Downgrade from KDE 4.5?

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#1

Hi all.
I’m using openSUSE 11.3 and yesterday I upgraded to KDE 4.5 from the KDE 4.5 stable repo. But after upgrading I faced some freeze/lock-up glitches which weren’t there before. For example whenever I change the color scheme or style and press apply, the screen freezes although the mouse still moves around. I have to forcefully shut down to recover.
So, I am thinking of downgrading to KDE 4.4. How do I go about doing that?

Here are the repos I’m currently using:

#  | Alias                                 | Name                                    | Enabled | Refresh
---+---------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------+---------+--------
1  | KDE:45                                | KDE:45                                  | Yes     | Yes    
2  | Libdvdcss repository                  | Libdvdcss repository                    | Yes     | Yes    
3  | Updates for openSUSE 11.3 11.3-1.82   | Updates for openSUSE 11.3 11.3-1.82     | Yes     | Yes    
4  | X11:lxde                              | X11:lxde                                | Yes     | Yes    
5  | X11:xfce                              | X11:xfce                                | Yes     | Yes    
6  | X11:xfce:nilda                        | X11:xfce:nilda                          | Yes     | Yes    
7  | download.opensuse.org-Apps            | openSUSE BuildService - GNOME:Apps      | Yes     | Yes    
8  | download.opensuse.org-Banshee         | openSUSE BuildService - Banshee         | Yes     | Yes    
9  | download.opensuse.org-Extra           | openSUSE BuildService - KDE:Extra       | Yes     | Yes    
10 | download.opensuse.org-UpdatedApps     | openSUSE BuildService - KDE:UpdatedApps | Yes     | Yes    
11 | download.opensuse.org-database        | openSUSE BuildService - Database        | Yes     | Yes    
12 | download.opensuse.org-php             | openSUSE BuildService - PHP             | Yes     | Yes    
13 | download.opensuse.org-standard        | Main Repository (Contrib)               | Yes     | Yes    
14 | google-chrome                         | google-chrome                           | Yes     | Yes    
15 | openSUSE-11.3 11.3-1.82               | openSUSE-11.3 11.3-1.82                 | Yes     | No     
16 | openSUSE-11.3-NonOSS-Add-on_11.3-1.80 | openSUSE-11.3-NonOSS-Add-on 11.3-1.80   | Yes     | No     
17 | openSUSE_11.3:_Elementary_Theme       | openSUSE_11.3: Elementary Theme         | No      | Yes    
18 | packman.inode.at-suse                 | Packman Repository                      | Yes     | Yes    
19 | repo-debug                            | openSUSE-11.3-Debug                     | No      | Yes    
20 | repo-non-oss                          | openSUSE-11.3-Non-Oss                   | Yes     | Yes    
21 | repo-oss                              | openSUSE-11.3-Oss                       | Yes     | Yes    
22 | repo-source                           | openSUSE-11.3-Source                    | No      | Yes    
23 | subpixel repository                   | subpixel repository                     | Yes     | Yes

Thanks.

#2

Inactivate all repositories you do not need, activate only repo-oss and repo non-oss and then

zypper dup

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This will downgrade your packages to the available versions. Please activate only the repos i told you. Otherwise it can destroy your system.

#3

A less aggressive approach would be
Remove the 4.5 repo/s you added

add this one
Index of /repositories/KDE:/Distro:/Stable/openSUSE_11.3

then do the switch on it
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#4

@caf4926 Do you think my method is aggressive? This doesnt reinstall all packets only downgrade the KDE packets.

#5

Thanks I removed the 4.5 repo and now I’m switching the packages…hopefully everything will be okay(fingers crossed)!!

#6

zypper dup affects the whole system. I’m not saying you are wrong, far from it. But knowing there are issues out there on various fronts, including a kernel update, just working on the kde repo is safer IMO
dup will also potentially break some multi-media away from packman

#7

So I disabled the KDE45 repo and switched the packages to the KDE:Stable repo during which yast gave me the following error:

#### YaST2 conflicts list - generated 2010-09-15 16:57:51 ####

NetworkManager-kde4-libs-lang-0.9.svn1161677-2.1.noarch requires NetworkManager-kde4-libs = 0.9.svn1161677, but this requirement cannot be provided

     ] deinstallation of NetworkManager-kde4-libs-lang-0.9.svn1161677-2.1.noarch

     ] break NetworkManager-kde4-libs-lang by ignoring some of its dependencies

     ] Following actions will be done:
keep obsolete NetworkManager-kde4-libs-0.9.svn1161677-2.1.i586
keep obsolete kdelibs4-4.5.1-3.3.i586
keep obsolete libkde4-4.5.1-3.3.i586
keep obsolete oxygen-icon-theme-4.5.1-2.1.noarch
keep obsolete kdelibs4-core-4.5.1-3.3.i586
keep obsolete shared-desktop-ontologies-0.5-2.1.noarch
keep obsolete soprano-2.5.0-2.1.i586
keep obsolete kde4-filesystem-4.5.1-3.1.i586
keep obsolete libkdecore4-4.5.1-3.3.i586
keep obsolete libsoprano4-2.5.0-2.1.i586



#### YaST2 conflicts list END ###
#8

Looks like this

] deinstallation of NetworkManager-kde4-libs-lang-0.9.svn1161677-2.1.noarch

#9

Okay, I’ll try that out and report back.

#10

No one said this so far: You have an awful lot of repos, about the appropriate number to guarantee trouble ;). AFAICS that’s where the reason lies for wanting to downgrade from KDE4 4.5. I even think that downgrading KDE4 is not a solution to whatever you’re trying to achieve. But…all this IMHO.

#11

Yes I also felt the number of repos is just too much. Guess I went all out with the community repositories :slight_smile: . But the problem I mentioned is a bug affecting all i945GM+KDE45 users. AFAIK a fix is in the works. Till everything gets settled I felt like I should just stick to KDE44.

#12

Looks like everything’s okay now. Thanks guys for the help! :slight_smile:

#13

No problem