Just upgraded to new KDE

[Archie]

It would appear that not everyone experience the same issues when updating their system.  I have also lost the volume control, even though I do have sound (full volume) and I can not play anything with flash  IE: youtube, hulu.  All I see is a plain white screen, nothing else.  So far this has happened on every machine I have done the current KDE4.8 update to.

Heck YCT ... you don't need help on any of those.

You'll get it all fixed by yourself!

GURU!

[stealth]

Strange! I don't have kde-plasma-addons installed but the show desktop icon is still on my taskbar and works.

You need to restart plasma-desktop. Hmmm, lemme see ... use at your own risk ...

On a konsole:
pkill plasma-desktop

Then restart with
plasma-desktop

Or it would just be much safer to logout/in. 

already logged out and in a few times so that isn't the problem. I have been very fortunate because I haven't experienced any negative effects since upgrading last night everything that I do and had installed and setup still works.

[Archie]

Strange! I don't have kde-plasma-addons installed but the show desktop icon is still on my taskbar and works.

You need to restart plasma-desktop. Hmmm, lemme see ... use at your own risk ...

On a konsole:
pkill plasma-desktop

Then restart with
plasma-desktop

Or it would just be much safer to logout/in. 

already logged out and in a few times so that isn't the problem. I have been very fortunate because I haven't experienced any negative effects since upgrading last night everything that I do and had installed and setup still works.

Well, we'll wait until you get yourself into some real issues ... then that's when the fun begins.

[stealth]

  All the important stuff works so time will tell 

[Archie]

I'm not sure how to answer this but for this we'd need to look these all up at KDE.org. Maybe they have been removed or maybe they are employed in another way. I don't think it is a PCLOS issue. We can only provide what is in fact provided to us.

Archie had a good idea, so I looked with ixquick search and found this on the kde forum page (a workaround).

By the way, did you know that you can use your pager (the widget which shows your virtual desktops) to show your desktop? Right click on pager -> Pager Settings -> Selecting current desktop: Shows desktop.

So I tried it, and when pressing [1] my windows close, cool beans.....

Source: http://forum.kde.org/viewtopic.php?f=66&t=85942

For a minute there, you just sounded like a long-time friend who always says, cool beans ...

Anyway, if you want another trick ... which depends on how many virtual desktops you have ... there's usually 4 ... you could actually move your windows around similar to right-clicking on a window's titlebar > Move To Desktop.

On your current desktop, it is easy to move your applications to another virtual desktop. But how about moving an application from another virtual desktop to another or even to your current desktop?

You need to have Display icons ticked on Pager Settings and make sure you panel height is tall enough to actually show the icons.

Click a representation of an icon on your pager and drag it around. This moves the application.

For example, I am currently working on virtual desktop 1 and I needed to see some text I wrote on Kwrite which I left on virtual desktop 3. An alternative would be just to drag the Kwrite representation to virtual desktop 1 and I have Kwrite with my notes where I am doing my task.

O course it is easy enough to just click virtual desktop 3 and view your notes then click virtual desktop 1 to return to your workspace, especially if you have you switching set to Desktop Cube Animation ... but it is the several ways we can do things that is truly the trick that does it for us.

Have fun, says Neal!

[YouCanToo]

It would appear that not everyone experience the same issues when updating their system.  I have also lost the volume control, even though I do have sound (full volume) and I can not play anything with flash  IE: youtube, hulu.  All I see is a plain white screen, nothing else.  So far this has happened on every machine I have done the current KDE4.8 update to.

Heck YCT ... you don't need help on any of those.

You'll get it all fixed by yourself!

GURU!

am far from being any sort of a GURU

[Archie]

It would appear that not everyone experience the same issues when updating their system.  I have also lost the volume control, even though I do have sound (full volume) and I can not play anything with flash  IE: youtube, hulu.  All I see is a plain white screen, nothing else.  So far this has happened on every machine I have done the current KDE4.8 update to.

Heck YCT ... you don't need help on any of those.

You'll get it all fixed by yourself!

GURU!

am far from being any sort of a GURU

Oh ... so would you rather be called sensei? 

[Martin Goose]

Well, we'll wait until you get yourself into some real issues ... then that's when the fun begins.

Upgrade went mainly OK for me. The only real issue is with Smb4K which I use for mounting and unmounting network shares. I have it set to 'remount recently used shares on program start' and 'unmount all personal shares on exit'. I unmount the shares by exiting Smb4K when not in use so that the NAS drives can power down after a period without being accessed. If the shares stay mounted the drives stay spinning.

