August 2012 - kde - Fedora mailing-lists

nntp (aka, usenet) client in kde?
by Gene Smith 07 Feb '20

07 Feb '20

I currently use t-bird with an nntp account pointing to gmane to read this list and sereral others. Does kde have an nntp client program of any sort? I don't see it as a possible new account type in kmail. Also, search with kpackagekit yields nothing with "usenet" or "nntp" that is kde specific. -gene

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SRPMS?
by Gilboa Davara 02 Sep '12

02 Sep '12

Hello, Were can I find the SRPMs kde-workspace-4.9.0-4.fc17.x86_64? I need to test a bug fix to kwin, will it build (patched) on my local mock or does it require special mock configuration? - Gilboa

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Instant messaging application for KDE 4.9
by Sonic 29 Aug '12

29 Aug '12

Hi.. I'm running KDE 4.9 from kde-unstable on Fedora 17. Today, I was searching in the menus for Kopete and found that it is not installed. At first I thought it might've been replaced by some other Telepathy client app. But I couldn't find any in yum list. Is Kopete still the preferred instant messaging app for KDE? regards, Syam

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Qwt 6
by Syam Krishnan 27 Aug '12

27 Aug '12

Hi.. This is not directly related to KDE. But any idea why Qwt v6 is not yet adopted for Fedora? We're using Qwt 5.2 on RHEL 5, but some of our developers reported having better results with Qwt 6. regards, Syam

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show hidden icons not working?
by Neal Becker 27 Aug '12

27 Aug '12

Click on the little up triangle (show hidden icons) displays a list of several (e.g., battery monitor). But neither left nor right click on the element of the list seems to do anything. I expected it to open the respective app, as it would have done if the icon was not hidden.

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yum update conflict
by Allen Winter 23 Aug '12

23 Aug '12

Howdy, Running yum update today I get: Error: Package: kmymoney-4.6.2-1.fc17.1.x86_64 (@fedora) Requires: libkdchart.so.9()(64bit) Removing: calligra-kdchart-2.4.3-1.fc17.x86_64 (@updates) libkdchart.so.9()(64bit) Updated By: calligra-kdchart-2.5.0-2.fc17.x86_64 (updates) Not found Available: calligra-kdchart-2.4.1-3.fc17.x86_64 (fedora) libkdchart.so.9()(64bit)

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Request for review - new desktop groups
by Bill Nottingham 19 Aug '12

19 Aug '12

As part of https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/ReworkPackageGroups, I've been working on redoing some of the groups that make up installation choices in anaconda. The idea is to offer a simpler interface, where the user simply selects which environment they want to run in, plus options for that environment. Based on what's in the kickstart file for the KDE spin, here's what I have for KDE: KDE contains: kde-runtime kde-workspace kdelibs apper ark bluedevil cagibi cups-pk-helper gwenview kamera kamoso kcalc kcharselect kcm-gtk kcm_touchpad kcolorchooser kde-baseapps kde-plasma-networkmanagement kde-plasma-networkmanagement-openconnect kde-plasma-networkmanagement-openvpn kde-plasma-networkmanagement-pptp kde-plasma-networkmanagement-vpnc kde-printer-applet kde-settings-pulseaudio kdeaccessibility kdegames-minimal kdegraphics-strigi-analyzer kdegraphics-thumbnailers kdenetwork-kdnssd kdenetwork-kget kdeplasma-addons kdm kgpg kipi-plugins kolourpaint konsole kruler krusader ksnapshot ksshaskpass ksysguard ktorrent ktp-accounts-kcm ktp-approver ktp-auth-handler ktp-contact-applet ktp-contact-list ktp-filetransfer-handler ktp-kded-integration-module ktp-presence-applet ktp-send-file ktp-text-ui kwallet kwebkitpart kwrite okular oxygen-gtk phonon-backend-gstreamer plasma-scriptengine-python system-config-date system-config-printer-kde system-config-services xsettings-kde xterm and has the following 'options' available: kde-apps kdeartwork-screensavers kdegames digikam kdenetwork-krdc kdenetwork-krfb kdepim konversation twinkle krusader kde-education blinken kalzium kanagram kgeography khangman kiten klettres ktouch kturtle kwordquiz parley step marble kstars kalgebra kbruch kig kmplot rocs cantor kde-media amarok kmix dragon k3b kscd kde-office scribus calligra-karbon calligra-krita calligra calligra-braindump calligra-flow calligra-kexi calligra-plan calligra-sheets calligra-stage calligra-words I welcome any and all sanity-checking/fixing of this, and ideas for additions/removals. You can open the current F18/F19 comps files and see the data that makes this up - the 'kde-desktop' environment defines what groups go into KDE, and which are shown as options, and the groups referenced there define what packages make them up. Ideally, once this is firmed up, we can even switch the kickstart in spins-kickstart to refer to these groups, and retire the old ones. This way selecting KDE in anaconda for DVD/network installations would provide the same experience as the Live image where possible. Thanks, Bill

