Date: Fri, 09 Jan 2009 11:33:10 +0000 From: Phil Oleson <oz@nixil.net> To: kde-freebsd@kde.org Cc: ports@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: [CFT] KDE 4.2 BETA 2 testers wanted Message-ID: <496735F6.1090500@nixil.net>
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So I installed 4.1.85 from area51 last Sunday from the instructions listed there. Here is my general feedback from the process. I had installed a new Current amd64 image and had installed kde4 from ports initially.. but I decided on my own to try out the beta. I started with doing a pkg_delete /var/db/pkg/kde* and a couple other items, as I had issues with portupgrade with the unionfs overlay. So I started building from the www/kde4 metaport and dealing with any issues I ran into. Mostly I had issues with old patches on the lower layer of the unionfs negatively impacting the builds. No I didn't keep track of them at the time. Sorry. I did run into a linking issue with the build of...errr kdebase, kdebase-runtime, or kdebase-workspace.. I cant remember now.. but the issue was with hspell. I had to rebuild it with this patch: --- Makefile.orig 2009-01-04 05:20:09.000000000 +0000 +++ Makefile 2009-01-04 05:20:01.000000000 +0000 @@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ USE_PERL5_BUILD= yes USE_GMAKE= yes GNU_CONFIGURE= yes +CFLAGS+= -fPIC MAN1= hspell.1 MAN3= hspell.3 ------------- Build got past the issue after that. I got everything to build and install. Started up fine.. Screen blanks up when plasma or something starts.. but only for a sec.. then continues. It took me a while to find the right xorg settings to get my Intel vid chipset to do Transparency settings with Konsole..etc.. but I figured it out. Issues I've noticed so far (This is my first run at the 4.x series of kde btw but I've used 3.x for a long time). Konsole's title/tab titles are blank.. when you double click on a termal tab it shows "%d : %n" kinda annoying.. not sure what to do to address the problem. Tried to install the "LCD Weather Station" Plasmoid.. (use kweather on 3.x) and it has issues.. doesnt' allow you to set a 'data source' and the location search fails.. oh.. yeah.. mplayer dialogs sometimes have issues going fullscreen when started from dolphin. as does dragon.. I hit fullscreen and not much happens.. though the top toolbar will collaps.. though if I sorta push the title bar up it goes fullscreen. err this is with dolphin. Sorry if this is a bit of a rambling summary, Lack of sleep though I wanted to get this emailed before I forgot about it. okay that's enough for now. -Phil. I have yet to notice/find any other issues, but as I stated above, I'm new to most of the new features of kde4.
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