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jjessehrmm after updating my karmic vm i can't use the mouse or keyboard01:53
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seeleScottK: there really isnt a better way of getting the attention of the user than a popup dialog03:47
seeleScottK: an "oh shit your computer is going to shut down NOW" message seems appropriate in that case03:47
seeleand keep in mind that is completely different from a low battery "warning"03:47
seelewhich just says politely "btw, your battery is low.. you should do something like plug it in or shut it down"03:48
ScottKseele: I'd like to see you contribute to the upstream discussion then.03:50
seeleScottK: what mailing list was it on because i completely missed it03:51
seelei basically archived everything from last week because i couldnt keep up with it while on holiday03:51
ScottKseele: kde-core-devel03:51
seelewho were the primary participants?03:51
seeleactually, what was the subject so i can find it03:52
ScottKseele: The thread starts here:  http://lists.kde.org/?l=kde-core-devel&m=125362617220332&w=203:52
seeleok03:52
ScottKIt seemed primarily asiego and sebas from the people I know being strongly against.03:52
seeleholy shit 68 responses03:52
seelewell i dont have teh patience to argue with aseigo03:53
ScottKseele: I see your point, but I don't want to be stuck with a patch that we are going to have to maintain forever.03:53
seeleill say my bit and see what happens i guess03:53
ScottKThe short version is dialogues come from applications, the system should use notifications.03:53
ScottKIf the notification needs to be spiffied up to make it more obvious, fine.03:53
ScottKThey were very against the idea of a dialogue appearing 'out of nowhere'.03:54
seeleout of nowhere? the computer is going to shut down on it's own! i'd say that's a pretty responsible thing to do03:55
ScottKThe computer is going to suspend, not shut down03:55
seelewell. still. stuff will go away and you can't work anymore03:56
seelethe computer is going to act on it's own in a major way03:56
ScottKThat was another point of the discussion that if suspend is broken, fix suspend, don't work around the fact that it's broken.03:56
ScottKThus willingness to have the notification be more obvious.03:56
seelei thought a high percent of hardware now works with suspend03:57
ScottKAlthough no one could find an example of someone not noticing the existing notification.03:57
seeleand it is still going to suspend isnt it? regardless of what type of visual notification we make?03:57
seelei dont see how that would be relevant to that conversation03:57
ScottKUnless you cancel it.03:57
seeleright, and in that case, having a popup dialot which provides you a way to cancel it seems more reasonable for cases where suspend might not work03:57
seeleinstead of it quietly counting to itself in the corner and then BOOM03:58
ScottKThe only actual problems people reported were the timeout being too short and the button to hit to cancel being too small.03:58
seelethat seems pretty easy to fix03:58
ScottKYes03:58
seeleargh03:58
ScottKSo the conclusion on the list was that the actual problems were quite fixable without switching to a dialogue03:58
seelethe problems have nothing to do with it03:59
ScottKThe only actual reason to switch to a dialogue was if you think actions on notifications are evil.03:59
seelethat also has nothing to do with it03:59
seeleargh03:59
ScottKIt has everything to do with it.03:59
seeleno, it doesnt matter if there are actions on the notification because the information shouldnt be delivered in a notification03:59
ScottKThis is the one OMG I must have an action case the agateau found in his review of KDE actions.03:59
seelea notification, actions or not, is too passive for that type of proactive action from the computer04:00
seelethat is why a dialog is perfectly suited for that type of feedback04:00
ScottKWell review the thread then and reply.04:00
seeleok04:00
ScottKJust trying to give you the sense of it.04:00
ScottKPersonally, I think the timeout should be longer and the action area ought to be bigger.  I don't see it makes a lot of difference between dialogue and notification.  What I really don't want is to be stuck with patch maintenance forever due to permanent upstream divergence.04:01
ScottKIME the notification is plenty noticable.04:03
seeleit has to be more than noticable04:19
seeleit can't be missed04:19
seeleand notifications can be missed04:19
seeletelling the user that the computer is going to go to sleep right now is not something that should be missed04:20
seeleargh04:20
seeleonly through the first 5 emails04:20
ScottKRight, but no examples of it being missed were  provided.04:28
rgreeningmaybe we should file bugs against kde then submit patches for review against the bugs (assuming we havent already opened kde bugs)04:30
ScottKrgreening: For what?04:30
rgreeningwell if the powerdevil notification is in question, file a bug/wishlist against it upstream I guess04:31
rgreeningthen once filed it's easier to work with maybe04:31
rgreeningof course I seem to be batting zero on suggestions this week...04:32
ScottKDid you miss the "hey I'm about to suspend" notification?04:32
