Daryna KDE CE BETA 044 is out!

[trsnrtr]

I don't know if this is a KDE problem or a Mint problem or just an Adept problem, but Adept has crashed while trying to load several packages. Adept stops at 38% install and hangs which takes a couple reboots to straighten out. Strangely, though, all of the packages that I've tried to installed where Adept crashed seem to work OK.

Dennis

[VaMPiRiC_CRoW]

If anyone's having problems mounting partitions, such as an NTFS partition you're forced to keep, try this...

I recommend the second solution this link posted...

http://languor.us/hal-storage-fixed-mount-refused-uid-1000

Mint KDE also have this problem!?

Mint Gnome and Xfce doesn't have it...

[mikpap]

Well after numerous attempts to install KDE CE on an HP Pavilion zt3050ea I give up. The installer doesn't even begin whatever I do. The dvd is ok (checked the iso and reburn it twice). So, this even buggier to me than the 11 beta.

[mikpap]

How could I install KDE CE version from inside the main edition? Like apt-get install kubuntu-desktop in ubuntu for example?

[Guest]

I'm seeding the torrent right now.

Hmm.... maybe something on my end, bit torrent was working yesterday though. Oh well

I was under the impression, by the name, LinuxMint-4.0-KDE-BETA-044.iso, that it was built off of KDE 4.0 but in the KDE Control Center it says KDE 3.5.8 although it looks like KDE 4.
I don't see anything in the release notes so is this 3.5 or is it 4.0 ?

Hi subslug.

As far as I know it's based on KDE 3.5 as 4 is still too unstable at the moment. The release version of Linux Mint 4.0 is the fourth release of Linux Mint itself. They are already working on the fifth release of Mint called Linux Mint 5.0. It's just a coincidence with the 4.0 not meant to imply KDE 4 is the base.

Hope this helps

Slap

mm..someone should make a blatantly obvious note of that as i too thought the same thing. then when kde4 wasn't on the disk, i thought i'd gotten a wrong version or something, although i am downloading and installing kde4 through adept atm ^_^
however, so far this is a pretty nice looking distro :] very nice work..

[willc0de4food]

hm..evidently i thought i was logged in when i wasn't. but i made ^ that post.
when i checked adept was 48% through downloading the files, i went back to doing something else and adept came up with an error committing changes possibly because they'd break packages and then adept had crashed. it couldn't do a backtrace as debug symbols aren't installed, but adept would crash again if i tried to reopen the program (as it had appeared to have been closed after crashing). so i ran an apt-get update and i was told i needed to run dpkg --configure -a , so i did and the files which had been downloaded were installed. so now i have half of the packages installed and adept opens without crashing again. weird.

also, this is my first boot and after logging in for the first time, i got an error saying kded had crashed. its still running fine & ps -e shows kded running, so idk whats happening (O_o)..

[Terry]

This distro does not work for my HP DC7100 P4 2.8GHZ PC. It does not get past the part where the screen will show a desktop. Instead it shows a bunch of sync lines acroos the screen and no picture. I have tried all option choices with different resolutions and nothing works. Any ideas why this does not work for this PC? I would really like to run it as my permanent OS but cant. External video is not an option for me.

Please respond back at rosinskitg@juno.com.

[Boo]

the most common fixes for hardware issues is to use some or all of the following kernel options at boot:
noacpi
acpi=no
irqpoll

Boo

[Terry]

Hi Boo,
I used NOACPI in the boot options and it WORKS! Thank you very much!!!! Learn something new every day! )

[akshunj]

I just finished installing on the desktop. All I have to say is HOLY SH*T! This desktop is SMOKIN fast! This is the fastest I've ever seen KDE. Period.

I truly hope that this goes gold, or that I can upgrade to the final version from this Beta. Compiz-Fusion works fine with the latest Nvidia drivers. Incidentally, I had to download the latest Envy from the website as Synaptic was not up-to-date. Tasty Menu is awesome. Little niceties like the transparent toolbar and a clean desktop are much appreciated. Very Minty overall, and super useable.

Some thoughts on the problems others are having:
I think the LiveCD is troublesome for both the Main Edition and KDE CE. It's unreliable, and I ALWAYS experience problems that magically vanish once I complete the install. Sounds weird, but that's been my experience. Consequently, I use the LiveCD ONLY to complete the install. And once installed, Mint KDE really cooks.

For anyone who's curious, here are my system specs:

store-bought Acer AMD 64 X2 4400+
Nvidia GeForce 7300GS PCI-E w/ dual monitors
2 GB RAM
300GB HD
DVD+DL RW
on-board sound
memory card reader

PM me with questions about my config or a piece of hardware. I'm happy to help out!

--Akshun J

[sml]

Thanks for the hardwork guys .... some early feedback ... hope it helps improve ...

