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#1 2009-01-23 20:26:31
- ash
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kde 4 breaks kde 3
i installed kde 3.5.10 and all was excellent
i then installed kde 4.X in parallel and it broke some kde 3 apps
i figured out the cause - for some reason kde 3 apps use the config files and profiles etc from /usr/. . . . - which belong to kde 4. it ignores his own files in /opt/kde / . .
how can i set up kde 3 to look in his own files and not mess up with kde 4 ?
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#2 2009-01-23 20:34:16
- deej
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Re: kde 4 breaks kde 3
How ? Re-partition your drive and install KDE 3.10 on one partition,
KDE 4 on the other. A whole heap of woes will befall you if you try
to mix them.
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#3 2009-01-23 22:09:00
- ash
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Re: kde 4 breaks kde 3
nope. i want to use apps from both together in each of them - just like with kde and gnome
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#4 2009-01-23 23:58:59
- Rasi
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Re: kde 4 breaks kde 3
why dont you just call your apps with complete path?
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#5 2009-01-24 04:34:27
- tanis
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Re: kde 4 breaks kde 3
Which repository for kde3 did you use?
Do you have PATH set properly?
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#6 2009-01-24 05:22:51
- Ranguvar
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Re: kde 4 breaks kde 3
nope. i want to use apps from both together in each of them - just like with kde and gnome
I believe KDEmod has ironed out having both KDEmod3 and KDEmod4 on the same machine... and it would be much better for your purposes, installing some KDE 3 apps.
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#7 2009-01-26 21:38:49
- ash
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Re: kde 4 breaks kde 3
my purpose is using each desktop fully and in addition have apps from the other desktop. not just some kde 3 apps on kde 4
i dont like kdemod
is PATH related ? it does find the executables. its just that they look into the wrong folder for configs
how do i change this default ?
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#8 2009-01-26 21:44:07
- Wintervenom
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Re: kde 4 breaks kde 3
my purpose is using each desktop fully and in addition have apps from the other desktop. not just some kde 3 apps on kde 4
i dont like kdemod
You're probably screwed, then.
Last edited by Wintervenom (2009-01-26 21:47:40)
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#9 2009-01-26 23:17:12
- Ranguvar
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Re: kde 4 breaks kde 3
The only thing I can think of would be a space-eating chroot for the KDE you use less.
Why don't you like KDEmod? It's just modular KDE, only a few small patches. You can install all of KDEmod if you want and get the (99%) exact same thing as KDE normal. KDEmod is just loved often because it lets you save space by removing apps you don't need.
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