Re: kde 4.6

2011-03-28 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
lp. What makes you think only programmers are involved in the process? Package maintenance entails a lot of tasks that don't involve reading or writing code. Documentation, testing, and communication can be done by almost anyone. Those are just examples. I ask again: What have you do

Re: Konsole window size and new window placement

2011-03-09 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
know of. You can use XMonad or another tiling window manager instead of KWin and still get all the other parts of KDE SC 4, including Plamsa and KRunner (though, you will probably need to tell your WM what key should start KRunner). -- Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. ,= ,-_-. =. b...@igua

This is not SPAM

2011-03-09 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
s. If you want to help a little bit, you can "bounce" or "redirect" SPAM message to report-listspam@lists.d.o. If you want to help a lot, writing spamassassin or protfix rules that match the SPAM and communicating that to the list admins could h

Re: Clicking links downloads webpage and opens temp file

2011-03-07 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
tion instead may force KDE to not load the URL itself and simply fork/exec the chosen browser. -- Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. ,= ,-_-. =. b...@iguanasuicide.net ((_/)o o(\_)) ICQ: 514984 YM/AIM: DaTwinkDaddy `-'(. .)`-' http://iguanasuicide.net/\_/ signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.

Re: KMail 1.13.5 and "Bounce"

2011-01-18 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
On Tuesday 18 January 2011 10:16:21 Sune Vuorela wrote: > On 2011-01-18, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: > > It's been a while, but I seem to remember older versions of KMail having > > a= > > > >=20 > > > > "bounce" command that would take

KMail 1.13.5 and "Bounce"

2011-01-18 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
onger find a "bounce" option in my KMail. I thought it would be under "Reply Special" or "Forward"; perhaps I need a special template for that? Perhaps I should copy the message to "Drafts" them edit it (change the To address) and send it? -- Boyd Stephen Smi

KDEPIM Runtime

2010-09-03 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
downgrading packages from unstable -> testing. This is the last package I'm concerned about, can it be safely downgraded from 4.4.5 -> 4.4.4? -- Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. ,= ,-_-. =. b...@iguanasuicide.net ((_/)o o(\_)) ICQ: 514984 YM/AIM: DaTwinkDadd

Re: KDE SC 4.5.0

2010-08-11 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
On Wednesday 11 August 2010 22:52:28 Sam Leon wrote: > On 08/11/2010 10:24 PM, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: > > My opinion only. I'm not on the team, nor do I speak for it. > > Well 4.5 does have 16,000 bug fixes And probably a like number of new bugs. Also, does it c

Re: KDE SC 4.5.0

2010-08-11 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
and the rest of the software they maintain) of the highest quality possible before release day. My opinion only. I'm not on the team, nor do I speak for it. -- Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. ,= ,-_-. =. b...@iguanasuicide.net ((_/)o o(\_)) ICQ: 514984 YM/

Re: Audio CDs not causing device actions, and how to deal with 4.4.5 bugs?

2010-08-11 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
8.16247@iguanasuicide.net> Changing the subject line does NOT start a new thread when you use the "Reply" feature, because of these headers. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:DonDiego/Thread_hijacking -- Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. ,= ,-_-. =. b...@iguanasuicide.net

Custom Shutdown Options

2010-08-11 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
rimental if they can help with this task. -- Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. ,= ,-_-. =. b...@iguanasuicide.net ((_/)o o(\_)) ICQ: 514984 YM/AIM: DaTwinkDaddy `-'(. .)`-' http://iguanasuicide.net/\_/ signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.

Re: What about...

2010-08-11 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
ng the the KDE 4.4 packages are buggy. 8 outstanding, rc- level bugs is fairly awesome(ly low) for the amount of source code maintained by a team of such a (small) size.) -- Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. ,= ,-_-. =. b...@iguanasuicide.net ((_/)o o(\_)) ICQ: 514

Re: KDE 4.4.3 upgrade eats 141 MB of /home

2010-05-14 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
On Friday 14 May 2010 12:55:45 Allan Sandfeld Jensen wrote: > On Friday 14 May 2010, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: > > noatime "breaks" a few applications. I recommend against it. > > > > I've not seen similar issues with relatime, although it is theore

