[kde-freebsd] KDE-4.1.0 report

Martin Wilke miwi at FreeBSD.org
Mon Aug 4 11:49:42 CEST 2008


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On Sun, Aug 03, 2008 at 06:54:19PM +0100, Matt Dawson wrote:
> Hi all,
> 	Managed to get a full tinderbox run without any errors or 
> changes, so I installed KDE4 on the test box. Couple of little niggles:
> 
> 1) The system tray does not show any icons. It expands, but there's 
> nothing there. Changing the desktop theme to oxygen from elegance 
> gives the impression that they're off to the bottom of the system tray's 
> display space. Might seem trivial, but this makes Kmix, Juk and Kopete 
> almost impossible to interact with properly.

That is a qt 4.4.1 problem.

http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=168007

> 
> 2) Sound in Juk is hit'n'miss. Looks like it's a "feature" rather than a 
> bug, as there seems to be some fading in and out going on between 
> tracks. I personally preferred the old behaviour, but whatever floats 
> their boat. Might try Amarok when I can get the system tray working.
> 
> 3) Kleopatra crashes. Often and repeatably when importing a root cert 
> into Konq.
> 
> 4) Desktop effects DO work with nVidia cards as long as your 
> xorg.conf is set up as for compiz fusion (ARGB visuals, composite 
> enabled etc). The desktop seems just as snappy as compiz when the 
> effects are enabled, including wobbly windows.
> 
> 5) Prinitng does not work with base lpd. It shows whatever is in 
> printcap, but does nothing. I suspect it is using CUPS' lpr instead of the 
> base system's, which won't work across the network with a BSD box 
> running stock lpd/apsfilter. I can't see anywhere to change the kprinter 
> settings, either.
> 
> 6) Works fine with NFS mounted /home (true file locking, not stopped 
> at the wire as for Fx 3) and NIS. Most excellent!
> 
> Apart from the niggles, very impressive. Thanks for all the hard work!
> 
> Cheers!
> 
> MattD..
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