seeleScottK: if someone gives me 5k then i can find out, but that seems like a waste of money for such a minor feature04:32
rgreeningheh04:32
seeleactually, might need 10k, it would have to be statistically significant04:32
ScottKseele: Right, well I don't care which one we use nearly as much as I care about not being stuck with a patch forever.04:33
ScottK"Ayatana will maintain it" doesn't much comfort me.04:34
nixternali took a nap from 5pm until 9:30pm...I am ready for work!04:41
ScottKRiddell and ryanakca: I went ahead and announced the move of KDE 4.2.4 to jaunty-backports on kubuntu.org since we got bitched at for not doing so before.  Feel free to improve it.05:26
ScottKCrap.  Just upgraded my laptop to karmic and black screen after login (just the mouse).05:37
ScottKSuggestions welcome.05:38
user321http://tinyurl.com/yatepls05:47
ScottKRiddell: I'm going to bed, but any suggestions for black screen after login on upgrade from Jaunty are quite welcome.05:49
jussi01ScottK: I had a problem with settings after upgrade, moved .kde and all was fine05:51
ScottKjussi01: Thanks.  I'll try that after the "you've rebooted too many times" fsck gets done.05:52
jussi01hrm, Ive been running karmic for a while on this lappy, and sound has been a constant issue. It works ok, except for when a sound needs to be played, I get a "tick" sound (like a mike being plugged in?) and the mute light flashes. it then goes on to play the sound - however, if the sound is too short like a skype login or so, you get just the tick and mute flash05:52
jussi01any suggestions?05:53
ScottKjussi01: No luck with moving .kde.  Thanks for the suggestion.05:59
jussi01ScottK: hrm, curious.05:59
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jussi01ok, I reported the phonon bug I mentioned before: bug 438556 maybe one for dtchen ?08:10
ubottuLaunchpad bug 438556 in phonon "Phonon Ticks when opening/playing a sound" [Undecided,New] https://launchpad.net/bugs/43855608:10
achScottK: about bug 43252109:44
ubottuLaunchpad bug 432521 in kdebase-workspace "kdm does not restart X server (that crashed on logout)" [High,Confirmed] https://launchpad.net/bugs/43252109:44
achScottK: I agree with our comment in #4.    Bug in #3 is more important.   For whatever reason it looks like I can't change subject/desc too. I assume the reason is I'm too stupid to find the right button :(09:46
Tonio_Riddell: I have patched kdebluetooth as requested...10:02
Tonio_may I upload directly and you review as an archive admin ;)10:02
neversfeldemhh, kdepim is untranslated after upgrade of some language packs :/10:20
markeyis there a way to disable apport completely?10:30
markeyI've disabled it once, but it still tries to open10:31
sebasmarkey: there's an init script afaik11:06
sebasNot sure if that will disable apport, but it might break it enough so you don't see it11:06
ScottKach: It's a but that the current LP doesn't work with Konqueror for changing bug descriptions.11:35
ScottKRiddell: My laptop is still dead after upgrade, so hints are welcome.11:39
RiddellScottK: what's in .dmrc ?11:43
Riddelldoes startx work?11:43
ScottKLooking11:43
Riddellcan you use a fallback session to get a terminal and start kde bits one by one to see what's not starting11:44
Riddellwhat's in .xsession-errors?11:44
ScottKGotta boot it first11:44
ScottK.dmrc has [Desktop]11:46
ScottKSession=default11:46
ScottKRiddell: The only error in .xsession-errors is "/usr/bin/xmodmap: unable to open file '/usr/share/kubuntu-default-settings/kubuntu.xmodmap' for reading11:49
ScottKThen "/usr/bin/xmodmap: 1 error encountered, aborting."11:50
ScottKThe rest is mostly stuff like "kdeinit4: preparing to launch /usr/lib/libkdeinit4_kconf_update.so11:51
ScottKTrying startx now11:52
ScottKRiddell: startx doesn't even get to the login screen.  It switches to a black screen with just a mouse.11:53
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ScottKI can confirm that kubuntu.xmodmap is not there in k-d-s.11:57
NightroseRiddell: hey :) Harald said you can add me to a google doc i might be interested in12:01
Nightroseor JontheEchidna12:01
ScottKRiddell: Fixed.  Somehow I had openbox installed on the box too.  Purging that fixed it.12:08
Riddellwell that's just asking for trouble :)12:09
RiddellNightrose: umm, did he give any clue as to which?12:09
NightroseRiddell: future plans afaik12:10
Riddellmaybe you'd like to join our monthly wholesale food order and buy a pallet of sweetcorn?12:10
Nightrose*lol*12:10
Riddellhmm, don't see any google doc about that12:10
Nightrosesure12:10
Nightroseok12:10
Nightrosewill have to wait until he is back at a proper computer then12:11
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ScottKRiddell: All is not happy.  If I boot via the recovery session and manually sudo kdm start, it works.  Normal boot, I don't even get to the login screen.  Suggestions?12:32
ScottKI did move my .kde away and no help.12:34
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achScottK: I did dist-upgrade and reboot and kdm starts file.  Try:   initclt list |grep kdm    Maybe kdm is  not started because of upstart thinks dependecies are missing?12:59