1. On a Intel P35 mboard with 22" LCD, the grub splash screen was huge. Needs a trim.

2. Immediately after KDE started, I had a KDE crash as per the following:

(no debugging symbols found)
Using host libthread_db library "/lib/tls/i686/cmov/libthread_db.so.1".
(no debugging symbols found)
[Thread debugging using libthread_db enabled]
[New Thread -1233143600 (LWP 10244)]
(no debugging symbols found)
(no debugging symbols found)
[KCrash handler]
#6 0xb713811e in QString::unicode () from /usr/lib/libqt-mt.so.3
#7 0xb7528b95 in operator== () from /usr/lib/libqt-mt.so.3
#8 0xb7b3f151 in KDirWatchPrivate::slotActivated () from /usr/lib/libkio.so.4
#9 0xb7b3f2fc in KDirWatchPrivate::qt_invoke () from /usr/lib/libkio.so.4
#10 0xb720f893 in QObject::activate_signal () from /usr/lib/libqt-mt.so.3
#11 0xb72101aa in QObject::activate_signal () from /usr/lib/libqt-mt.so.3
#12 0xb759c683 in QSocketNotifier::activated () from /usr/lib/libqt-mt.so.3
#13 0xb723246e in QSocketNotifier::event () from /usr/lib/libqt-mt.so.3
#14 0xb71a6af0 in QApplication::internalNotify () from /usr/lib/libqt-mt.so.3
#15 0xb71a891f in QApplication::notify () from /usr/lib/libqt-mt.so.3
#16 0xb78aeca2 in KApplication::notify () from /usr/lib/libkdecore.so.4
#17 0xb7139209 in QApplication::sendEvent () from /usr/lib/libqt-mt.so.3
#18 0xb7198ee9 in QEventLoop::activateSocketNotifiers ()
from /usr/lib/libqt-mt.so.3
#19 0xb714dd2b in QEventLoop::processEvents () from /usr/lib/libqt-mt.so.3
#20 0xb71c11ce in QEventLoop::enterLoop () from /usr/lib/libqt-mt.so.3
#21 0xb71c0fde in QEventLoop::exec () from /usr/lib/libqt-mt.so.3
#22 0xb71a8699 in QApplication::exec () from /usr/lib/libqt-mt.so.3
#23 0xb668ba38 in kdemain () from /usr/lib/libkdeinit_kded.so
#24 0xb66a4454 in kdeinitmain () from /usr/lib/kde3/kded.so
#25 0x0804e67f in ?? ()
#26 0x00000002 in ?? ()
#27 0x0807f4d8 in ?? ()
#28 0x00000001 in ?? ()
#29 0x00000000 in ?? ()

[sml]

The same bug as in Ubuntu 7.10 also exists when trying to access storage media

ERROR-KONQUEROR
hal-storage-fixed-mount refused uid 999

[subslug]

The same bug as in Ubuntu 7.10 also exists when trying to access storage media

ERROR-KONQUEROR
hal-storage-fixed-mount refused uid 999

Yeah I get the same thing on my Ubuntu Mint set up after I installed KDE on it and logged into the K desktop. The only way I can do anything with storage media is to log back into Gnome.

[blues-guy]

Installed fine

I get the following problems ( some mentioned by others):-

hal-storage-fixed-mount refused uid 999

NTFS partitions found but not mountable

Network Connection not enabled at boot by default - this causes "broken" mintupdate icon which can't be fixed as clicking on it has no effect - Running Synaptic and updating does fix it.

UUID - real pain when dual-booting ( as I was with Mint Gnome 4 - until it crashed when trying to fsck hds added from other PC) and when reformatting/changing drives and partitions - Anyone tried a swappable internal IDE/Sata drive case?

Synaptic not in menu

Splash screen on boot looks washed-out - probably expanded to fit widescreen monitor

Splash Screen on log-out also washed-out and is relocated toward bottom-right of screen so all I can see is log-in panel.

Selecting Shut-Down from menu fails to shut-down PC - must select Log-Out, then from KDM Ctrl-At-Del to get Reboot/Shutdown panel - System shuts down properly from here - Ditto for Mint Gnome 4

With NVidia driver installed I got correct desktop res 1680 x 1050 but at 67Hz - should be 60 Hz - no option to change it. Desktop is positioned properly on screen - not so with Mint Gnome 4

System crashes back to KDM log-in screen if I right click on menu item and select "Properties"

Menu doesnt auto minimise when item is selected - Solved - right-click on "arrow" in top right corner and select "pop-up" - why this is not in menu cong I cant imagine

Menu is 3 panels wide - shows "favourites" and "ALL" unlike Gnome Mint 4 which shows one or the other.

System seems much faster than Gnome version.

Thats all I can think off for now. Lots I haven;t tried yet as I'm in the process of migrating all of my settings etc from Mint Gnome 4 and editing fstab to include the drives/partitions that don't show/have been added.


EDIT - forgot - the PCM levels in the mixer window refuse to stay where I place them - the always reduced to about 50% after reboot and even at random intervals.

EDIT - no Trash Can ANYWHERE! - Fix right click panel, add applet, add trashcan

blues-guy

[trsnrtr]

I can no longer minimize windows to the taskbar and get them back. They don't even show up in the taskbar anymore.

Synaptic installs packages fine but Adept fails.

[toyg]

"restricted-manager-kde" is not installed by default. The Gnome-based LinuxMint has the package; it would be nice to be consistent (and restricted-manager is a very user-friendly program).

[Husse]

As blues-guy pointed out - no trash!?
At least I can't find it (in Virtualbox - but I really really doubt that has anything to do with it )

[Fred]

Husse,

The problem is inherited from (K)ubuntu. It isn't consistent though. It comes and goes In both distros.

Fred

[Husse]

Yeah - and it's solved by adding it to, to - eh what was it
Joking aside, I'm simply not a KDE person....

[blues-guy]

right click on panel
add applet
add trashcan