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Package Maintenance
by Eli Wapniarski 19 Aug '12

19 Aug '12

Hi Rex I was trying to update kde-plasma-translatoid to a newer version. The newer version is mentioned in the discussion over at: http://kde-look.org/content/show.php/translatoid?content=97511 It does not seem to be maintained by the original developer. Anyway, I noticed that I was removed from the package db over at admin.fedoraproject.org which is OK since I have not been paying much attention to this over the last little while. But I thought I would inform you of the newer version. Thanks Eli -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Qwt 6
by Sonic 15 Aug '12

15 Aug '12

Hi.. This is not directly related to KDE. But any idea why Qwt v6 is not yet adopted for Fedora? We're using Qwt 5.2 on RHEL 5, but some of our developers reported having better results with Qwt 6. regards, Syam

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Curious why vsync on, severely hinders performance?
by Victor B. Gonzalez 13 Aug '12

13 Aug '12

Hello, I got the Nvidia binary 304.32 on KDE 4.9.00 on Fedora 17. KDE desktop effects run pretty flawless at 100+ FPS no matter what I do **but** the second I enable vsync on in desktop effect settings, FPS can drop to a choppy 30FPS. Why does this happen? Not a solid 30 FPS but a choppy 30 FPS. With vsync off, no matter what I do the FPS is at or above 100 FPS **but** if I just enable vsync, performance drops to a near 30 during some effects and it's very noticeable. I somewhat can't believe it :( Why could this be happening? -- Best Regards Victor B. Gonzalez

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Middle mouse button functionality
by Emmett Culley 12 Aug '12

12 Aug '12

I am mostly a programmer, so having the middle button on the mouse paste from the clipboard is a pain and sometime disastrous. How can I turn that functionality off and make it stay off? I can turn it off using xinput to turn off the middle button, but all methods I've tired to make it stick, including writing a script to be called upon KDE start up, either don't work, or work sporatically and I find out when code would compile or run because some (seemingly) random string or characters got pasted into the code. There is nothing in system-settings - input-devices - mouse. Yet there MUST be a way to define mouse actions so that pressing the middle mouse button does not paste in to my workspace. Can someone pleas shed some light on how to modify middle mouse button functionality? Emmett

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SELinux is preventing /usr/bin/systemd-tmpfiles from getattr access on the directory /var/tmp/kdecache-root.
by hejian19870919＠163.com 12 Aug '12

