrote: > > > On Thu, 5 Jul 2001, Jens Benecke wrote: > > > > On Wed, Jul 04, 2001 at 05:51:36PM -0600, Bruce Sass wrote: > <..> > > I to

Re: preset bookmarks

2001-07-05 Thread Bruce Sass
On Thu, 5 Jul 2001, Ivan E. Moore II wrote: > On Thu, Jul 05, 2001 at 01:46:39PM -0600, Bruce Sass wrote: > > On Thu, 5 Jul 2001, Jens Benecke wrote: > > > On Wed, Jul 04, 2001 at 05:51:36PM -0600, Bruce Sass wrote: <..> > I totally disagree. It's KDE specific and therefore if it's going to be > a

Re: It is a well known but... i forgot O:-)

2001-07-05 Thread John Gay
>On Thu, Jul 05, 2001 at 11:40:27PM +0100, John Gay wrote: >> >> Is testing going to be any different than whats at kde.debian.net? I >> thought that the new beta packages were only in unstable. I'd love to try >> them, but I'm not ready for unstable, I am still thinking about upgrading >> my Prog

Re: It is a well known but... i forgot O:-)

2001-07-05 Thread Ivan E. Moore II
On Thu, Jul 05, 2001 at 11:40:27PM +0100, John Gay wrote: > > Is testing going to be any different than whats at kde.debian.net? I > thought that the new beta packages were only in unstable. I'd love to try > them, but I'm not ready for unstable, I am still thinking about upgrading > my Progeny to

Re: It is a well known but... i forgot O:-)

2001-07-05 Thread John Gay
Is testing going to be any different than whats at kde.debian.net? I thought that the new beta packages were only in unstable. I'd love to try them, but I'm not ready for unstable, I am still thinking about upgrading my Progeny to Debian testing. Cheers, John Gay

Re: It is a well known but... i forgot O:-)

2001-07-05 Thread Ivan E. Moore II
On Thu, Jul 05, 2001 at 05:47:07PM +0200, Jaime Robles wrote: > Hello! > Where are the kde.deb packets? > How is the "apt" line? > Thanks a lot... > I am updating to "Debian testing" and i haven't found many kde packages > updating... :-? > Maybe i am doing something wrong or maybe i have not seen

Re: preset bookmarks

2001-07-05 Thread Ivan E. Moore II
On Thu, Jul 05, 2001 at 01:46:39PM -0600, Bruce Sass wrote: > On Thu, 5 Jul 2001, Jens Benecke wrote: > > On Wed, Jul 04, 2001 at 05:51:36PM -0600, Bruce Sass wrote: > > > > > /etc is just simply the wrong place > > > > Well, I don't really agree. sysadmins might want to customize the default > > b

It is a well known but... i forgot O:-)

2001-07-05 Thread Jaime Robles
Hello! Where are the kde.deb packets? How is the "apt" line? Thanks a lot... I am updating to "Debian testing" and i haven't found many kde packages updating... :-? Maybe i am doing something wrong or maybe i have not seen the packages! :-) -- Un saludo, Jaime Robles [EMAIL PROT

KDE won't run!

2001-07-05 Thread frost giant
I decided I wanted KDE 2 on my Linux box, so I added the apt-line "deb http://kde.debian.net potato main crypto optional" to my /etc/sources.list. I then typed in "apt-get install task-kde" and everything went fine (no errors). I rebooted my box, got into X, opened up Xterm and typed in "startk

Re: preset bookmarks

2001-07-05 Thread Bruce Sass
On Thu, 5 Jul 2001, Jens Benecke wrote: > On Wed, Jul 04, 2001 at 05:51:36PM -0600, Bruce Sass wrote: > > > /etc is just simply the wrong place > > Well, I don't really agree. sysadmins might want to customize the default > bookmarks for new accounts, and I would be extremely angry when those get >

kdvi - "letter" file output yields "a4"