Re: KDE 4.4.3 upgrade eats 141 MB of /home

2010-05-14 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
efault). noatime "breaks" a few applications. I recommend against it. I've not seen similar issues with relatime, although it is theoretically possible. I mount using relatime, normally. -- Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. ,= ,-_-. =. b...@iguanasuicide.net

Re: KDE 4.4.3 upgrade eats 141 MB of /home

2010-05-12 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
; regularily. > > Of course, that's what I do. But a plain user should not be asked to > regularly remove it, should he? It probably should be handled like the > trash folder, which IIRC has a size/time limit. I think "sweeper" (?) from kdeutils is supposed

Re: KDE 4.4.3 upgrade eats 141 MB of /home

2010-05-12 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
On Wednesday 12 May 2010 11:47:08 Modestas Vainius wrote: > On trečiadienis 12 Gegužė 2010 18:48:04 Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: > > Virtuoso, Akonadi, and Strigi (among > > others) may be appropriate for a upgrade before either the freeze or the > > KDE SC 4.5.0 release.

Re: KDE 4.4.3 upgrade eats 141 MB of /home

2010-05-12 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
particular upstream release. If we routinely did that, whether for bug fixes or features we'd never make a release. If it is an RC-bug, the fix can be backported. -- Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. ,= ,-_-. =. b...@iguanasuicide.net ((_/)o o(\_)) ICQ: 514984 YM/AIM: D

Re: What needs to improve in KDE 4?

2010-05-10 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
ven though I have to say the d word.. What is the state of > disconnected IMAP? Still killing a few thousands emails > sometimes, as with KDE 3? I didn't have it hit me in KDE 3. I use multiple disconnected IMAP accounts and have without issue since 4.2 ent

Power Profile Actions

2010-05-10 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
of batteries while the system is suspended quite well. Perhaps this is covered on Techbase; I haven't looked yet. -- Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. ,= ,-_-. =. b...@iguanasuicide.net ((_/)o o(\_)) ICQ: 514984 YM/AIM: DaTwinkDaddy `-'(. .)`-' http://igu

Re: Is it just me or is this a Debian list?

2010-05-07 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
On Friday 07 May 2010 13:39:19 Adrian von Bidder wrote: > So my kmail still doesn't have sane "Ignore thread" behaviour. Right-click message -> "Mark Thread" -> "Ignore Thread" doesn't work for you? Or is that not "sane" behavior?

Re: KDE 4.4.3 in unstable

2010-05-07 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
On Friday 07 May 2010 05:53:57 Martin Steigerwald wrote: > Am Freitag 07 Mai 2010 schrieb Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.: > > Reverting to KDEPIM 4.3 is an option, as is shipping an Akonadi that > > doesn't require MySQL. I know KDEPIM 4.3 works in a mostly KDE SC > > 4.4 envi

Re: Kde 3.5 ...

2010-05-07 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
rs write what they want > to use, no what *you* want to use. Based on the evidence presented (NB: I have not independently verified it), the developers write what they want and then use something else. You may find that ironic, but that doesn't automatically make it untrue. -- Boyd Steph

Re: Kde 3.5 ...

2010-05-07 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
stuff with K3b from KDE 4 already. Ditto to both. Still, I know others that are having quite a few problems with those, and I think the Debian versions are still based on beta/pre-release packages from upstream. -- Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. ,= ,-_-. =. b...@ig

Re: Kde 3.5 ...

2010-05-07 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
tic and snipish. I may not always agree with them, but they do present themselves as (overworked) professionals. -- Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. ,= ,-_-. =. b...@iguanasuicide.net ((_/)o o(\_)) ICQ: 514984 YM/AIM: DaTwinkDaddy

Re: Kde 3.5 ...

