KDE 4.2 packages

[kubicle]

Looks like KDE 4.2-final packages have started to drip down to the Jaunty repos...just a word of warning: hold the upgrade until you can get all the essentials.

[Rog131]

Re: KDE 4.2 packages

> kde-release-team >> 2009-01-01 - 2009-02-01 >>> KDE 4.2.0 final tarball set

From: Dirk Mueller


Hi,

updated kdebase-runtime due to a licensing issue and kdelibs due to a minor
plasma security issue (new code afaik) again:

2d830a922195fefe6e073111850247ac kdelibs-4.2.0.tar.bz2
8ef48aae16a6dddb3055d81d7e5c375f kdebase-runtime-4.2.0.tar.bz2


I would propose an announcement date of tomorrow around this time (18:00 UTC).

Okay with everyone?

[Snowhog]

Re: KDE 4.2 packages

...updated kdebase-runtime due to a licensing issue...

"licensing issue?" What!? Isn't *ubuntu all about Open Source and GPL?

[Rog131]

Re: KDE 4.2 packages

Probably this (Creative Commons license vs. lgpl ) > A moon-image under CC-by 2.0 - not in kde licensig policies

[musta ruhtinas]

Re: KDE 4.2 packages

Looks like KDE 4.2-final packages have started to drip down to the Jaunty repos...just a word of warning: hold the upgrade until you can get all the essentials.

indeed

 plasma[5793]: segfault at 98 ip a9f07452 sp bfd99270 error 4 in plasma_applet_tasks.so[a9eeb000+25000]

and

 KCrash: Application 'plasma' crashing...                                                   
plasma(15209): Communication problem with "plasma" , it probably crashed.                                  
Error message was: "org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.NoReply" : " "Message did not receive a reply (timeout by message bus)" "

[Rog131]

Re: KDE 4.2 packages

It seems that it is safe to upgrade now (using main server) .


BUT #1:

Close unofficial plasmoids down before you upgrade. Plasmoids are needing rebuild as the plasmoids build with the RCwon't work and/or will kill the plasma desktop (The White Screen of Death).

From an official plasmoid (plasmoid-spellcheck 0.4-0ubuntu4):

Rebuild against new libplasma-dev and bump version required to 4.2.0
to avoid inadvertent builds against the old version on slow archs

BUT #2:

ALt + F2 is not working - Hmm ?

[musta ruhtinas]

Re: KDE 4.2 packages

Well, after this morning's updates and restarting plasma (almost) everything seems in order.

ALt + F2 is not working - Hmm ?

I use Win+R (yeah, I know ) and it's working fine. It was in fact the only way I could start apps with plasma down.

[andybleaden]

Re: KDE 4.2 packages

So if I have the release candidate on a pen drive (live) should I just seek to upgrade via adept or via cli?. I am currently testing jaunty alpha 3 kde 4.2 rc.

[Rog131]

Re: KDE 4.2 packages

That Alt+F2 (krunner) problem is probably version mischmatch:

:~$ krunner
krunner: symbol lookup error: /usr/lib/kde4/kabc_akonadi.so: undefined symbol: _ZN4KABC12ContactGroup8mimeTypeEv
<unknown program name>(20610)/: Communication problem with "krunner" , it probably crashed.
Error message was: "org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.NoReply" : " "Message did not receive a reply (timeout by message bus)" "

and

:~$ apt-cache show akonadi-kde
...
Package: akonadi-kde
...
Version: 4:4.1.96-0ubuntu2
...

So if I have the release candidate on a pen drive (live) should I just seek to upgrade via adept or via cli?.

Opinion: Cli is the best choice.


Links:

> KDE 4.2.0 Release Announcement
> KDE 4.2 Released (Kubuntu)


> KDE Faq
> KDE 4.2 Visual Guide

[ShanaVar]

Re: KDE 4.2 packages

I got the same Krunner error than you do. I'll wait for some days and file a bug report then, if nothing happens .

Just had my first Systemsettings crash :/.

btw, I got a few problems, that dont hold me off of trying it, but i wonder if someone has them too:

-While logging in, the background from the flash image always flickers (showing desktop background) and has a little offset to the kdm wallpaper! -> annoying.
-Jockey doesnt show anything, had to install nvidia-glx by hand and activate it in x.org, maybe tue to the correction needed.
-no extract here option on the desktop
-and well, krunner, and i really got dependent on it
-anyone tried to install kpackagekit and policykit-kde as its in the repos now? pure mess nothing working here, neither polkit dialogues nor kpackagekit
-main menu a little stuffed with unneeded entries-> I find the new menu really(!) usable if you sort things out a little in there.
enought about the small errors, heres a small correction that drove me crazy-> what i didnt expect to be corrected was a bug (or a feature...) where it took ages to delete some files(showing up the progress dialogue for hours).

(!)EDIT: I just realised, that installing new programs doesnt add shortcuts to the menu anymore. I tried with Marble, and two others i can't remember ...

else a great release! Kudos to KDE! You came a great way!
Greetings

[musta ruhtinas]

Re: KDE 4.2 packages

Hmm, apparently I did not have all the updates installed.
I too get now the krunner error Rog131mentioned.

Edit: I removed the culprit - /usr/lib/kde4/kabc_akonadi.so - and krunner works again.

[ShanaVar]

Re: KDE 4.2 packages

Lol, a bit radical, isn't it? I'm sure the library is also of other use... you will likely loose some other functionality. But if you really want to do so, maybe it would be better to rename it to somethink like kabc_akonadi.so.DONT-MESS-WITH-ME. so you could restore it if it causes any problems and dont have do d/l it again.

[musta ruhtinas]

Re: KDE 4.2 packages

Lol, a bit radical, isn't it? I'm sure the library is also of other use... you will likely loose some other functionality. But if you really want to do so, maybe it would be better to rename it to somethink like kabc_akonadi.so.DONT-MESS-WITH-ME. so you could restore it if it causes any problems and dont have do d/l it again.

I always back up when doing this sort of thing. IIRC this is something to do with some pim resources. I can't say I use them regularly, and anyway this akonadi thing has been bugging me from the start, so it was a calculated risk. No problems so far.

[Rog131]

Re: KDE 4.2 packages

Edit: I removed the culprit - /usr/lib/kde4/kabc_akonadi.so - and krunner works again.

Well, if it works - I grabbed (28.1) the sources from the > Ubuntu Packages >> Package: akonadi-kde

The sources are: kdepim_4.2.0-0ubuntu3 but the repo binaries are still 4.1.96-0ubuntu2.

After build and upgrade Alt+F2 (krunner) is working...

[musta ruhtinas]

Re: KDE 4.2 packages

Actually the funny thing is that I performed the upgrade on both my laptop and my desktop. And for some odd reason, on the desktop krunner functioned normally. The laptop does not show any akonadi errors, while on the desktop I always get an error from akonadi at startup.