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Fwd: rekonq web browser

FYI,

Scott K

I just completed the article for KDE's rekonq browser. Check it out and
tell me what you think.

<a href="http://istimsak.blogspot.com/2013/04/kde-rekonq-firefox-equivalent.html" title="http://istimsak.blogspot.com/2013/04/kde-rekonq-firefox-equivalent.html">http://istimsak.blogspot.com/2013/04/kde-rekonq-firefox-equivalent.html</a>

Upgrade from KUbuntu 13.04 Beta 2 to KUbuntu 13.04 release.

Hello Everybody

I installed KUbuntu 13.04 Beta 2 on my computer. And was wondering what will happen when they do release the real one? Will it upgrade to the real release of KUbuntu 13.04 or do one need to download it and burn it on DVD? My second question is about Google Chrome. I try to install on KUbuntu 13.04 Beta 2. But every time I try I get message that it doesn't meet with approval of the system. Why is it like that? Is it because I installed KUbuntu 13.04 Beta 2? I hope that you can help me with these questions.

Yours
Christer Wickman
Sent from Huawei Mobile

Where Is Kubuntu 13.04 Release Candidate?

Hi,

According to the official release schedule
Kubuntu 13.04 Release Candidate
should have been released yesterday.

Where is it to download?
Thanks!

Jesse

Hibernate missing in Kubuntu 12.04 lts

Can anyone help,
As when I first viewed k12.04 lts before I installed it , it showed a
Hibernate tab, but after installing and using for some time now it has
disappeared, reasons why I don't know?

ray

Something the update-manager installed has a huge memory leak

Greetings;

A 10.04-4 LTS user here stuck on kernel 2.6.32 in the rtai flavor because I
use linuxcnc to run machine tools, a lathe and a 4 axis mill.

Normally, it takes a couple of weeks for this machine to get dodgy because
its 500+ megs into swap, so my normal reboot period is 2 to 3 weeks.

I rebooted late yesterday & didn't do anything worse than a little
solitaire after that, went to bed. By the time I get up, the machine is
extremely unresponsive with the update-managers screen sitting on top of
kmail. No response to clicking on any buttons.

Controlling kruler with the mouse

I've been using kruler a lot in my current job. I find it difficult to
place it precisely where I want it with pixel accuracy.

The I noticed a colleague. He would place it approximately, then use his
arrow key to move it around one pixel at a time.

I tried doing that and it didn't do anything.

The big difference is that he is using fedora and I'm using kubuntu (12.10).

Anyone know how I can move kruler around with my arrow keys?

Thanks,

Michael

No nvidia support for GT240 fatal for linux

Hi,
First there is not a suitable NVIDIA X DRIVER for GT240 nvidia card
Edit nvidia-xconfig as root as there is a bogus xcofig file there

After doing this I worked around crappy Nvidia driver
by editing /etc/X11/ xorg.config
and putting in my monitors Horiz Sync and vert ref parameters.

So anyone using Nvidia cards even a few years old is now a pariah
in Linux thanks to Nvidia this will flow onto other OS's too.

Rod

Upgrade ones graphics drivs

Hello Everybody.

I have a computer with these confirmation. It has a ASUS Motherboard
with a 775 sockel and it has a CPU Intel Core2Duo 2,20GHz. And it has a
graphic card which a ASUS too Nvidia GeForce G210. Mow to my question.
How does one upgrade ones rutin for the graphic card? I use right now
304.88 And I went to Nvidia homepage and there was a new driv out which
310.24 I think I was call that. So how does one upgrade? Or should one
wait until KUbuntu v. 13.04 is released instead? I hope you all can help
me with these question. Thank you.