2010-05-07 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
ently, the plan to to ship packages based on the KDE SC 4.4.x upstream release with Squeeze. -- Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. ,= ,-_-. =. b...@iguanasuicide.net ((_/)o o(\_)) ICQ: 514984 YM/AIM: DaTwinkDaddy `-'(. .)`-&#x

Re: KDE 4.4.3 in unstable

2010-05-07 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
n testing, documentation, and bug fixing on that. > On penktadienis 07 Gegužė 2010 01:59:39 Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: > > I think that KMail requiring MySQL to function in Debian stable is a > > problem. I request that the Qt/KDE packaging team take steps to ensure > >

Re: KDE 4.4.3 in unstable

2010-05-07 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
On Friday 07 May 2010 05:42:55 Martin Steigerwald wrote: > Am Donnerstag 06 Mai 2010 schrieb Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.: > > On Thursday 06 May 2010 04:59:35 Martin Steigerwald wrote: > > > Am Donnerstag 06 Mai 2010 schrieb Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.: > > > > Heck,

Re: KDE 4.4.3 in unstable

2010-05-06 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
On Thursday 06 May 2010 16:44:26 you wrote: > On ketvirtadienis 06 Gegužė 2010 23:48:43 Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: > > > But whether > > > upstream software meets users' needs is out of Debian scope. > > > > There's a lot to consider, since Debian n

Re: Kde 3.5 ...

2010-05-06 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
se issues for a great many users. I also understand (deeply) the concept shear that occurs when moving from the rote familiarity of KDE 3.4/5 to KDE SC 4.x. Coupling these things together can make many users feel that KDE SC 4.x is a step sideways and backwards rather t

Re: KDE 4.4.3 in unstable

2010-05-06 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
On Thursday 06 May 2010 14:33:40 Modestas Vainius wrote: > On ketvirtadienis 06 Gegužė 2010 02:13:50 Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: > > > Debian packagers don't have that much time to spend on packaging (they > > > are volunteers after all), and hardly they ca

Re: KDE 4.4.3 in unstable

2010-05-06 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
On Thursday 06 May 2010 12:47:12 Modestas Vainius wrote: > On ketvirtadienis 06 Gegužė 2010 20:40:21 Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: > > > PostgreSQL is apparently > > > capable of providing the proper features and Tobias Koenig has made > > > Akonadi working with Po

Re: Kde 3.5 ...

2010-05-06 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
f course, if the KDE SC that is released with Squeeze is the problem, it is unlikely that Squeeze+1 will be available before security support on Lenny is discontinued. -- Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. ,= ,-_-. =. b...@iguanasuicide.net ((_/)o o(\_))

Re: KDE 4.4.3 in unstable

2010-05-06 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
comment, I'm testing 4.4.3 and it working very good!! > Thanks!! While I've already aired my complaints, I haven't yet chimed in here. Thank you! The packaging work is greatly appreciated. The uploads to Sid are quite timely and save me a lot of work. -- Boyd Stephen Sm

Re: KDE 4.4.3 in unstable

2010-05-06 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
On Thursday 06 May 2010 02:13:06 Diederik de Haas wrote: > I don't get what you're trying to accomplish. > > On 2010-05-05 Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: > > In 4.4, kmail depends on mysql-server in order to send mail. (kmail -> > > Akonadi -> mysql-server).

Re: KDE 4.4.3 in unstable

2010-05-06 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
On Thursday 06 May 2010 04:59:35 Martin Steigerwald wrote: > Am Donnerstag 06 Mai 2010 schrieb Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.: > > Heck, just stop kmail from migrating. Korganizer and KAddressBook > > have required Akonadi since 4.2 or earlier. > > Again, AFAIK, kmail does not u

Re: KDE 4.4.3 in unstable

2010-05-06 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
On Thursday 06 May 2010 04:49:08 Martin Steigerwald wrote: > Am Donnerstag 06 Mai 2010 schrieb Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.: > > On Wednesday 05 May 2010 17:58:09 Modestas Vainius wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > > > On ketvirtadienis 06 Gegužė 2010 01:54:06 Boyd Stephe

Re: KDE 4.4.3 in unstable

2010-05-05 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
On Wednesday 05 May 2010 17:07:16 Alejandro Exojo wrote: > El Miércoles, 5 de Mayo de 2010, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. escribió: > > In 4.3, this is not true. From what I hear on upstream mailing lists, > > this won't be true in 4.5. Upstream is already aware and working on t

Re: KDE 4.4.3 in unstable

2010-05-05 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
On Wednesday 05 May 2010 17:58:09 Modestas Vainius wrote: > Hello, > > On ketvirtadienis 06 Gegužė 2010 01:54:06 Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: > > I'm still using kmail/kontact/etc. (basically kdepim) from 4.3 since I > > have no desire to run yet another RDBMS on

