From kde-devel Sun Dec 22 11:39:21 2013 From: =?UTF-8?Q?Thomas_L=C3=BCbking?= Date: Sun, 22 Dec 2013 11:39:21 +0000 To: kde-devel Subject: Re: background plasma crash Message-Id: X-MARC-Message: https://marc.info/?l=kde-devel&m=138771238610407 MIME-Version: 1 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="--===============1698674741938427232==" --===============1698674741938427232== Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=047d7bea40ba5b883304ee1df621 --047d7bea40ba5b883304ee1df621 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable the linked issue is dead old - it's more likely that you're using an abi "incompatible" decoration plugin (qtcurve? any 3rd party one, though) since debian/ubuntu has (had?) falsepositive abi management. however and once more: you got a crash -> you show the backtrace, since otherwise this is all just uninformed guessing around. Am Sonntag, 22. Dezember 2013 schrieb Dr.-Ing. Edgar Alwers < edgaralwers@gmx.de>: > On Friday 20 December 2013 15:54:04 you wrote: >> Please try at least the latest version before >> asking for a patch. > -- > > Hi Martin, > > I follow your hint and I upgraded KDE to 4.11.2, according to the BLFS book. > This means, I rebuilt every KDE program as well as the dependencies which were > not accepted from my earlier 4.10.2. The result is, that I am now able to > change my background plasma. However, I got the worst problem of "Kwin > unstable" : > I quote from " http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/ubuntu-linux/152472-kwin-unstable.html" > quote > ------------ > If I boot it up with the default window manager I get a message saying that > kwin is unstable and it gives me the option to change window manager. If = I > don=E2=80=99t change it I lose the ability to resize, move and tab betwee= n windows. > The windows also lose their title bar, which means I have to either have to > use File->Quit or right click on the task bar to close the window. > ------------ > unquote > > Well, exactly this is also my new problem. I think, somewhere in the building > chain, there are incompatibilities which lead to this problems. As a > consequence, I shall downgrade my partition to the well known KDE-4.8.2 and > wait until KDE-5 shows up, to start then from the scratch. As I said, the > problem is not critical. > > Anyway, thank you very much for your comments. And: I am learning a lot ! :-) > > Edgar > > Dr.-Ing. Edgar Alwers > GPG Key ID:AD5C6F70 > >>> Visit http://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-devel#unsub to unsubscribe << > --047d7bea40ba5b883304ee1df621 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable the linked issue is dead old - it's more likely that you're using a= n abi "incompatible" decoration plugin (qtcurve? any 3rd party on= e, though) since debian/ubuntu has (had?) falsepositive abi management.

however and once more: you got a crash -> you show the backtrace, si= nce otherwise this is all just uninformed guessing around.

Am Sonnta= g, 22. Dezember 2013 schrieb Dr.-Ing. Edgar Alwers <edgaralwers@gmx.de>:
> On Friday 20 December 2013 15:54:04 you wrote:
>> Please try = at least the latest version before
>> asking for a patch.
> = --
>
> Hi Martin,
>
> I follow your hint and I upgr= aded KDE to 4.11.2, according to the BLFS book.
> This means, I rebuilt every KDE program as well as the dependencies wh= ich were
> not accepted from my earlier 4.10.2. The result is, that I= am now able to
> change my background plasma. However, I got the wor= st problem of "Kwin
> unstable" :
> I quote from "http://www.linuxf= orums.org/forum/ubuntu-linux/152472-kwin-unstable.html"
> qu= ote
> ------------
> If I boot it up with the default window manager I= get a message saying that
> kwin is unstable and it gives me the opt= ion to change window manager. If I
> don=E2=80=99t change it I lose t= he ability to resize, move and tab between windows.
> The windows also lose their title bar, which means I have to either ha= ve to
> use File->Quit or right click on the task bar to close the= window.
> ------------
> unquote
>
> Well, exactly= this is also my new problem. I think, somewhere in the building
> chain, there are incompatibilities which lead to this problems. As a> consequence, I shall downgrade my partition to the well known KDE-4.= 8.2 and
> wait until KDE-5 shows up, to start then from the scratch. = As I said, the
> problem is not critical.
>
> Anyway, thank you very much f= or your comments. And: I am learning a lot ! :-)
>
> Edgar
&= gt;
> Dr.-Ing. Edgar Alwers <edgaralwers@gmx.de>
> GPG Key ID:AD5C6F70
>
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