Yours
Christer Wickman

Bad nvidia download for latest kernel precise 32 bit

The latest nvidia modules give a low resolution desktop.
Who does the updates, ubuntu, who would not care or kubuntu.
Hope its fixed soon.
Regards
Rod

colord-kde l10n

in a recent quest to fix localization for raring I noticed that colord-kde
has no l10n whatsoever.
we currently have 0.2 (1 year old). git master has localization and from a
quick look at websvn it seems that it is translated in all major languages.

so we are in a bit of a tricky situation as our options are

- ship with no l10n and colord-kde 0.2 (assumption is that since it was in
raring for a while it got tested...)
- ship with ll10n and colord-kde 0.2+gitsnaphot (not tested beyond whatever
audience git master has)
- remove colord-kde 0.2 from the seed (i.e.

Nvidia 319.12 beta driver

Hey. I just read that nvidia has released its new beta
driver with OPTIMUS support. If you create packages for
13.04 i can test it. Am running DELL XPS 15z with OPTIMUS.
Let me know ;)

problems with 13.4 and multiple monitors

I have three monitors hooked to a Radeon HD 6770 and am now running kubuntu 13.4

every time I login, I need to setup the monitor resolution, rotation, and
position again.

I have been having this problem with kubuntu for a couple of years, across two
different systems and many kubuntu releases.

I have this problem with both the open and proprietary drivers.

David Lang

Big problem: Monitor tab lost in System Settings

Hi All

I updated to KDE 4.10.2 and in System Settings > Hardware > Monitor and Video
i've lost the Monitor tab!!!

Only the Screensaver tab is present.

How could it be possible?? Can anybody help me?

Ciao

-Unable To Boot ISO In VirtualBox?

[13.04 32Bit Beta2]-Unable To Boot ISO In VirtualBox?

Hi,

I am trying to install Kubuntu 13.04 32Bit Beta2 into a VirtualBox VM.
When I boot the ISO in VirtualBox VM I do get a menu.
I choose "Start Kubuntu" and then I get black screen and nothing happens?

Running current VirtualBox version 4.2.10 on an openSUSE 12.3 64Bit KDE
host.
Desktop is an Intel Atom 1.8GHz Dual Core with 4GB RAM and an nVidia Ion
512MB.

Any help would be appreciated, thanks!

Jesse

address autocompletion gone missing in 4.10.2

Upgraded to 4.10.2 and found that autocompletion of mail receiver
address went missing again in KMail...

Anyone else see this? Any idea how to get it back?

Kind regards
Sinclair

Re: SiS Mirage 3 Graphics and Linux

Hello

I had a laptop that had a graphics card from SiS and it could only run at this resolution 800x600. I tried everything I could do to display in higher resolution but nothing worked. So support on Linux for these card seem to be low. This laptop I don't have it anymore. I do have a laptop now, but I haven't tested Ubuntu or KUbuntu on the new one.

Yours
Christer.
Sent from Huawei Mobile

Dennis Linux <frankie- ... at hotmail dot nl> skrev:

SiS Mirage 3 Graphics and Linux

Hello, my friend's laptop got a SiS Mirage 3 Graphic card. Is this graphics good supported in Linux?

Regards, Dennis

Strange file in /home

Dear all,

from some time I have a file that is self-creating in my home directory with
name C:\nppdf32Log\debuglog.txt. Inside is just an endless line with the
following text:

NPP_GetValue is called

If I delete it, it comes back somehow. Does anyone have any idea what it could
be?

Thanks,
gk

Upload needs charging?

<a href="http://ograblog.wordpress.com/2013/04/01/important-changes-in-ubuntu-engineering/" title="http://ograblog.wordpress.com/2013/04/01/important-changes-in-ubuntu-engineering/">http://ograblog.wordpress.com/2013/04/01/important-changes-in-ubuntu-eng...</a>

What on Earth is this? I need to PAY to upload packages????????

Faintly ridiculous.

Let me hear you guys' views.

Regards,
Howard Chan (smartboyhw)

system volume more than 100%

Hi all,
in Ubuntu(unity/Gnome desktop) we can increase system volume more than
100%. how does that work?
how can I enable increasing system volume more than 100% in KDE(Kubuntu) or
other desktop?

thank you

Cannot use disk after format

Good evening.