rgreeningRiddell: is there a place we can start collecting ideas/todos for Lucid? Or do you have any suggestions? I have some ideas I'd like to start writing down and not forget them...13:02
rgreeningor prefererence...13:02
rgreeningRiddell: how about https://wiki.kubuntu.org/KubuntuLucidSpecs (like we did for Jaunty)13:04
ScottKach: Thanks.13:07
achuh, and now is wireless doesn't work anymore.  knetworkmanger does not react when I click in the wpa2 wlan13:07
ScottKach: It says kdm stop/waiting.  Is that normal?13:08
ScottKNo, it's not13:08
ScottKGood clue.13:08
ScottKRiddell: ^^^ Any suggestions?13:09
ScottKrgreening: Fix my laptop before you start worrying about the next release.13:10
achScottK: check you've ubuntu14 rev of kdm.  There was a fix to now conflict/Breaks with new usplash13:11
ScottKLooks like maybe i have 1313:13
ScottKagateau: How do I tell quassel to use the indicator?13:13
agateauScottK: there should be an option somewhere13:14
* agateau starts Karmic Quassel13:14
ScottKagateau: I didn't find it.13:14
achkonversation patched too for new indicator?13:15
agateauach: yes13:15
ScottKYes.13:15
agateauit's in Interface / Notifications13:15
agateauthere is an ugly check box in the bottom13:15
agateau(shame on me)13:15
Tonio_ScottK: can you approve and let uploads to main go in ?13:16
Tonio_ScottK: I have a patched kdebluetooth waiting13:16
ScottKTonio_: No.  That needs ubuntu-release approval.  Unless it's beta critical, it needs to wait13:16
Tonio_ScottK: kk13:17
Tonio_critical I'(d say no, but we'll receive compains about that :)13:17
SputScottK / agateau: actually, with KDE integration, there should be a checkbox in KDE's "Configure Notifications"13:17
Tonio_ScottK: any idea what's the status of boot splash ?13:17
Sputah right, no, it's only in Interface /Notifications13:18
* Sput confuzzled13:18
ScottKWhich I don't see it.13:18
ScottKTonio_: No.13:18
Sputit's *not* in "Configure Notifications"13:18
ScottKI don't see it at all.13:19
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Sputhmmm, I can't test :)13:20
neversfeldeI cannot see it either13:20
Sputsure it's built with ayatana support (check the configure messages)?13:20
ScottKagateau: Can you look into this?  I need to get my laptop fixed and get to $WORK.13:21
agateauIt's here for me, did you look at Quassel configure dialog or at the generic "Configure notification" dialog13:21
agateau?13:21
agateauScottK: ^13:21
ScottKagateau: Both13:22
rgreeningagateau: I dont see it here either. What version of quassel and are you running a local build or from the main archive13:22
neversfeldeboth here :)13:22
agateaurgreening: local build, need to distupgrade13:22
* agateau tries installed package13:23
agateauooooh13:23
* rgreening think the patch isnt in13:23
ScottKach: You called it.  I updated and it worked.13:23
agateauwhen built with KDE support, the page where I added my checkbox is not here13:23
ScottKRiddell: Looks like my upgrade problem was solved by the current kdm.  I guess I upgraded slightly too soon.13:24
ScottKSo I can confirm that last upload was really needed.13:24
rgreening#IFDEF agateau #define PATCH=0 #ENDIF13:25
* agateau adds an entry to his TODO list13:25
achScottK: good, but still same on logout: no greeter.  I can see kdm_greeter is started + 2 dbus instances but no login prompt.  So maybe dbus is blocking for whatever reason?13:25
ScottKThere's an open bug on that.13:25
achScottK: yes, I filed this bug ;)13:26
ScottKI think Riddell had some ideas about it, but I'm not sure what.13:27
rgreeningRiddell: I started this page for ... so we can keep track of ideas for upcoming UDS... https://wiki.kubuntu.org/KubuntuLucidSpecs13:27
ScottKIt's on the list of stuff that we know has to get fixed before release.13:27
ScottKrgreening: Start with "Make translations no suck"13:27
Sputagateau: hmmm, from my cursory glance on the code it should be there, but maybe we do something fancy with KDE's native dialog :)13:28
rgreeningScottK: I thought that was addressed for Karmic13:28
ScottKrgreening: Only progress.  We don't appear to be all the way to "Not suck".13:28
rgreeningok13:28
* rgreening adds translations to spec list to write13:28
agateauSput: ok13:28
achScottK: good that Riddell has some ideas, I run out of them.  So I spend my time why I no longer can connect anymore to the wpa2 wireless here.13:28
ScottKach: OK.  I'm connected to wpa2 right now.13:29
Riddellach: try killall knetworkmanager; rm ~/.kde/share/config/network*; knetworkmanager14:04
Riddellrgreening: good idea14:04
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ScottKIs KDE 4.3.2 scheduled?15:03
JontheEchidnaIt's due to be tagged October 1st15:04
JontheEchidnaand released the 6th15:04
JontheEchidnaleaving 9 days before final freeze15:04
ScottKNo problem.15:05
ScottKWhere do I find the option to turn the "Ayatana" notifications on?15:07
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JontheEchidnaScottK: inside the system tray settings dialog15:10
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ScottKThat seems obscure.15:11
ScottKThanks.15:11
JontheEchidnaYou're welcome.15:15
txwikinger_workAnybody an idea what the problem could be that cut&paste on kde apps doesn't work anymore, but on the other one it still does?15:18
