[KDE/Mac] KDE4/Mac torrent packages: Pixmaps not showing up/apps not very functional

[Manish Chakravarty]

I'd also like to add that if I launch the applications from the Finder:
- All errors mentioned below are still the same
- KStars is the one application which works perfectly :)
On 26-Jun-08, at 3:55 PM, Manish Chakravarty wrote:

> I tried out the KDE4/Mac torrent package.
> I did use the chmod a+x ..... fix as explained on mac.kde.org
>
> I am facing the following problems (screenshots attached )
>
> 1) None of the KDE applications are displaying pimaps/icons correctly
> 2) konsole is unusable ( no text is being displayed, tab names not  
> visible) http://www.flickr.com/photos/manish_chaks/2613141130/
> 3) KDevelop launches up weirdly, no splash screen, Ui fuzzed http://www.flickr.com/photos/manish_chaks/2613140454/
> 4) Dolphin shows now pixmaps/icons as well. Ark opened from dolphin  
> is useless http://www.flickr.com/photos/manish_chaks/2613140094/
> 5) When I launch kwin.app I get the following error :
> open /opt/kde4/bin/kwin4.app/
> LSOpenFromURLSpec() failed with error -10661 for the file /opt/kde4/ 
> bin/kwin4.app.
>
> ( I think kwin is not supposed to be present on OSX as it already  
> has a window manager.. well sort of )
>
>
> Environment:
> I opened all the commands using OS X's "open" command ( eg: open / 
> opt/kde4/bin/dolphin.app/)
> I tried opening apps using the "vanilla" bash shell environment and  
> then again with  PATH set to :
> PATH=/opt/kde4/bin:/opt/kde4-deps/bin/:/opt/qt4/bin/:/usr/bin:/bin:/ 
> usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/X11/bin
>
> In both the cases, I faced the same errors.
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated!
>
> Thanks
> Manish Chakravarty
>
> PS: I am writing a book called "Programming with KDE4 Using C++" I  
> currently build KDE4 on my Ubuntu box, ssh to it from my mac and  
> work. I am writing the book on my Mac. It would be very useful if I  
> could be in a state where I am able to work on the Mac only (ie I am  
> able to use KDE4 and then build applications using kdelibs primarliy )