First impressions Maveric 10.10

[Fintan]

I got Maveric when in was released as alpha last week.

Overall it is a great alpha and I am very impressed.

Very fast and responsive. KDE4.5 beta1 / qt4.7 are (again) a big step forward.

Neat little tweaks and more to come by August I am sure.

akonadi seems to be behaving (except for syncing google cal.)

There are a few little things that I have noticed though:

- KDM forgets username yo you have to type it every time
- Num lock greyed out.
- Can't get the bouncing mouse pointer to stop bouncing (where have they hidden that feature)
- Folder view not installed by default
- klipper is still persistant. Should be fixed by veriosn 4.4.81
- Kontact works after update and installing libkontactinterface4 and libakonadi-contact4
- No way to chose Sender/Receiver choice in the dropdown list on the header bar in kmail.
This is probably a Kubuntu thing:
http://forum.kde.org/viewtopic.php?f...160504#p160504

When I get around to it I'll be testing on my notebook and see how wireless, etc work.

[kubicle]

Re: First impressions Maveric 10.10

- Can't get the bouncing mouse pointer to stop bouncing (where have they hidden that feature)

The Systemsettings module seems to be missing, but you can edit ~/.kde/share/config/klaunchrc to change the settings (here's mine):

[BusyCursorSettings]
Blinking=false
Bouncing=false
Timeout=30

[FeedbackStyle]
BusyCursor=false
TaskbarButton=false

[TaskbarButtonSettings]
Timeout=30

- No way to chose Sender/Receiver choice in the dropdown list on the header bar in kmail.

This works as expected on my end

[Fintan]

Re: First impressions Maveric 10.10

klaunchrc is missing.

Maybe a few other rc's are missing.

Do you you know which one controls the kmail header bar? Had a look at kmailrc but couldn't find anything

[kubicle]

Re: First impressions Maveric 10.10

klaunchrc is missing.

User rc files are generally created when you actually change the default settings, so it's likely missing because you haven't changed the settings (which is hard to accomplish without the systemsettings module :P)

That's why I included mine, so you could create the and copy (and edit if you like) the contents into yours.

Do you you know which one controls the kmail header bar? Had a look at kmailrc but couldn't find anything

I have "show*Column=" tags in the [General] section and a [Header-Geometry] section. You can try renaming your kmailrc (don't delete so you can restore it back) to see if it makes a difference.

[Fintan]

Re: First impressions Maveric 10.10

I have "show*Column=" tags in the [General] section and a [Header-Geometry] section. You can try renaming your kmailrc (don't delete so you can restore it back) to see if it makes a difference.

added:

show*Column=tags

no change.

No:

[Header-Geometry]

[kubicle]

Re: First impressions Maveric 10.10

added:

show*Column=tags

no change.

Sorry for not being more clear, I meant that I have a list like this under [General]:

showAttachmentColumn=true
showAttachmentIcon=true
showCryptoColumn=false
showCryptoIcons=false
showImportantColumn=true
showMessageSize=true
showReceiverColumn=false
showSignedColumn=false
showSpamHamColumn=true
showStatusColumn=true
showToActColumn=true
showTodoColumn=true

and this:

[Header-Geometry]
ColumnOrder=5,6,7,8,9,4,0,1,3,2,10,11,12
ColumnWidths=310,170,170,80,0,24,24,24,24,24,0,0,0
SortAscending=true
SortColumn=2

However, I'm not sure whether these settings are actually used, or if they are just "left-overs" from previous versions (my maverick is an upgrade, not a clean installation).

Could you describe your issue in more detail, if you right-click on the header bar, the popup menu doesn't show "Sender/Receiver" choice at all?

And did you try renaming kmailrc?

[PJJ]

Re: First impressions Maveric 10.10

. . . When I get around to it I'll be testing on my notebook and see how wireless, etc work.

I got rid of network-manager and installed wicd instead. Wireless worked right away. Had to move the computer and went exclusively wireless.

Worked again like a charm. For a while.
Then the evil witch caught up with it and away went wireless . . .

WPA2 became WPA and that was the end of any connection. In the meantime I managed to erase wicd. It was m fault.

Without a wired connection reinstallation will be a major challenge.

[dtr]

Re: First impressions Maveric 10.10

I couldn't successfully install it on Virtualbox, but running the Live CD seems OK.

[Fintan]

Re: First impressions Maveric 10.10

I had tried renaming kmailrc on various occasions.

After todays update it works

[kubicle]

Re: First impressions Maveric 10.10

I had tried renaming kmailrc on various occasions.

After todays update it works

Glad you got it fixed, although it would've been nice to actually find out the cause (seemed like a rather strange issue)

[Fintan]

Re: First impressions Maveric 10.10

although it would've been nice to actually find out the cause

agreed but I wouldn' know where to look.

It works on lucid with kde4.5 beta1 and seems to work on fedora13 according and anothers 10.10 alpha to this:
http://forum.kde.org/viewtopic.php?f...160504#p160504

[Guest]

Re: First impressions Maveric 10.10

- Can't get the bouncing mouse pointer to stop bouncing (where have they hidden that feature)

System Settings -> Application and System Notifications -> Launch Feedback :P

[Fintan]

Re: First impressions Maveric 10.10

Yeah, I finally found it, but the new ss needs some getting used to. :P :P

[Guest]

Re: First impressions Maveric 10.10

Indeed. I still have serious troubles finding the stuff I'm looking for. Why do I always stare at the icons for 10-15 seconds before I remember to use the search box?

[timek718]

Re: First impressions Maveric 10.10

Hmmm. And I thought I was alone with my incipient juvenile dementia.

tim