Mandrake 10.1: Upgrade KDE 3.2 -> 3.4

Voelcker · 04-06-2005, 08:04 AM

I added Thac's URPMI mirror to my URMPI repository and installed his KDE 3.4 rpms (using urpmi) as root from the console. It went and grabbed the necesary rpm's and installed them.

I figured all I'd need to do is restart Mandrake but when I did, I logged in and it's still using KDE 3.2. Did I miss anything? Are there more steps I needed to complete?

Help...

Maxplayer14 · 04-06-2005, 08:35 AM

What commands did you use?

I did urpmi kdebase, urpmi kdemultimedia, urpmi kdegraphics, urpmi kdepim. Make sure you get everything. Also make sure you do it several times. It took me like 2 or 3 times to get everything just doing the kdebase.

Voelcker · 04-06-2005, 08:47 AM

I first did:

Code:

[root]# urpmi --fuzzy kde

and it gave me the list that matched the search. I saw kde-i18n-en_GB so I typed:

Code:

[root]# urpmi kde-i18n-en_GB

and it asked which of the kdebase-3.4.0-14.mdk*** I wanted to use. I picked one and it searched for the dependencies, began downloading and appeared to install them. I left the PC alone since I figured it'd take some time, when I came back I was back at the root shell prompt. I didn't see any errors in the console window so I assume it got what it needed and installed KDE 3.4.

Figuring I needed to reboot I did so. When I logged back in the system was still using KDE 3.2. I'm guessing that maybe it installed KDE 3.4 in a different folder. I haven't searched yet. I'm just asking around because I'm sure I'm not the only one to have run into this.

Maxplayer14 · 04-06-2005, 09:22 AM

Well I never heard of using that package.

I added Thacs and did urpmi kdebase and the others I mentioned.

Voelcker · 04-06-2005, 04:23 PM

I tried:

Code:

urpmi kdebase

and it listed a whole bunch of files to download and then reported it failed with the following error message:

Code:

Preparing...                ##################################################
Installation failed:
        file /usr/share/mimelnk/application/x-webarchive.desktop from install of kdelibs-common-3.4.0-16.mdk10.1.thac conflicts with file from package kdeaddons-3.2.3-17.1.101mdk

Anybody have any ideas?

reddazz · 04-06-2005, 05:35 PM

You can resolve that by removing your current kdeaddons package.

Voelcker · 04-11-2005, 09:39 AM

I tried that when I got home and it did install KDE 3.4. But then I had the other problems with all the system users on the login screen. When I logged in it wouldn't launch KDE. I just abandoned it and installed 10.2 using KDe 3.3.

Mandrake 10.2 seems much faster than 10.1. The menus are faster and seems to work cleaner overall.

gotglint42 · 04-15-2005, 10:29 AM

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Mandrake 10.2 seems much faster than 10.1. The menus are faster and seems to work cleaner overall.

Voelker, I'm willing to bet that you now have 3D acceleration enabled along with direct rendering (...because of a more accurate graphics card detection). KDE can seem bulky/slow if 3D acceleration isn't enabled.

tonydavo · 04-19-2005, 08:20 AM

I also installed kde4 & had the same login fault of all users listed. Chose mine & typed pwd but it came straight back to the login screen. The options of reboot & halt didn't work, just hung & had to hard reboot.

My options are
1. go back to 10.1 install & just re-do root part. Only time lost updating.
2. spit the dummy & forget it, go back to 10.0 with root as above. Time lost again.
3. find some kind (knowledgable) soul on this forum that knows what to do to get kde4 working or uninstalled without having to write off all the time it took to do a full update of 10.1. Please tell me that there is a way to save all those hours.

krt47 · 04-19-2005, 05:57 PM

you know i wish there was away too create ah unattended linux just like windows and you would have all the updates on ah cd-rw and testing before you install linux again. i did lot's off updates on my windows xp installation cd that's the only thing was ever to be updated like windows 2k and 2k3 i say. may some could do ah unattended linux. then once an awhile it'll have to be updated. it'll save you time i say it did for me at least