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Ree

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Registered: 2010-05-19

Posts: 37

KDE 4.5 problems

I've just upgraded to KDE 4.5.0 and am having two problems:

1. Upon login compositing is disabled (I don't get any popup messages offering me to re-enable it, it's simply disabled). It was always enabled in 4.4. Is this expected? Here's an excerpt of my .xsession-errors:

kwin(1756) KWin::CompositingPrefs::detectDriverAndVersion: GL vendor is "DRI R300 Project" 
kwin(1756) KWin::CompositingPrefs::detectDriverAndVersion: GL renderer is "Mesa DRI R300 (RS400 5A62) 20090101  NO-TCL DRI2" 
kwin(1756) KWin::CompositingPrefs::detectDriverAndVersion: GL version is "1.5 Mesa 7.8.2" 
kwin(1756) KWin::CompositingPrefs::detectDriverAndVersion: Detected driver "radeon" , version "20090101" 
kwin(1756): ""fsrestore1" - conversion of "0,0,0,0" to QRect failed" 
kwin(1756) KWin::EffectsHandlerImpl::loadEffect: EffectsHandler::loadEffect : Effect  "kwin4_effect_blur"  is not supported 
kded(1725)/kdecore (KConfigSkeleton) KCoreConfigSkeleton::writeConfig:
QDBusConnection: name 'org.kde.kglobalaccel' had owner '' but we thought it was ':1.6'
kwin(1756): OpenGL compositing self-check failed, disabling compositing.

2. networkmanager systray icon is missing (it was there in 4.4) even though it is running and I am connected to my wireless network just fine. How do I get the icon back?

Last edited by Ree (2010-08-25 15:04:52)

pressh

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Registered: 2005-08-14

Posts: 1,719

Re: KDE 4.5 problems

I've just upgraded to KDE 4.5.0 and am having two problems:

1. Upon login compositing is disabled (I don't get any popup messages offering me to re-enable it, it's simply disabled). It was always enabled in 4.4. Is this expected? Here's an excerpt of my .xsession-errors:

kwin(1756) KWin::CompositingPrefs::detectDriverAndVersion: GL vendor is "DRI R300 Project" 
kwin(1756) KWin::CompositingPrefs::detectDriverAndVersion: GL renderer is "Mesa DRI R300 (RS400 5A62) 20090101  NO-TCL DRI2" 
kwin(1756) KWin::CompositingPrefs::detectDriverAndVersion: GL version is "1.5 Mesa 7.8.2" 
kwin(1756) KWin::CompositingPrefs::detectDriverAndVersion: Detected driver "radeon" , version "20090101" 
kwin(1756): ""fsrestore1" - conversion of "0,0,0,0" to QRect failed" 
kwin(1756) KWin::EffectsHandlerImpl::loadEffect: EffectsHandler::loadEffect : Effect  "kwin4_effect_blur"  is not supported 
kded(1725)/kdecore (KConfigSkeleton) KCoreConfigSkeleton::writeConfig:
QDBusConnection: name 'org.kde.kglobalaccel' had owner '' but we thought it was ':1.6'
kwin(1756): OpenGL compositing self-check failed, disabling compositing.

looks like it is trying to load the blur effect, but it is not supported on your hardware. Try disabling that effect.

ngoonee

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Registered: 2009-03-17

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Re: KDE 4.5 problems

Please search the forums, point 1. has been covered.

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Ree

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Registered: 2010-05-19

Posts: 37

Re: KDE 4.5 problems

Please search the forums, point 1. has been covered.

OK, found it, disabling functionality checks keeps it enabled.

Last edited by Ree (2010-08-25 15:23:56)

ssri

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Registered: 2010-02-16

Posts: 216

Re: KDE 4.5 problems

Please search the forums, point 1. has been covered.

Really? I cannot seem to find it.

Try to use search next time:
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=103522

Ree

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Registered: 2010-05-19

Posts: 37

Re: KDE 4.5 problems

One more thing I noticed. KDE 4.5 seems to have lost the option to set CPU scaling governors. In 4.4, the governor was always set to "ondemand" by default, but now after upgrading to 4.5, it's set to "performance". I have all cpufreq modules loaded:

MODULES=(acpi-cpufreq cpufreq-ondemand cpufreq-conservative cpufreq-powersave cpufreq-userspace cpufreq-stats freq-table)

What is the recommended way to make sure that "ondemand" is always used?

Last edited by Ree (2010-08-25 18:27:27)

mukl

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From: Vienna, Austria

Registered: 2008-01-30

Posts: 55

Re: KDE 4.5 problems

2. networkmanager systray icon is missing (it was there in 4.4) even though it is running and I am connected to my wireless network just fine. How do I get the icon back?

