[kde-freebsd] KDE-4.1.0 report
Martin Wilke
miwi at FreeBSD.org
Tue Aug 5 16:17:45 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.
Please checkout area51 new and rebuild kdebase4-workspace.
Problems is solved.
>
> 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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