MDV 2009.0, Slow Applications and KDE

[David Taylor-16]

Hi all,

I've upgraded my laptop to 2009 (a fresh install) but one thing that
I'm not impressed with is the fact that some applications/files are very
slow in loading. In particular recently used files in Open Office.

As I installed with default kde, I thought that that may be where the
problem lay so installed kde3.

Now this is where the real problem lays, as when I log in there is no
choice to load kde3 in the log in dialogue box. Anyone with ideas as to
how to get that choice added to the log in dialogue?

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David
located at 39.12.08S 173.48.31E
beneath the Mountain, beside the Sea
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
who uses linux/open source software, featuring
Mandriva Linux release 2009.0 (Official) for i586
kernel 2.6.27.4-desktop-2mnb
16:02:29 up 36 min, 1 user, load average: 0.29, 0.25, 0.20
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[Anne Wilson-5]

On Sunday 09 November 2008 03:09:51 David Taylor wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I've upgraded my laptop to 2009 (a fresh install) but one thing that
> I'm not impressed with is the fact that some applications/files are very
> slow in loading. In particular recently used files in Open Office.
>
> As I installed with default kde, I thought that that may be where the
> problem lay so installed kde3.
>
> Now this is where the real problem lays, as when I log in there is no
> choice to load kde3 in the log in dialogue box. Anyone with ideas as to
> how to get that choice added to the log in dialogue?
>

On the login screen you should have two icons near the bottom.  One of those

allows you to choose your session.  I think it's the left-hand one.  HTH

Anne

[David Taylor-16]

== Anne Wilson took the opportunity on Sun, 09 Nov 2008 10:08:44 +0000
and wrote ==

>On Sunday 09 November 2008 03:09:51 David Taylor wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
         << snip >>

>>
>> Now this is where the real problem lays, as when I log in there is no
>> choice to load kde3 in the log in dialogue box. Anyone with ideas as to
>> how to get that choice added to the log in dialogue?
>>
>On the login screen you should have two icons near the bottom.  One of those
>allows you to choose your session.  I think it's the left-hand one.  HTH
>
>Anne
>

Thats the problem Anne, its not giving me the option to choose the kde3
session along with the other options like kde4, icewm, xfce etc.





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David
located at 39.12.08S 173.48.31E
beneath the Mountain, beside the Sea
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
who uses linux/open source software, featuring
Mandriva Linux release 2009.0 (Official) for i586
kernel 2.6.27.4-desktop-2mnb
09:00:11 up 6 min, 1 user, load average: 0.14, 0.46, 0.27
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

[Gireesh Bhat]

On Sun, Nov 9, 2008 at 2:03 PM, David Taylor wrote:

> == Anne Wilson took the opportunity on Sun, 09 Nov 2008 10:08:44 +0000
> and wrote ==
>
>>On Sunday 09 November 2008 03:09:51 David Taylor wrote:
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>         << snip >>
>>>
>>> Now this is where the real problem lays, as when I log in there is no
>>> choice to load kde3 in the log in dialogue box. Anyone with ideas as to
>>> how to get that choice added to the log in dialogue?
>>>
>>On the login screen you should have two icons near the bottom.  One of those
>>allows you to choose your session.  I think it's the left-hand one.  HTH
>>
>>Anne
>>
> Thats the problem Anne, its not giving me the option to choose the kde3
> session along with the other options like kde4, icewm, xfce etc.
>

How did you install? urpmi task-kde3? What version of kdm are you running?

[David Taylor-16]

== Gireesh Bhat took the opportunity on Sun, 09 Nov 2008 14:13:25 -0600
and wrote ==

>On Sun, Nov 9, 2008 at 2:03 PM, David Taylor wrote:
>> == Anne Wilson took the opportunity on Sun, 09 Nov 2008 10:08:44 +0000
>> and wrote ==
>>
>>>On Sunday 09 November 2008 03:09:51 David Taylor wrote:
>>>> Hi all,
>>>>
>>         << snip >>
>>>>
>>>> Now this is where the real problem lays, as when I log in there is no
>>>> choice to load kde3 in the log in dialogue box. Anyone with ideas as to
>>>> how to get that choice added to the log in dialogue?
>>>>
>>>On the login screen you should have two icons near the bottom.  One of those
>>>allows you to choose your session.  I think it's the left-hand one.  HTH
>>>
>>>Anne
>>>
>> Thats the problem Anne, its not giving me the option to choose the kde3
>> session along with the other options like kde4, icewm, xfce etc.
>>
>How did you install? urpmi task-kde3? What version of kdm are you running?