I connected a new 1 TB disk to my 12.04.02 installation. The disk was ntfs
formatted, so I used Partition manager to format it as ext4 (primary on
sdb1). Now I see the disk in dolphin (with one lost+found directory in it),
but cannot use it. What can be the issue? Thanks.
gk

kvkbd

I'm removing kvkbd from the seeds, it's unmaintained and there's a plasma applet which does the same thing. Let me know if you disagree.

Jonathan

Kubuntu Translations for 13.04

I've updated our wiki page with information how what needs done for kubuntu translations forr the 13.04 release
<a href="https://wiki.kubuntu.org/Kubuntu/Translations" title="https://wiki.kubuntu.org/Kubuntu/Translations">https://wiki.kubuntu.org/Kubuntu/Translations</a>

For almost everything we use upstream KDE translations so keep
translating there. There's a few apps which are specific to kubuntu
like the installer and we have a .pot file with any patched strings in
it and these need translated in Launchpad.

Let me know if you have any questions.

Harald does kdelibs needs patched to actually use the kubuntu-patched-l10n.pot translation?

Jonathan

Conky with Kubuntu 12.10

Having re-discovered conky with the installation of lxle (great
lightweight distro for older machines, <a href="http://www.lxle.net" title="http://www.lxle.net">http://www.lxle.net</a> ) I installed
under Kubuntu and discovered that setting the background to
"transparent" has no discernible effect. Any thoughts from the conky
cognoscenti?

Peter HB

ddebs for Kubuntu PPA's

Hi everyone
There was a trello card on the board to request ddebs for our Kubuntu
PPA's. So I opened a question a couple of weeks ago on Launchpad [1]

However this will massively increase PPA sizes as mentioned by wgrant
on the Question. There's also the question of what to do with the
existing -dbg packages. Since I'm not on IRC alot these days I'm
opening this discussion on the mailing list to get everyone's feedback
on whether we should go ahead with this.

Regards
Rohan Garg

[1] <a href="https://answers.launchpad.net/launchpad/+question/223829" title="https://answers.launchpad.net/launchpad/+question/223829">https://answers.launchpad.net/launchpad/+question/223829</a>

Re: [kubuntu-devel] Kubuntu LightDM and Ksplash theme

I like the theme with LightDM, but I like sticking with the defaults mostly
set by the KDE upstream.

nouveau & hibernate issues

I have a problem with restore from hibernate with the nouveau driver (with
OpenGL enabled) - it crashes :) nvidia driver works fine.

Could anyone recommend the appropriate list/forums to go to? I'd like to make
my system available for testing etc.

nootka

Hi Howard, looking at the Nootka package it's missing Fftw3 and has an
unused build-dep on qtmultimedia5-dev (it's a qt 4 programme, qt4's
qtmultimedia comes in with qtmobility). are you able to fix those or
should someone else take over?

Jonathan

Cannot delete messages in IMAP

Dear all,

After having some troubles with akonadi, now I cannot delete the messages that
are in my inbox of my IMAP gmail account. I can only manually delete them with
the mouse, but not through the delete button. Any ideas?
gk

Unknown Archiver

Howdy;

I've been checking around for some software, but all I'm finding is the
package name followed by a, "tar.xz". What the dickens do I do with
one of those?

TIA

Bill

Kubuntu mugs

If I was to get some mugs printed with the new logo on them and I am happy
with the results, do I need any permission to sell the mugs on to anyone who
wants them?

Shrinking a FAT32 partition on USB drive

I have a 160GB external USB drive for back up. It has the single FAT32
partition it came with.

Kubuntu LightDM and Ksplash theme

Hey i want to propose a new lightdm theme and a kplash theme to fit with
the ldm for Kubuntu. We were working on this with Harald, but it still
needs some love. What do you think. Can we change upstream artwork or is
this rule hard to change?

