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Spanik
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 Posted: Mon Feb 16, 2015 7:24 pm Post subject: downgrading KDE? |
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I installed kdebase-meta-4.14.3 but I'm having trouble with the screen. As LXDE does run fine I suppose the video card and drivers adn X11 are OK. So the trouble seems to sit with KDE.
Now how to I roll back to a "previous version" 4.12.? Or would it be simpler to start installation over and prevent it from being emerged in the first place?
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| Posted: Mon Feb 16, 2015 7:46 pm Post subject: |
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I recommend to downgrade kde.
general explanation ...
Such things can happen from time to time.
when you want to install a particular package you use the "="..
e.g.
you can look into the last lines of /var/log/emerge.log to see what was updated regarding kde.
Here an example. I have version 0.8 installed and with the = operator i tell to install the particular 0.7 version.
| Code: | localhost roman # eix xonotic
[I] games-fps/xonotic
Available versions: 0.7.0 (~)0.8.0 {alsa debug dedicated doc sdl}
Installed versions: 0.8.0(20:47:49 15.02.2015)(alsa sdl -debug -dedicated -doc)
Homepage: http://www.xonotic.org/
Description: Fork of Nexuiz, Deathmatch FPS based on DarkPlaces, an advanced Quake 1 engine
localhost roman # emerge -av =games-fps/xonotic-0.7.0
These are the packages that would be merged, in order:
Calculating dependencies... done!
[ebuild UD ] games-fps/xonotic-0.7.0::gentoo [0.8.0::gentoo] USE="alsa sdl -debug -dedicated -doc" 1.016.242 KiB
Total: 1 package (1 downgrade), Size of downloads: 1.016.242 KiB
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you will probably have to force manually most package to the previous version but its worth a try.
or you generate a few lines for package.mask
e.g. I mask any gentoo-sources which are higher as 3.10.67
| Code: | cat /etc/portage/package.mask
>sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-3.10.67
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you can mask a package and than try with the eix tool to see if its masked.
i assume an entry with =package-name/package-name-version-string should mask that particular version of the package.
just try it out and you will see it anyway. |
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Spanik
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| Posted: Mon Feb 16, 2015 8:27 pm Post subject: |
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If I look at emerge.log then I see that kde-base installed about 120 packages (and about 120 others that are not kde-base). So I need to add those 120 packages to package.mask and then re-emerge kdebase-meta?
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| Posted: Mon Feb 16, 2015 8:42 pm Post subject: |
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I'm assuming you're running a test branch Gentoo. I'd start by just masking the -meta packages you installed and then try an --update.
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| Posted: Mon Feb 16, 2015 9:11 pm Post subject: |
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No, mainstream all packages that are not masked in portage. Started from a blank disk and followed the manual, then on to Xorg, then KDE. I changed to an earlier kernel (3.14.31) but the problem stayed.
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| Posted: Mon Feb 16, 2015 9:17 pm Post subject: |
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Well then you must've unmasked the unstable KDE. Just remove the file containing all of those directives and then --update.
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| Posted: Tue Feb 17, 2015 7:26 pm Post subject: |
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Nope, didn't unmask anything this is stable kdebase-meta-4.14.3.
Let's drop it, this is going nowhere. If I have to mask 120 files and then run the risk that some of the 120 others might no be the right version for the older version it will be a lot faster to just start over again and force an older kde version.
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Okay, I'll drop it. But kdebase-meta-4.14.3 is not stable. | Code: | ~ # equery list -p kdebase-meta
* Searching for kdebase-meta ...
[IP-] [ ] kde-base/kdebase-meta-4.12.5:4
[-P-] [ ~] kde-base/kdebase-meta-4.14.3:4
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You've unmasked it somehow, either with entries in /etc/portage/package.keywords or else with ACCEPT_KEYWORDS in /etc/portage/make.conf. 
