Conflicts When Upgrading To KDE4.2

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After seeing the news about KDE4.2 being ready for Opensuse 11.1 I clicked the one-click install link. After clicking through the screens I got some conflicts, this is from the log file it generated:

YaST2 conflicts list - generated 2009-01-31 09:16:19

kde4-ktnef-4.1.3-3.13.i586 requires kdepimlibs4 < 4.1.60, but this requirement cannot be provided

 ] Ignore some dependencies of kde4-ktnef

 ] deinstallation of kde4-ktnef-4.1.3-3.13.i586

 ] Following actions will be done:

do not install kdepimlibs4-4.2.0-1.13.i586
do not install kde4-kdepasswd-4.2.0-67.3.i586
do not install kde4-kdialog-4.2.0-67.3.i586
do not install kde4-kmix-4.2.0-41.3.i586
do not install kde4-konqueror-4.2.0-67.3.i586
do not install kde4-keditbookmarks-4.2.0-67.3.i586
do not install kde4-kfind-4.2.0-67.3.i586
do not install kde4-konsole-4.2.0-67.3.i586
do not install kde4-kwrite-4.2.0-67.3.i586
do not install kdebase4-4.2.0-67.3.i586
do not install libkdepimlibs4-4.2.0-1.13.i586
do not install libakonadi4-4.2.0-1.13.i586
do not install kdebase4-session-4.2.0-32.1.i586

kde4-knewsticker-4.1.3-4.13.i586 requires libplasma.so.2, but this requirement cannot be provided

 ] Ignore some dependencies of kde4-knewsticker

 ] Following actions will be done:

do not install kdebase4-workspace-4.2.0-183.3.i586
do not install kde4-kdepasswd-4.2.0-67.3.i586
do not install kde4-kdialog-4.2.0-67.3.i586
do not install kde4-kmix-4.2.0-41.3.i586
do not install kde4-konqueror-4.2.0-67.3.i586
do not install kde4-keditbookmarks-4.2.0-67.3.i586
do not install kde4-kfind-4.2.0-67.3.i586
do not install kde4-konsole-4.2.0-67.3.i586
do not install kde4-kwrite-4.2.0-67.3.i586
do not install kdebase4-4.2.0-67.3.i586
do not install kdebase4-workspace-ksysguardd-4.2.0-183.3.i586
do not install libkdepimlibs4-4.2.0-1.13.i586
do not install libakonadi4-4.2.0-1.13.i586
] deinstallation of kde4-knewsticker-4.1.3-4.13.i586

kde4-kio_sysinfo-11.1-66.4.i586 requires kdebase4-runtime < 4.1.60, but this requirement cannot be provided

 ] Following actions will be done:

do not install kde4-dolphin-4.2.0-67.3.i586
do not install kde4-kdepasswd-4.2.0-67.3.i586
do not install kde4-kdialog-4.2.0-67.3.i586
do not install kde4-kmix-4.2.0-41.3.i586
do not install kde4-konqueror-4.2.0-67.3.i586
do not install kde4-keditbookmarks-4.2.0-67.3.i586
do not install kde4-kfind-4.2.0-67.3.i586
do not install kde4-konsole-4.2.0-67.3.i586
do not install kde4-kwrite-4.2.0-67.3.i586
do not install kdebase4-4.2.0-67.3.i586
do not install kdebase4-session-4.2.0-32.1.i586
] downgrade of kde4-kio_sysinfo-11.1-66.4.i586 to kde4-kio_sysinfo-11.1-2.9.i586

 ] Ignore some dependencies of kde4-kio_sysinfo

compiz-kde4-0.7.8-9.1.i586 requires libplasma.so.2, but this requirement cannot be provided

 ] Following actions will be done:

do not install kde4-kwin-4.2.0-183.3.i586
do not install kdebase4-workspace-ksysguardd-4.2.0-183.3.i586
do not install kdebase4-session-4.2.0-32.1.i586
do not install kde4-kdepasswd-4.2.0-67.3.i586
do not install kde4-kdialog-4.2.0-67.3.i586
do not install kde4-kmix-4.2.0-41.3.i586
do not install kde4-konqueror-4.2.0-67.3.i586
do not install kde4-keditbookmarks-4.2.0-67.3.i586
do not install kde4-kfind-4.2.0-67.3.i586
do not install kde4-konsole-4.2.0-67.3.i586
do not install kde4-kwrite-4.2.0-67.3.i586
do not install kdebase4-4.2.0-67.3.i586
] Ignore some dependencies of compiz-kde4

 ] deinstallation of compiz-kde4-0.7.8-9.1.i586

YaST2 conflicts list END

As I’m not an expert with Linux and don’t want to just guess what to do (which would most likely end in a broken system), could anyone here tell me what I should do?

Thank you very much for any help.

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] deinstallation of kde4-ktnef-4.1.3-3.13.i586

] deinstallation of kde4-knewsticker-4.1.3-4.13.i586

] downgrade of kde4-kio_sysinfo-11.1-66.4.i586 to kde4-kio_sysinfo-11.1-2.9.i586

] deinstallation of compiz-kde4-0.7.8-9.1.i586

That should do it.:wink:

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If you deinstall compiz-kde4-0.7.8-9.1.i586, how do you get compiz working again after the upgrade to 4.2? If you try to install compiz-kde4 in YaST after the fact it wants to downgrade 60 packages. I don’t see compiz-kde4 in factory desktop. There are many versions on http://rpm.pbone.net/index.php3 though. Which one to use?

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All I can say is that’s what I did.

I now have:
compiz
compiz-kde

as the main components + one or two others

It works- believe me!

