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Subject: Re: [kde-solaris] KDE 3.5.3 build for Solaris 10
From: "Stephen Fitch" <scf.code () gmail ! com>
Date: 2006-07-15 21:18:59
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Hi,
Great work!!
Now where might we download this version from for general use?
Thanks,
Stephen
--
On 7/6/06, Heiko Falk <Heiko.Falk@udo.edu> wrote:
>
> Dear all,
>
>
> I'm happy to announce that I was finally able to create a build of KDE
> 3.5.3
> for Sparc Solaris 10. In contrast to the painful work done by Stefan
> Teleman,
> I didn't use the SunStudio compiler. Instead, I used a really cool GCC 4
> derivate, see
>
> http://cooltools.sunsource.net/gcc/index.html
>
> This gccfss compiler consists of a standard GCC 4.0.2 parser, frontend and
> optimizer. However, it is coupled to the backend, optimizer and code
> generator of SunStudio so that highly optimized Sparc code is generated.
> This
> compiler has the advantage that only very few KDE source codes need to be
> patched in order to build the entire KDE - totally, I needed to path 44
> files. Additionally, the resulting code quality is extremely high.
>
> In addition, I tried to use as many standard libraries delivered with
> Solaris
> 10 as possible. This includes e.g. zlib, bz, gtk, usb, fontconfig and lots
> more. I believe that this is better than re-building really all the
> libraries
> from scratch since hopefully, the Sun people took care and did some
> testing
> concerning the stuff delivered with Solaris 10...
>
> The resulting KDE 3.5.3 is relatively nice. The individual KDE tools are
> pretty robust and work fine. However, there are some things I'd like to
> ask
> you since they're are annoying:
>
> a) The time displayed by e.g. kicker's clock or korganizer etc. doesn't
> treat my timezone correctly. My box is configured for MEST, but the
> KDE tools all use GMT/UTC so that I have an offset of 2 hours.
> Does anybody know how to correct this?
> b) What is more serious and where I really need your expertise:
> When modifying the appearance of the KDE-GUI within the control center
> (window decorations, background, ...) I regularly reach the point in
> time where kwin misbehaves. All windows are placed at the top border
> of the screen. You can move them left/right and enlarge them, but you
> can't move them away from the upper screen border. After that, this
> behavior is 'stable', i.e. logging out and in leads to the same
> style of window positioning.
> I was unable to identify/isolate where this misbehavior comes from.
> Has anybody else already reported this behavior? I'm also not sure
> whether this stems from KDE/kwin or from my qt build. I had some
> trouble building qt-3.3.4 with the gccfss compiler, maybe this is the
> reason. I tried several other ways to build qt but finally wasn't
> successful.
>
> Kind regards from Germany
>
> Heiko Falk
>
> _______________________________________________________________________
>
> Dr. Heiko Falk
>
> University of Dortmund
> Department of Computer Science 12 (Embedded Systems Group)
> Otto-Hahn-Strasse 16, Room E-19
>
> 44221 Dortmund
> Germany
>
>
> Phone: +49 231 755 6124
> Fax: +49 231 755 6116
> Mail: Heiko.Falk@udo.edu
> WWW: http://ls12-www.cs.uni-dortmund.de/~falk
> _______________________________________________________________________
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Hi,<br><br>Great work!!<br><br>Now where might we download this version from for \
general use?<br><br>Thanks,<br><br>Stephen<br><br>--<br><br><div><span \
class="gmail_quote">On 7/6/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">Heiko Falk</b> <<a \
href="mailto:Heiko.Falk@udo.edu">Heiko.Falk@udo.edu</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote \
class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt \
0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Dear all,<br> <br><br>I'm happy to announce that I was \
finally able to create a build of KDE 3.5.3<br>for Sparc Solaris 10. In contrast to \
the painful work done by Stefan Teleman,<br>I didn't use the SunStudio compiler. \
Instead, I used a really cool GCC 4 <br>derivate, see<br><br><a \
href="http://cooltools.sunsource.net/gcc/index.html">http://cooltools.sunsource.net/gcc/index.html</a><br><br>This \
gccfss compiler consists of a standard GCC 4.0.2 parser, frontend and<br>optimizer. \
However, it is coupled to the backend, optimizer and code <br>generator of SunStudio \
so that highly optimized Sparc code is generated. This<br>compiler has the advantage \
that only very few KDE source codes need to be<br>patched in order to build the \
entire KDE - totally, I needed to path 44 <br>files. Additionally, the resulting code \
quality is extremely high.<br><br>In addition, I tried to use as many standard \
libraries delivered with Solaris<br>10 as possible. This includes e.g. zlib, bz, gtk, \
usb, fontconfig and lots <br>more. I believe that this is better than re-building \
really all the libraries<br>from scratch since hopefully, the Sun people took care \
and did some testing<br>concerning the stuff delivered with Solaris 10...<br><br> The \
resulting KDE 3.5.3 is relatively nice. The individual KDE tools are<br>pretty robust \
and work fine. However, there are some things I'd like to ask<br>you since they're \
are annoying:<br><br>a) The time displayed by e.g
. kicker's clock or korganizer etc. doesn't<br> treat my timezone \
correctly. My box is configured for MEST, but the<br> KDE tools all use \
GMT/UTC so that I have an offset of 2 hours.<br> Does anybody know how to \
correct this? <br>b) What is more serious and where I really need your \
expertise:<br> When modifying the appearance of the KDE-GUI within the \
control center<br> (window decorations, background, ...) I regularly \
reach the point in<br> time where kwin misbehaves. All windows are \
placed at the top border<br> of the screen. You can move them left/right \
and enlarge them, but you<br> can't move them away from the upper screen \
border. After that, this <br> behavior is 'stable', i.e. logging out and \
in leads to the same<br> style of window positioning.<br> I \
was unable to identify/isolate where this misbehavior comes from.<br> Has \
anybody else already reported this behavior? I'm also not sure <br> \
whether this stems from KDE/kwin or from my qt build. I had some<br> \
trouble building qt-3.3.4 with the gccfss compiler, maybe this is the<br> \
reason. I tried several other ways to build qt but finally wasn't<br> \
successful.<br><br>Kind regards from Germany<br><br> Heiko \
Falk<br><br>_______________________________________________________________________<br><br>Dr. \
Heiko Falk<br><br>University of Dortmund<br>Department of Computer Science 12 \
(Embedded Systems Group) <br>Otto-Hahn-Strasse 16, Room E-19<br><br>44221 \
Dortmund<br>Germany<br><br><br>Phone: +49 231 755 \
6124<br>Fax: +49 231 755 6116<br>Mail: <a \
href="mailto:Heiko.Falk@udo.edu">Heiko.Falk@udo.edu</a><br>WWW: <a \
href="http://ls12-www.cs.uni-dortmund.de/~falk"> \
http://ls12-www.cs.uni-dortmund.de/~falk</a><br>______________________________________ \
_________________________________<br>___________________________________________________<br>This \
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href="http://www.kde.org/faq.html">http://www.kde.org/faq.html</a>.<br></blockquote></div><br>
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