KDE 4.10.1

[sir_herrbatka]

@JohnW_57

Maybe just reset kwin to default settings and see if it helps?

mv ~/.kde4/share/config/kwinrc ~/.kde4/share/config/kwinrc-backup

and logout.

Something trivial but why not try?

[Georgetoon]

Note: Due to a change in the KDE 4.10 source code, a patch for QT4 had to be applied to overcome a plasma crash. For this reason, and only after the initial upgrade from 4.9.5 to 4.10.1, you must reboot your PC by opening a root-terminal and enter the command: init 6

Just to be clear.  Run the update, then open a terminal, su to root, enter "init 6." Exit terminal.  Then reboot.  Correct?

yes, after entering init 6 you will not need to exit the terminal, nor reboot because the command init 6 mens to reboot the system.  

Thanks so much.  Gonna run that update now. I have PASS.  Woo-Hoo!:)

Well, we just had a power spike and I lost my internet connection.  'm on my notebook, so I didn't lose the OS...battery kicked in.  I picked the connection back up.  Now, it says not all packages can be retrieved. I guess things are still syncing...I'm using PASS

BTW, should I clear out what I have downloaded now and start fresh?  How would I do that?

EDIT -- Wait.. would that be Settings>Preferences>Files>Delete Cached Package Files?

[pinoc]

Note: Due to a change in the KDE 4.10 source code, a patch for QT4 had to be applied to overcome a plasma crash. For this reason, and only after the initial upgrade from 4.9.5 to 4.10.1, you must reboot your PC by opening a root-terminal and enter the command: init 6

Just to be clear.  Run the update, then open a terminal, su to root, enter "init 6." Exit terminal.  Then reboot.  Correct?

yes, after entering init 6 you will not need to exit the terminal, nor reboot because the command init 6 mens to reboot the system.  

Thanks so much.  Gonna run that update now. I have PASS.  Woo-Hoo!:)

Well, we just had a power spike and I lost my internet connection.  'm on my notebook, so I didn't lose the OS...battery kicked in.  I picked the connection back up.  Now, it says not all packages can be retrieved. I guess things are still syncing...I'm using PASS

BTW, should I clear out what I have downloaded now and start fresh?  How would I do that?

EDIT -- Wait.. would that be Settings>Preferences>Files>Delete Cached Package Files?

at present there should be only one package missing on PASS which is kmahjongglib, needed for kmahjongg and kshisen. If you do not install these 2 games for now, or the meta-package kde-allgames, then the upgrade should be fine.
It should not be necessary to clean out the partial downloads as they should be complemented as needed once the connection is back. If you want to be safe you can also clean them out of course.
Fixed packages for task-kde4 and task-kde4-help (4.10.1-2) should be there soon as well.
-p.

[Georgetoon]

Note: Due to a change in the KDE 4.10 source code, a patch for QT4 had to be applied to overcome a plasma crash. For this reason, and only after the initial upgrade from 4.9.5 to 4.10.1, you must reboot your PC by opening a root-terminal and enter the command: init 6

Just to be clear.  Run the update, then open a terminal, su to root, enter "init 6." Exit terminal.  Then reboot.  Correct?

yes, after entering init 6 you will not need to exit the terminal, nor reboot because the command init 6 mens to reboot the system.  

Thanks so much.  Gonna run that update now. I have PASS.  Woo-Hoo!:)

Well, we just had a power spike and I lost my internet connection.  'm on my notebook, so I didn't lose the OS...battery kicked in.  I picked the connection back up.  Now, it says not all packages can be retrieved. I guess things are still syncing...I'm using PASS

BTW, should I clear out what I have downloaded now and start fresh?  How would I do that?

EDIT -- Wait.. would that be Settings>Preferences>Files>Delete Cached Package Files?

at present there should be only one package missing on PASS which is kmahjongglib, needed for kmahjongg and kshisen. If you do not install these 2 games for now, or the meta-package kde-allgames, then the upgrade should be fine.
It should not be necessary to clean out the partial downloads as they should be complemented as needed once the connection is back. If you want to be safe you can also clean them out of course.
Fixed packages for task-kde4 and task-kde4-help (4.10.1-2) should be there soon as well.
-p.

Thanks.  Just curious, the method I mentioned...that is the way to clear out packages already downloaded?

I may or may not clear.   ill certainly wait for everything to sync.

[pinoc]

Thanks.  Just curious, the method I mentioned...that is the way to clear out packages already downloaded?

I may or may not clear.   ill certainly wait for everything to sync.

In Synaptic you can set to delete (default to save disk-space) or to keep downloaded packages after their installation. What you mentioned allows to delete those packages saved up to now.