I was told u can enable it via system tray settings.

Gillian00

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From: Belgium

Registered: 2010-05-25

Posts: 100

Re: KDE 4.5 problems

2. networkmanager systray icon is missing (it was there in 4.4) even though it is running and I am connected to my wireless network just fine. How do I get the icon back?

I was told u can enable it via system tray settings.

when I try to activate it,  it desactivate automatically.  however, I installed knetworkmanager applet. Any ideas ?

Last edited by Gillian00 (2010-08-25 18:22:04)

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Ree

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Registered: 2010-05-19

Posts: 37

Re: KDE 4.5 problems

Yes, I already did that. It's probably a KDE bug that it didn't appear by itself.

Salamander1978

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From: Aachen, DE

Registered: 2007-10-24

Posts: 30

Re: KDE 4.5 problems

One more thing I noticed. KDE 4.5 seems to have lost the option to set CPU scaling governors. In 4.4, the governor was always set to "ondemand" by default, but now after upgrading to 4.5, it's set to "performance". I have all cpufreq modules loaded:

MODULES=(acpi-cpufreq cpufreq-ondemand cpufreq-conservative cpufreq-powersave cpufreq-userspace cpufreq-stats freq-table)

What is the recommended way to make sure that "ondemand" is always used?

In case you want to alwawys use ondemand

MODULES=(... acpi-cpufreq cpufreq-ondemand ...)

in enough to make it available.  To actually use it you can use cpufreq-daemon that is provided by cpufrequtils.  In /etc/conf.d/cpufreq uncomment the line

#governor="ondemand"

and add `cpufreq' to the the DAEMONS array in /etc/rc.conf

This worked for me.

PS: related wiki article http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Cpufreq

Ree

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Registered: 2010-05-19

Posts: 37

Re: KDE 4.5 problems

Well, I simply added the following to /etc/rc.local:

echo ondemand > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_governor
echo ondemand > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu1/cpufreq/scaling_governor

No additional software required.

walp

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Registered: 2010-08-23

Posts: 23

Re: KDE 4.5 problems

I was a user of KDE 4.4, it was perfect but with 4.5 I have a problem: The effects are in super-slow-motion-camera I don't understand why. I already disabled blur, vsync and tried to change from OpenGL to XRender. The only thing that worked was change the speed of animation to 'Very Fast' but still is a bit slow. How can I fix this? I have a NVidia 8400M G with official drivers.

Last edited by walp (2010-08-25 19:35:28)

walp

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Registered: 2010-08-23

Posts: 23

Re: KDE 4.5 problems

I was a user of KDE 4.4, it was perfect but with 4.5 I have a problem: The effects are in super-slow-motion-camera I don't understand why. I already disabled blur, vsync and tried to change from OpenGL to XRender. The only thing that worked was change the speed of animation to 'Very Fast' but still is a bit slow. How can I fix this? I have a NVidia 8400M G with official drivers.

Well, it looks like going back to OpenGL resolved the problem.

thedeli

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Registered: 2010-02-14

Posts: 59

Re: KDE 4.5 problems

I was a user of KDE 4.4, it was perfect but with 4.5 I have a problem: The effects are in super-slow-motion-camera I don't understand why. I already disabled blur, vsync and tried to change from OpenGL to XRender. The only thing that worked was change the speed of animation to 'Very Fast' but still is a bit slow. How can I fix this? I have a NVidia 8400M G with official drivers.

Well, it looks like going back to OpenGL resolved the problem.

I did that too changed opengl to xrender then return back to opengl worked for me

jlacroix

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Registered: 2009-08-16

Posts: 576

Re: KDE 4.5 problems

I have the same problem with CPU Frequency Scaling. The option is gone. I know I can edit rc.conf and change the settings there, but I had the option in KDE 4.4, and I want it back in KDE 4.5. Does anyone know if it got moved, or was it completely removed altogether?

Diaz

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From: Portugal

Registered: 2008-04-16

Posts: 366

Re: KDE 4.5 problems

From what i have been reading it is recomended to run only with the ondemand governor, so the options to change governors are no longer needed.

flamelab

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From: Athens, Hellas (Greece)

Registered: 2007-12-26

Posts: 2,160

Re: KDE 4.5 problems

I have the same problem with CPU Frequency Scaling. The option is gone. I know I can edit rc.conf and change the settings there, but I had the option in KDE 4.4, and I want it back in KDE 4.5. Does anyone know if it got moved, or was it completely removed altogether?

I have written a whole section in the kde archwiki page about that !

jlacroix

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Registered: 2009-08-16

Posts: 576

Re: KDE 4.5 problems

I have the same problem with CPU Frequency Scaling. The option is gone. I know I can edit rc.conf and change the settings there, but I had the option in KDE 4.4, and I want it back in KDE 4.5. Does anyone know if it got moved, or was it completely removed altogether?