12 Aug '12

SELinux is preventing /usr/bin/systemd-tmpfiles from getattr access on the directory /var/tmp/kdecache-root. ***** Plugin catchall_labels (83.8 confidence) suggests ******************** If you want to allow systemd-tmpfiles to have getattr access on the kdecache-root directory Then you need to change the label on /var/tmp/kdecache-root Do # semanage fcontext -a -t FILE_TYPE '/var/tmp/kdecache-root' where FILE_TYPE is one of the following: security_t, rpm_var_cache_t, faillog_t, systemd_tmpfiles_t, var_spool_t, httpd_cache_t, proc_net_t, var_log_t, var_lib_t, var_run_t, textrel_shlib_t, user_home_type, init_var_run_t, rpm_script_tmp_t, rpm_var_lib_t, file_type, winbind_var_run_t, security_t, httpd_sys_rw_content_t, file_context_t, etc_t, cert_t, default_t, home_root_t, rpm_log_t, var_t, var_log_t, var_run_t, sssd_public_t, abrt_var_run_t, selinux_config_t, likewise_var_lib_t, user_home_dir_t, default_context_t, sysctl_crypto_t, filesystem_type, device_t, locale_t, var_auth_t, var_lock_t, krb5_conf_t, etc_t, file_t, proc_t, man_t, sysfs_t, tmpfs_t, root_t, tmp_t, config_home_t, usr_t, var_t, cpu_online_t, lockfile, setrans_var_run_t, pidfile, tmpfile, var_lib_t, var_run_t, device_t, samba_var_t, sysctl_t, etc_t, abrt_t, bin_t, samba_etc_t, proc_t, avahi_var_run_t, lib_t, mnt_t, sysfs_t, nscd_var_run_t, nslcd_var_run_t, root_t, smbd_var_run_t, sssd_var_lib_t, tmp_t, usr_t, var_t, lost_found_t, net_conf_t, sandbox_file_t, cpu_online_t, krb5_host_rcache_t, var_t, var_t, var_run_t, var_run_t, nscd_var_run_t, pcscd_var_run_t. Then execute: restorecon -v '/var/tmp/kdecache-root' ***** Plugin catchall (17.1 confidence) suggests *************************** If you believe that systemd-tmpfiles should be allowed getattr access on the kdecache-root directory by default. Then you should report this as a bug. You can generate a local policy module to allow this access. Do allow this access for now by executing: # grep systemd-tmpfile /var/log/audit/audit.log | audit2allow -M mypol # semodule -i mypol.pp Additional Information: Source Context system_u:system_r:systemd_tmpfiles_t:s0 Target Context system_u:object_r:unlabeled_t:s0 Target Objects /var/tmp/kdecache-root [ dir ] Source systemd-tmpfile Source Path /usr/bin/systemd-tmpfiles Port <Unknown> Host yuxict Source RPM Packages systemd-44-17.fc17.i686 Target RPM Packages Policy RPM selinux-policy-3.10.0-134.fc17.noarch Selinux Enabled True Policy Type targeted Enforcing Mode Enforcing Host Name yuxict Platform Linux yuxict 3.4.4-3.fc17.i686 #1 SMP Tue Jun 26 21:32:03 UTC 2012 i686 i686 Alert Count 3 First Seen Wed 04 Jul 2012 04:28:34 PM CST Last Seen Wed 04 Jul 2012 04:28:35 PM CST Local ID 70ac4e23-d403-4920-b306-692db38f4d6e Raw Audit Messages type=AVC msg=audit(1341390515.119:58): avc: denied { getattr } for pid=1217 comm="systemd-tmpfile" path="/var/tmp/kdecache- root" dev="dm-1" ino=262165 scontext=system_u:system_r:systemd_tmpfiles_t:s0 tcontext=system_u:object_r:unlabeled_t:s0 tclass=dir type=SYSCALL msg=audit(1341390515.119:58): arch=i386 syscall=fstatat64 success=no exit=EACCES a0=4 a1=9fef1bb a2=bfde6c40 a3=100 items=0 ppid=1 pid=1217 auid=4294967295 uid=0 gid=0 euid=0 suid=0 fsuid=0 egid=0 sgid=0 fsgid=0 tty=(none) ses=4294967295 comm=systemd-tmpfile exe=/usr/bin/systemd-tmpfiles subj=system_u:system_r:systemd_tmpfiles_t:s0 key=(null) Hash: systemd-tmpfile,systemd_tmpfiles_t,unlabeled_t,dir,getattr audit2allowunable to open /sys/fs/selinux/policy: Permission denied audit2allow -Runable to open /sys/fs/selinux/policy: Permission denied