This is how it looks like:

<a href="http://madsheytan.blogspot.com/2013/02/lightdm-ciag-dalszy.html" title="http://madsheytan.blogspot.com/2013/02/lightdm-ciag-dalszy.html">http://madsheytan.blogspot.com/2013/02/lightdm-ciag-dalszy.html</a>

<a href="http://madsheytan.blogspot.com/2013/02/kde-splashscreen.html" title="http://madsheytan.blogspot.com/2013/02/kde-splashscreen.html">http://madsheytan.blogspot.com/2013/02/kde-splashscreen.html</a>

Request for packaging Nootka

Hi
Jonathan encouraged me to put the request here.
So here it is:
I would like to ask someone to make official Ubuntu package.
<a href="http://nootka.sf.net" title="http://nootka.sf.net">http://nootka.sf.net</a>

Version 0.8.51 is latest stable.
I'm providing deb package but through cpack -G DEB.
lintian says nothing for it.... I tried t fulfil all requirements.

Thank You in advance
Tomasz

Kubuntu Localized Website

Hello everyone,

Approximately one month ago I also posted this, but I would like to
mention about this again:

Currently Kubuntu website is only English and there are some localized
versions which are (AFAIK) independent. It will be very good to have
at least for languages which have no domain for Kubuntu could be
hosted in the same server with Kubuntu. Eg:

kubuntu.org/tr - Turkish
kubuntu.org/uk - Ukraine

There are not so many text to translate, so it will be quick to have
them completed.

Address auto complete

Dear all,

After having some issues with akonadi database (had to restore it), the
address autocompletion works only on one of the address books I have. I am
using only gmail resource that has in it 'My Contacts' and 'Other Contacts'
subfoders. Only the latter's emails are listed in autocompletion; none of the
addresses in 'My Contacts' are used.

Any ideas?
gk

Akonadi is dead...

Hi all.

After a normal reboot of a laptop, akonadi does not start making the whole
system not usable. The CPU is up high busy in a mysql process. From the
akonadi console I cannot start akonadi as, according to the self test
"Akonadi cannpt be registted at D-bus". The same error with nepomuk.

Meanwhile the hard disk doas not stop...

How can I make it work? This id a 12.04.2 system. Thanks.
Gk

Sleep mode

Thank you for reading this.

Until a couple of day ago my laptop would automatically enter sleep mode
after 30 minutes of inactivity. Now it won't, but it will sleep if I
manually enter sleep mode.

The problem may have something to do with Pysol because the game had
entered some sort of strange mode shortly after it was started. A few
minutes later my laptop started making a sound that sounded very much
like "uh oh" every five seconds or so.

Install Lubuntu

I put a s-video in my old Diamond Viper 550 pci card because i don't have a cable at the moment.
But when i want to install Lubuntu the screen is black.
Windows can start, why the install not?

Regards, Dennis

Intel graphics

Hello, i got another pc from my neighbour and i want to install Lubuntu on it.
There's a Intel GMA 300 integrated videocard.
I never had a Intel graphics so i want to know how to install the software for it. I saw this site:https://01.org/linuxgraphics/
Is this where i get my driver or is there another solution?

Regards, Dennis

Multiple Users Logoff Problem

Hello,

The brightness could not be changed until I modify grub setting from
/etc/default/grub and modifying the line as follows:

"GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash acpi_osi=Linux acpi_backlight=vendor"

Now it works, but when I need to logout and login again, or create the
second session as a different user, it cannot be controlled again.

The only solution was restarting...

Then I found intel-gpu-tools. Now without restarting I can write sudo
intel_backlight 100 and it increases the brightness again.

Do you know why it works at first boot, but not after logout &
relogin?

Release Structure Changes

As a topic for today's call, I'd like to propose the following.

The latest Ubuntu (the project) level proposal that is on the table is:

<a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/technical-board/2013-March/001527.html" title="https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/technical-board/2013-March/001527.html">https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/technical-board/2013-March/001527.html</a>

I think we can generally live with this, however (as others have already
commented on th TB list) I think the 7 month support period is too short.