Mounted shares also create a problem when shutting down the system. Smb4K behaved the same way in the recent 32 bit test release. The Smb4K in the latest 64 bit test release works OK.

Can anyone confirm that this happens for them.? Any suggestions/solutions?

[Just17]

I'm not sure how to answer this but for this we'd need to look these all up at KDE.org. Maybe they have been removed or maybe they are employed in another way. I don't think it is a PCLOS issue. We can only provide what is in fact provided to us.

Archie had a good idea, so I looked with ixquick search and found this on the kde forum page (a workaround).

By the way, did you know that you can use your pager (the widget which shows your virtual desktops) to show your desktop? Right click on pager -> Pager Settings -> Selecting current desktop: Shows desktop.

So I tried it, and when pressing [1] my windows close, cool beans.....

Source: http://forum.kde.org/viewtopic.php?f=66&t=85942

Thank you!

That is neat 

It is a feature I very rarely need and dispensed with the icon/widget for the purpose becaue I rarely needed it.
This allows the function without the distraction of an unnecessary extra icon in the tray (which is already packed solid  )

[Archie]

Well, we'll wait until you get yourself into some real issues ... then that's when the fun begins.

Upgrade went mainly OK for me. The only real issue is with Smb4K which I use for mounting and unmounting network shares. I have it set to 'remount recently used shares on program start' and 'unmount all personal shares on exit'. I unmount the shares by exiting Smb4K when not in use so that the NAS drives can power down after a period without being accessed. If the shares stay mounted the drives stay spinning.

Mounted shares also create a problem when shutting down the system. Smb4K behaved the same way in the recent 32 bit test release. The Smb4K in the latest 64 bit test release works OK.

Can anyone confirm that this happens for them.? Any suggestions/solutions?

Hi Martin,

Starting another thread with this issue will give it more attention that having it get buried on a general thread such as this.

I'm not a samba guy ... i don't even tango, sorry I couldn't resist ... so I can't help you with your issues. Try and provide as much information on a new thread ... your, kit, your network, computers on your network, what you tried so far, etc.

Good luck.

[Martin Goose]

Starting another thread with this issue will give it more attention that having it get buried on a general thread such as this.

I'm not a samba guy ... i don't even tango, sorry I couldn't resist ... so I can't help you with your issues. Try and provide as much information on a new thread ... your, kit, your network, computers on your network, what you tried so far, etc.

Good luck.

Will do. I thought that I would post here first. With hindsight, a poor choice!

[MCP]

O course it is easy enough to just click virtual desktop 3 and view your notes then click virtual desktop 1 to return to your workspace, especially if you have you switching set to Desktop Cube Animation ... but it is the several ways we can do things that is truly the trick that does it for us.

Have you tried using your mouse wheel?  If you put the cursor on your desktop and scroll with the wheel it will take you to all your desktops.  One click=One desktop.  It will do this in succession, so if you have very many desktops it may not be practical.


MCP

[naoliveira]

Hi guys,

I am using KDE 4.8.3 too, and until now without problems, it looks much faster than 4.6.5, but maybe because it is a fresh instal and 4.6.5 were already with a plenty of programs installed. After I put 4.8.3 has 4.6.5 were, I will see how it behaves.

I made a fresh install instead of upgrade (well I made an upgrade from a fresh install ) because I tried to reinstall another OS, and just messed up my MBR, then I fixed MBR with TestDisk, but PCLOS still had problems, so I decided a fresh and clean install.

 

[Archie]

Hi guys,

I am using KDE 4.8.3 too, and until now without problems, it looks much faster than 4.6.5, but maybe because it is a fresh instal and 4.6.5 were already with a plenty of programs installed. After I put 4.8.3 has 4.6.5 were, I will see how it behaves.

I made a fresh install instead of upgrade (well I made an upgrade from a fresh install ) because I tried to reinstall another OS, and just messed up my MBR, then I fixed MBR with TestDisk, but PCLOS still had problems, so I decided a fresh and clean install.

 

I used it for about a month then upgraded ... I've been using the upgrade for about a month now and it is still better in many ways from what I can remember on 4.6.5. For me it uses lower CPU and CPU temperatures are also low. Use of RAM is also OK but to me the added features that were not present or buggy in 4.6.5 are what's worth the update.

Do let us know after your extensive use how it goes.

[rm]

I have also lost the volume control, even though I do have sound (full volume)

Install kmix then logout.