13 Aug
2009
13 Aug
'09
4:23 p.m.
Kevin and Will,
I assume that the terminal server is running /opt/kde3/bin/startkde
directly in order to load the new session? If so, you need to export
DESKTOP_SESSION=kde3 before running that script--I have modified and
diverted KDE4 files so that they detect that variable, and if set to kde3,
prohibit Plasma from launching at all.
In Karmic, I will set this variable automagically to permanently fix this
bug.
Timothy Pearson
KDE3.5 Maintainer
Dear Will,
Thanks for responding. I tried what you said but the user already had a
.dmrc
file with the exact contents you described!
I'll keep thinking about it!
Cheers,
Kevin
On Wednesday 12 August 2009, Will Esselink wrote:
I would also like to say thank you for the kde3
version of Kubuntu. Last
year we migrated 1000 workstations to Linux in our elementary schools
and
all of our recently created screenshots and documentation are all using
kde3 and we did not want to rework at this time. In addition we have
many
users who are resistant to change ;-)
I have experienced the same problem Kevin has at our site as well. When
the
user first logs on both kde3 and kde4
We are using DRBL fat clients at our site rather that LTSP but I am not
sure the problem is related to LTSP. I have a standalone test machine
that
has the same behaviour.
A temporary solution is to logout (using the kde3 menu because the kde4
kmenu doesn't seen to respond) Then at the kdm screen select kde session
from the drop down list. The next login should be kde3 only. Another
thing
you can do is create a file called .dmrc and put this the users home
directory with the following two lines:
[Desktop]
Session=kde3
--Will Esselink
School District 33
Chilliwack, BC
Canada
On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 1:12 AM, Kevin Colyer <kevin(a)ywambrussels.be>
wrote:
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Avenue Des Celtes, 19
1040 Bruxelles
Belgium
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Dear All,
Thanks for making KDE3 available for Kubuntu users. I have been
running
an LTSP network with KDE3 for several happy
users. Anyway as I was
restricted to
running Hardy I have taken the plunge and now have Jaunty with KDE3
and
KDE installed. (I have decided 4.3 is OK for me)
So I have the LTSP terminals working OK. But when I boot them into
KDE3
Plasma
starts too, as well as a number of duplicated KDE 4 services (or
because
> of probably).
>
> I added:
> export KDEDIRS=/opt/kde3/:/usr/
> export XDG_DATA_DIRS=/opt/kde3/share/:/usr/share/
>
> to /opt/kde3/bin/startkde but that makes no difference.
>
> KDE4 performance is poor on LTSP so I can't migrate the users. I call
> kill off
> the KDE4 processes and will train users to do this.
>
> Any ideas how I can stop KDE4 processes starting? Where are they being
> started
> from?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Kevin
>
> --
> Kevin Colyer
> YWAM National Director (interim)
> YWAM Brussels Team leader/Responsable de JEM Bruxelles
>
> Avenue Des Celtes, 19
> 1040 Bruxelles
> Belgium
>
> Tel: +32 (0) 2 736 33 63
> Fax: +32 (0) 2 738 02 40
> GSM: +32 (0) 484 683 003
> GSM: +44 (0) 7967 105 273 (only outside Belgium)
> http://www.ywambrussels.be
> skype: kevincolyerwork