OpenSUSE 11.0, KDE4.x .. I give up!

[cjcox]

On Tue, 2009-07-14 at 02:16 +0000, rphughes wrote:
> I upgraded from 10.3 to 11.0 about a year ago. Since everything is very

11.0 -> KDE 3.5

That works. Nothing else does (out of the box).

> stable I though I would refresh the UI an load KDE 4.x Tried KDE 4.2
> first but couldn't get the NetworkManager to work along with a few other
> odds and ends. Then I downgraded to 4.1.3 which should be more stable.

No. 4.1.3 is NOT more stable than 4.2.x (in particular 4.2.4).
However, 4.2.4 is still woefully incomplete. 4.3 is out there, it might
work better eventually.

> NetworkManager works, but klauncher throws an error when I log in
> complaining about kio_desktop; Kdesu does not work; lots of the
> configuration items don't work either, claiming tha kcm_* modules are
> missing (kcm_notify for instance).
>
> This is terribly frustrating. I love a challenge, but this is insane!

openSUSE 11.0 + KDE 3.5 = happy.

openSUSE 11.0 + KDE 4.0beta = misery.

openSUSE 11.0 + KDE 4.1.x = misery.

openSUSE 11.0 + KDE 4.2.4 = good luck with that...

openSUSE 11.1 + KDE 3.5 = happy.

openSUSE 11.1 + KDE 4.2.4 (after the fact) = not as happy, but liveable