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Please run the following command from a konsole and post the results here;

harryc@linux-pybs:~> rpm -qa | grep compiz
compiz-manager-0.0.1_git080201-52.2
compiz-gnome-0.7.8-9.1
compiz-0.7.8-9.1
compiz-fusion-plugins-main-0.7.8-4.13
libcompizconfig-0.7.8-1.44
compiz-kde-0.7.8-9.1
compiz-branding-openSUSE-0.7.8-9.1

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compiz-fusion-plugins-main-0.7.8-4.16
compiz-0.7.8-9.1
compiz-manager-0.0.1_git080201-52.1
compiz-branding-openSUSE-0.7.8-9.1
compiz-kde-0.7.8-9.1
libcompizconfig-0.7.8-1.49
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It’s pretty close, but you have a couple of newer packages. Do you have an XGL repository enabled?

What are your repos? Run this command please;

harryc@linux-pybs:~> zypper lr
#  | Alias                             | Name                             | Enabled | Refresh
---+-----------------------------------+----------------------------------+---------+--------
1  | Factory_KDE_4_Community_          | Factory KDE 4 Community          | Yes     | Yes
2  | Factory_KDE_4_Core_Packages_      | Factory KDE 4 Core Packages      | Yes     | Yes
3  | Factory_KDE_4_Extra_Applications_ | Factory KDE 4 Extra Applications | Yes     | Yes
4  | Factory_KDE_4_Qt_Packages_        | Factory KDE 4 Qt Packages        | Yes     | Yes
5  | repo                              | Packman Repository               | Yes     | Yes
6  | repo-debug                        | openSUSE-11.1-Debug              | Yes     | Yes
7  | repo-non-oss                      | openSUSE-11.1-Non-Oss            | Yes     | No
8  | repo-oss                          | openSUSE-11.1-Oss                | Yes     | No
9  | repo-source                       | openSUSE-11.1-Source             | Yes     | Yes
10 | repo-update                       | openSUSE-11.1-Update             | Yes     | No
11 | repo_1                            | VideoLan Repository              | No      | No
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Be careful - I have loads in there. But check which are enabled!! Remember I’m always testing, this is not a recommended list. Harry- I know you understand that. But OTHERS may not.


1  | KDE4_Community            | KDE4 Community            | No      | No
2  | KDE4_Community_Factory    | KDE4 Community Factory    | Yes     | Yes
3  | KDE4_Desktop              | KDE4 Desktop              | No      | No
4  | KDE4_Desktop_Factory      | KDE4 Desktop Factory      | Yes     | Yes
5  | KDE4_Extra                | KDE4 Extra                | No      | No
6  | KDE4_Factory_Extra        | KDE4 Factory Extra        | Yes     | Yes
7  | Kde4_Factory_Desktop+Qt45 | Kde4 Factory Desktop+Qt45 | No      | No
8  | Mozilla                   | Mozilla                   | Yes     | Yes
9  | Packman                   | Packman                   | Yes     | Yes
10 | QT                        | QT                        | No      | No
11 | QT44                      | QT44                      | Yes     | Yes
12 | VBox                      | VBox                      | Yes     | Yes
13 | VLC                       | VLC                       | No      | No
14 | openSUSE 11.1-0           | openSUSE 11.1-0           | No      | No
15 | repo-debug                | openSUSE-11.1-Debug       | No      | No
16 | repo-non-oss              | openSUSE-11.1-Non-Oss     | Yes     | No
17 | repo-oss                  | openSUSE-11.1-Oss         | Yes     | No
18 | repo-source               | openSUSE-11.1-Source      | No      | No
19 | repo-update               | openSUSE-11.1-Update      | Yes     | Yes
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Thanks, I’d assume that you picked up the newer versions from one of the community repos. Oh well, I appreciate your time. I’ll have to go back to basics on getting compiz working on this laptop. It’s a Thinkpad X61s with an Intel GPU. 3D is working, and the driver is ‘Intel’.

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As you see I’m R61e


Vendor:   Tungsten Graphics, Inc
  Model:   Mesa DRI Intel(R) 965GM 20080716 x86/MMX/SSE2
  Driver:   1.4 Mesa 7.2

Working beautifully. So slick it is unbelievable!!

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Well, mine should work then;

Vendor string: Tungsten Graphics, Inc                                  
Renderer string: Mesa DRI Intel(R) 965GM 20080716                      
Version string: 1.4 Mesa 7.2
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Are you saying it’s not working.

Is 3D working OK

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3D is fine. In fact I am making some progress. I can get Compiz to run but I have no window decorations.

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You understand native compiz in kde4 under kwin uses kde window decoration, unlike say: compiz with emerald of days gone.

I use oxygen icon theme, slim-glow for the desktop/panel and crystal for the windows. kwin is set as WM with desktop effects enabled. Bespin is nice too.

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Yes I do understand that now thanks. It was working all along. A couple of Q’s. How do you enable ctrl-alt-right/left/up/down arrow for desktop switching.? Also, it seems to be a bit slow here with effects enabled, even though I have 4GB of ram and a dual core 1.6 CPU. Any tips on speeding it up?

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I switch from the panel, not big with keyboard shortcuts. I see a right click on the pager in the panel offers keyboard shortcut option.

As for speed: I can’t offer much advice. I have not had any need to even try and speed things up. Though I have seen some comments suggesting that using qt45 has helped, in fact factory desktop is offered combined with qt45 in the repo’s. But when I looked at using it, it presented a huge roll back - still 4.2 but masses of packages went to red, so I still run qt44 as it is working so well.

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OK, thanks for the leg up. Have a nice evening.