Re: KDE 4.4.3 in unstable

2010-05-05 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
On Wednesday 05 May 2010 16:58:35 you wrote: > On Wed, May 05, 2010 at 04:21:15PM -0500, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: > > On Wednesday 05 May 2010 15:24:49 Ana Guerrero wrote: > > > Following Qt 4.6.2, uploaded a couple of weeks ago, KDE 4.4.3, has > > > finally found

Re: KDE 4.4.3 in unstable

2010-05-05 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
t force an "Akonadi-enabled" PIM suite on stable users before they are provided with an Akonadi that can use something other than MySQL. -- Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. ,= ,-_-. =. b...@iguanasuicide.net ((_/)o o(\_)) ICQ: 514984 YM/AIM: DaTwinkDaddy

Re: KDE SC 4.4.2 available on qt-kde.debian.net

2010-03-28 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
rs and is able to provide them access to the release tarballs a few days (rarely more than a week) before the official release announcement is made and the tarballs appear in the public download section of the KDE website. The Debian Qt/KDE team may have even more privileged access to the

Re: Imposible upgrade lenny to sid

2010-02-15 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
t make it a KDE issue. I am moving the thread to debian-user where it belongs. Please drop debian-kde from your list of recipients when replying. -- Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. ,= ,-_-. =. b...@iguanasuicide.net ((_/)o o(\_)) ICQ: 514984 YM/AIM: DaTwinkDaddy

Re: squeeze, kde4 and plasma-desktop

2010-02-15 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
ch of KDE 3, but it's not supposed to be. If you want to stick with KDE 3, though, Lenny has it and will have security support for a year after the Squeeze release. There's little reason for someone that is happy with KDE 3 on Debian to move to KDE 4, yet. -- Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.

Re: squeeze, kde4 and plasma-desktop

2010-02-15 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
ge (though I don't see a reason for that), it's pretty easy to roll your own. -- Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. ,= ,-_-. =. b...@iguanasuicide.net ((_/)o o(\_)) ICQ: 514984 YM/AIM: DaTwinkDaddy `-'(. .)`-' http://iguanasuicide.net/\_/ signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.

Re: kde4.debian.net/ lenny main

2009-12-03 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
$package). My setup is documented at <http://iguanasuicide.net/node/4>. >Is it in backports? No, and I doubt it will be in the future. It current requires too many libraries to be upgraded for it to be installed, and I don't think the team has time to change this

Re: KDE Support in Debian

2009-11-10 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
On Tuesday 10 November 2009 15:58:40 Nate Bargmann wrote: > * Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. [2009 Nov 10 15:41 -0600]: > > On Tuesday 10 November 2009 15:27:35 Nate Bargmann wrote: > > > Some time ago > > > after discussion on this list I filed a Debian bug wishlist repor

Re: KDE Support in Debian

2009-11-10 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
ith Debian's stance on the firmware issue. Others may not, even if they are similarly concerned with software freedoms in general. -- Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. ,= ,-_-. =. b...@iguanasuicide.net ((_/)o o(\_)) ICQ: 514984 YM/AIM: DaTwinkDaddy `-'(. .)`-&#x

Re: KDE Support in Debian

2009-11-10 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
gt; Then you are the looked-for standard Debian Testing user. W00t! More people correctly using testing! The next version of stable is looking better all the time! -- Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. ,= ,-_-. =. b...@iguanasuicide.net ((_/)o o(\_)) ICQ:

Re: Perhaps a bit off topic?

2009-09-23 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
ds to be renamed (or re-logo'd) in the future, but it is still free software. Even Debian itself has a "brand" that it does not distribute under a DFSG-free license: the Debian official-use logo. The project knew this was a possible concern when the logo was being developed,

Re: howto break up the desktops--sharing applets

2009-09-10 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
of widgets) separately. Note that, when using such an option, the wallpaper is associated with the containment, so it changes when you switch activity, not when you switch desktop. -- Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. ,= ,-_-. =. b...@iguanasuicide.net ((_/)o o(\_)) ICQ: 5

Re: X crashing?

