KDE 4.5.1 - where is it?

[GreyGeek]

Re: KDE 4.5.1 - where is it?

fwiw - I got it yesterday on Arch and haven't noticed any difference...

Hang on, amarok just crashed

Amarok isn't KDE4

[claydoh]

Re: KDE 4.5.1 - where is it?

The beta is released now so the 4.5.1 packages should be here pretty soon.

I wonder though, both the backports and kubuntu updates PPA's have KDE 4.5.x packages, what is the difference between these PPA's and which is the right one to use?

the kubuntu-updates ppa contains KDE 4.4.5, the latest minor point release for Lucid's default KDE (4.4.x)

The kubuntu-backports ppa contains packages backported from Maverick back down to Lucid - usually the next major point-release of KDE, currently 4.5.0 for Lucid

4.5.1 will hit the backports ppa for Lucid soon, after maverick's packages are done building and sent out to the official repos (going on now actually)

Now as we are in the maverick meercat forum we should assume that this is waht we are talking about in here, and in that case 4.5.1 in 10.04 needs no ppa repo


now for other releases, check out my now-aging (but still accurate) blog post on this

[blackpaw]

Re: KDE 4.5.1 - where is it?

The Maveric Beta updates to 4.5.1

[toad]

Re: KDE 4.5.1 - where is it?

fwiw - I got it yesterday on Arch and haven't noticed any difference...

Hang on, amarok just crashed

Amarok isn't KDE4

Yeah, I know, but I've never had a problem with it before. Thought it was noteworthy...

[Yuri sss]

Re: KDE 4.5.1 - where is it?

Kde 4.5.1 has arrived finally, updating to it now
Qt is also being updated from 4.7 Beta 2 to RC 1.

[x-shaney-x]

Re: KDE 4.5.1 - where is it?

Well after all the waiting... ALL the kwin related problems are still there after the upgrade, still unusable really
Though at least dolphin doesn't crash anymore

[GreyGeek]

Re: KDE 4.5.1 - where is it?

ALL of them?

You inventoried the entire list of KDE 4.5.1 apps and features?

For me, it has been running perfectly since I installed it this morning.

I would wager that for the majority of KDE 4.5 users it will run just fine.

[MoonRise]

Re: KDE 4.5.1 - where is it?

All my issues seem to have been cleared. Yea!

[kyonides]

Re: KDE 4.5.1 - where is it?

I'm downloading Mave and I still need to wait to get the last 112 MiB but is it stable enough in its 32bit version?

[zenarcher]

Re: KDE 4.5.1 - where is it?

All seems to be working well here, as well. The Trust Level problem with KGPG, which has been an annoyance is fixed at last!

Cheers,
zenarcher

[x-shaney-x]

Re: KDE 4.5.1 - where is it?

ALL of them?

You inventoried the entire list of KDE 4.5.1 apps and features?

All the KWIN related problems:
Kwin crashing frequently with desktop effects enabled.
Changing options in system settings crashing the window manager on clicking "Apply"
Window thumbnails and present windows not displaying correctly (as if brightness turned too high).
When using themes that use kwin shadows (ie not oxygen), shadows acting strangely, artifacts etc.

Now dolphin is not crashing all my kde 4.5.x problems are related to kwin.
If I run compiz everything is fine but if using KDE I would rather be using kwin.

I have no doubt the majority of people won't have problems, just as I had no problems with 4.4.x
I have read bug reports and mailing lists about the exact issues I'm having and it seems directly related to certain intel cards.

[kyonides]

Re: KDE 4.5.1 - where is it?

Changing options in system settings crashing the window manager on clicking "Apply"

Yeah, I get the same error and then I go back to the login window after the crash... Whenever I change the refresh rate, the same thing happens once again... If I press alt + ctrl + Fwhatever at the login window I only get a weird half sky blue half black screen and no tty...

[x-shaney-x]

Re: KDE 4.5.1 - where is it?

Yea it's all the more frustrating because two older and much slower computers in the house (1 with nvidia and 1 with intel) work fine with 4.5.1 yet my much faster and more modern comp runs like a pig with arthritis and crashes all the time.
Unless I run compiz instead of kwin then it runs great.

[sixonetonoffun]

Re: KDE 4.5.1 - where is it?

It seems the kwin crashing is related to "dbus improvements" but how to fix it? No clue here. On my suse install I installed a patched dbus from a dev/users repository. Still staying with compiz I like having options. IceWM is what I switch to for running games ect... to free up the resources. Probably not necessary but... makes me feel better.

[GreyGeek]

Re: KDE 4.5.1 - where is it?

I added this new version of dBus from the ppa:
https://launchpad.net/~aleksander-m/+archive/dbus-development


I didn't have stability problems but this new dBus makes things snappier.