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Kde Startup delays for 10 - 20 seconds with nepomuk enabled
by Martin (KDE) 08 Aug '12

08 Aug '12

Hallo If I enable nepomuk I have up to 20 seconds delay after the splash sceen vanishes. The Desktop shows up as normal and I plasma reacts almost normal but no action takes place. The startup sound sequence is delayed for the same time. All mouse actions are cached, so after about 20 seconds the startup sound plays and the actions are executed (konsole starts, firefox/thunderbird start ...). If I disable nepomuk the I can use the desktop as soon as the desktop is shown. Anyone seeing this as well? Any hints or solutions? Regards Martin

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Assist with packaging for onscreen keyboard
by Kyle 06 Aug '12

06 Aug '12

Hello, Would anyone be interested in helping get the onscreen keyboard project packaged/integrated into KDE/Fedora? See: https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=265452 The dev could use some help. Thanks, Kyle -- *"I have no special talent. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein*

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Strange lockup
by Emmett Culley 04 Aug '12

04 Aug '12

A week or so ago I ask about this on the Fedora list, but no one there seems to have seen what I am seeing. I have no idea where else to ask. --------------- Sometime after the first or second update to Fedora 17 I started noticing that Firefox, Thunderbird, Chrome and Gkrellm would stop updating their screens and be unresponsive. It starts off slowly, in that first I notice one of the above apps doesn't paint immediately after switching to the desktop where that app is running. Then as time goes by it takes longer and longer for those app's to paint. Note that even after they get painted they aren't immediately interactive either. If I switch to a virtual terminal and run top, I see that each of these apps are at 100%, plus I notice that if I look at the virtual terminal as soon as I switch desktops to a non responsive app I see the abrt-applet is also at 100%. Except for abrt-applet, once I see one of these apps hit 100%, they never decrease until I kill them. If I kill one of the apps and restart it, that app works again for a while. My system is running KDE and is fully updated via the default repositories. Since I first asked about this on the Fedora list, I uninstalled the abrt-applet RPM, so I don't see it in top anymore, but the other apps are still doing the same thing. One thing I noticed is that if I am not switching between desktops a lot this problem doesn't seem to happen. For example, if I leave my workstation of a couple of hours, when I get back all is well. Is anybody else seeing this? Any ideas? Emmett

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KRecipes needs a new maintainer
by Kevin Kofler 04 Aug '12

04 Aug '12

Hi, is anybody here interested in KRecipes? The krecipes Fedora package has been orphaned by its previous maintainer, Dennis Gilmore, who hadn't used it for years. The package in Fedora is still the old kdelibs3 version, but there's a KDE Platform 4 port from upstream now (now in beta, but the KDE 3 version we have is also a beta). We ship 1.0 beta 2 (and there were no newer kdelibs3 versions, it never reached final), there have been 6 2.0 alphas, and the current release is now 2.0 beta 2 (and there seems to be recent upstream activity now, they moved the SCM to git and did some commits to it in the last few days). Please note that parts of the specfile will need to be rewritten for the new kdelibs4-based version. Kevin Kofler

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Weird Konsole font issue
by Jayson Rowe 03 Aug '12

