KDE 4.3 RC1 install problem

[freedom2009]

I downloaded and tried to install the KDE 4.3 RC1 updates last night. During the install I got a message stating that one of the packages was severely damaged and the computer kept crashing. To make a long story short after several a temps at installing, everything seems to be working. How do I find out if everything was installed right and I am not missing any packages?

[freedom2009]

Re: KDE 4.3 RC1 install problem

I think I found out what my problem was with the RC1 install

Note that these packages still have a bug which causes X to die during the upgrade. The upgrade will continue and you can reboot when it is done.

This quote is from KDE's update on RC2, so it will probably happen again.
As long as it works after the install I'll be happy.
I love KDE 4.3 and I am more than willing to put up with a few glitches for the privilege of getting to use it early

[dibl]

Re: KDE 4.3 RC1 install problem

How do I find out if everything was installed right and I am not missing any packages?

I would say, Ctrl-Alt-F1 to the console and shut down X with

sudo /etc/init.d/kdm stop

Then

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install kdebase-workspace-bin

sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

Then restart X with

sudo /etc/init.d/kdm start

and see what you have.

[freedom2009]

Re: KDE 4.3 RC1 install problem

OK thanks I will give it a try
So far the only weird thing that I have come across is that I always have one extra desktop activity than I have desktops configured
For example if I have 4 desktops I will have 5 activities, if I increase the number of desktops to 5, a 6th activity will automatically be added
I have even tried

rm ~/.kde/share/config/plasma*

and starting from scratch and it still reoccurs

[freedom2009]

Re: KDE 4.3 RC1 install problem

OK

Ctrl-Alt-F1 to the console

causes a system crash
I get a message " kinit no resume image tying normal reboot" and then it freezes
I have to shut the computer off manually and restart to get things working again
Is there any other way into console or could konsole be used?

[dibl]

Re: KDE 4.3 RC1 install problem

I get a message " kinit no resume image tying normal reboot" and then it freezes

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm. That is actually a normal boot process message -- you can translate it as "I guess you didn't hibernate the last time you shutdown". So, I'm not sure if you are somehow inducing a reboot or what. But Ctrl-Alt-F1 should not do that -- it should take you to a tty console.

Can you boot Recovery Mode? If yes, I would do that, and on the repair menu choose "Fix X". When it finishes, and leaves you at the # prompt, issue

/etc/init.d/kdm start

and see if you get a login greeter.

[freedom2009]

Re: KDE 4.3 RC1 install problem

I am in the process of downloading the RC2 packages.
If after they are installed, I still have the problem I will give your suggestion a try
thanks

[freedom2009]

Re: KDE 4.3 RC1 install problem

OK
I installed RC2
The install crashed trying to install the kdm package but I was able to finish the install using recovery mode
Ctrl-Alt-F1 now works

sudo /etc/init.d/kdm stop

gets a message that it does not exist
could this be the bug they where talking a bout?

[dibl]

Re: KDE 4.3 RC1 install problem

You mean it says it is not running? If it says it doesn't exist, you aren't running Kubuntu!

While in the console, after you make sure KDM is not running with

sudo /etc/init.d/kdm stop

go ahead and try the other commands I gave you earlier.

[freedom2009]

Re: KDE 4.3 RC1 install problem

I am wondering if I need to start from scratch and reinstall the whole OS

First time I tried to reopen console it crashed again, the second try it worked.
In the read out the comes up before the login line it stated that kdm is working.

sudo /etc/init.d/kdm stop

returned the message that the command sudo /etc/init.d/kdm dos not exist (my mistake for not mentioning it the first time)

Then I tried your suggestion of using the option x fix in recovery mode. That flashes by to fast to read and automatically goes back to the menu