On 2023-03-10 20:04:25 Michael via tde-users wrote: > On Friday 10 March 2023 03:23:18 pm Chris Austin via tde-users wrote: > > On Thursday 09 Mar 2023 21:21:58 Dave Close via tde-users wrote: > > > I made these comments in response to a different topic and suspect > > > they were overlooked as a result. Hence, another attempt. On a Fedora > > > 37 system with KDE (5) working, I installed TDE. All of it except > > > the applications. > > Hi Dave, > > AFAIK all of TDE has been re-named so that it does not interfere with, or > is interfered by, KDE. Slávek would have the definitive answer. > > I’m going to guess that not installing all of TDE caused the odd behavior. > I would try creating a live USB (Fedora 37 w/ KDE5) and then install all of > TDE to it for testing. > > > > Having KDE 5 installed before installing TDE seems to have resulted > > > in some confusion. The DE startup splash screen, for example, says it > > > is starting Plasma by KDE. Once started, it does appear to actually > > > be TDE. > > That would be normal until you re-configure the startup splash screen from > using KDE to using TDE's [login manager?] (I don't know the actual name of > that). Here's what my openSUSE system, which uses update-alternatives to switch between multiple applications, shows: | ~ | ● update-alternatives --config default-displaymanager | There are 5 choices for the alternative default-displaymanager (providing /usr/lib/X11/displaymanagers/default-displaymanager). | | Selection Path Priority Status | ------------------------------------------------------------ | * 0 /usr/lib/X11/displaymanagers/tdm 30 auto mode | 1 /usr/lib/X11/displaymanagers/console 5 manual mode | 2 /usr/lib/X11/displaymanagers/gdm 25 manual mode | 3 /usr/lib/X11/displaymanagers/lightdm 15 manual mode | 4 /usr/lib/X11/displaymanagers/tdm 30 manual mode | 5 /usr/lib/X11/displaymanagers/xdm 10 manual mode | | Press <enter> to keep the current choice[*], or type selection number: | @22:14:55,root@pinto rc=0 Even if your system doesn't use update-alternatives, you should find a displaymanagers subdirectory somewhere in your system. Perhaps you'll have to look for "kdm" in your library directories? Leslie > > > > But some parts of TDE don't work as expected. For example, the TDE > > > Control Center doesn't start if selected from the start menu. Nothing > > > at all happens. Starting kcontrol from a shell does start what appears > > > to be the program but nothing in it works. On exit, the shell reports, > > > "WARNING: No TDE menu group with X-TDE-BaseGroup=settings found | > > > Defaulting to Settings/". > > > > > > Is this sort of installation expected to work? Would it have been > > > better to start with a fresh install? > > > > I am using TDE installed after KDE-4 all the time, and I love it. I can > > get the best of both worlds, using KDE-4 apps in TDE when I prefer them > > to the Trinity versions, and using the Trinity versions when I prefer > > them. However this is an old system, installed around March 2017, with > > Trinity installed over a late Debian Jessie system that came with KDE-4. > > I installed TDM, so that is what I log in with. I actually work in TDE > > all the time, unless I have to use one of two programs that used not to > > work in Trinity. I just started one of those programs, Geomview, in > > Trinity just now, and to my surprise, it opened some windows. So perhaps > > I might even be able to use that in Trinity now. > > I've done this in the past as well. I do remember that a few programs > would only not cause problems if the were run in a different Desktop (which > I thought was weird, but 'eh, it worked). > > Best, > Michael -- Platform: GNU/Linux Hardware: x86_64 Distribution: openSUSE Leap 15.4 Desktop Environment: Trinity Qt: 3.5.0 TDE: R14.0.13 tde-config: 1.0 ____________________________________________________ tde-users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Web mail archive available at https://mail.trinitydesktop.org/mailman3/hyperkitty/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
