Kde 4.2.1-1?

jun · 2009-02-28 15:59:17

I installed KDE 4.2.0 for Arch yesterday, but running pacman -Syu requests to download several KDE 4.2.1-1 packages. I am a bit concerned about this because I can find no mention of KDE 4.2.1 being officially released as stable. Would this indicate that I have inadvertently added the testing or unstable repos, or is there some other reason?

kensai · 2009-02-28 16:27:53

Developers get the newest kde release before announcement. So they have time to package it, fortunately our developers, package kde way too fast, to let kde announce it first.

toad · 2009-02-28 16:41:27

Yep, I'm just downloading it!

Thanks a ton for the quick work

jun · 2009-02-28 16:49:10

Awesome. Looking forward to playing with this - thanks .

Damnshock · 2009-02-28 19:48:24

In the kde schedule, the 4.2.1 version was due to the 25th, so the arch update was correct

Chrysalis · 2009-02-28 20:03:14

Damnshock wrote:

In the kde schedule, the 4.2.1 version was due to the 25th, so the arch update was correct

tag, not release

Nothing wrong with using tag though

Spy · 2009-02-28 21:30:46

shit only for x64.... for now

maschino · 2009-02-28 23:09:12

Is there any changelog available for 4.2.1? Could not find anything because it is not released officially yet.

kensai · 2009-03-01 01:56:36

Yeha, I am interested in the changelog as well, but couldn't find them. Guess we'll have to wait until March 4 comes by, that is the release date.

Pierre · 2009-03-01 02:38:23

Or just look at the svn repo: http://websvn.kde.org/*checkout*/trunk/ … ion=932774 :-)

kensai · 2009-03-01 02:44:58

Pierre wrote:

Or just look at the svn repo: http://websvn.kde.org/*checkout*/trunk/ … ion=932774 :-)

LOL, nice find.

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toon · 2009-03-01 17:34:52

Running it now. It works, however I am unable to log out of the system! I need to sudo reboot everytime. Log off, restart, shut down.. non of them works for me. Also I've had a few crashes after upgrade, might be coincidental though.

Oh, and http://www.kde.org/announcements/change … o4_2_1.php.

Musikolo · 2009-03-01 17:39:50

Hi Toon,

I have noticed that the new release comes with a quite restrictive configuration. Please, check the file /usr/share/config/kdm/kdmrc and you'll know what I'm talking about. Besides, I think either developers or packagers didn't realize about such changes on this file. I figure out they should review it again.

I hope it helps! :-)

Last edited by Musikolo (2009-03-01 17:41:31)

toon · 2009-03-01 21:48:48

Musikolo wrote:

Hi Toon,
I have noticed that the new release comes with a quite restrictive configuration. Please, check the file /usr/share/config/kdm/kdmrc and you'll know what I'm talking about. Besides, I think either developers or packagers didn't realize about such changes on this file. I figure out they should review it again.
I hope it helps! :-)

I see a big change there yes! I tried reverting to my old one (4.2.0) and restarted X, however the problem still remains.

If I turn off "previous session" in the session-manager (switching to new session each login) logging out work. I'll leave it at that untill atleast 4.2.1 is officially out if nothing else pops up.

Musikolo · 2009-03-02 22:39:29

Hi Toon,

just in case you are still interested, here you have my /usr/share/config/kdm/kdmrc file: http://pastebin.com/m67cd8f43

I hope it helps! :-)

toon · 2009-03-04 11:56:28

Musikolo wrote:

Hi Toon,
just in case you are still interested, here you have my /usr/share/config/kdm/kdmrc file: http://pastebin.com/m67cd8f43
I hope it helps! :-)

Thanks for that. However after the recent update it Just Works (tm) without any changes

Next step: Qt4.5. KDE4.2 really does feel unresponsive compared to 3.5. Hopefully Qt4.5 will make the difference smaller

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#1 2009-02-28 15:59:17

Kde 4.2.1-1?

#2 2009-02-28 16:27:53

Re: Kde 4.2.1-1?

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Re: Kde 4.2.1-1?

#4 2009-02-28 16:49:10

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