2009-08-10 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
rsion in testing seems to be fairly solid. -- Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. ,= ,-_-. =. b...@iguanasuicide.net ((_/)o o(\_)) ICQ: 514984 YM/AIM: DaTwinkDaddy `-'(. .)`-' http://iguanasuicide.net/\_/ signature.asc Description: Th

Re: [opensuse-kde] Re: Deleting the Selection

2009-07-15 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
In <200907152245.59377.m...@purcell.id.au>, Mark Purcell wrote: >On Wed, 15 Jul 2009 01:38:00 am Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: >> Thanks. I didn't know scim-bridge was from the KDE project. > >What about http://www.scim-im.org/development/bug_reports. It

Re: [opensuse-kde] Re: Deleting the Selection

2009-07-14 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
In <200907132339.40448.perezme...@gmail.com>, Lisandro Damián Nicanor Pérez Meyer wrote: >On Friday 10 July 2009 14:00:55 Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: >[snip] > >> >Bug #? Or shall I file one myself? >> >> Since I'm thinking this affects multiple dist

Re: [opensuse-kde] Re: Deleting the Selection

2009-07-13 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
In <200907101140.56432@iguanasuicide.net>, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: >In <200907101814.05326.ad...@eregion.de>, Mathias Homann wrote: >>Am Donnerstag 09 Juli 2009 schrieb Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.: >>> In <200907090118.35505.shaforost...@kde.ru>, >

Re: [opensuse-kde] Re: Deleting the Selection

2009-07-10 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
In <200907100736.17853.sven.burmeis...@gmx.net>, Sven Burmeister wrote: >Am Freitag, 10. Juli 2009 03:39:54 schrieb Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.: >> I created a brand-new user. Then, I logged in to KDE 4.2 on the >> openSUSE machine. I was greeted with the new-user information

Re: [opensuse-kde] Re: Deleting the Selection

2009-07-10 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
In <200907092215.03071.budin...@gmail.com>, Facundo A wrote: >On Jue 09 Jul 2009 22:39:54 Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. escribió: >> I created a brand-new user. Then, I logged in to KDE 4.2 on the >> openSUSE machine. I was greeted with the new-user information about >> SUSE

Re: [opensuse-kde] Re: Deleting the Selection

2009-07-09 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
In <200907091100.49114@iguanasuicide.net>, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: >In <200907090118.35505.shaforost...@kde.ru>, Nick Shaforostoff wrote: >>On Четверг 09 июля 2009 01:08:14 Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: >>> A. (Must be a KMail user) >>>1. Sta

Re: Deleting the Selection

2009-07-09 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
In <200907090118.35505.shaforost...@kde.ru>, Nick Shaforostoff wrote: >On Четверг 09 июля 2009 01:08:14 Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: >> A. (Must be a KMail user) >>1. Start kmail or kontact. (If using kontact, switch to the Mail >> component.) >>2. Choo

Re: Deleting the Selection

2009-07-09 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
In , Duncan wrote: >"Boyd Stephen Smith Jr." posted >200907081708.20234@iguanasuicide.net, excerpted below, on Wed, 08 Jul >2009 17:08:14 -0500: >> Please take a moment and try these simple steps: >> 1. Start konsole >> 2. Start konqueror >> 3

Deleting the Selection

2009-07-08 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
m the pop-up menu. OMG.WTF.BBQ! It auto-selected the part of the filename before the extension and deleted it! I don't know if this is a Qt bug or a KDE bug but it is fscking annoying. Again, can anyone confirm? Perhaps this is fixed in 4.3; I'm still using 4.2.x on both openSUSE an

Re: KDE4.2 & folder view widget

2009-07-07 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
I think it uses whatever icon the folder itself uses in Dolphin/DolphinPart. I do not know how to change those, however. -- Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. ,= ,-_-. =. b...@iguanasuicide.net ((_/)o o(\_)) ICQ: 514984 YM/AIM: DaTwinkDaddy `-'(. .)`-&

Re: KDE 4.3 RC

2009-07-01 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
s. I wouldn't say most recent RC releases from the KDE project qualify either. Experimental could contain that software, but only as time permits for the maintainers; it doesn't for the Debian Qt/KDE team. -- Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. ,= ,-_-. =. b...@iguan

Re: kde 4.3 beta packages

2009-06-18 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
o >compile his own binaries from sources? There are plenty of bugs to find in unstable/testing. If you think you've found them all, help with triage and resolution. -- Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. ,= ,-_-. =. b...@iguanasuicide.net ((_/)o o(\_)) I

Re: KMail - 4.2.4 outdated documentation...?