2001-07-05 Thread Andy Saxena
Hi all, While I can view dvi files in kdvi using the "letter" papersize, I cannot export (or print to file) in either ps or pdf format using the "letter" papersize. I have changed the default properties for the "print to file" options on the print dialog box. Surprisingly enough, there is no w

Re: Can't use i18n

2001-07-05 Thread Michael Spanier
On Thursday 05 July 2001 19:09, Macolu wrote: > Hi everybody ! > > I just upgraded from 2.1.1 / 2.1.2 to 2.2-beta1, and I can't use the french > stuff. > > As soon a I set the language to fr, in kpersonalizer or in kcontrol, I > can't start any application. If I logout ( like I can :-) ), I can't s

Can't use i18n

2001-07-05 Thread Macolu
Hi everybody ! I just upgraded from 2.1.1 / 2.1.2 to 2.2-beta1, and I can't use the french stuff. As soon a I set the language to fr, in kpersonalizer or in kcontrol, I can't start any application. If I logout ( like I can :-) ), I can't start kde anymore : the screen stay white with the mouse

Re: Can't use i18n

2001-07-05 Thread Ivan E. Moore II
someone else reported this problem... On Thu, Jul 05, 2001 at 07:09:37PM +0200, Macolu wrote: > Hi everybody ! > > I just upgraded from 2.1.1 / 2.1.2 to 2.2-beta1, and I can't use the french > stuff. > > As soon a I set the language to fr, in kpersonalizer or in kcontrol, I can't > start any a

Re: Circular dependencies in kdelibs3/kdelibs3-crypto

2001-07-05 Thread Ivan E. Moore II
it's a usual week for a new release. We always have issues like this when new versions come out... On Thu, Jul 05, 2001 at 10:22:18AM -0500, Hank Marquardt wrote: > Not saying I'm correct, but this worked for me this morning -- > > dpkg -i --force-conflicts kdelibs3blablabla > apt-get -f install

Re: Circular dependencies in kdelibs3/kdelibs3-crypto

2001-07-05 Thread Hank Marquardt
Not saying I'm correct, but this worked for me this morning -- dpkg -i --force-conflicts kdelibs3blablabla apt-get -f install apt-get upgrade I figured the worst that would happen (to me anyway) is that Konq wouldn't have SSL anymore if this broke the crypto part -- but it all fixed itself with

Re: Circular dependencies in kdelibs3/kdelibs3-crypto

2001-07-05 Thread Ivan E. Moore II
if your going to use dpkg to manually install the packages you must remove kdelibs3-crypto first. Ivan On Thu, Jul 05, 2001 at 12:23:39PM +0200, David Martinez CSIC RedIRIS wrote: > Hello, Ivan. Today two KDE packages from sid refuse to install: > kdebase-crypto and kdelibs3-crypto. > >

Re: moving windows around freezes up system... requiring reboot.

2001-07-05 Thread Mark Constable
Andy Saxena wrote: I have been using Debian Unstable for a while now. I was using KDE 2.1 quite happily before the upgrade to 2.2beta. I find that if I log into KDE, the system freezes completely when I try to move the windows around. I even tried purging all KDE packages and reinstalling them.

Circular dependencies in kdelibs3/kdelibs3-crypto

2001-07-05 Thread David Martinez CSIC RedIRIS
Hello, Ivan. Today two KDE packages from sid refuse to install: kdebase-crypto and kdelibs3-crypto. It seems that there are circular dependencies between both packages: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# dpkg -i /tmp/kdelibs3_2.2.0-0beta1-4_i386.deb dpkg: regarding .../kdelibs3_2.2.0-0beta1-4_

moving windows around freezes up system... requiring reboot.

2001-07-05 Thread Andy Saxena
HI, I have been using Debian Unstable for a while now. I was using KDE 2.1 quite happily before the upgrade to 2.2beta. I find that if I log into KDE, the system freezes completely when I try to move the windows around. I even tried purging all KDE packages and reinstalling them. I installed t