alkeli Posted December 3, 2005 Report Share Posted December 3, 2005 (Running Mandrake 10.1 and just upgraded KDE 3.2 -> 3.4) Alright, so I fixed KDE up after upgrading and losing everything, but now when I run ksysguard, a message pops up saying "connection to localhost has been lost". And the process window is empty, so is the system monitor stuff. When I click on File, I get this Connect Host Disconnect Host Connect Host Disconnect Host Yes, there 2 of each, and they are grayed out, when I go to Edit, I get 2 grayed out options, both of them are "Worksheet properties", and in Settings I get 2 grayed out "Configure Style"'s and one "Show Toolbar". I tried doing a urpmi on ksysguard but it says no such package... Any Ideas? And part 2 although it's not a big deal, when I logoff of KDE, I can pick Logout, Shutdown or Reboot, and they all just bring me back to the login screen. And on the login screen, the HALT button does nothing, although the Reboot button works. Thanks in advance. -Al Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devries Posted December 4, 2005 Report Share Posted December 4, 2005 This probably happens because there are still KDE 3.2 rpms installed on your computer. Uninstall them. If that doesn t help uninstall kde completely and install again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianw1974 Posted December 4, 2005 Report Share Posted December 4, 2005 I found this with the KDE 3.4 rpm's, and there didn't seem to be a fix for either! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alkeli Posted December 7, 2005 Author Report Share Posted December 7, 2005 This probably happens because there are still KDE 3.2 rpms installed on your computer. Uninstall them. If that doesn t help uninstall kde completely and install again. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Ok, but how can I find out what 3.2 RPM's I have on my system? Can I do a search? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianw1974 Posted December 8, 2005 Report Share Posted December 8, 2005 Depending on how you upgraded, just doing the following at the prompt should make sure all items are up-to-date: urpmi --auto-select --auto however, as I already said, even after doing this, ksysguard will still have the issues you experience. There is no fix for it. Trust me, I've tried myself. You'd be better using Mandriva 2006 which comes with KDE 3.4 already, and ksysguard works. I don't know why, but the upgrade from KDE 3.2 or 3.3 ends up with this ksysguard problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alkeli Posted December 8, 2005 Author Report Share Posted December 8, 2005 (edited) You'd be better using Mandriva 2006 which comes with KDE 3.4 already, and ksysguard works. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Ok, so now Mandriva 2006 IS free isn't it? I can download the ISO's, but I'm wondering if when it's installed if it will want me to pay, I've heard it's no longer free.... If so, and I install it, will it just upgrade everything? Or am I better off wiping everything and re-installing? I'd rather keep the stuff and settings I have now.... Edited December 8, 2005 by alkeli Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianw1974 Posted December 8, 2005 Report Share Posted December 8, 2005 I'm using 2006 Free, and it's still free as far as I know. They have various versions. Powerpack which you have to pay for, along with other versions too. Honestly, the best method is a clean installation. If you have a separate home drive it's really easy. You can keep the home partition, and just install 2006 into the normal "/" partition, and it will leave home with your data. You will be prompted to format the "/" partition. I've done this. Works well. The only thing I find is that it does install a few things that you don't need. First, after installation, remove kat. You can do this in Remove Software, or from the console prompt with: urpme kat I also do the same for "nfs-utils-clients" and "lisa", since I don't use either of them. So: urpme nfs-utils-clients urpme lisa kat is a big resource hogger, that is a desktop search for KDE. I don't really need it. lisa is a network browser, like network neighbourhood in Windows. And nfs-utils-clients is something for nfs network shares, that, I don't use either. Then you can just add your easy urpmi sources again, and away you go! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michaelcole Posted December 9, 2005 Report Share Posted December 9, 2005 The community version is Free.. It does not pop up and tell you to pay.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alkeli Posted February 2, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 2, 2006 Installed a fresh Mandriva 2006 install, it's all good now, but I lost all my old stuff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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