2009-06-18 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
evel, kde-linux, and kde-doc-english mailing lists @ mail.kde.org. -- Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. ,= ,-_-. =. b...@iguanasuicide.net ((_/)o o(\_)) ICQ: 514984 YM/AIM: DaTwinkDaddy `-'(. .)`-' http://iguanasuicide.net/\_/ signatur

Re: Screensaver in KDE 4.2

2009-06-13 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
In <87ws7gavpe@mid.deneb.enyo.de>, Florian Weimer wrote: >* Boyd Stephen Smith, Jr.: >> In <200906101232.13509.zarl...@gmx.at>, Johannes Zarl wrote: >>> when my screen is locked (either via Ctrl-Alt-L or via time-delay in >>> the screensaver itself), o

Re: KMail's View Source (was: Random questions about KDE4.2)

2009-06-12 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
In <20090612151831.gk32...@torres.zugschlus.de>, Marc Haber wrote: >On Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 10:31:14AM -0500, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: >> In <200906101232.13509.zarl...@gmx.at>, Johannes Zarl wrote: >> >2) Kmail: >> >KMail doesn't allow "

Re: 4.2.4 Krunner Crashes on Startup

2009-06-11 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
In <200906111900.32425.d_ba...@012.net.il>, David Baron wrote: >On Thursday 11 June 2009 17:14:11 Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: >> In <200906111640.04516.d_ba...@012.net.il>, David Baron wrote: >> >How might one downgraded to previous version (possible)? >> I th

Re: 4.2.4 Krunner Crashes on Startup

2009-06-11 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
In <200906111640.04516.d_ba...@012.net.il>, David Baron wrote: >How might one downgraded to previous version (possible)? Previous version of what? (Hint: your message should be understandable without the Subject: line.) I think you want: aptitude install -t testing krunner -- Boy

Screensaver in KDE 4.2 (was: Random questions about KDE4.2)

2009-06-10 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
" and then the screensaver would blank the screen and begin drawing. That wasn't enough to concern me. If you can see the unprotected desktop for enough time to take a digital photo, it could result in a compromise. -- Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. ,= ,-_-. =. b...@iguanas

KWallet Appears Behind KMail Composer Window (was: Random questions about KDE4.2)

2009-06-10 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
, I don't remember experiencing that here, so you might check your focus-stealing prevention level in kwin, it can cause problems when it is too high. -- Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. ,= ,-_-. =. b...@iguanasuicide.net ((_/)o o(\_)) ICQ: 514984 YM/AIM: DaTwinkDaddy

KMail's View Source (was: Random questions about KDE4.2)

2009-06-10 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
I refile this bug in the debian-bts? I wouldn't consider it of RC-severity, so I think filing it on the Debian BTS is a bit of a waste. If you decide to file it on the Debian BTS, please take the additional time to mark it as "upstream" and "forwarded" to that

Web Shortcuts (was: Random questions about KDE4.2)

2009-06-10 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
4.2.4 on openSUSE. My Debian KDE 4 installation is down (bad motherboard) right now. I suggest trying KDE 4.2.4 (should be in Sid) and if the issue persists with the new version reopening the bug you mentioned (529861). -- Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. ,= ,-_-. =. b...@iguanasuicide.

Re: Sleep mode & lock screen

2009-06-04 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
the battery widget. -- Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. ,= ,-_-. =. b...@iguanasuicide.net ((_/)o o(\_)) ICQ: 514984 YM/AIM: DaTwinkDaddy `-'(. .)`-' http://iguanasuicide.net/\_/ signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.

Re: A few problems with KDE 4.2

2009-06-03 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
this as final. And the real way to get not- >packaging bugs solved is still upstream. Absolutely. It's not the maintainers' job to *fix* non-packaging bugs, although user do appreciate it. It is the maintainers' job to communicate the bugs to upstream and trac

Re: Translations lost on upgrade to KDE4

2009-06-02 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
strings coming from the library itself (some of which can show up in the GUI) are not localized. So, unless the plan is to drop KDE 3 entirely from Squeeze, including libraries and applications that haven't been ported away from those applications, this is a bug that will need to be addresses (IMHO). -- Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. ,= ,-_-. =. b...@iguanasuicide.net ((_/)o o(\_)) ICQ: 514984 YM/AIM: DaTwinkDaddy `-'(. .)`-' http://iguanasuicide.net/\_/ signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.