ScottKagateau: It seems with your notifications enabled visual notifications get queued up, but audible ones don't so they get out of sync.15:19
agateauScottK: wow15:20
agateaunot sure i can do something for this15:20
agateau:/15:20
ScottKIt does seem a bit odd since they don't relate.15:20
ScottKOne is wondering what the ping was for.15:20
agateauI can see how it is a problem,15:21
agateaubut right now a notification goes this way: app -> knotify,15:22
agateauif it's a sound knotify plays it15:22
agateauif it's a bubble it sends it to plasma15:22
agateausince my code is in plasma,15:22
seele_maco: ping15:22
agateauI do not have access to the sound part15:23
ScottKSo this is a good piece of architectural feedback for KDE when they implement something to stop flooding15:23
agateauindeed15:23
txwikinger_workIsn't the Desktop experience team involved with such things?15:24
ScottKtxwikinger_work: Who does agateau work for?15:24
txwikinger_work:D15:24
agateauquizz time!15:24
ScottKI think there is at most a zero percent chance of Ayatana notifications getting adopted by KDE as long as they are actionless, but there are still points of useful feedback that can and should be given to KDE.15:24
macoseele_: pong15:26
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ScottKJontheEchidna: Is it on purpose that Konversation's systray icon is absent?15:31
Riddellthat's the upstream default setting15:32
ScottKOK15:32
ScottKLast I used it, I remebered it being there.15:33
ScottKThanks15:33
Riddellanyone tried encrypted home directory in karmic?15:34
ScottKI'll try it on my netbook if I get time to do a reinstall for beta testing.15:37
* rgreening is expecting 2xmini10v oct12th15:41
neversfeldeRiddell: I am currently installin kne with that option15:44
Riddellneversfelde: it crashed for me when using it with OEM install so let me know what happens15:45
JontheEchidnaagateau: I think bug 437999 is another indicator crasher (this is with your fix from the other day)15:51
ubottuLaunchpad bug 437999 in kdepim "kontact crashed with SIGSEGV on start" [Medium,New] https://launchpad.net/bugs/43799915:51
agateauJontheEchidna: oh15:52
* agateau looks15:52
JontheEchidnathanks :)15:52
neversfeldeRiddell: no problem here. I can install OEm in a vm, if that is needed (and it works in karmic)?15:59
Riddellit works otherwise15:59
* hunger just reported a bug about powerdevil not being able to set backlight brightness.16:05
hungerIt should work according to the kde bugtracker... so maybe it is something in the xorg or kernel layer instead of kdebase.16:06
Riddellmm that could be anywhere between linux, udev, hal, X, solid and powerdevil16:06
ScottKMore love for the powerdevil patch: http://blog.martin-graesslin.com/blog/2009/09/why-distributions-shouldnt-ship-development-versions/16:08
hungerRiddell: I know:-) My hope was that someone had an idea on how to debug this.16:09
Riddellmm, that's painful, I wrote a response in a comment but he hasn't approved it16:09
hungerxbacklight does not work either, so it probably is not kdebase per se.16:09
neversfeldethe translation on this system is in chaos, anyone ese having problems with this?16:13
neversfeldeseems to happen after upgrading with the last language packs16:13
Riddelltranslations were mostly ok when I tested yesterday16:14
RiddellI'll test it when I do the alternate CDs16:14
yuriyif translations are severely broken in beta, we're gonna get a lot of crap16:14
neversfeldeI'll try it on my netbook16:15
davmor2Riddell: just syncing the kub cd's now16:16
hungerHow should a display backlight show up in HAL?16:32
* hunger can not find anything containing back in hal-device output (except for network related stuff).16:32
RiddellI have.. udi = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/computer_backlight' info.addons = {'hald-addon-generic-backlight'} (string list)16:32
hungerNothing like that here... so it is hal or below.16:34
ScottKRiddell: I don't think comments are moderated on that blog.  Mine appeared immediately.16:35
ScottKDid the final IRC decision get made yet?16:40
ScottKI think we'll need to stick with Quassel on netbook as the Konversation config dialogue doesn't fit on 576 tall display16:41
hungerAh, looks like I need a special kernel module for this:-/16:41
seele_ScottK: re martin's blog, with the way he wrote it he makes it sound like kubuntu ships that way, not that you are preparing a seperate installation for it16:45
seele_people can install regular kubuntu if they want16:45
ScottKseele_: True.  We had a decent dialgoue in the comments16:46
ScottKseele_: I think he's totally right on powerdevil though.16:46
ScottKagateau: Did you not implement the longer notification for longer text?  seele_'s message ^^^ was on a notification for me and I coulnd't read it all before it went away.16:52
agateauScottK: I did, but maybe the algorithm needs some adjustment16:53
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ScottKagateau: It didn't seem to last any longer than normal.16:53
agateauScottK: could be a bug (I tend to produce those from time to time) :)16:54
* agateau checks it's actually implemented16:54
agateauScottK: oups, it's not16:57
agateauadding to my TODO16:57
ScottKOK16:57
