suse 11.1 and kde4
on the desktop right mouse doesnt’ show the contestual menu
on the icons yes
on another desktop/activity with dashboard yes
is a bug or my error??
Hi,
What version of KDE4 are you using?
Take Care,
Ian
4.3 or later (how can I check? in 3.5 opening the k menu was shown there)
If you click the application launcher (the kmenu) then go to Computer, then system information, it will tell you what version of KDE you’re using.
Could you also please open a terminal and provide the output of:
zypper lr -d
Take Care,
Ian
KDE 4.3.80(KDE 4.4 beta1)release 197
pla@linux-eq93:~> zypper lr d
| Alias | Nome | abilitato | Attualizza
—±----------------------------±----------------------------±----------±----------
1 | Drivers_per_webcams_11.1 | Drivers per webcams 11.1 | Sì | Sì
2 | GNOME_2.28_stable | GNOME 2.28 stable | Sì | Sì
3 | KDE3 | KDE3 | Sì | Sì
4 | KDE4_community | KDE4 community | Sì | Sì
5 | KDE4_factory | KDE4 factory | Sì | Sì
6 | KDE4_stable | KDE4 stable | Sì | Sì
7 | KDE:Backports_11.1 | KDE:Backports 11.1 | Sì | Sì
8 | Kernel_HEAD | Kernel HEAD | Sì | Sì
9 | Kernel_next-linux | Kernel next-linux | No | Sì
10 | OpenOffice.org_11.1 | OpenOffice.org 11.1 | Sì | Sì
11 | Versioni_CVS_di_Wine_11.1 | Versioni CVS di Wine 11.1 | Sì | Sì
12 | XFCE_11.1 | XFCE 11.1 | Sì | Sì
13 | X11:Compiz_11.1 | X11:Compiz 11.1 | No | Sì
14 | agg | agg | Sì | Sì
15 | anubis(msn_last_version) | anubis (msn last version) | Sì | Sì
16 | contrib_factorry_11.1 | contrib factorry 11.1 | Sì | Sì
17 | coolmax_(blueman) | coolmax (blueman) | Sì | Sì
18 | devel:languages:perl | devel:languages:perl | Sì | Sì
19 | devel:tools:building | devel:tools:building | Sì | Sì
20 | dstoecker-11.1(ksynaptics) | dstoecker-11.1(ksynaptics) | Sì | Sì
21 | google-chrome | google-chrome | Sì | Sì
22 | home:etrash:webapps | home:etrash:webapps | Sì | Sì
23 | jhaygood-contrib-(chromium) | jhaygood-contrib-(chromium) | Sì | Sì
24 | openSUSE 11.1-0 | openSUSE 11.1-0 | No | No
25 | openSUSE:11.1:NonFree | openSUSE:11.1:NonFree | Sì | Sì
26 | repo | NVIDIA 11.1 | Sì | Sì
27 | repo-debug | Debug 11.1 | Sì | Sì
28 | repo-non-oss | Non-Oss 11.1 | Sì | Sì
29 | repo-oss | Oss 11.1 | Sì | Sì
30 | repo-source | Source 11.1 | Sì | Sì
31 | repo-update | Update 11.1 | Sì | Sì
32 | repo_10 | Packman | Sì | Sì
33 | repo_11 | Education 11.1 | Sì | Sì
34 | repo_7 | Giochi 11.1 | Sì | Sì
35 | repo_8 | Mozilla 11.1 | Sì | Sì
36 | repo_9 | VideoLan | Sì | Sì
37 | server:php:applications | server:php:applications | Sì | Sì
pla@linux-eq93:~>
Wow, that’s a lot of repositories.
Anyways, since you’re using the beta (which really isn’t recommended) I’m guessing you’re losing the ability to right click during the search containment. I too have found the folly of this containment’s inability to right click. By default it doesn’t have any mouse input actions.