Re: kdmgreet: no greeter widget plugin loaded: check the configuration

2009-05-31 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
on the kde-workspace-$something package that has the greeter widgets. Installing the eith kde-workspace-$something package has fixed it for others. You might try search the archive (of this and debian-user) for the exact package name or just try a few. -- Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.

Re: Publishing own packages for KDE 4.2.3

2009-05-12 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
rous" restriction would be that the source needs to be available from the "same location" as the binaries you produce (or other, more demanding options.) -- Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. ,= ,-_-. =. b...@iguanasuicide.net ((_/)o o(\_)) ICQ: 514984 YM

Re: amarok 2.1 beta1

2009-04-23 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
;s it's > maintainers' fault, :s That is unfortunate. > Patience and good humor, ;). Shade and sweet water. -- Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. ,= ,-_-. =. b...@iguanasuicide.net ((_/)o o(\_)) ICQ: 514984 YM/AIM: DaTwinkDaddy `-'(. .)`-&#x

Kudos to Sune

2009-04-21 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
http://pusling.com/blog/?p=116 I'm sorry I didn't get to participate, but I wanted to. I forwarded a few bugs earlier in the week, but now work is busy again. My thanks to everyone involved, specially the organizer, Sune Vuorela. Debian -- KDE 4.2 -- I'm lovin' it! -- B

Re: Coexistence betwend kde3 and kde4

2009-04-16 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
In <200904161822.03422.d_ba...@012.net.il>, David Baron wrote: >On Thursday 16 April 2009 18:16:21 Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: >> In <200904161610.57353@alaxarxa.net>, Leopold Palomo-Avellaneda wrote: >> >I administrate several boxes and I would like to have so

Re: Coexistence betwend kde3 and kde4

2009-04-16 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
symlink) from doing something similar for different reasons. -- Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. ,= ,-_-. =. b...@iguanasuicide.net ((_/)o o(\_)) ICQ: 514984 YM/AIM: DaTwinkDaddy `-'(. .)`-' http://iguanasuicide.net/\_/ signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.

Re: I can not run KDE - it simply hangs on booting when splash screen shows blinking HDD.

2009-04-12 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
In <200904122207.41283.lisi.re...@gmail.com>, Lisi Reisz wrote: >On Sunday 12 April 2009 20:20:05 Sthu Deus wrote: >> It is Lenny, KDE 3.5.9 >Surely it is 3.9.10 in Lenny? At least, it is here. AIUI, I think it is a bit of a mix. -- Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.

Re: Glitches: knotes, klipper, kmail, login manager config

2009-04-11 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
utton is "Select View Appearance (Theme)" Choosing configure from the drop-down menu provided by that button will give you the "Customize Themes" dialog. In that dialog you can view/create/edit the themes as needed to put the "Important Icon" and the

Re: Panel woes and other peculiarities

2009-04-10 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
In , Sune Vuorela wrote: >On 2009-04-09, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: >> Regarding the system tray: Yeah, I'm pretty sure that's an upstream bug >> (I= =20 >> had a few people confirm it a couple of week ago on one of the KDE lists). >> = =20 >> Th

Re: Panel woes and other peculiarities

2009-04-10 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
In <200904100218.56104.mich...@schuerig.de>, Michael Schuerig wrote: >On Friday 10 April 2009, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: >> In <200904100017.17828.mich...@schuerig.de>, Michael Schuerig wrote: >> >- Where do the panels get their colors from? >> IIRC, your

Re: Options for the Debian KDE team (was: Lancelot locks accessing NTFS partition)

2009-04-10 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
On Thursday 09 April 2009 19:24:30 you wrote: >On Friday 10 April 2009 00:46:44 Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: >> Won't someone please think of the users? >Boyd, I actually prefer Stephen--I'm a junior and my father is Boyd. >The Debian KDE team can do about 5-10 things i

Re: Panel woes and other peculiarities

2009-04-09 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
;Vertically. Where are you trying to do this and what error (or incorrect behavior) are you getting? >- Akregator crashes when started with my original archive, and does so, >too, after only importing the feeds.opml. I'll try to partition the >feeds into smal

