kdemod - a lightified and modular KDE + additional patches

mini · 2007-05-16 21:10:22

I still have problem with akregator

bash-3.2$ akregator
KCrash: Application 'akregator' crashing...
akregator: ERROR: Communication problem with akregator, it probably crashed.

rbrownclown · 2007-05-16 23:38:26

funkyou wrote:

The 64bit repo is still broken We have to wait for Dunkelstern until his hardware gets fixed...

Tell me about it! I had to temporarily switch to Ubuntu Feisty Fawn. It isn't actually that bad, but I'm having a hell of a time getting the MPlayer browser plug-in working. There's no Opera package of it, as there is in Arch. Anyway, is Dunkenstern going to post an update when he gets everything fixed? I can wait an indefinite amount of time... I just don't feel like reinstalling for the sake of checking.

Susu · 2007-05-17 05:29:11

I have a nasty problem when adding a control bar from kicker. I wanted to add a control bar at the top of the screen for knewsticker. That works but I can't adjust the size of that bar anymore. Any adjusting only affects the kicker size. I know that it was working with my last install (performed a fresh one a couple of days ago). Can someone confirm that?

ArchPad · 2007-05-17 12:39:15

OK, now I know something new about PacMan. So I've synced the kdemod repos, but before I go ahead, I would like to know which apps, in particular should be removed...This would've been much easier over my kdebase! Here are the apps that come up in a local search of "kde" and "qt":

[myusername@ArchPad ~]$ pacman -Q | grep kde
kde-common 3.5.6-1
kdeaccessibility 3.5.6-1
kdeaddons 3.5.6-3
kdeadmin 3.5.6-2
kdeartwork 3.5.6-2
kdebase 3.5.6-5
kdebindings 3.5.6-2
kdegames 3.5.6-1
kdegraphics 3.5.6-2
kdelibs 3.5.6-8
kdemultimedia 3.5.6-2
kdenetwork 3.5.6-1
kdepim 3.5.6-5
kdesdk 3.5.6-1
kdetoys 3.5.6-1
kdeutils 3.5.6-2
kdewebdev 3.5.6-1
[myusername@ArchPad ~]$ pacman -Q | grep qt
dbus-qt3 0.62-1
gtk-qt-engine 0.7-2
poppler-qt 0.5.4-1
qt 3.3.8-3

So, which do I remove? I know for sure that kdebase and qt need to go.

Last edited by ArchPad (2007-05-17 12:39:49)

superstoned · 2007-05-17 12:49:03

kill'em all ;-)
except for poppler, gtk-qt engine and dbus-qt3 I think you need to remove 'em all, and then install the kdemod versions.

sH · 2007-05-17 16:10:58

kopete-plugins like the history plugin do not exist. am I right?

funkyou · 2007-05-17 16:21:23

sH wrote:

kopete-plugins like the history plugin do not exist. am I right?

Works here without problems...

funkyou · 2007-05-17 16:26:46

Susu wrote:

I have a nasty problem when adding a control bar from kicker. I wanted to add a control bar at the top of the screen for knewsticker. That works but I can't adjust the size of that bar anymore. Any adjusting only affects the kicker size. I know that it was working with my last install (performed a fresh one a couple of days ago). Can someone confirm that?

Try to restart kicker with "dcop kicker Panel restart" after adding the new panel... I have this problem too sometimes. When i add a new panel, the prefs dont "see" the newly created one until i restart kicker...

Last edited by funkyou (2007-05-17 16:27:48)

VCSkier · 2007-05-17 16:35:31

I'm completely new to Archlinux (kdemod attracted me to it), but I'm having trouble installing kdemod. I appologize, because I know I must be making a very simple mistake, and I doubt that it is specifically related to kdemod at all, but rather to my general incompetence with such an advanced distrobution (I'm an Ubuntu user...). Here's my /etc/pacman.conf:

#
# /etc/pacman.conf
#
# NOTE: If you find a mirror that is geographically close to you, please
#       move it to the top of the server list, so pacman will choose it
#       first.
#
# To re-sort your mirror lists by ping/traceroute results, use the
# /usr/bin/sortmirrors script.  It requires the "netselect" package.
#

