Qt 4.7 Beta

[Snowhog]

Qt 4.7 Beta for Testers

Anyone playing with this? Comments? Observations? Warnings?

[blackpaw]

Re: Qt 4.7 Beta

I installed it on a test 10.04 box last Friday, haven't had a chance to do more than observe it starts up and is usable. There was a stray untitled X Window that appeared every startup and would kill X if I closed it - but this is a test PC that was upgraded from 9.10 to 10.04, not to mention all the experimental stuff I try on it.

Currently its updating to 4.5 Beat 1 at the moment ...

[Fintan]

Re: Qt 4.7 Beta

I did a full dist upgrade from synaptic and got this error message:

E: /var/cache/apt/archives/kdegraphics-libs-data_4%3a4.4.80-0ubuntu1~lucid1~ppa1_all.deb: Versuche, »/usr/share/kde4/apps/libkexiv2/data/topicset.iptc-subjectcode.xml« zu überschreiben, welches auch in Paket libkexiv2-8 4

then did this:

power1@fintanws3:~$ sudo dpkg --configure -a
[sudo] password for power1:
Sorry, try again.
[sudo] password for power1:
dpkg: Abhängigkeitsprobleme verhindern Konfiguration von libkdcraw8:
libkdcraw8 hängt ab von kdegraphics-libs-data (>= 4:4.4.80-0ubuntu1~lucid1~ppa1); aber:
Paket kdegraphics-libs-data ist nicht installiert.
dpkg: Fehler beim Bearbeiten von libkdcraw8 (--configure):
Abhängigkeitsprobleme - lasse es unkonfiguriert
dpkg: Abhängigkeitsprobleme verhindern Konfiguration von kdegraphics-strigi-plugins:
kdegraphics-strigi-plugins hängt ab von libkdcraw8 (>= 4:4.4.1); aber:
Paket libkdcraw8 ist noch nicht konfiguriert.
dpkg: Fehler beim Bearbeiten von kdegraphics-strigi-plugins (--configure):
Abhängigkeitsprobleme - lasse es unkonfiguriert
dpkg: Abhängigkeitsprobleme verhindern Konfiguration von libkipi7:
libkipi7 hängt ab von kdegraphics-libs-data (>= 4:4.4.80-0ubuntu1~lucid1~ppa1); aber:
Paket kdegraphics-libs-data ist nicht installiert.
dpkg: Fehler beim Bearbeiten von libkipi7 (--configure):
Abhängigkeitsprobleme - lasse es unkonfiguriert
dpkg: Abhängigkeitsprobleme verhindern Konfiguration von gwenview:
gwenview hängt ab von libkipi7 (>= 4:4.4.1); aber:
Paket libkipi7 ist noch nicht konfiguriert.
dpkg: Fehler beim Bearbeiten von gwenview (--configure):
Abhängigkeitsprobleme - lasse es unkonfiguriert
Fehler traten auf beim Bearbeiten von:
libkdcraw8
kdegraphics-strigi-plugins
libkipi7
gwenview

A

 sudp apt-get install -f

fixed that:

power1@fintanws3:~$ kde4-config --version
Qt: 4.7.0
KDE Development Platform: 4.4.80 (KDE 4.4.80 (KDE 4.5 Beta1))
kde4-config: 1.0
power1@fintanws3:~$

Gwenview seems to be working nicely.

So I'll start playing with the rest

I think I'll start a 4.5 thread.

[Fintan]

Re: Qt 4.7 Beta

First impressions:
QT4.7:
very fast and responsive on this old desktop.

KDE4.5:
sytem settings overhauled with some neat features.
- harddrive / partition mount / unmount / auto mount (like we used to have in kde3.x.x)

- login manager not usable (no sudo)

Login:
- KDM does not remember username

Desktop:
- fast and "liquid" feeling
- sys tray widgets look good and clean
- quick folder access widget crashes plasma
- network manager in sys tray not showing connection
- adding lancelot to the panel gives klauncher

Thats all for now

[dibl]

Re: Qt 4.7 Beta

- login manager not usable (no sudo)

Just a hunch -- try Alt-F2 "kdesudo dbus-launch systemsettings"

then see if you can run the login manager.

[Fintan]

Re: Qt 4.7 Beta

Hi Dible,
yeah that works, but not from system settings.

Nothing really new with betas but still wondering

[dibl]

Re: Qt 4.7 Beta

I just did the same thing -- enabled experimental and installed 'em all. I haven't tested it extensively, but I see some bugginess already. In addition to your systemsettings issue, the desktop activity settings > wallpaper utility isn't working quite right (but I did manage to install my wallpaper), and the desktop effects aren't quite right -- desktop switcher does not show any transition from one desktop to the next, even with "cube" enabled.

But, no real show-stoppers so far -- nothing has crashed.

[blackpaw]

Re: Qt 4.7 Beta

kmail fails to start with

kmail: symbol lookup error: /usr/lib/libkmailprivate.so.4: undefined symbol: _ZN13KCMultiDialog16staticMetaObjectE