Re: Lancelot locks accessing NTFS partition

2009-04-09 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
In <200904091712.11218.variosin...@gmail.com>, Manolete, ese artista... wrote: >El Jueves 09 Abril 2009 16:46:44 Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. escribió: >> How is a non-technical Debian user supposed to know if a bug is Debian- >> specific or not without installing a different distr

Re: Lancelot locks accessing NTFS partition

2009-04-09 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
In <200904091620.34787@badopi.org>, Alejandro Exojo wrote: >El Jueves, 9 de Abril de 2009, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. escribió: >> I get my OS from one source, the Debian repositories (and initially the >> Debian cdimage ftp server). I should only need to provide feedback to

Re: Lancelot locks accessing NTFS partition

2009-04-09 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
om Debian and it is broken, they should be able to file their bug with Debian. Maintainers should be prepared to forward a bug if need be. Won't someone please think of the users? >> Last time I took it on myself to update bugs, I got some fairly stern >> emails ind

Re: Lancelot locks accessing NTFS partition

2009-04-09 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
On Thursday 09 April 2009 04:23:41 you wrote: >On Thursday 09 April 2009 11:14:26 Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: >> >Are you aware about how many Debian packagers has the Qt/KDE team? Do you >> >imagine how many time is needed to handle this? And not only the KDE >> &

Re: Lancelot locks accessing NTFS partition

2009-04-08 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
In <200904090054.49296@badopi.org>, Alejandro Exojo wrote: >El Miércoles, 8 de Abril de 2009, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. escribió: >> IMO: >> Even if you *know* the bug is a problem caused by upstream, you should >> probably file it on the Debian BTS if it affects Debian

Re: Lancelot locks accessing NTFS partition

2009-04-08 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
In <200904090014.01454.modes...@vainius.eu>, Modestas Vainius wrote: >On 2009 m. April 8 d., Wednesday 23:59:10 Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: >> Then file the bug at the Debian BTS and the maintainer will forward it >> to upstream if necessary. (Of course, only to this is

Re: Lancelot locks accessing NTFS partition

2009-04-08 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
, only to this is you are willing to work with the maintainer to correctly resolve the bug.) -- Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. ,= ,-_-. =. b...@iguanasuicide.net ((_/)o o(\_)) ICQ: 514984 YM/AIM: DaTwinkDaddy `-'(. .)`-

Re: Debian 5 with kde 3.5 (basic install)

2009-03-09 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
t;grave" bugs are fixed and only as part of announced updates. Security bugs are fixed as they are found, if you include the security repository. I can't directly support KDE 3.5 on the mailing list, but that's only because I do not have a KDE 3.5 installation anymore.

Re: Plasma breaks now in experimental respo

2009-03-09 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
em with you plasmarc? Have you tried moving your configuration out of the way and seeing if it works with no/default configuration. > btw, when will all the kde related packages be expected to updat to > 4.2.1? I guess that might solve my problem :) When they are

Re: KDE 4.2 Problem with importing SSL CAs

2009-02-21 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
t opened a bug. If/when I open a bug, I'll let you know; please do the same for me. I would really like this to work, because I have my own CA which signs the certs for my secure SMTP and secure IMAP accounts, and would like to expand the number of certs issued by the CA (for my o

Re: knetworkmanager and weather forecast plasma applets

2009-02-20 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
.5 rather than > > compiling it myself. > > No. And for a very good reason. A "NEW" package has not be vetted to ensure that Debian can distribute it by the ftp-masters. For these packages, that's not an issue, but packages have been rejected by the ftp-masters in the

Re: gtk-qt-engine

2009-02-17 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
On Tuesday 17 February 2009 22:34:39 Umarzuki Mochlis wrote: > Have any of you guys got problem with gtk-qt-engine? It won't display kde4 > theme for gtk apps. You need: gtk-qt-engine-kde4 to apply KDE 4 themes to Gtk. -- Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. ,=

Re: Audio CD MP3 encoding options location?

2009-01-19 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
found a limit to the much vaunted >KDE "configurability". :^) Have you tried KAudioCreator? IIRC, it does allow the encoding options to be specified in great detail. It's a very single-use program, but it's the application I prefer for ripping CDs. -- Boyd Step

  1   2   >