A couple of annoyances I’ve found in 11.2 which I want to check are not just particular to my installs.
In the KDE systemsettings gui, if you change the windows style, it doesn’t seem to change the style of the YAST windows. E.G change the window style from Oxygen to Polyester and in YAST the windows style remains Oxygen. This didn’t happen in 11.1. Making the change from the cli works as expected.
In YAST when searching for apps to install from the web, the search button does not take the focus when typing in the search box. So hitting the enter key causes YAST to start the install rather than search for the app. You have to click the search button. Very annoying when you’re searching for multiple apps.
Is everyone else seeing this? If so I’ll open a couple of bug reports.
It works for me, using Aurorae decoration theme engine with Radial (thin borders) with out any issues. It does change the windows border for all the applications.
And it also works here. Search button does have focus while typing in the box. Enter button works fine with the search button while you are in the search box, not going to start installation showing the list for the keyword searched.
I think, its your system specific problems, not wide open for all(think so). At least it works for me.
On 1.: The window dec’s are fine. A lot of things can be forced by setting them for “root”. This can be achieved by running
su - (don’t forget the “-” sign)
systemsettings
Now you can set the settings for root. I use this to change the colorscheme for root, as an extra precaution to be aware that programs run with root privileges.
On 2.: You’re right. Maybe this only happens on 64bit systems. I hardly ever use webpin this way, but I know it’s been like that all the time.
On 1.: The window dec’s are fine. A lot of things can be forced by setting them for “root”. This can be achieved by running
su - (don’t forget the “-” sign)
systemsettings
Yes that is how I change them at the moment. It’s strange why this is happening as it doesn’t happen in 11.1. I just installed 11.2 on a VM and it doesn’t work properly on the VM either so I can’t see how this can only be my set up. The window decs change but the styles don’t, i.e. the scroll bars and arrows remain in oxygen style in the YAST windows when trying to change them to something else.
I’ve also tried this on my KDE 4.4 beta in a VM and same thing.
On 2.: You’re right. Maybe this only happens on 64bit systems. I hardly ever use webpin this way, but I know it’s been like that all the time.
OK thanks for confirming, I’ll see if there is a bug open on this and open one if not.
On 2.: You’re right. Maybe this only happens on 64bit systems. I hardly ever use webpin this way, but I know it’s been like that all the time.
OK thanks for confirming, I’ll see if there is a bug open on this and open one if not.
I can confirm that this annoyance is on 32 bit as well.
OK, an update regarding No. 2. There is already a bug filed and a fix has been released. It’s available from this repo. Just install the Yast web-pin package from that repo and problem solved.
That’s because your ordinary user account uses different settings than the root account. To fix this:
right-click on the desktop, select “Run Command”, enter:
kdesu systemsettings
and enter root password. Then, select the style you want.
Hint 1: you can also select a different colour scheme for the root account, so you have an instant overview which apps are running as root.
Hint 2: kdesu can be used for any apps that need root access. For e.g. you can use kdesu kwrite /etc/fstab to quickly change the partition mounting options, or kdesu dolphin to manage files in directories that need root access.
Not true for me (11.2 x64). If I enter something to search for and hit return, it does a search as it should.
Thanks for the explanation Tokugawa. I have in fact now “seen the light” and set up the windows that run under root privileges to display a different colour scheme. I didn’t work like that for me in 11.1 which is why I saw this as an annoyance. Old habits die hard I guess.
As for No.2 are you doing the search for packages on the web? On my 11.2 x64 the search button doesn’t have the focus. Installing the patch I posted earlier does fix it though.
