Ad kded & knotify failure -- more info

2003-06-13 Thread Dave Lister
I've just checked and when running as root, KDE starts up correctly. I don't remember any special permission manipulations on that box that could cause this behaviour. TIA, Dave!!!

kded & knotify fail -> KDE 3.1.2 broken (on default Woody!!)

2003-06-13 Thread Dave Lister
Hi there, I've installed woody on my friend's computer and added ftp.kde.org sources for KDE 3.1.2 and installed it as well (base and i18n). The problem is that when KDE's splash screen shows, it disappears almost immediately. I'm unable to use KDE. Any other WM works fine. I've installed sou

Re: KDEINIT: $DISPLAY not set problem.

2003-05-23 Thread Dave Lister
On Thu, May 22, 2003 at 09:36:13PM -0500, Scott Miller wrote: > letter. When I log in from the GUI, it seems to be trying to load KDE > by fails. I have checked the xsession-errors file and I seem to be > getting a recurring error, KThemeStyle seems to be corrupt. I know its > not the KDE 3.1.2

Re: KDE 3.1.2 segfaults

2003-05-22 Thread Dave Lister
> I am using Unstable/Sid > Kernel 2.4.20 selfmade > nvidia-4191 > dist-upgrade from kde 3.1.1 to 3.1.2 > not all k-apps are 3.1.2 some remains 3.1.1 What was that about GNOME again? What's wrong with that? Do some apps also segfault? Anyway, ever since I've got Debian I'm using testing and don't

Re: KDE 3.1.2 segfaults

2003-05-22 Thread Dave Lister
> after upgrading today to kde 3.1.2 all kde-apps segfaults. I cannot > use kde at all. > > Does anybody encounters this too? Please, be more specific. Which version of Debian do you have, where did you apt-get your new KDE from? Do you use any locally compiled libraries or libraries/packages fro

Re: libvorbis0 and libvorbis0a

2003-05-22 Thread Dave Lister
> I guess my initial error was to assume that the stable packages of kde > 3.1.2 would work on my > testing system. Sorry for that. > The testing distrib has served me very well on my desktop machines and > I am still hesitant to > use a package as big as KDE from the unstable tree. I guess I sho

Re: latest kde 3.1.2

2003-05-22 Thread Dave Lister
> Yaah!! > Worked for me too. > Thanks a lot for your help! > I'll be more carefull next time I will want the last KDE version ;-) > > It must confess I have thought a 'short' time Debian wasn't as good as > I thought but... it IS the best distro. Even if some applis aren't > distrib

Re: Cut and paste in konquerer is weird

2003-05-22 Thread Dave Lister
> Should I delete my entire .kde folder and start again from scratch? Should I > format c: (or just rm -rf /) and reinstall debian? Quite weird. I didn't noticed anything like this, but reinstalling the whole system because of clipboard is just insane :) I suggest reinstalling (remove & install a

Re: Problem with kdenetwork 3.1.2

2003-05-22 Thread Dave Lister
> I think kdenetwork version 3.1.2 is not in sid at the moment. Wait a few > days... (or downgrade to Debian/stable) Actually the problem is that KDE 3.1.2 is compiled with newer version of QT (3.1.2) than is available in your distro. You should remove everything which has anything to do with *qt

Re: libvorbis0 and libvorbis0a again

2003-05-22 Thread Dave Lister
You might be interested in my older posting, http://lists.debian.org/debian-kde/2003/debian-kde-200305/msg00324.html Some problems with libvorbis[0] are mentioned there.

Re: KDEINIT: $DISPLAY not set problem.

2003-05-22 Thread Dave Lister
> can select the command prompt and login normally, either root or my > username and that is fine. At the # or $ prompt, I type in 'startkde', > but then I get the KDEINIT: $DISPLAY not set error. However, at the > command prompt I can type in 'startx' and KDE loads normally and > everything work

Re: List Etiquette (was Re: latest kde 3.1.2)

2003-05-22 Thread Dave Lister
> Don't know what this was about, but whoever it was that sought advice > on list etiquette might want to read Eric Raymond's FAQ on how to ask > questions "the smart way" : Thank you :) The thing is that I helped here two guys to install new KDE on Sarge without dependency problems, which they wa

Re: Off-list: Re: latest kde 3.1.2

2003-05-21 Thread Dave Lister
On Wed, May 21, 2003 at 07:43:28PM +0100, Nick Leverton wrote: > Trying not to be picky, but would you please mind snipping your quotations > down to the bit you are actually commenting on ? I've left your entire > message in so that you can see how annoying it is to have to skin three > screens f

Re: latest kde 3.1.2

2003-05-21 Thread Dave Lister
On Wed, May 21, 2003 at 04:49:32PM +0100, David Marsh's listreading hat wrote: > > Hi Dave, > > [Interleaved comments: please read right to end of message] > > On Wed, 21 May 2003 17:02:38 +0200 > Dave Lister <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > All y

Re: latest kde 3.1.2

2003-05-21 Thread Dave Lister
On Wed, May 21, 2003 at 03:01:04PM +0100, David Marsh wrote: > > [Interleaved quoting: please read to end for all comments] > > Alexander Opitz wrote in gmane.linux.debian.user.kde: > about: Re: latest kde 3.1.2 > > > Am Mittwoch, 21. Mai 2003 13:13 schrieb David Marsh: > > > >> I have simil

Re: latest kde 3.1.2

2003-05-21 Thread Dave Lister
On Wed, May 21, 2003 at 01:49:15PM +0200, Linus Gasser wrote: > On Wednesday 21 May 2003 12:06, Alexander Opitz wrote: > > IMPORTEND!!! > > > > Do not MIX debian packages for UNSTABLE with debian packages for TESTING or > > STABLE. > > Well, with some /etc/apt/preferences magic and dpkg -i --force

Re: New KDE's QT-3.1.2 && Sarge's gcc 3.2.3-0pre9 binary incompat?

2003-05-20 Thread Dave Lister
On Tue, May 20, 2003 at 09:31:26PM +0200, Andreas Pakulat wrote: > On 20.Mai 2003 - 20:37:38, Dave Lister wrote: > > Hi there, I've just subscribed to this list - feel free to spank me if > > I'm too BFUish ;) > > > > I've installed new KDE 3.1.2 core li

Re: New KDE's QT-3.1.2 && Sarge's gcc 3.2.3-0pre9 binary incompat?

2003-05-20 Thread Dave Lister
On Tue, May 20, 2003 at 08:43:52PM +0100, David Pye wrote: > You'll be alright with C stuff - IIRC It's C++ stuff that breaks. > > It doesn't matter with the kernel etc, just make sure you compile all C++ > stuff with gcc 2.95 series... :) You can mix and match compilers in some > cases. So ther

New KDE's QT-3.1.2 && Sarge's gcc 3.2.3-0pre9 binary incompat?

2003-05-20 Thread Dave Lister
an downgrading gcc back to Woody's 2.9x or compiling the whole QT from sources (as I did in the days of unstable 3.1)? Thank you for ANY comments or hints. Dave Lister