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| Posted: Tue Feb 17, 2015 7:56 pm Post subject: |
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It is
| Code: | $ eshowkw -O kde-base/kdebase-meta
Keywords for kde-base/kdebase-meta:
| | u |
| a a a p s | n |
| l m r h i m m p s p | u s | r
| p d a m p a 6 i p c 3 a x | s l | e
| h 6 r 6 p 6 8 p p 6 9 s r 8 | e o | p
| a 4 m 4 a 4 k s c 4 0 h c 6 | d t | o
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4.12.5 | o + ~ o o o o o + + o o o + | # 4 | gentoo
4.14.3 | o + ~ o o o o o + + o o o + | o | gentoo |
@Spanik: kde-4.12.5 is leaving portage soon, so you better get your problem fixed instead of wasting cpu time on a dead version. |
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Well, in my defence, it wasn't as late as yesterday afternoon, certainly not when we started discussing it. 
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| Posted: Tue Feb 17, 2015 8:17 pm Post subject: |
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Ok, tought I had been dreaming. Problem is that if 4.12.5 is leaving portage and 4.14.3 doesn't work then the chance that anything newer will work is slim. And KDE is a pain to update to start with.
make.conf
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# These settings were set by the catalyst build script that automatically
# built this stage.
# Please consult /usr/share/portage/config/make.conf.example for a more
# detailed example.
CFLAGS="-march=native -O2 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer"
CXXFLAGS="${CFLAGS}"
# WARNING: Changing your CHOST is not something that should be done lightly.
# Please consult http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/change-chost.xml before changing.
CHOST="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu"
# These are the USE flags that were used in addition to what is provided by the
# profile used for building.
MAKEOPTS="-j5"
USE="bindist mmx sse sse2 X alsa audiofile caps cdparanoia cups exif flac fftw ffmpeg ieee1394 imagemagick kde ladspa mp3 mp4 nptl ogg -oss pdf portaudio posix -pulseaudio scanner -semantic-desktop -systemd xine ssl dbus"
VIDEO_CARDS="nouveau"
INPUT_DEVICES="evdev"
PORTDIR="/usr/portage"
DISTDIR="${PORTDIR}/distfiles"
PKGDIR="${PORTDIR}/packages"
GENTOO_MIRRORS="ftp://ftp.uni-erlangen.de/pub/mirrors/gentoo"
SYNC="rsync://rsync15.de.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" |
package.mask
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sys-apps/gentoo-systemd-integration
sys-apps/systemd
sys-apps/eudev
sys-apps/upower
=sys-fs/udev-init-scripts-27
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package.use
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dev-db/mariadb -xml
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Going to save the .config and a the package.mask and start over.
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| Posted: Tue Feb 17, 2015 8:32 pm Post subject: |
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| John R. Graham wrote: | | Well, in my defence, it wasn't as late as yesterday afternoon. |
It has had amd64 keyword for ages, that's why I was wondering about those strange 4.12 leftovers all the time. |
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| Posted: Tue Feb 17, 2015 8:35 pm Post subject: |
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| Spanik wrote: | | and 4.14.3 doesn't work then the chance that anything newer will work is slim. And KDE is a pain to update to start with. |
Or how about try to solve the problem? Looking over at your thread it doesn't seem you tried with e.g. a new testuser profile, or played around in systemsettings' Compositor settings. |
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| Posted: Tue Feb 17, 2015 9:40 pm Post subject: |
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Honestly, I only know enough to get into trouble. Not to get out of trouble  What you propose sounds like chinese to me. I'll try tomorrow to get a picture of how the desktop looks like, maybe that gives a clue.
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| Posted: Wed Feb 18, 2015 8:24 pm Post subject: |
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Probably a silly question, but how can I tell portage not to install any kde file newer than 4.12.5?
Something like ">kde-base/kedebase*-4.12.5"
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| Posted: Wed Feb 18, 2015 8:37 pm Post subject: |
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Hi spanik,
I am running ~amd64 and upgraded to 4.14.3 on November 18.
No problem whatsoever.
I agree with genstorm.
Delete the .kde4 folder in your /home/<username> directory.
Reboot and after logging in set your kde system-settings to your needs.
Gerard.
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| Posted: Wed Feb 18, 2015 9:21 pm Post subject: |
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Too late, wiped the HD and kernel is compiling right now. Correction, just finished while typing the previous line
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| Posted: Wed Feb 18, 2015 10:19 pm Post subject: |
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| After next sync you will find that you gained nothing - KDE 4.12 has left the tree. |
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