Hi,
I think this has been discussed previously, but I'd just like to clarify the
state of Bluetoot support in KDE3.5 on Jaunty. Is kdebluetooth available? I
guess if not, then general bluetooth support (for input devices etc) is still
available using the Gnome tools if installed?
Thanks,
JohnR.
I am filing bugs for features missing from KDE 4 that were present in
KDE 3. Please send to me the features that are missing for _you_ so
that we can get them in future versions of KDE 4. Thanks!
You can contact me off-list if you prefer.
--
Dotan Cohen
http://what-is-what.comhttp://gibberish.co.il
Greetings kubuntu-kde3.5-users,
I am attempting to install kde3 on a fresh jaunty cli system. I have followed the instructions at
http://apt.pearsoncomputing.net/
Specifically, added to /etc/apt/sources.list:
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/kde3-maintainers/ppa/ubuntu jaunty main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/kde3-maintainers/ppa/ubuntu jaunty main
Then...
sudo apt-get update
wget http://apt.pearsoncomputing.net/public.gpg
sudo apt-key add public.gpg
However,
sudo apt-get install kubuntu-desktop-kde3
fails with "Couldn't find package".
To test,
sudo apt-get install kde3-maintainers-keyring
succeeds.
Searching the repository, I can not find "kubuntu-desktop-kde3" anywhere. Am I doing something wrong or is there a problem with the repository?
BTW, I can not use the jaunty-kde3 live cd because it does not support installation on a linux raid1 mirror.
-Mike
This issue is a tangent of an earlier thread where I requested people
to mention their reasons for staying with KDE 3. The System Monitor
plasmoid seems to be a big enough single concern to warrant it's own
thread. After going through the changes requested for the System
Monitor plasmoid, I have broken the requests up into three separate
bug reports:
1) System Monitor plasmoid: revert to single plasmoid
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=191341
2) System Monitor plasmoid configuration requests
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=191342
3) Please add System Monitor plasmoids that existed in KDE 3
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=191340
Please comment on the relevant bugs, but most importantly,
_include_screenshots_ of KDE 3. Assume that the dev who is reading the
report and looking at the screenshot is _not_ familiar with KDE 3 so
label important things and describe changes _in_detail_. When in
doubt, ask here or contact me off-list.
Just to make it clear, I am not affiliated with KDE in any manner
other than as an end user like you. My goal is _not_ to force people
to abandon KDE 3 for a KDE 4 which does not suite them, rather, it is
to identify the strong points of KDE 3 and to integrate them into KDE
4.
--
Dotan Cohen
http://what-is-what.comhttp://gibberish.co.il
"Taskbar is part of the panel and what I was trying to say is that as
soon as you have a certain number of applications open, their respective
icons are not distinguishable from icons in other parts of the panel,
leaving you with a large number of icons which looks overwhelming and
cluttered. I mentioned separators between various aspects of the panel
and these could help to know what's what."
Ah I know what you mean now. I've got around that in 4.2 by putting the
Taskbar in a panel almost on its own - I only have the K menu in with
it. The other stuff like clock, power, network, devices... I put into a
different panel and put it up the right of the screen. Just thought I'd
suggest that here for other people struggling with the transition.
"My file manager is cp, mv, ls, dd and rm (plus cat and grep) and I'd
like to use it on pluggable devices before starting Dolphin."
Agreed, but again here's something to ease the pain: have you tried
hitting F4 in a Dolphin window? You then get a command line where the
directory stays in synch (both ways) with the GUI pane.
I agree the whole mount/unmount thing in KDE 4's GUI is broken. The way
GNOME does it by default is excellent (but that's the only thing I like
about GNOME. :-)
Zack
Hello list,
the executables of KDE3.5 are now located in /opt/kde3/bin, but my KDE3 installation doesn't seam to know that.
My present solution for the console was to set the PATH in my .zshrc and it worked fine until yesterday.
Yesterday I tried to print a pdf via Kpdf but I got the error that cupsdoprint could not be found since it's located in
/opt/kde3/bin. What can I do? How can I set the PATH variable such that KDE3 also knows it?
PS: I have already thrown the PATH assignment into /etc/environment but that didn't help, too.
Regards,
Stefan
Hi List,
I was so glad to find out the possibility to install KDE 3.5.10 in Jaunty.
Thanks very much too all of you who have contributed!
The installation went more or less smooth but now I'd like to ask a few
questions or discuss certain matters according a few remaining quirks.
That's why I first tried to find a mailing list archive of this list to look
what is already discussed but --- no success here. I prefere to first read
the archive not to spam the list with well discussed subjects.
Can anyone point me into the right direction please?
Thanks a lot
Gerhard
hi,
i'm having some problems with k3b-kde. originally it didn't even start
because libdvdread3 package turned out to be just empty virtual one. i found
working version from older ubuntu, and got the program to start and burn
things.
but today, I needed to make audio-cd out of mp3s, and k3b spat out an error.
what I understood is, I need the libk3b3-extracodecs-kde3 package. this is
in repositories, but it can't be installed because it requires libavcodec51,
and on Jaunty there is only libavcodec52.
so, how to fix this, has anyone got it to work?
thanks.
.b
Thanks, Tim. That's great news.
What is the proper procedure for upgrading? I currently have several
Intrepid systems with KDE 3.5. When I tested the water with an
upgrade to Jaunty it looked like most of kde3 was getting removed. So
I canceled the upgrade.
What is the expected upgrade path? Do I run the upgrade, then
reinstall your debs? Can someone on this list report on their upgrade
experience? I'm looking forward to doing it just as soon as I know
how.
Michael
On Sat, Apr 25, 2009 at 1:25 AM, <kb9vqf(a)pearsoncomputing.net> wrote:
> The new release of Ubuntu, Jaunty Jackalope 9.04, with KDE3.5 installed is
> now available for download! The LiveCDs have been built, tested, and are
> now finalized for Jaunty.
>
> Detailed instructions for installation on an existing Intrepid or Jaunty
> system are available here: http://apt.pearsoncomputing.net
>
> For information on starting out from scratch, i.e. installing from a
> LiveCD, see here: http://wiki.kubuntu.org/Kubuntu/Kde3/Jaunty
>
> LiveCD ISO downloads and torrents are currently available at
> http://apt.pearsoncomputing.net/cdimages
>
> Binary patches will be uploaded tomorrow.
>
> As always, I am eager to get feedback from users! Send me an Email, post
> something to the Wiki feedback page, or send a message on
> kubuntu-kde3.5-users; I look forward to hearing from you!
>
> Timothy Pearson
> Kubuntu KDE3.5 Maintainer
>
>