03 Aug '12

Good Evening everyone, I have a strange issue with my Monospace font, that only seems to show up in Konsole. I first discovered this over the weekend (Sunday I believe), and I thought I had it fixed. When I first saw the issue, I even went so far as to create a Virtual machine, apply all the updates, add the KDE-Unstable repo, and apply the Infinality font patches I run to recreate my setup exactly, and took a screenshot [1] showing that in the VM the fonts looked fine, but on my workstation they looked 'different'. After doing that, at some point I rebooted my desktop, and I thought initially that it was fixed, but I think I had opened and closed a Konsole session before noticing, because now I see that the first time I open Konsole, my fonts are still showing differently [2], but if I close Konsole and open it right back, the issue goes away [3]. If I open multiple Konsole windows, I have to close them all and reopen before the fonts will look normal. It even seems the gui fonts displaying on the Menu bar are slight different as well. This is on my home PC. My work PC, also with Fedora 17, KDE Unstable enabled and the Infinality patches enabled doesn't have this behavior...and neither does my laptop, only this one machine. FWIW, I also go into System Settings -> Application Appearance -> Fonts and choose 'Defaults' on my machines to reset fonts sizes from the Fedora defaults to the KDE defaults since I tend to prefer smaller fonts in general, and the KDE defaults are set to slightly smaller font sizes. I'm open to any ideas or suggestions. It's not a 'big' deal since opening and closing Konsole 'fixes' it, it's more of an annoyance. [1]: http://jaysonr.fedorapeople.org/pictures/Misc_KDE/fonts_kde.png [2]: http://jaysonr.fedorapeople.org/pictures/Misc_KDE/fonts_kde1.png [3]: http://jaysonr.fedorapeople.org/pictures/Misc_KDE/fonts_kde2.png -- -jayson

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kde 4.8.5 problems
by Eli Wapniarski 03 Aug '12

03 Aug '12

Everything else came in just fine :) Eli --> Processing Dependency: kdf >= 4.8.5 for package: 6:kdeutils- minimal-4.8.5-1.fc17.noarch --> Finished Dependency Resolution Error: Package: 6:kdeutils-minimal-4.8.5-1.fc17.noarch (kde-redhat-testing) Requires: kdf >= 4.8.5 Installed: kdf-4.8.4-1.fc17.x86_64 (@kde-redhat-testing) kdf = 4.8.4-1.fc17 Available: kdf-4.8.3-1.fc17.x86_64 (fedora) kdf = 4.8.3-1.fc17 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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screen saver
by John Aldrich 03 Aug '12

03 Aug '12

How do I stop the screensaver from locking the desktop? This is for my home system and I'm the only one in the house. Obviously in a business environment, I wouldn't want to do this, but in my own house, on my own PC, I don't mind. :D I've already tried going into "systemsettings" and telling it there NOT to require a password to stop the screen saver, but that didn't work. I tried as both the admin and the local user. :( I'd like to get this done as it's annoying to walk away from my keyboard for a few minutes and have to unlock it again!

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Fedora 17 KDE hangs while playing YouTube videos
by Nikhil bhalwankar 02 Aug '12

02 Aug '12

Hi, I am facing a weired issue while playing YouTube videos on KDE session of Fedora 17. The session freezes while videos are getting played. The issue is intermittant. Can anybody please help me on this? Many Thanks, Nikhil Bhalwankar

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Re: plasmoids desktop-files in rules for package building
by Fl＠sh 02 Aug '12

02 Aug '12

I meant these rules : https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:Guidelines#Desktop_files -- Fl@sh

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A shutdown desktop icon
by Marko Vojinovic 01 Aug '12

01 Aug '12

Hi folks! :-) I need to create a "shutdown" icon/button on the desktop. The user who is supposed to use it is too clumsy/visually impaired to use the "Leave" option in the menus, while clicking on the big red shutdown button at the middle of the desktop would do the job. I have tried to create a shortcut which executes "shutdown -h now", but that doesn't work, since it requires root password. I have tried right-clicking on the shutdown option in the menu, with the aim of using the "add to desktop" feature, but that also doesn't work --- clicking on it with either left or right mouse button produces the same effect (the shutdown gets started). There is no context menu for it. I'm out of ideas. The locally logged-in user doesn't (and shouldn't) need root password to shutdown the machine, and indeed the shutdown option in the menu doesn't ask for one. How do I get that executed from a desktop icon/shortcut/whatever? Also, that desktop icon should not ask for a confirmation or a 30-second countdown, but should just start the shutdown process immediately, if possible. What would be the most proper, KDE-way to do create this? TIA, :-) Marko

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