tde-devels October 2012

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CMakeLists.txt enhancement
by Fat-Zer 25 Aug '13

25 Aug '13

What about a small comment for each WITH_* option in root CMakeList.txt by which BUILD_* option(s) it is used? I can take it up...

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Workaround for bad Qt4 performance
by Sanne 07 Jan '13

07 Jan '13

Hi all, I was listening in on the last irc meeting and caught an aftermeeting mentioning about bad Qt4 performance. I offered an article and a possible workaround I found recently, in case people are not aware of it, and was asked to bring it to attention to other developers also, so here goes: I'm suffering bad graphical performance in Qt4 and PyQt4 applications and searched for solutions. I found a post on nokia.com [1] that mentions a command line switch that might help. In short: adding "-graphicssystem raster" to my Qt4 applications' command line improved performance drastically for me. There's also a method to set it programmatically, and an environment variable [2]. [1] http://labs.qt.nokia.com/2008/10/22/so-long-and-thanks-for-the-blit/ [2] http://doc.qt.nokia.com/4.7/qapplication.html#setGraphicsSystem Thanks and much regards, Sanne

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Testing udisks2 backend and polkit agent
by Serghei Amelian 09 Dec '12

09 Dec '12

Hello, For anybody who want to test my udisks2 backend and polkit agent, I prepared a live cd based on Fedora 17. The ISO image is a little to big, it needs some cleanup. The root password is "toor". http://wifimag.ro/fedora/17/livecd-wifimag-201209081703.iso http://wifimag.ro/fedora/srpms There is a repo as well, to install on an already installed fedora 17: http://wifimag.ro/fedora/17/kde3.repo Have fun :) -- Serghei

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Experiences installing TDE - some comments for TDE improvements
by Alexis PM 15 Nov '12