So, all you have to do is when you’re on the desktop that doesn’t let you right click, hit alt+d then alt+s in quick succession and that will open up the search containment settings. Go to mouse and add an input (which would be right clicking) and it should automatically put the contextual menu in there. You can also set it to application launcher or switch desktops, etc.
Take Care,
Ian
If you are pulling things from the Factory you can get all sorts of odd behavior. I’d disable at lest Factory and only use it if I really needed it. Things on the factory floor may not yet be ready to ship.
You also forgot to add the -d to zypper lr when you typed it into the command line. It should have given the url’s for your repositories as well. I already see you’re mixing both stable and KDE repositories which is a recipe for disaster. Please change them accordingly with Yast>Software Repositories.
6 | KDE4_stable | KDE4 stable | **No** | **No**
If you want to continue using factory which is NOT recommended unless you know what you’re doing or are trying to crush bugs for the new KDE.
5 | KDE4_factory | KDE4 factory | **No** | **No**
if you want a stable KDE which is HIGHLY recommended. You’ll have to go through some conflicts to switch back to stable. For any conflicts that come up, check the option to downgrade.
Take Care,
Ian
yes I have to disable some of them 
is the effect of one click install too
I know but experiments the most of the times go well
I tried before, it doesn’t work and also I lost the possibility to have one activity for desktop!!!
You too
Alright, so as long as I know you’re experimenting, just let it be known that anything that may go wrong, is probably because you’re trying out beta software.
I would suggest creating a new user on your system and seeing if that account experiences the same problems.
When you hit alt+d then alt+s make sure to do it quickly. Also, to help, trying hitting the alt key then d key, then alt key then s key in rapid succession when you do this.
*Edit: Also, for the having more than one activity, open up Configure Desktop (Personal Settings) and then go to Desktop. Click on Multiple Desktops and uncheck Different activity for each Desktop.
Take Care,
Ian
uh sorry maybe
wow I didn’t know this
yes but stable has less features than factory, i think factory is for me, perhaps
This is the best suggestion i received until now, I didn’t know that the two repos could create conflict and disaster, so to resume:
I disable stable and enable factory, if a disaster come I disable factory and enable stable and if i remember the package I upgraded I will downgrade them, is there a kind of method to remember the latest upgraded package?
Ciao:-)
Yast makes this easy for you if you know how to have it configured. Most likely, when you added your repositories, they were automatically set to 99 (Which I would have been able to tell had you remembered the -d on zypper lr). But, going from what I know from my clean install from a livecd, all your repositories are at priority 99.
Because of this, Yast can tell which package is higher and which package is lower. If you were to downgrade your KDE packages to Stable, all of your listed KDE packages in Yast Software Management would be in a blue color, telling you that updated versions are available (from factory). Right now you’re using factory, so if you look at the listed KDE packages in Yast Software Management, they’re solid black (but if you click the versions tab on the bottom right, it’ll show you that there are earlier versions of the packages).
Now if you were to have troubles and wanted to downgrade back to stable, and you disabled the KDE factory repository, when you open Yast Software management, all your KDE packages would be in red showing that there is either an earlier version of the package or no earlier version of the pacakge (since you disabled the repository holding the current package). So if you were to want to go back to stable it would be as easy as:
1.) open up Software Management
2.) select to filter by pattern.
3.) Choose KDE4 Desktop Environment
- Right click on KDE Desktop Environment and choose All in this list>Update unconditionally.
4.) Choose KDE4 Base System - Right click on KDE Base System and choose All in this list>Update unconditionally.
5.) Click accept
And you would be back to stable.
*EDIT: I forget something everytime! Just to make it clear, before you did the steps above to get back to stable you would have to disable the factory repository first.
Take Care,
Ian
And as long as you’re trying to grasp these concepts, read this how-to for managing your repositories:
Repository Management - openSUSE Forums
As I said before Yast does what you tell it to do. So be careful about what repositories you have added and enabled and each repository’s priorities.
Take Care,
Ian