ScottKagateau: Whatever opinions I have about notify-osd they will be based on having used it and not just theory.16:58
* agateau likes this16:58
ScottKPlease figure out getting the indicator stuff turned on in Quassel so I can try that too.16:59
agateauit's in my TODO, but I am busy with Kontact not starting at the moment,17:00
agateauwhich sounds a bit more critical :)17:00
ScottKThat'd be a higher priority, yes.17:00
* ach is working mode ignores lower right corner completely and is a fan of dialog in center of screen (helped on e.g. on mac os x several times already.)17:04
Riddellneversfelde: translations seem good for me installing from a CD, are you sure you have all the langpacks installed? what language are you looking at?17:07
neversfeldeRiddell: german and everything is ok on my netbook17:07
neversfeldeseems to be a problem with this machine17:07
agateauRiddell: JontheEchidna: uploaded a new patchset for kmail to fix  43799917:20
agateauhttp://people.canonical.com/~agateau/indicate/kmail-4.3.1-20090929.tar.bz217:20
agateauhave to go17:20
ScottKach: Needs to be solved upstream (the powerdevel thing).17:22
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Guest50779hello i am having keyboard problems in KDE, in  gnome it works, only in kde i can type nothing. even the virtual keyboard does not work17:38
nixternalRiddell: desktop meeting and your name was mentioned17:42
rickspencer3Riddell, desktop team meeting?17:42
seele_rickspencer3: are you still looking to move back to DC?17:46
rickspencer3seele, in team meeting atm, but not really, why?17:46
seele_rickspencer3: just wondering, you mentioned it a while ago17:47
rickspencer3seele, we did some serious house hunting, but then decided that moving is a pita, and we decided to wait for a sign17:47
seele_rickspencer3: oh well. maybe you'll get one some day :)17:50
Daskreechapachelogger: Which planet?17:50
apacheloggerall o'em17:50
DaskreechOooh there is akubuntu drama on planet gnome?17:51
* Daskreech heads on over17:51
* apachelogger puts on his ninja uwagi and goes on war path17:51
apacheloggerhttp://news.cnet.com/8301-30684_3-10363025-265.html17:55
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pvandewyngaerdehow can i troubleshoot keyboard input issues ?? i have no X keyboard input in kde,   but it works in gnome17:57
neversfeldeRiddell: a user in the german forum confirmed problems with the translations after the last upgrade18:07
neversfeldeevery test installation I did was ok, so probably a problem with upgraded systems18:08
apacheloggermhhh18:11
apacheloggertranslations18:11
hungerkarmic does work pretty well for me today by the way.18:16
hungerAll the important stuff works.18:16
* hunger has not tried the netbook edition, that was to annoying the last time he tried it.18:16
apacheloggerat least some nice words :)18:17
apacheloggerkubotu: identica dent !kubuntu teaser: Project Timelord (name not approved yet)18:28
kubotustatus updated18:28
daskreechapachelogger: other than the kwin kickup  What is the kubuntu blowup on the planet?18:34
apacheloggercomments on nixternals blog18:35
apacheloggerkubuntu not getting any attention blog18:35
daskreechok18:35
apacheloggerprevious kubuntu translations sux blogs18:35
daskreechwell how much  canonical attention is it getting18:35
daskreechWell they do18:35
daskreechKubuntu gets attention just not vocally from the people who vocally say they officailly support it18:36
apacheloggeras if anyone would care about that if the product was awesome enough18:36
SputScottK: you could try putting the following in quasselclient.conf:18:36
Sput[Notification]18:36
SputIndicator\Enabled=true18:36
Sputmaybe that works18:36
Sput(after restarting Quassel)18:36
daskreechapachelogger: Mindshare is the currency for FOSS projects18:37
ScottKSure.18:37
daskreechThat and participation.18:37
daskreechBeing awesome will still get you left as dead after a while18:37
* apachelogger does not see how kubuntu is awesome though :P18:38
daskreech:-)18:38
ScottKSput: Does it matter where in the file it goes?18:39
apacheloggerScottK: no18:39
ScottKapachelogger: Thanks.18:39
SputScottK: no, but you should make sure you don't already have a [Notification] section18:39
ScottKOK18:39
Sput(and obviously it should be places in between/after other sections ;-))18:39
Sput*placed18:39
daskreechapachelogger: Ah and The Kubuntu is irresponsible post has been nearly retracted18:40
apacheloggerdaskreech: which one would that be?18:40
daskreechhttp://blog.martin-graesslin.com/blog/2009/09/why-distributions-shouldnt-ship-development-versions/18:41
apacheloggerdaskreech: there are larger things at works to get martin that pissed though18:42
ScottKWould someone ping me please....18:42
JontheEchidnaScottK: ping18:42
SputScottK:  sure18:43
daskreechScottK: pung18:43
ScottKThanks18:43
daskreechDoes Kubuntu have a list of challenges facing Kubuntu ?18:43
claydohsooo all distributions should only allow what upstream dictates?18:44
daskreechclaydoh: I doubt he's saying that18:44
claydohmaybe a little18:44
apacheloggerdaskreech: Kubuntu's challenge numero uno: Kubuntu18:44
daskreechapachelogger: State it in terms of teh objectives of Kubuntu18:45
daskreechthe18:45
apacheloggerpardon?18:45
apacheloggerScottK: dropped you a mail18:46