15 Nov '12

Hello In order to help improve TDE, I want to tell my experiences with TDE starting from a clean install of Debian Squeeze minimal (within X) from the viewpoint of a Spanish desktop user. The problems, pitfalls or things I've found are improving (I report all as bugs in the bug tracker to be systematic): 1. Trinity Webpage could be translated into several languages without much problem, I think there are collaborators with enough time and desire to make it viable. A call to collaborators through the mailing list to create working groups could be. I offer to help as Spanish-spoken. http://bugs.trinitydesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1220 2. Debian installation intructions improvements: * Refers to "sudo", but Debian as a "su" distro by default, like most distros. If you're a newbie and follow to the letter the instructions, the lines with "sudo" not work * Lack reference to the translation packages, example "For Spanish translate, apt-get install kde-trinity-i18n-es" * For laptops, kpowersave-trinity is essential, it shoul be indicate in the intructions as "if you have a laptop..." or similar. * A graphical network manager as network-manager-kde-trinity is very util, it shoul be indicate in the intructions as "if you want to have a graphical network manager and you are not using a other as wicd, you..." or similar. May notice about network-manager versions incompatible with network-manager-kde-trinity. http://bugs.trinitydesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1221 3. Applications of interest: * Kmix should be in the System Tray. I don't report, I think is reported in http://bugs.trinitydesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=503 * IMHO k3b-trinity and kima-trinity should be in the default TDE installation, are useful for the general public. http://bugs.trinitydesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1222 4. Kpersonalizer: * Keramic theme is broken, not see the title bar of the windows or close/maximize /minimize buttons. http://bugs.trinitydesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1223 * Kpersonalizer is partially in English despite having chosen Spanish. I can help with it. http://bugs.trinitydesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1225 * Keyboard in English despite having chosen Spanish in Kpersonalizer. I have to do KControl > Keyboard Layout > Enable keyboard layout & Show indicator for single layout. http://bugs.trinitydesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1224 5. Parts of the system are in English, lack of a complete Spanish translations. For example, "Hibernate computer" and "Suspend computer" in the "End session" window. I can help with it. http://bugs.trinitydesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1225 6. KDM problems: * KDM don't draw well the background, artifacts can be seen. I think I solved it with KControl > System admin > Login manager > Apparance > Compositor: Trinity compositor. If choosing Trinity Compositor solve the problem, the package should be reconfigured to do it by default. http://bugs.trinitydesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1226 * "Finish actual session" in "End session" window dialog don't work, just a black screen appears instead of KDM. Doing Ctrl-Alt-F1 & Ctrl-Alt-F6, the KDM window is visible very briefly. I read something similar, related with graphic card (this is a Nvidia, and use the nouveau driver), I don't know. Related: In Exe GNU/Linux, a Debian live CD distro with TDE as desktop environment: * In a live session, if you choose "Change session" in the TDE exit dialog, you find a KDM login window answer you about user name and password - could be auto-restart the TDE desktop * In a HD-installation session, the KDM login window option "Reboot" don't work, the system stays in terminal login (you can insert your user name and password, and the system remains in terminal modex", you can use "startx" :P ) http://bugs.trinitydesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1227 Possible related with http://bugs.trinitydesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=59 and http://bugs.trinitydesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=419 7. Sudo problems: In a recent mail ( "Clean TDE of Kubuntu references", http://trinity-devel.pearsoncomputing.net/?0::9879 ) I did a review of the problems derivated of the Ubuntu reminiscences dragged by TDE project, as sudo-dependence of TDE nonexistent in the KDE 3.5 original. A set of new sudo-related bugs: * Konsole as SuperUser: T > System > SuperUser > Konsole: a Konsole window appears ask for "[sudo] password for [user]" - it is a Debian (no-sudo) system, therefore neither user password (user is not in /etc/sudoers) neither root password (demand sudo) work. Konqueror as root in the "T > System > SuperUser" dialog works well. http://bugs.trinitydesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1228 * In T > System, other applications as KPackage open, but for a action ask for "SUDO password", and again neither user password neither root password work. But KUser in T > System work well with root password. http://bugs.trinitydesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1229 * I installed Synaptic. But Synaptic in T > System don't work to enter the root password. Synaptic via "Run command" answer "KDEInit could not launch 'su-to-root': could not find 'su-to-root' executable". However, "kdesu synaptic" works well. http://bugs.trinitydesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1230 8. I suggest the following changes in file associations (in Konqueror: Preferences > Configure Konqueror) * Kwrite instead of Kate for plain-text files - I think Kwrite is simpler * Iceweasel instead of Konqueror for HTML files http://bugs.trinitydesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1231 Thanks!

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Will be the Qt3 API compatibility kept in the further qt releases?
by Fat-Zer 13 Nov '12

13 Nov '12

<Subj> I'm asking because it seems to be broken already broken in git at least in the QStyle module... If it's so and have been already discussed, can you give me a link on those discussions...

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New backend for the media:/ kioslave
by Timothy Pearson 11 Nov '12

11 Nov '12

All, I recently pushed a new (alpha quality) backend for the media:/ kioslave which uses udev/pmount and therefore does not rely on HAL. I encourage developers here to try it out! Please report failures to this list, not to the bugtracker, as it has not been tested much beyond mounting simple flash drives. Encryption support is buggy, but repairing it is my next task. Rhis will NOT be made default for R14.0 due to the vast array of hardware that it still needs to be tested on, but if your distribution no longer works with HAL it may be better than nothing even in this alpha form. To enable it, pass the -DWITH_TDEHWLIB="on" option to tdebase CMake. Enjoy! Tim

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Latest press/comments on release
by Timothy Pearson 04 Nov '12

04 Nov '12

It seems many people think we are wasting our time here: http://phoronix.com/forums/showthread.php?74347-Trinity-KDE-3-5-Desktop-For… Rebuttals are welcome. ;-) Tim

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[tdegraphics][autotools] regenerate Autoconf/Automake files
by Fat-Zer 02 Nov '12

