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cascat

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Registered: 2004-02-24

Posts: 62

Problem with KDE 3.5.1 in testing (SOLVED)

I decided to install xorg 7 this weekend.  After a few fits and starts and many trips to the forum xorg 7 is up and running.  It is awesome, I gained 300 fps with the stock radeon driver.

Then I installed Kde from testing.  After kde starts up I have nothing above the kicker.  No background, no shortcuts and no right-click on the desktop-nothing.  I changed the ~/.kde file, removed and reinstalled kde, removed the /opt/kde directory and reinstalled. If I start kde from the console with startx the desktop stays black.  If I start kde with kdm, the blue arch linux background that runs with kdm remains.  Nothing I have tried works.  All the programs run from the menu and the kicker works correctly.  The kdesktoprc file is present in the .kde directory.

Any ideas?

[Rsync]

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Registered: 2005-11-04

Posts: 14

Re: Problem with KDE 3.5.1 in testing (SOLVED)

Same problem.  :evil:
I think can be a problem of path. Currently iam on problem.

Video Drivers : Nvidia
Kde :: 3.5.0
Xorg :: 7.0

newgargamel

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From: PL, CZ

Registered: 2005-08-28

Posts: 156

Re: Problem with KDE 3.5.1 in testing (SOLVED)

Same here Kde is not able to find iceauth path or something like that. Please fix this asap. I need kontact! Thanks

mpie

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From: 404 Not found

Registered: 2005-03-06

Posts: 649

Re: Problem with KDE 3.5.1 in testing (SOLVED)

pacman -S mesa

if using testing as main repo

or pacman -S testing/mesa

newgargamel

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From: PL, CZ

Registered: 2005-08-28

Posts: 156

Re: Problem with KDE 3.5.1 in testing (SOLVED)

dcopserver: 'iceauth' not found in path, aborting.
DCOPServer self-test failed.
sh: iceauth: command not found
kdeinit: DCOPServer could not be started, aborting.
ERROR: KUniqueApplication: Can't setup DCOP communication.

pacman -Qo iceauth
No package owns iceauth

So what should I do?
Thanks

mpie

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From: 404 Not found

Registered: 2005-03-06

Posts: 649

Re: Problem with KDE 3.5.1 in testing (SOLVED)

rm /home/username/Ic*
rm /home/usrename/.Xaut*

newgargamel

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From: PL, CZ

Registered: 2005-08-28

Posts: 156

Re: Problem with KDE 3.5.1 in testing (SOLVED)

Due to a limitation, bug, feature or whatever you call this in pacman, the upgrade path for testing users to the new xorg will be a bit troublesome. Pacman will complain about existing files in /usr/share/X11/xkb/compiled for xorg-server and existing files in /etc/X11/xdm for the xorg-xdm package.
 
 A complicated workaround:
 
 pacman -Sy
 pacman -Rd xorg-server xorg-clients
 pacman -Sf xorg-xdm
 pacman -S xorg-clients xorg-server
 pacman -Su
 
 If you use xdm and you have made customizations to /etc/X11/xdm configuration files, make sure you make backups of them before performing these operations.
 
 Another bug might show up in pacman after the upgrade of xorg-clients: several files which used to be in xorg-clients are gone due to movements between packages. To resolve this, reinstall all packages xorg-clients depends on.

I have to read Arch News before upgrading

cascat

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Registered: 2004-02-24

Posts: 62

Re: Problem with KDE 3.5.1 in testing (SOLVED)

Thanks for the tips.  Mesa was already installed but the error message was in ~/.IC*.  The kdesktop module complained about a missing library.  I installed libxss from testing and everything now works.  The devs will have their hands full keeping all the dependencies correct with the new xorg.

Thanks for your help!

cascat

scarecrow

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From: Greece

Registered: 2004-11-18

Posts: 715

Re: Problem with KDE 3.5.1 in testing (SOLVED)

I guess I will stay without a -Syu for a few days, until everything needed has moved out of /testing, including KDE 3.5.1.

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desertViking

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From: Arizona

Registered: 2005-10-30

Posts: 170

Re: Problem with KDE 3.5.1 in testing (SOLVED)

Upgraded two workstations, and found the notes here helpful.  One modification, I executed

pacman -S xorg-xdm

I had no difficulties, and find that the using the "force" option isn't usually the best solution.

My 2c (and worth half of that) 

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