On my other computer I have 11.1 installed w/KDE 4.1. There’s some
oddities that I can’t figure out and would appreciate some pointers on.
Next to the clock in the lower right is a panel. Inside it are three
utilities: Kmix, the update checker thingie, and klipper. If I lock
widgets volume and klipper show as solid black rectangles instead of
icons. The updater shows as just a zero. If I unlock widgets, volume
shows as just an empty area and the other two are black rectangles.
They change position when I toggle the lock too. Also, the clock will
overlap the panel when I lock it.
caf4926 wrote:
> This sort of thing is not that uncommon in kde4.
>
> Sometimes, users find starting a new .kde4 folder will resolve it
Yeah, I did that, but the icons are still black rectangles. I created a
2nd user and it’s the same in that profile. The taskbar just seems very
unstable as a whole. Making slight changes like just moving an icon can
bork the whole thing up. I know some folks seem to really like it, but
every time I play w/it, it’s a definite ‘not ready for prime time’
experience.
Maybe this is just SUSE’s way of getting us all on gnome. Sigh…
freedguy wrote:
> See this bug: ‘Bug 158094 – system-tray icon backgrounds are not
> transparent’ (http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=158094)
>
> A lot of issues revolve around this bug. Look at the number of
> duplicate/similar bugs striked out in the comments.
Hmmm. Thanks for the link. Looks like I’m just going to have to either
wait for a patch to be backported, or wait for SUSE 11.2/KDE 4.2. But
they don’t have plans for a 4.1 backport so I get to wait 6 months for
11.2. Sigh. I really like the new look of KDE 4. Not quite used to
the changes in managing the beast, but that just takes time. Bummer
that a new release is hobbled right out of the starting chute. Oh well.
> PS: If suse was trying to push everyone to Gnome then why am I having
> none of the problems you have?!
Good question. I’ve always wondered why some folks have so much trouble
w/programs that never give me any grief. And yet, a fresh install acts
really goofy on this system. Go figure. Maybe it’s just older hardware
that just isn’t up to snuff any more. It’s an Intel on-board video on a
six or seven year old Shuttle IIRC. Maybe I’m just pushing it too hard…
caf4926 wrote:
> This sort of thing is not that uncommon in kde4.
>
> Sometimes, users find starting a new .kde4 folder will resolve it
Yeah, I did that, but the icons are still black rectangles. I created a
2nd user and it’s the same in that profile. The taskbar just seems very
unstable as a whole. Making slight changes like just moving an icon can
bork the whole thing up. I know some folks seem to really like it, but
every time I play w/it, it’s a definite ‘not ready for prime time’
experience.
Maybe this is just SUSE’s way of getting us all on gnome. Sigh…
freedguy wrote:
> See this bug: ‘Bug 158094 – system-tray icon backgrounds are not
> transparent’ (http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=158094)
>
> A lot of issues revolve around this bug. Look at the number of
> duplicate/similar bugs striked out in the comments.
Hmmm. Thanks for the link. Looks like I’m just going to have to either
wait for a patch to be backported, or wait for SUSE 11.2/KDE 4.2. But
they don’t have plans for a 4.1 backport so I get to wait 6 months for
11.2. Sigh. I really like the new look of KDE 4. Not quite used to
the changes in managing the beast, but that just takes time. Bummer
that a new release is hobbled right out of the starting chute. Oh well.
> PS: If suse was trying to push everyone to Gnome then why am I having
> none of the problems you have?!
Good question. I’ve always wondered why some folks have so much trouble
w/programs that never give me any grief. And yet, a fresh install acts
really goofy on this system. Go figure. Maybe it’s just older hardware
that just isn’t up to snuff any more. It’s an Intel on-board video on a
six or seven year old Shuttle IIRC. Maybe I’m just pushing it too hard…