[aguila]

For Kwin desktop effects I had to fall back to Xrender on my Acer Aspire 5610 (Mobile 945GM/GMS, 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller) with the Intel 810 or later driver.
Seems KDE4.10.1 needs updated OpenGL software (Mesa/Xorg) for this video chipset.

Tested on a another box (Old P4 2.8 HT) with a Nvidia Geforce GTS 6600 videocard.
Have no problems with OpenGL with the Nvidia 304.xx drivers.
Kwin desktop effects are fully supported.

JohnW

I'm facing the same issue on two Lenovo Thinkpads (specs below).

Any takers to this yet? Just can't live without my wobbly windows 

[Georgetoon]

Thanks.  Just curious, the method I mentioned...that is the way to clear out packages already downloaded?

I may or may not clear.   ill certainly wait for everything to sync.

In Synaptic you can set to delete (default to save disk-space) or to keep downloaded packages after their installation. What you mentioned allows to delete those packages saved up to now.

Thanks.  I cleared everything out due to that power failure.  I don't mind starting over.

[JohnW_57]

@JohnW_57

Maybe just reset kwin to default settings and see if it helps?

mv ~/.kde4/share/config/kwinrc ~/.kde4/share/config/kwinrc-backup

and logout.

Something trivial but why not try?

Make no difference so I guess it don't like the Mesa 7.11.2 drivers.
Just testing KDE 4.10.1  on 64 bit and looks like it's working nice with the Nvidia 310.19 drivers.
OpenGL is fully working here.

JohnW

[JohnW_57]

Guess the answer is here: http://forum.kde.org/viewtopic.php?f=111&t=110401&p=261318#p261096

I have just looked through all changes in KWin between 4.10.0 and 4.10.1 - there are none which could affect Catalyst. The compositor has only seen one change and that's in the EGL backend which is obviously unsupported by Catalyst anyway.

EGL is also a known problem here: crashes  Stellarium and some other apps.
Guess gonna be solved with Mesa drivers/Xorg update.

JohnW

[sir_herrbatka]

I guess you are right.

[footstep11]

I updated to KDE 4.10.1 and these are the issues I found:

• the KDE games do not install. This is the error message I got:
  

  kmahjongg:
   Dipends: kmahjongglib (>=4.10.1) but it is not installable
• the weather app yawp in the system tray does not work well: it does not keep the settings and it is overlapped to the other icons;
• I found this in the logs:
  

  Mar 18 15:09:38 XXXXXX kdm_greet[1846]: Data directory "/var/lib/kdm" not
  accessible: File o directory not existing
  Mar 18 15:11:21 XXXXXX kdm[1102]: Cannot execute 'grub-set-default': not in
  $PATH.

Beside these points, my 32bit system came up nicely and all the other services are OK.

Thank you

Ciao, Mauro

[ghostbunny]

Guess the answer is here: http://forum.kde.org/viewtopic.php?f=111&t=110401&p=261318#p261096

I have just looked through all changes in KWin between 4.10.0 and 4.10.1 - there are none which could affect Catalyst. The compositor has only seen one change and that's in the EGL backend which is obviously unsupported by Catalyst anyway.

EGL is also a known problem here: crashes  Stellarium and some other apps.
Guess gonna be solved with Mesa drivers/Xorg update.

JohnW

that could be a solution but it don't have to be one. i updated mesa  on my system to get stellarium working but it does not solve the problem instead it killed the qt graphics related things.

[Georgetoon]

Lenovoa Thinkpad core i3.  Open GL isn't happening.  Otherwise, the entire update went smootlhy on both systems.

[Ika]

Hi!

I'll post here too my issue.

It's a foolish thing, but I don't know how to handle it since I don't know how to work in text mode... Huh
So, please don't laugh!...

Upgraded to KDE 4.10, typed in terminal init 6 to reboot.
After reboot it went in text mode

PCLinuxOS release...
Kernel.....
localhost login:_

What should I type there??? Huh
Mmmghhhh!!!...

The same thing in my 32 bit install after upgrading to (testing) kernel 3.4.

I tried root->password
(root@localhost ^)#_startx

Is shows a large list ended with
xinit: giving up
xinit: unable to connect to X server: Connection refused
xinit: server error

I need a hand, please...
Thanks.

[Georgetoon]

Just noticed that Dolphin no longer displays file information (date, time, created, accessed, etc.) in the right-hand preview pane.  Or did I forget to toggle on an option?

EDIT - Selected View>Additional Information and checked off Date, etc.  no help...actually, info displays in the file name, but not in the preview pane.
EDIT AGAIN -  Just figured it out.  Right click IN the pane and select configure.  then select what you want to display.