chris z Posted July 22, 2003 Report Share Posted July 22, 2003 (sorry if this has been covered before....i tried searching, but came up with over 1000 results......if it has, please direct me to the relevant post) has anybody downloaded the lastest version of KDE (v. 3.1.2)? if so, is it pretty stable? much improvement over the previous version? pro vs. cons for upgrading? are there, or will there be, any MDK rpm's in the near future for KDE 3.1.2? and, most importantly, does the install keep your previous KDE desktop settings, or does it wipe those settings out so that you have to start from scratch? just wondrin' before i start on an adventure that i may regret, because my current setup of KDE is pretty much tweaked to my satisfaction & running trouble free. TIA, Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liquidzoo Posted July 22, 2003 Report Share Posted July 22, 2003 I can answer a couple of those questions. I have upgraded to 3.1.2 on both my laptop and my desktop. I like it. I don't notice any major improvements over 3.1, but it is very nice. There are MDK rpms available from texstar. All I had to do (after re-adding texstar as a urpmi source) to upgrade to 3.1.2 was type one command urpmi kdebase-3.1.2 and it downloaded and upgraded everything for me. Very easy. AFAIK the upgrade keeps all of your desktop settings. I, too, tweaked my desktop to my liking before upgrading and I didn't have to change anything after the upgrade. Hope this helps you out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest maddin Posted July 22, 2003 Report Share Posted July 22, 2003 I also installed the Texstar 3.1.2 rpm's, and everything worked fine afterwards, all settings were still the same. It should work for you, too. And about stability: since its 3.1.2, it should be definitly more stable than 3.1. AFAIK Mandrake won't release any 3.1.2 rpm's since they only want to deliver fixes for the KDE release included in the distro. The next "new" KDE will therefore be delivered with 9.2. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris z Posted July 22, 2003 Author Report Share Posted July 22, 2003 i keep hearing about "texstar" & his (their?) rpm's. what/who is "texstar"? is there a website for texstar, or are you talking about the pclinuxonline site? if that's the case, there are dozens of KDE related rpm's for MDK, but i don't see any specifically for KDE 3.1.2 desktop OS. could ya kick me in the a$$ & point me to which rpm's i need to get, please? thanks, Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MottS Posted July 22, 2003 Report Share Posted July 22, 2003 Textar is a user on pclinuxonline.com and here. He's making RPMs for SuSe and MDK users. You can find them at the following site: http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distribut...ontrib/texstar/ or go at the following site and follow the steps to add one of the mirrors to your urpmi database. http://plf.zarb.org/~nanardon/urpmiweb.php btw, all those are for kde 3.1.2 kdeaddons-3.1.2-1tex..> 27-May-2003 01:08 1.1M kdeaddons-atlantik-3..> 27-May-2003 01:08 66k kdeadmin-3.1.2-1tex...> 27-May-2003 01:09 1.0M kdeadmin-kpackage-3...> 27-May-2003 01:09 176k kdeartwork-3.1.2-8te..> 12-Jun-2003 00:56 9.9M kdeartwork-kde-class..> 12-Jun-2003 00:57 2.7M kdebase-3.1.2-9.4tex..> 30-Jun-2003 14:44 18.1M kdebase-devel-3.1.2-..> 13-Jul-2003 00:24 52k kdebase-kdm-3.1.2-9...> 12-Jul-2003 23:46 165k kdebase-nsplugins-3...> 30-Jun-2003 14:44 93k kdebase-servicemenu-..> 12-Jul-2003 23:46 4k kdeedu-3.1.2-1tex.i5..> 27-May-2003 01:26 14.8M kdegames-3.1.2-2tex...> 27-May-2003 01:30 8.9M kdegames-devel-3.1.2..> 27-May-2003 01:30 91k kdegraphics-3.1.2-3t..> 02-Jun-2003 19:17 4.9M kdegraphics-devel-3...> 02-Jun-2003 19:18 18k kdelibs-3.1.2-9.3tex..> 30-Jun-2003 14:46 6.4M kdelibs-common-3.1.2..> 30-Jun-2003 14:48 5.2M kdelibs-devel-3.1.2-..> 30-Jun-2003 14:49 866k kdemoreartwork-SuSE-..> 26-May-2003 20:30 33k kdemoreartwork-freec..> 26-May-2003 20:32 4.8M kdemoreartwork-liqui..> 26-May-2003 20:32 114k kdemoreartwork-mkult..> 26-May-2003 20:32 38k kdemoreartwork-qinx-..> 26-May-2003 20:32 59k kdemoreartwork-sound..> 26-May-2003 20:33 2.9M kdemultimedia-3.1.2-..> 20-Jul-2003 12:48 6.7M kdemultimedia-devel-..