* ScottK is in a meeting, but will try to get a look at it.18:47
ScottKSput: No luck.18:47
SputScottK: hmmm, well, I'm delegating this to agateau then :)18:47
ScottKOK.18:47
ScottKFair enough.18:47
Sputnotifications in KDE-mode get some special treatment to keep them consistent18:47
apacheloggerScottK: sure, nothing that needs immediate action18:47
apacheloggeronly somewhat immediate ;)18:48
* Sput has plans to rewrite everything notification-related for 0.6 anyways18:48
seele_sebas: ping18:51
sebasseele_: pong18:51
daskreechapachelogger: If there are challenges facing kubuntu it has to be challeneges that prevent it from achieving it's directive as a distro18:53
apacheloggerdaskreech: well, what is the directive anyway?18:54
daskreechso have the challenges framed as an obstacle to acheiving that18:54
daskreechNote: We don't know our objective Challenge number one :)18:54
seele_what do you mean we dont know our objective? our objective is to deliver a user-friendly KDE distribution with a focus on home users more than corporate users18:55
pgquilesScottK: ping18:55
apacheloggerseele_: do we do that now?18:56
* apachelogger coughs about konqueror being broken for all of $user websites18:56
ScottKpgquiles: Pong, but I'm in a meeting, so I can't give you much attention.18:56
pgquilesScottK: ok, ping me back when you are done18:56
* ScottK will endevour to remember18:57
claydohheck, I first tried out Kubuntu because it was a single-cd, kde-only distro18:58
daskreechseele_: :-)19:00
apacheloggerclaydoh: I am merely suggesting that we are not true to our supposed objective at times19:00
claydohso where can we find these objectives laid out? Or maybe we have too many of them?19:00
daskreechapachelogger: All websites is a strong statement but agreed teh Web browser solution is an issue what is the problem facing shipping a user friendly kde browser?19:01
apacheloggerwe cannot find them :)19:01
apacheloggerhere begins the fun19:01
claydohdo-over! :)19:01
daskreechclaydoh: We have one objective. We are trying to see what issues we have in getting to that objective19:01
* claydoh 's head spins19:02
apacheloggerdaskreech: well, does the user benefit from having a kde browser19:02
apacheloggermeaning does it have to be a kde browser for the sake of being a kde-only distribution19:02
claydohas a user, I happen to use Konqueror 99%19:02
apacheloggerthat is another thing19:02
apacheloggerdo we always make decissions on what is best for the target audience or what is best for us :P19:02
daskreechapachelogger: Yes19:03
* apachelogger might remind that the amount of SRUs done on KDE packages is towards 019:03
daskreechWhy is that?19:03
apacheloggerobviously not because we think that the target audience would benefit from a working product19:04
apachelogger...it would seem19:04
daskreechObviously :)19:04
seele_apachelogger: i dont knwo if we do that now, but afaik that is our goal19:05
apacheloggerseele_: yeah, it is a pretty bad definition though, since it can be overriden at any given point19:05
daskreechhow so?19:06
apacheloggeras I tried to outline :)19:06
seele_you mean because it isn't written down or because there is a hand with control over what we do?19:06
daskreechSRU thing is a issue. Rather than saying it's obvious what the problem is maybe we can find out if tha's so?19:06
apacheloggerseele_: because we do not control ourselfs what we do, and we cant do that because the objective is rather unprecise19:07
apacheloggerno matter whether written down or not, there is a lot of interpretation available for the stated objective19:08
daskreechapachelogger: How would you differentiate what is good for the user and good for us?19:08
daskreechWhere us is the distro of course :)19:09
apacheloggerdaskreech: I'd like to use the term target audience ... currently I am not sure target audience matches users though19:10
apacheloggeranyway, since everything should be seen from a 'what use does it have for the target audience' POV19:10
apacheloggerwhat use does having no KDE 3 apps on the CD have?19:10
apacheloggerI mean, I am all for saving CD space for the sake of more translations, then again I look at the translations and rather have none on the CD at all, because some of them were quite embarassing at times19:11
apacheloggerso I doubt translations could be used as an argument here19:11
apacheloggerwhile I am at it, I might add that AFAIK lang-packs still ship KDE 3 translations as well...19:13
daskreechok19:15
ScottKJaunty has jad exactly two SRUs.  They are still in proposed, not accepted.19:16
* ScottK checked every KDE core package when he backported KDE 4.2.4.19:17
bbigras:( policykit-kde crashed while testing the karmic test iso in oem mode. can't update with kpackagekit, I think it's the same bug as https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/kdebase-workspace/+bug/43866719:18
ubottuLaunchpad bug 438667 in kdebase-workspace "Policykit-kde crashes when using Kpackagekit" [Undecided,New]19:18
daskreechapachelogger: well we have an inheritance to be available for as many languages as possible. Part of the Human thing from Ubuntu19:20
daskreechapachelogger: also what is your definition of target audience?19:24
