getting a issue when trying to install kde 3 on 9.10. (fresh install 9.10 with gnome) added the repos listed for 9.04 get errors when trying to install the kubuntu-desktop-kde3 package
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The following packages have unmet dependencies:
kubuntu-desktop-kde3: Depends: libarts1-akode-kde3 but it is not going to be installed
Recommends: kde-guidance-powermanager-kde3 but it is not going to be installed
Recommends: foomatic-db-hpijs but it is not installable
Recommends: kdebluetooth-kde3 but it is not installable
Recommends: kipi-plugins-kde3 but it is not going to be installed
Recommends: kubuntu-docs-kde3 but it is not installable
Recommends: strigi-applet but it is not installable
Recommends: system-config-printer-kde-kde3 but it is not installable
E: Broken packages
I don't know whether this is known bug. It is the first thing I come
across when installing KDE3, so I can imagine it is.
kubuntu-desktop-kde3 depends on ttf-bitstream-vera but it's not
available anymore in karmic as you can see here:
http://packages.ubuntu.com/nl/jaunty/ttf-bitstream-vera
Here is a patch:
http://haar.student.utwente.nl/~julius/patches/no_ttf-bitstream-vera.patch
I just removed the package from the dependencies. This allows me to
install everything, but somehow also brings in some KDE4 packages on my
system. Another option would be to add this package to the KDE3 repository.
Hi,
I tried to sign up for bugzilla at http://bugs.pearsoncomputing.net/ to
report a bug, but this doesn't work anymore. I mailed
kb9vqf(a)pearsoncomputing.net but didn't get a reply. I noticed mail from
this address on the list, so I hope it's picked up here ;)
The bug I want to report is that although kdm-kde3 installs
/etc/pam.d/kdm-kde3
and
/etc/pam.d/kdm-np-kde3
The installed kdm actually uses
/etc/pam.d/kdm
and
/etc/pam.d/kdm-np
Which are from the kdm (KDE4) package. When purging the kdm package,
this will break passwordless and auto logins and sessions will use
incorrect language settings with kdm-kde3. There are probably a few more
issues, but LANG not getting set properly was the most noticable for me.
I hope this bug can be fixed.
Thanks in advance,
Julius
The day when KDE 3 will no longer be viable is getting closer every
day. Please tell me what problems you are having with KDE 4 so that we
can get them fixed. KDE 3 is great because it is mature, configurable,
and feature-laden without being bloated. I do not want to see that go
to waste! It is the KDE 3 holdouts who have the attention to detail to
distinguish the "little things" that make KDE 3 so great that are
currently lacking in KDE 4.
Note that KDE 4.3 really solves most of the issues for me and most
other people that I deal with. In fact, the features is adds over KDE
3 were enough to get me to switch. So please try KDE 4.3 and
_let_me_know_ what does not work for you so that we can file bugs. I
want to know about missing features, unintuitiveness, bugs,
regressions, anything. You _will_ need to relearn some minor things as
KDE 4 is a rewrite of KDE, not a Qt4 port of KDE 3, however let's get
the major issues fixed.
Thanks. KDE really needs the picky, stubborn KDE 3 users to push the
devs (who might not have the same attention to detail as us) in the
right direction. I'm here to bridge the gap between us (the users) and
the devs.
--
Dotan Cohen
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