> 20-Jul-2003 12:48 204k kdenetwork-3.1.2-9.4..> 21-Jul-2003 00:48 4.8M kdenetwork-devel-3.1..> 21-Jul-2003 00:48 109k kdenetwork-kppp-3.1...> 21-Jul-2003 00:49 609k kdepim-3.1.2-2tex.i5..> 06-Jul-2003 15:54 2.9M kdepim-devel-3.1.2-2..> 06-Jul-2003 15:54 28k kderadio-0.3.0-1tex...> 26-May-2003 20:33 58k kdesdk-3.1.2-1tex.i5..> 27-May-2003 01:43 2.5M kdesdk-devel-3.1.2-1..> 27-May-2003 01:43 18k kdetoys-3.1.2-1tex.i..> 27-May-2003 01:44 1.6M kdetoys-devel-3.1.2-..> 27-May-2003 01:44 2k kdeutils-3.1.2-2tex...> 13-Jun-2003 14:10 1.7M kdeutils-devel-3.1.2..> 13-Jun-2003 14:10 16k But you really only need kdebase to have kde 3.1.2 installed on your system. The remainings are addons. MOttS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlc Posted July 22, 2003 Report Share Posted July 22, 2003 I think he stopped making them for SuSE. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shen Posted July 22, 2003 Report Share Posted July 22, 2003 Tex only makes mdk rmp's now days as far as I can tell...I havne't seen any new suse rpm's since last year and no rh rpm's either... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fuzzylizard Posted July 22, 2003 Report Share Posted July 22, 2003 Can you do a straight upgrade from 3.1 to 3.1.2 or do you need to install 3.1.1 first? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shen Posted July 22, 2003 Report Share Posted July 22, 2003 Once you setup your urpmi with texstars repository you can do a straight upgrade to kde 3.1.2 using urpmi. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fuzzylizard Posted July 22, 2003 Report Share Posted July 22, 2003 yeah, I got texstar and urpmi all set up properly on my system, just wanted to double check that I could do the straight upgrade. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris z Posted July 22, 2003 Author Report Share Posted July 22, 2003 how does one go about setting up texstar's repository to install/download the rpm's? can it be done through MCC update/install packages, or does it have to be done via command line from terminal? (i'm at work & not on a MDK machine, so i'll have to play with this tonight) Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shen Posted July 22, 2003 Report Share Posted July 22, 2003 http://plf.zarb.org/~nanardon/urpmiweb.php That site will help you setup your urpmi. Then you can use the mcc to add software and you can type "tex" into the search window and it will bring up most all of texstats rpm's.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris z Posted July 22, 2003 Author Report Share Posted July 22, 2003 i updated the sources..........installed the Textstar KDE 3.1.2base rpm & all dependencies............rebooted...........all seems fine, BUT i have no cdrom, burner, or floppy icons on my desktop!!! saw a thread about the same problem, but there was no solution.....followed Textstars instructions to restore them, but it doesn't work. /etc/fstab hasn't been altered, i checked. (set for supermount.....still is.....all paths are correct.) can anybody offer any suggestions on how to get my drives back & operable? i'll keep plugging along in the mean time. TIA, Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shen Posted July 23, 2003 Report Share Posted July 23, 2003 Yes that is an issue that is easily resolvable until texstar adds that support back into the base rpm..Which according to his forum is next on his list..:) Anyways there is an easy fix until he does.. right click desktop click on Create New ---> Link to Location(url) ---> then in the file name space Type the name such as DVD Rom then on the space for Enter link to location type /mtn/cdrom where cdrom is the mount point for your cdrom. If you have a second cdrom like a cd burner it most likely will be at /mnt/cdrom2. Floppy would be /mnt/floppy. Then you can mount any others you wish using the same general idea. You can check that via Konqueror by browsing to the /mnt folder. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shen Posted July 23, 2003 Report Share Posted July 23, 2003 Here's where texstar actually explains it.. http://www.pclinuxonline.com/modules.php?m...ic=1542&forum=7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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