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System monitor improvements
by Dotan Cohen 02 May '09

02 May '09

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.com http://gibberish.co.il

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RE: [kubuntu-kde3.5-users] KDE 3 users: what is missing in KDE 4?
by Zack Evans 01 May '09

01 May '09

"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

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how to tell KDE3.5 where to search for executeables
by Stefan Endrullis 30 Apr '09

30 Apr '09

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

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looking for the list archive
by Gerhard Zintel 30 Apr '09

30 Apr '09

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

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k3b with extra codecs
by Bastian Salmela 27 Apr '09

27 Apr '09

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

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Re: [kubuntu-kde3.5-announce] Jaunty Jackalope 9.04 with KDE3.5 FINAL now available for download!
by Michael Hirsch 27 Apr '09

27 Apr '09

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 > >

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fresh install
by Robert Raiman 25 Apr '09

25 Apr '09

I did a clean install of Kubuntu 9.04. I then did a: apt-get update apt-get kubuntu-desktop-kde3 Couldn't find the package. Do I need a special repository added to /etc/apt/sources.list? -- The Ideal Situation Is To Have Massive Computing Power Right At Home. Something That Dims Streetlights And Shrinks The Picture On The Neighbors' TV's When I Boot Up. <><><><><><><><><><><><><><> Robert

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Kubuntu/Kde3/Jaunty - Final Release?
by Charlie Pearce 24 Apr '09

24 Apr '09

Hi all, Just a quick question, I'm planning to install the Kde3 Remix of Jaunty for myself as well as a friend (which is why I'm asking so that I can give them an estimate, I'm happy to just wait myself!)- as such I was wondering if there is an ETA on the final release of this? Or will we be able to upgrade from the release candidate using apt? Thanks in advance, cjp

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Getting ready for Jaunty
by Michael Hirsch 09 Apr '09

09 Apr '09

Tim, Jaunty comes out in about 2 weeks now, and I'm not sure what the process is going to be for us 3.5 users. What is involved for us in the upgrade. I don't currently have KDE4 installed. When I upgrade will it get installed or does it stay away. Do I have to edit my sources.list file, or does it automatically get pointed to the 3.5 jaunty repo? Can you tell us what to expect? Thanks, Michael

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kopete can't talk to my kwallet
by Michael Hirsch 08 Apr '09

08 Apr '09

I've got another question. Again, my home system works well and my laptop has trouble. Both run kde 3.5 on Ubuntu. The desktop is 64 bit and the laptop 32 bit. When kopete starts on my laptop is can't connect to kwallet. It prompts for passwords, then says that it can't save them securely. This happens every time I log in. On my desktop, kopete connects to kwallet fine. I get prompted once for the kwallet password, and never again. I don't even know where to start looking for the problem. Michael

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