KDE 4.1.86 is just a fail

[Strahlex]

Today I've updated my KDE from 4.1.85 to 4.1.86 and the only thing I can say is fail!
This release is the baddest KDE beta release I've ever seen, almost nothing works. Sound won't work, login won't work, logout won't work, shutdown won't, the panel color is false, ...

Same symptoms on 2 computers, 32 and 64bit. Please reply if you have the same problems!

Strahlex wrote:

>
> Today I've updated my KDE from 4.1.85 to 4.1.86 and the only thing I
> can say is fail!
> This release is the baddest KDE beta release I've ever seen, almost
> nothing works. Sound won't work, login won't work, logout won't work,
> shutdown won't, the panel color is false, ...
>
> Same symptoms on 2 computers, 32 and 64bit. Please reply if you have
> the same problems!
>
>
for me it all works, every upgrade in the kde4 series has just been
better than the previous - you might try cleaning out your kde4 cache
and temp directories.
--
Suse 11.0 x64, Kde 4.2beta (unstable repo), Opera 9.x weekly

[zak89]

Had very similar problems (bad buttons, lots of menus and such not working, no sound, etc) yesterday when I activated the KDE unstable repo. Did an update this morning and almost all the problems are gone. I would venture a guess the KDE team was busy shuffling things around. Try an update, its looking much better now.

Beautiful KDE4 by the way. I am running both KDE 3.5 and the "trunk" (or as close as I can get without compiling it myself, thanks to our awesome KDE team! ) version of KDE 4.2 beta. It's absolutely awesome! Man, now Aqua on OS X looks so "00"y

Oops. Y2K bug.

[caf4926]

Often the way forward in the situations mentioned, is to start a new .kde4 folder

4.2 beta is brilliant for me, has been for weeks now.

[Havoc65]

Originally Posted by caf4926

Often the way forward in the situations mentioned, is to start a new .kde4 folder

4.2 beta is brilliant for me, has been for weeks now.

X2
same here 4.2 beta works beautifully

[quickshade]

Not sure if it was the same problem but I do know there were some issues when this snapshot was built from SVN that weren't known until someone tested the snapshot. So the packages should have been rebuilt and updated.

[Strahlex]

Now I've updated my whole KDE again and nothing changed. I've also deleted almost all my configurations files and cleared the tmp folder, but nothing changed.
It seems like there is a problem with the permissions, when I'm logged in as root, the sound works. There are also problems with USB devices (dolphin shows something with hal).
When I start the system, the auto-login won't work, it only boots to the terminal, there is something with nfs was skipped?

[caf4926]

You are confusing yourself I think. And WHY would you be logging in as root?

Try creating a NEW user (you can easily delete it later). See if the issue clears up.

[Strahlex]

I logged in as root to delete the config folders and to clean up the tmp dir.

Same problems with the new user, the audio switches to pulse audio (???), but I have a Intel card.

[geoffro]

Not a good idea to log on as root you can really mess things up
You can disable pulse in yast > hardware > sound > other
If it's a permissions issue add yourself to the audio group

/Geoff

Originally Posted by Strahlex

I logged in as root to delete the config folders and to clean up the tmp dir.

Same problems with the new user, the audio switches to pulse audio (???), but I have a Intel card.