firephotoas a user the biggest issue i see with the SRU process is that it is a process. if a kde x.y.2 is released to replace x.y.1 then it should just happen as an update.19:25
apacheloggerdaskreech: not defined ATM19:25
apacheloggerpart of the problem19:25
firephototo not update it is to tell KDE upstream their work isn't good enough.19:26
apacheloggerfirephoto: working on that see, mailing list19:26
firephotoyea. i know. but this is a many year process of working on. ;)19:26
apacheloggertell me about it19:28
apacheloggeralso a many year process to get translations working ;)19:28
daskreechIs part of that problem that when something is slated as supported in a repo changes or new versions are viewed as suspect?19:28
claydohall I need is a distro with kde and both wobbly windows and the slide-back effect :D19:29
daskreechIs part of that problem that when something is slated as supported in a repo, then changes or new versions are viewed as suspect?19:29
apacheloggeryes, technically any new version could introduce regressions, which is generally not that much of an advantage to get it into the updates repo19:30
ScottKfirephoto: We did deploy 4.1.x updates to intrepid-updates.  Due to KDE mistakenly aiming at Qt 4.4 for KDE 4.2, there was no way we could do it for Jaunty.  I'm working on a plan for Karmic.19:30
daskreechso what would we like for a KDE x.x.x+1 version ?19:30
claydohisn't this something we have to inherit from Ubuntu? do they have SRU's for new Gnome versions?19:30
daskreechA fast track testing or a exception to the normal skepticism ?19:31
ScottKapachelogger: I do want the updates in -updates.  We can review and test in PPA -> proposed -> updates19:31
apacheloggeraye, that is what I want too :)19:32
ScottKNow that KDE has a sane plan for Qt alignment, it should be achievable.19:32
firephotoI just think it takes more confidence and a willing to fix regressions even after the fact. obvious regressions usually have obvious fixes but the process slows the fixes from seeing the users.19:32
ScottKfirephoto: We did that successfully for 3.5.10 and 4.1.3/4.  It just wasn't possible for 4.2 due to Qt version mismatch.19:33
bbigrasIn the installation process, when seeing the preview of my keyboard layout, some keys are shown with a square caracther instead of the real key. http://imagebin.ca/view/4ZAJbsF.html Should this be reported as a bug and added in my review?19:36
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davmor2Riddell: kick back an relax for a bit dude I'll blitz alternate for you ;)19:41
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daskreechok so is there value in having this list of challenges somewhere public for  discussion?19:43
apacheloggerno19:45
apacheloggerworking on it19:45
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cbrhi19:50
cbri can't see pidgin's icon in kde systray19:50
cbrwho's to blame?19:52
daskreechRonald Regan!19:52
cbrokay19:53
cbrlet me at him19:53
daskreechwhich KDE and which pidgin?19:53
cbrkarmic's latest20:00
cbrwell, i dont have all the kde packages at highest revision prolly20:01
daskreechProbably pidgin20:01
ScottKI think it's on purpose.20:02
JontheEchidnayeah: https://edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pidgin/1:2.6.1-2ubuntu120:03
ScottKI think you're supposed to have a message indicator that means you don't  need it.20:03
ScottKBTW, why is Kmail MI stuff on by default?20:03
neversfeldemhh, I downloaded all missing language packs with qt-language-selector --mode install and set the system to german with qt-languagle-selector --mode select, I guess it should be german now :)20:05
Quintasanhmm I think bringing some copies of my GPG key to UDS would be a good idea20:05
* Quintasan has lost several keys so far20:05
neversfeldemeh, still a mixture of english and german :(20:10
davmor2Riddell: ScottK: are you having issues with kubuntu getting to kdm?20:14
pgquilesScottK: still in the meeting?20:14
ScottKdavmor2: Not anymore.  I was on one update previous to the current one.20:15
ScottKpgquiles: Yes.20:15
davmor2ah no just a slight delay weird20:16
ScottKThe one before was broken, I just mistakenly upgraded off of a stale mirror.20:17
tester_Hello this is me this is from quassel just to see if it works20:21
davmor2yeap20:21
JontheEchidnaNightrose: fixing that grammar error in the doc. I started to write one thing then decided to write it another way20:43
NightroseJontheEchidna: hehe ok - just delete my comment then20:43
JontheEchidnaNightrose: btw, in a list if you press enter then hit tab, the comment becomes a fancy second-level bullet point20:52
NightroseJontheEchidna: ;-)20:52
* JontheEchidna is a bit ocd about such things20:52
JontheEchidnawatching the document update in front of you is pretty neat20:53
Nightrosehehe yea20:54
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a|wenanybody else noticed kdm not starting with the login-screen, but with the kde-splash stuck at the first step? only happens on first start; after logout or restarting kdm it works fine21:44
nixternalyes I have21:46
nixternalbeen happening for a couple of weeks now21:47
a|weni'm rarely restarting so haven't noticed before a few days ago, and wanted to verify that it happened regularly ... could it have anything to do with the upstart conversion of kdm? can't think of anything else21:49
