[kde-linux] Upgrading Linux breaks KDE 3.5

[James Richard Tyrer]

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.
> 
I see no reason why you would need a specific distro to use KDE-4.2 as 
long as you have all of the dependencies for the binary you were using.

AFAIK, my distro does support KDE-4.2.x.  I have installed KDE-4.2.3 and 
It is a bit rough around the edges and I should write bugs for missing 
features, things that don't work, and little things that are wrong -- 
however, I appear to be PNG at KBO so that is a waste of my time.

>> 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.
> 
The problem with KDE-4.2 remains the early Beta DeskTop (Plasma). 
Perhaps things would be better if I downgraded to KDE-4.2.2.  However, I 
can't uses something that crashes the whole X session.  It would be OK 
if applications crashed or if the desktop crashes (it restarts 
automatically), but when the whole X session goes down it simply isn't 
usable.

The latest quire is that when I click on the Klipper icon in the System 
Tray, there is a crash.  It isn't just that Klipper crashes; it isn't 
that the System Tray or the Panel crashes; the whole X session crashes. 
  I can't put up with that.

-- 
JRT

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