I have written a whole section in the kde archwiki page about that !

I didn't see the update. So do I just remove all the cpufreq settings from my rc.conf and leave only ondemand? Or do I just get rid of it altogether from rc.conf?

walp

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Registered: 2010-08-23

Posts: 23

Re: KDE 4.5 problems

Dolphin is always crashing but only for a bit brief of time. Does anyone else have the same problem?

pressh

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Registered: 2005-08-14

Posts: 1,719

Re: KDE 4.5 problems

Dolphin is always crashing but only for a bit brief of time. Does anyone else have the same problem?

https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=103549
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=17754

mike54

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From: CZ

Registered: 2010-07-28

Posts: 44

Re: KDE 4.5 problems

I have updated KDE today and it's no longer possible for me to copy files to flashdisk (creating files on flashdisk is OK, but when I try to copy a file with either Dolphin or Konquerror, I get an error message "cannot copy to media/flash"...) However, it works for the root user.

Edit: It started working, out of the blue...
Edit2: I'm an idiot. I've used a Ext3-valid FAT32-invalid filename. Can anyone delete this post, please?

Last edited by mike54 (2010-08-26 16:07:47)

Primoz

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From: Ljubljana-Slovena-EU

Registered: 2009-03-04

Posts: 697

Re: KDE 4.5 problems

I'll just post this problem here I guess:
I can't get any bookmarks in bookmark toolbar in konqueror. I've done everything that I have to, I've set folder for bookmark toolbar in bookmark editor, I've enabled bookmrak toolbar in settings,
yet still I can't get any bookmarks in my bookmark toolbar.
Once I by mistake got one, but when I tried to add more, even that one disappeared.
Does anyone else have the same problem?
If not could you just paste the bookmark settings from this files:
.kde4/share/apps/konqueror.rc
.kde4/share/apps/bookmarks.xml (just the part where it sets the bookmark toolbar)
.kde4/share/config/konquerorrc

I'll be really tankful if at least someone tries to get bookmarks working in Konqueror.
(I've also posted same problem on KDE fourm, but so far nobody answered)

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Doehni

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From: Germany

Registered: 2007-05-19

Posts: 175

Re: KDE 4.5 problems

I'll just post this problem here I guess:
I can't get any bookmarks in bookmark toolbar in konqueror. I've done everything that I have to, I've set folder for bookmark toolbar in bookmark editor, I've enabled bookmrak toolbar in settings,
yet still I can't get any bookmarks in my bookmark toolbar.
Once I by mistake got one, but when I tried to add more, even that one disappeared.
Does anyone else have the same problem?
If not could you just paste the bookmark settings from this files:
.kde4/share/apps/konqueror.rc
.kde4/share/apps/bookmarks.xml (just the part where it sets the bookmark toolbar)
.kde4/share/config/konquerorrc

I'll be really tankful if at least someone tries to get bookmarks working in Konqueror.
(I've also posted same problem on KDE fourm, but so far nobody answered)

Do you maybe have "show only marked Bookmarks in Bookmark toolbar" enabled?
You can find it in the Konqueror Settings --> Web browsing at the top.

Primoz

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From: Ljubljana-Slovena-EU

Registered: 2009-03-04

Posts: 697

Re: KDE 4.5 problems

I'll just post this problem here I guess:
I can't get any bookmarks in bookmark toolbar in konqueror. I've done everything that I have to, I've set folder for bookmark toolbar in bookmark editor, I've enabled bookmrak toolbar in settings,
yet still I can't get any bookmarks in my bookmark toolbar.
Once I by mistake got one, but when I tried to add more, even that one disappeared.
Does anyone else have the same problem?
If not could you just paste the bookmark settings from this files:
.kde4/share/apps/konqueror.rc
.kde4/share/apps/bookmarks.xml (just the part where it sets the bookmark toolbar)
.kde4/share/config/konquerorrc

I'll be really tankful if at least someone tries to get bookmarks working in Konqueror.
(I've also posted same problem on KDE fourm, but so far nobody answered)

Do you maybe have "show only marked Bookmarks in Bookmark toolbar" enabled?
You can find it in the Konqueror Settings --> Web browsing at the top.

Yap that was it I feel stupid now

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3nforcer

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Registered: 2010-07-29

Posts: 13

Re: KDE 4.5 problems

https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=103548

kdm doesn't work for me:

[x-ray@ArchMedia ~]$ uname -a
Linux ArchMedia 2.6.35-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Fri Aug 20 22:49:24 CEST 2010 x86_64 AMD Turion(tm) II Dual-Core Mobile M500 AuthenticAMD GNU/Linux