Plasma Desktop over KDestop 3.5

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#1

I just updated both my KDE 3.5.10 and KDE 4.5 today (OpenSuse 1.11). The problem that I have now is that the Plasma Desktop is loaded automatically after KDE 3.5 has started. So, depending on where I click or what I do, plasma and kdesktop fight for the control of my desktop.

I searched in every corners of my KDE 3.5 --and a bit in KDE 4 since somebody forced kdm4 on me-- but I haven’t found who or what starts “plasma-desktop”. Definitively not me! I can kill it safely but that’s very irritating.

If somebody could point me in the right direction to kill plasma on KDE 3.5, I’d be very thankful.

#2

Not sure what the problem is but you do know that 3.5 is dead? ie no new development or bug fixes is being done.

Try adding a new user and see if the problem follows to a different account.

Somebody did this to you??? How many people have root access to this machine??

#3

I found it! “plasma-desktop” hid itself in “~/.config/autostart/” Deleted!

That was the useful answer. I avoided talking about KDE 4 but since you brought the subject…

As for KDE 3.5 being dead, no. It will be dead when it will have not a single user any more. There are still updates as proven by Yast which found me a few RPMs that were brand new.

For the moment, KDE 4 will remove KDE 3.5 from my HD… over my dead body! I just hate the thing! I hate Plasma which suck up my CPUs, I hate the poor crippled Dolphin, I hate desktop widgets, I hate social networks, and I hate the cashew!

I don’t care if there are no development any more for KDE 3.5. I have all that I need, it works, and I’ve learned to leave with the minors bugs which happen from time to time. KDE 4 is pretty maybe but that’s all it has. Eyecandy without practical use.

#4

Well my experience is that KDE4 runs better and faster here, I still have an option to boot to 10.2 KDE 3.5 and on the same hardware KDE4 runs better and looks better. YMMV