# See the pacman manpage for option directives

#
# GENERAL OPTIONS
#
[options]
LogFile     = /var/log/pacman.log
NoUpgrade   = etc/passwd etc/group etc/shadow etc/sudoers
NoUpgrade   = etc/fstab etc/raidtab etc/ld.so.conf
NoUpgrade   = etc/rc.conf etc/rc.local
NoUpgrade   = etc/modprobe.conf etc/modules.conf
NoUpgrade   = etc/lilo.conf boot/grub/menu.lst
HoldPkg     = pacman glibc
#XferCommand = /usr/bin/wget --passive-ftp -c -O %o %u

#
# REPOSITORIES
#   - can be defined here or included from another file
#   - pacman will search repositories in the order defined here.
#   - local/custom mirrors can be added here or in separate files
# 

#[testing]
#Server = ftp://ftp.archlinux.org/testing/os/i686

[current]
# Add your preferred servers here, they will be used first
Include = /etc/pacman.d/current
#Server = file:///mnt/cd/arch/pkg

[extra]
# Add your preferred servers here, they will be used first
Include = /etc/pacman.d/extra

#[unstable]
# Add your preferred servers here, they will be used first
#Include = /etc/pacman.d/unstable

[community]
# Add your preferred servers here, they will be used first
Include = /etc/pacman.d/community

# An example of a custom package repository.  See the pacman manpage for
# tips on creating your own repositories.
#[custom]
#Server = file:///home/custompkgs

[kdemod]
Server = http://kdemod.ath.cx/repo/current/i686

But when I run pacman -Suy, this is what I get.

[root@archbox reed]# pacman -Suy
:: Synchronizing package databases...
 current is up to date
 extra is up to date
 community is up to date
error: failed retrieving file 'kdemod.db.tar.gz' from kdemod.ath.cx : Connection timed out
error: failed to synchronize kdemod: Connection timed out
:: Starting full system upgrade...
 local database is up to date

Thanks.

Last edited by VCSkier (2007-05-17 16:39:15)

funkyou · 2007-05-17 16:44:23

Hm, works here without problems...

$ wget http://kdemod.ath.cx/repo/current/i686/kdemod.db.tar.gz
--18:40:11--  http://kdemod.ath.cx/repo/current/i686/kdemod.db.tar.gz
           => `kdemod.db.tar.gz'
Auflösen des Hostnamen »kdemod.ath.cx«.... 87.106.61.112
Verbindungsaufbau zu kdemod.ath.cx|87.106.61.112|:80... verbunden.
HTTP Anforderung gesendet, warte auf Antwort... 200 OK
Länge: 18.677 (18K) [application/x-tar]

100%[===================================================>] 18.677       104.80K/s

18:40:11 (104.20 KB/s) - »kdemod.db.tar.gz« gespeichert [18677/18677]

Please try to download the db with wget, if it does not work, there is something wrong with your network... btw: can you access the website? Maybe its something with your ISP...

funkyou · 2007-05-17 16:56:22

3.5.7 for i686 is in /testing ... If you want to try it out, just change your pacman.conf entry to:

[kdemod]
Server = http://kdemod.ath.cx/repo/testing/i686

I have no problems recognized so far, so just try it out. The update from 3.5.6 has been tested and works flawless except that kded will die during the update, so just do a restart of KDE after updating... This is the latest tagged version from svn and will be updated when there are additional changes...

changes:
- removed xinerama patches for now (do not apply on 3.5.7)
- removed taskbar-color patch (included with 3.5.7)
- removed konsole transparency patch (included with 3.5.7, you can activate it with --real-transparency)
- added some new kdemod artwork for kdm & ksplash (not activated by default)

Please check it out and report any glitches... If there are no problems, it will be moved to /current next week...

btw, Dunkelstern is back in business, so x86_64 will also be updated soon...

Last edited by funkyou (2007-05-17 16:56:48)

Susu · 2007-05-17 16:59:28

funkyou wrote:

Try to restart kicker with "dcop kicker Panel restart" after adding the new panel... I have this problem too sometimes. When i add a new panel, the prefs dont "see" the newly created one until i restart kicker...

