[kde-linux] Upgrading Linux breaks KDE 3.5

[david]

Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote:
> In <4A006E8E.4020508 at acm.org>, James Richard Tyrer wrote:
>> However, I now have other problems:
>>
>> !.	kgpg crashes on startup.
>> 2.	KDESU doesn't work.
>> 3.	Konqueror still gets clogged up when I have a lot of stuff open.
>>
>> The developers claim that KDE-3.5 is not maintained, but since KDE-4.2
>> isn't really stable enough (actually it appears to be just Plasma) for
>> production use, I wonder what I should do.  
> 
> I use KDE 4.2.2 (for the openSUSE Build Service) on my work system, so I 
> think it is good enough for production use.  However, KDE 4.2 isn't 
> officially supported by openSUSE so I can't recommend using it there.
> 
> If you are willing to use a distribution does support KDE 4.2, I would 
> recommend upgrading.
> 
>> Has maintenance [of KDE 3] been left up
>> to the distros?
> 
> Yes.
> 
> All that said, you might find some support via these lists.  I can't help 
> much, because I'm on KDE 4.2 everywhere, and I imagine you'll see that more 
> as time goes by.

When KDE hits 4.5 it should be about as debugged, working and useful as 
3.5.x is now. ;-)

I use KDE 3.5.10, and don't know what might be happening with your 
installation. Do some of the problems go away if you boot to a root 
terminal and rename your .kde folder?

-- 
David
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