I would propose the Kubuntu (the project) position on this be something along
the lines of the following:

- The overall structure of retaining a regular cadence of normal and LTS
releases every 6 months is essential to Kubuntu as deliv

konversation 1.5

I am currently trying to get konversation 1.5 into raring, what with it
being the first release in like 1.5 years it seems like a worthwhile effort
for the fans of konversation.

To get some preliminary testing I invite everyone to test it form:

ppa:kubuntu-ppa/experimental

(amd64 still pending build [1])

If all goes well I hope to have it landing in raring within the next couple
of days.

Muon updater

Since upgrading to version 1.9.95 of muon-updater from the Kubuntu backports
PPA in Kubuntu 12.10 I've been unable to update anything. I get 3-4 windows
popping up upon loading saying that I'm about to login to opendesktop and when
I click on the tick to update the progress bar moves across, but nothing gets
updated.

Beta 1 testing

Beta 1 testing needed now!
<a href="http://iso.qa.ubuntu.com/qatracker/milestones/261/builds" title="http://iso.qa.ubuntu.com/qatracker/milestones/261/builds">http://iso.qa.ubuntu.com/qatracker/milestones/261/builds</a>

Anyone want to do the release info page?

Jonathan

Ubiquity Slideshow

Hello,

Today I noticed the openSUSE welcome video. What about doing something
similar for installation if user has access to internet? Maybe voice
can be only English, but subtitles may be added for localization.

Video is here and very explanatory:
<a href="http://blip.tv/openSUSEtv/opensuse-desktop-introduction-kde-plasma-desktop-basics-6545710" title="http://blip.tv/openSUSEtv/opensuse-desktop-introduction-kde-plasma-desktop-basics-6545710">http://blip.tv/openSUSEtv/opensuse-desktop-introduction-kde-plasma-deskt...</a>

Best regards,
Volkan GEZER
<a href="mailto: ... at gmail dot com"> ... at gmail dot com</a>

Kubuntu Council Nomination

Greetings,

My name is David Wonderly (Darkwing on IRC) and I wish to run for reelection
to the Kubuntu Council.

For those who may not know, I am a community guy.

Developers Mumble Meeting

Thanks to yofel we have a mumble server set up for the developers of Kubuntu
to use.

Please use this poll to fill out when you are able to attend.

<a href="http://doodle.com/5q8pnfkgqnb6vuy3" title="http://doodle.com/5q8pnfkgqnb6vuy3">http://doodle.com/5q8pnfkgqnb6vuy3</a>

Also, I think we will try and keep this meeting like, there is a meeting
agenda set up on the wiki.

<a href="https://wiki.kubuntu.org/Kubuntu/MumbleMeeting" title="https://wiki.kubuntu.org/Kubuntu/MumbleMeeting">https://wiki.kubuntu.org/Kubuntu/MumbleMeeting</a>

Thank you and I'll reply once I feel we have a good number of people replying
to the poll.

The Mumble Server information

Server: yofel-vz.dyndns.org
Port: 64738

Cheers!

David Wonderly
for the Kubuntu Council

ATI drivers do not yet support the X Server 1.13

Ubuntu and Ati not working in Ubuntu 12.10.
I believe this issue is because the ATI drivers do not yet support the current X Server 1.13. So we are going to be waiting on ATI? How long have we to wait for workeble drivers?

Regards Dennis

New Kubuntu Member

Hello,

Today we are glad to welcome Howard Chan (smartboyhw) as a Kubuntu Member.

Howard, although only recently starting to contribute to Kubuntu, has
already been a big help with packaging and testing.

You can find his LP page at: <a href="https://launchpad.net/~smartboyhw" title="https://launchpad.net/~smartboyhw">https://launchpad.net/~smartboyhw</a>

Please give Howard a warm welcome, and if you think you'd like to become a
Kubuntu Member, please don't hesitate to ask us how to make that happen!