That does the trick. Thanks funkyou! :-)

Don-DiZzLe · 2007-05-17 18:37:33

Hi

I wanna install a fresh kde system with the new iso, so do I add this to pacman.conf:

[kdemod]
Server = http://kdemod.ath.cx/repo/testing/i686

or

[kdemod]
Server = http://kdemod.ath.cx/repo/current/i686
Server = http://kdemod.ath.cx/repo/testing/i686

I want to use 3.5.7

sH · 2007-05-17 19:29:33

funkyou wrote:

sH wrote:
kopete-plugins like the history plugin do not exist. am I right?
Works here without problems...

Can you please tell me where I find this settings? Seems I'm too stupid to find it.

Second question. Is it possible to change the color of the domino Window Decoration like the guy in this image has done? http://kde-look.org/CONTENT/content-pre1/48100-1.png

Last edited by sH (2007-05-18 07:20:18)

mini · 2007-05-18 08:04:26

Is it only I have a problem with akregator?

superstoned · 2007-05-18 09:27:00

sH wrote:

funkyou wrote:
sH wrote:
kopete-plugins like the history plugin do not exist. am I right?
Works here without problems...
Can you please tell me where I find this settings? Seems I'm too stupid to find it.

Under plugins...

sH wrote:

Second question. Is it possible to change the color of the domino Window Decoration like the guy in this image has done? http://kde-look.org/CONTENT/content-pre1/48100-1.png

duh it's possible, check the settings of the domino window decoration and the color settings in Kcontrol. I think the latter has the right settings for what you're looking for. One of the settings for the outer border of a window might be what you need to change to get the green color.

funkyou · 2007-05-18 18:13:02

We have set up a small handy Bug Tracker because this thread gets a little bit confusing when dealing with problems...

Please report any crashes or feature/package requests there from now on...

HighD · 2007-05-18 18:15:16

Hey everyone! Trying

pacman -S kdemod

but it gives me an error about " kdegraphics being corrupt - wrong SHA1 or MD5 cheksum".

is there any way to fix this? or did I do something wrong?

Thanks in advance for your answers

funkyou · 2007-05-18 18:17:08

HighD wrote:

Hey everyone! Trying
pacman -S kdemod
but it gives me an error about " kdegraphics being corrupt - wrong SHA1 or MD5 cheksum".
is there any way to fix this? or did I do something wrong?
Thanks in advance for your answers

the /current or the /testing repo? i686 or x64_64??

try to delete the package from /var/cache/pacman/pkg and fetch it again...

HighD · 2007-05-18 18:22:43

funkyou wrote:

HighD wrote:
Hey everyone! Trying
pacman -S kdemod
but it gives me an error about " kdegraphics being corrupt - wrong SHA1 or MD5 cheksum".
is there any way to fix this? or did I do something wrong?
Thanks in advance for your answers
the /current or the /testing repo? i686 or x64_64??
try to delete the package from /var/cache/pacman/pkg and fetch it again...

/current i686

gonna try that right now. (I'm dual booting so I'm on another OS)

Thanks

funkyou · 2007-05-18 18:25:26

If that does not work, just switch over to /testing:

[kdemod]
Server = http://kdemod.ath.cx/repo/testing/i686

HighD · 2007-05-18 18:37:20

Hey it worked!! I just fetched the package again! I'm posting from kdemod right now! Is this thing FAST or what??

thanks funkyou! I might switch to testing later but everything works beautifully now. Thanks again

mini · 2007-05-18 19:13:52

I have installed akregator 3.5.7-1from testing and it is working now

danym · 2007-05-19 06:09:16

Does xscreensaver are available from kcontrol with kdemod? I have lastest kdemod and xscreensaver (5.02) installed, but it doen't appear in kcontrol. I even link /usr/lib/xscreensaver to /usr/libexec/xscreensaver, but only kde screensaver appears in kde control center..
Do i miss something here?
Thanks!

superstoned · 2007-05-19 07:54:16

danym wrote:

Does xscreensaver are available from kcontrol with kdemod? I have lastest kdemod and xscreensaver (5.02) installed, but it doen't appear in kcontrol. I even link /usr/lib/xscreensaver to /usr/libexec/xscreensaver, but only kde screensaver appears in kde control center..
Do i miss something here?
Thanks!

I haven't seen anything else than 2 or 3 KDE-specific screensavers in the control center for a long time... no idea if it's kdemod's fault.

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