02 Nov '12

It seems I discovered another bug in cmake files. And to be sure, there it is and how to fix it, I need to compile it with autotools. But when I'm trying to regenerate files I run into troubles. What's wrong? ============================== LOG ======================================================== vm-gentoo-test-amd64 tmp # git clone http://git.trinitydesktop.org/cgit/tdegraphics Cloning into 'tdegraphics'... vm-gentoo-test-amd64 tmp # cd tdegraphics/ vm-gentoo-test-amd64 tdegraphics # git submodule init Submodule 'admin' (http://system@scm.trinitydesktop.org/scm/git/tde-common-admin) registered for path 'admin' Submodule 'cmake' (http://system@scm.trinitydesktop.org/scm/git/tde-common-cmake) registered for path 'cmake' vm-gentoo-test-amd64 tdegraphics # git submodule update Cloning into 'admin'... remote: Counting objects: 283, done remote: Finding sources: 100% (283/283) remote: Total 283 (delta 196), reused 283 (delta 196) Receiving objects: 100% (283/283), 401.15 KiB | 97 KiB/s, done. Resolving deltas: 100% (196/196), done. Submodule path 'admin': checked out 'efdff81cd246d0737ecb1a82ef6fd588c0a6bc08' Cloning into 'cmake'... remote: Counting objects: 353, done remote: Finding sources: 100% (353/353) remote: Total 353 (delta 232), reused 353 (delta 232) Receiving objects: 100% (353/353), 50.68 KiB, done. Resolving deltas: 100% (232/232), done. Submodule path 'cmake': checked out 'f1cea7f894713183e061fa6d2b69b05889a90a03' vm-gentoo-test-amd64 tdegraphics # cp -Rpv $(find /usr/share -iname libtool.m4) admin/libtool.m4.in <</usr/share/aclocal/libtool.m4>> -> <<admin/libtool.m4.in>> vm-gentoo-test-amd64 tdegraphics # cp -Rpv $(find /usr/share -iname ltmain.sh) admin/libtool.m4.in <</usr/share/libtool/config/ltmain.sh>> -> <<admin/libtool.m4.in>> vm-gentoo-test-amd64 tdegraphics # make -f admin/Makefile.common *** automake (GNU automake) 1.11.6 found. *** Creating acinclude.m4 *** Creating list of subdirectories *** Creating Makefile.am *** Creating configure.files *** Creating configure.in *** Creating aclocal.m4 acinclude.m4:7907: error: m4_defn: undefined macro: _AC_LANG ../../lib/autoconf/lang.m4:108: AC_LANG_POP is expanded from... ../../lib/autoconf/c.m4:448: AC_PROG_CC is expanded from... /usr/share/aclocal/libtool.m4:143: _LT_SETUP is expanded from... /usr/share/aclocal/libtool.m4:69: LT_INIT is expanded from... acinclude.m4:7907: the top level autom4te-2.68: /usr/bin/m4 failed with exit status: 1 aclocal-1.11: /usr/bin/autom4te failed with exit status: 1 make: *** [cvs] Ошибка 1 ============================== LOG ======================================================== BTW is it ok to ask for support on build issues here? or I'm supposed to do it in trinity-users maillist?

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tdetoys and tdeutils cmake support
by Fat-Zer 31 Oct '12

31 Oct '12

Is there anybody who is already working on it?

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Trinity composition manager
by Darrell Anderson 31 Oct '12

31 Oct '12

Please correct me, but to my knowledge there is no mechanism in place to warn users when the Trinity compositor will not work. There are two conditions that I am aware: * An existing xorg.conf contains the following: Section "Extensions" Option "Composite" "false" EndSection * A packager purposely disables compositor support such as proposed in enhancement request 1289: -DWITH_XCOMPOSITE=OFF. Currently with either condition, the user is allowed to enable the compositor, KControl->Desktop->Window Behavior->Translucency, and there is no feedback that this is an exercise in futility, which likely will confuse most users. What is the preferred method for informing users why their efforts will not succeed, or to inform them that the options are unavailable? Darrell

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