JontheEchidnaIt's meant to be our equivalent of xsplash. the splash is supposed to turn on early in the boot process to replace usplash21:49
JontheEchidnaI am not quite sure how much of it all is implemented, nor how well21:50
neversfeldeI have to press Enter during the start 3 times, and I don't know why :)21:51
a|wenJontheEchidna: so the standard login-splash should also show prior to the login-screen?21:51
neversfeldescreen is black and logs are quiet21:51
JontheEchidnaa|wen: until we get a better theme, currently it is using "Default" which is the hard disk icon from the current login splash21:52
a|wenahh, makes sense why it is there then ;) ... only problem is then, that it appears just after the login-screen has been show (overtaking its place) and not at the beginning of the boot process21:53
neversfeldebilbo was renamed to blogilo, because of some trademark problems. Should we rename it after beta freeze, too?22:06
a|wenneversfelde: it's in universe and not on any cd's afaik, so shouldn't collide with the freeze ... and we should probably rename it; but i'm no expert on that stuff22:14
JontheEchidnaOn one hand, we probably don't want legal trouble. But on the other hand it wouldn't be good to change the package name while the current release is still called Bilbo Blogger22:15
neversfeldeI am not sure, because version 1.0 was released under the name bilbo and the tarball is still called bilbo-1.022:16
a|wenbut the content of the tarball changed?22:16
neversfeldeno22:16
neversfeldeI do not think so22:16
a|wenokay, so no official release with the new name yet... do we know if they have any plans to do that soon?22:17
neversfeldea|wen: I will ask, but I doubt that, because things are going to be merged to kdepim22:18
a|wenneversfelde: would be nice, if they did... do they have a VCS where the name-change is committed in one or a number of revisions; then we could probably grab from there22:20
nixternala|wen: it was occurring before the kde->upstart conversion22:22
neversfeldeoh, it is already in KDE svn22:22
nixternalneversfelde: either rename it or remove it22:23
nixternalthis happened before, though I can't remember which app it was, and it had to be changed immediately22:23
a|wennixternal: yeah ... seems the splash should be there; just occurs to late22:24
neversfeldenixternal: probably upstream can release a 1.0.1 under the new name, that would be the easiest solution?22:24
nixternalya, they need to do so honestly22:25
nixternaldon't know why they haven't yet22:25
neversfeldeI'll ask the devs22:25
ScottKneversfelde: I wouldn't worry about renaming bilbo22:26
ScottKneversfelde: I think it's already been merged into kdepim22:26
neversfeldeScottK: seems so22:26
ScottKnixternal: It was gaim -> pidgin before.22:26
ScottKUnless someone complains to us, I think we shouldn't worry about it.22:26
nixternaloooh, I wasn't even thinking about that one, but you are right22:27
neversfeldeyes, that's the same problem22:27
ScottKWe are using the name upstream released it under.  If they do a release with a different name, then we might consider it.22:31
neversfeldesounds good for me22:32
neversfeldeupstream said that it is ok, if we leave the name as it is. Next bilbo release will be with KDE 4.4., because it needs new kblog22:48
neversfeldewe need a normalize-audio patch for k3b, it is in debian. Is it the better way to only import that one patch or do a whole merge? importing many patches would be risky, or not?22:54
Riddellneversfelde: post beta is a time for minimal changes only, so only that patch23:01
neversfeldeRiddell: k23:02
bbigrasoh crap, I just realised I reviewed the iso in the ubuntu section instead of kubuntu23:22
davmor2bbigras: that's a firing squad offence that ;)23:29
ScottKSo that would explain the policykit-kde bug on the Ubuntu test result23:29
bbigrasyes :( I'm updating my iso and going to test it a second time and report it at the right place.23:31
ScottKclaydoh: Doing release notes for the beta?23:33
bbigrasShould I contact someone about this or is any of you able to fix it?23:33
ScottKI mentioned it.23:35
claydohScottK: sure, its Oct1, correct?23:35
ScottKNo need to worry about it.23:35
ScottKclaydoh: If that's Thursday, yes.23:35
claydohyup23:36
neversfeldewhat do we do with packages that do not build?23:41
neversfeldeoh, I have many questions today :)23:42
ScottKneversfelde: Fix them23:42
neversfeldeScottK: I tried, but I did not have any success. I wrote a mail to the author, but did not get an answer so far. Probably someone else should have a look at kid3, it is an important application for some users.23:43
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ScottKneversfelde: Send a mail to ubuntu-devel and explain the problem, what you tried, and ask for help.23:44
neversfeldeScottK: ok, will do after beta. I wrote the mail to upstream yesterday, so they probably need some time.23:45
ScottKOK23:47
ScottKneversfelde: Also check Debian BTS.23:47
neversfeldeScottK: already did, no fix there23:47
neversfeldeI think it is a problem with taglib 1.623:47
neversfeldeand mp4 support enabled in kubuntu23:48
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