Jonathan

4.10.1 : nepomuk still unreliable

Have pulled down 4.10.1 for raring, erased the nepomuk db *yet* again and let
it do its thing for hours. My procedure for this is:

akonadictl stop
// Wait for all akonadi processes to stop

nepomukctl stop
// Wait for all nepomuk processes to stop

rm -rf ~/.kde/share/apps/nepomuk

reboot

First off the nepomuk feeder does not recognise that nepomuk has started, I
have to reset it before it does.

Kubuntu Todos on Trello

Over the past week we have started using Trello.com [1] to manage todos / work
items as it provides a more agile approach than the launchpad based work item
"implementation".

All Kubuntu members can of course become members, please get in touch with me
or someone with a blue rectangle on our trello page to add you.

After the 13.04 release we'll evaluate whether to continue using it.

trip to England

A further funding request for the Kubuntu council to consider, I'd like a train and hostel/hotel bed to visit withsupport, the company Emerge have done a deal with to do commercial support of Kubuntu. Should be < £200.

Jonathan

Kubuntu installation general observations

I have done 3 installs of Kubuntu over the past week (12.10 32 bit, 12.10 64
bit and 13.04 64 bit) and I have some general observations of this post
install.

1) It doesn't seem possible to enable "Set date and time automatically" in the
Date & Time control module. It fails with an error after clicking on OK or
Apply. I have tried searching bugs.kde.org, but some say it should be fixed
already.

2) In System Settings > Application Appearance and Oxygen configure, why is
"Windows' drag mode" set to Drag windows from all empty areas?

Next Kubuntu Council meeting time?

Hello to all Kubuntu Council members + Kubuntu members,

Recently I wanted to apply for Kubuntu membership. I am now currently doing
packaging (as a Kubuntu Ninja) and also QA (my favourite type of thing to
do). I already had Ubuntu membership, but as many Kubuntu people told me
that Kubuntu membership would be a much nicer choice.

QApt does not install by clicking on .deb file

Hello,

When you click on .deb file to install it without commands, it opens a
dialog to install (QApt) and when you click on Install, it asks for
password.

Continuing to operation shows DONE, but actually it installs nothing.

Using terminal does not have the same problem.

Eg. download google-chrome and click on .DEB file to install and
proceed with the next steps. It won't be installed.

Type: dpkg -i google......

Hybrid ati Intel laptop

Hello, my uncle got a hp laptop with a ati 7800 hybrid and Intel chipset.
If i want to install the Cathalyst software from Ati, what have i to do to let it work?
I tried this; <a href="https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BinaryDriverHowto/ATI" title="https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BinaryDriverHowto/ATI">https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BinaryDriverHowto/ATI</a>
But than the screen went black....
Why is it so difficult to install a videocard normaly?
In Windows you can click a few times and it's done.

Regards Dennis

Camera and Skype

Hi all,

Since upgrading to 12.04.02 (KDE 4.10) I have problems with my built-in web
camera and Skype.

When I test the camera in the Options of Skype, all works normally. However
the camera does not work during a call.

Does anyone has the same issue? How to solve it.

Thanks,
gk

System tray colour

Thank you for reading this.

The system tray used to be a light colour but a few weeks ago I noticed
that it had changed to a grey colour. This makes the minimised
application icons a little difficult to see.

I cannot see a setting to change the colour, can anyone offer a suggestion?

Kubuntu Council Elections 2013 - Call For Nominations

The Kubuntu Council terms for David Wonderly, Harald Sitter, and Jonathan
Thomas expire on 2013-05-20. This is a call for nominations for the Kubuntu
Council to elect three members.

The term will be for two years, 2013-05-21 to 2015-05-20.

As in the past, the election will be conducted using CIVS (Condorcet Internet
Voting Service - <a href="http://www.cs.cornell.edu/andru/civs.html" title="http://www.cs.cornell.edu/andru/civs.html">http://www.cs.cornell.edu/andru/civs.html</a> ).

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