installation was via mcc and I'm running kdm 4.1.2





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David
located at 39.12.08S 173.48.31E
beneath the Mountain, beside the Sea
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
who uses linux/open source software, featuring
Mandriva Linux release 2009.0 (Official) for i586
kernel 2.6.27.4-desktop-2mnb
09:39:59 up 46 min, 1 user, load average: 0.29, 0.20, 0.12
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

[Anne Wilson-5]

On Sunday 09 November 2008 20:42:03 David Taylor wrote:

> == Gireesh Bhat took the opportunity on Sun, 09 Nov 2008 14:13:25 -0600
> and wrote ==
>
> >On Sun, Nov 9, 2008 at 2:03 PM, David Taylor wrote:
> >> == Anne Wilson took the opportunity on Sun, 09 Nov 2008 10:08:44 +0000
> >> and wrote ==
> >>
> >>>On Sunday 09 November 2008 03:09:51 David Taylor wrote:
> >>>> Hi all,
> >>
> >>         << snip >>
> >>
> >>>> Now this is where the real problem lays, as when I log in there is no
> >>>> choice to load kde3 in the log in dialogue box. Anyone with ideas as
> >>>> to how to get that choice added to the log in dialogue?
> >>>
> >>>On the login screen you should have two icons near the bottom.  One of
> >>> those allows you to choose your session.  I think it's the left-hand
> >>> one.  HTH
> >>>
> >>>Anne
> >>
> >> Thats the problem Anne, its not giving me the option to choose the kde3
> >> session along with the other options like kde4, icewm, xfce etc.
> >
> >How did you install? urpmi task-kde3? What version of kdm are you running?
>
> installation was via mcc and I'm running kdm 4.1.2
>

If task-kde3 isn't installed, install it.

Anne

[David Taylor-16]

== Anne Wilson took the opportunity on Sun, 09 Nov 2008 20:55:09 +0000
and wrote ==

>On Sunday 09 November 2008 20:42:03 David Taylor wrote:
>> == Gireesh Bhat took the opportunity on Sun, 09 Nov 2008 14:13:25 -0600
>> and wrote ==
>>
>> >On Sun, Nov 9, 2008 at 2:03 PM, David Taylor wrote:
>> >> == Anne Wilson took the opportunity on Sun, 09 Nov 2008 10:08:44 +0000
>> >> and wrote ==
>> >>
>> >>>On Sunday 09 November 2008 03:09:51 David Taylor wrote:
>> >>>> Hi all,
>> >>
>> >>         << snip >>
>> >>
>> >>>> Now this is where the real problem lays, as when I log in there is no
>> >>>> choice to load kde3 in the log in dialogue box. Anyone with ideas as
>> >>>> to how to get that choice added to the log in dialogue?
>> >>>
>> >>>On the login screen you should have two icons near the bottom.  One of
>> >>> those allows you to choose your session.  I think it's the left-hand
>> >>> one.  HTH
>> >>>
>> >>>Anne
>> >>
>> >> Thats the problem Anne, its not giving me the option to choose the kde3
>> >> session along with the other options like kde4, icewm, xfce etc.
>> >
>> >How did you install? urpmi task-kde3? What version of kdm are you running?
>>
>> installation was via mcc and I'm running kdm 4.1.2
>>
>If task-kde3 isn't installed, install it.
>
>Anne
>

Thats how kde3 was installed, selected task-kde3 in mcc and applied and
let it install everything that it wanted to bring with it.




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David
located at 39.12.08S 173.48.31E
beneath the Mountain, beside the Sea
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
who uses linux/open source software, featuring
Mandriva Linux release 2009.0 (Official) for i586
kernel 2.6.27.4-desktop-2mnb
10:00:08 up 1:06, 1 user, load average: 0.08, 0.11, 0.08
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

[Anne Wilson-5]

On Sunday 09 November 2008 21:11:30 David Taylor wrote:
> == Anne Wilson took the opportunity on Sun, 09 Nov 2008 20:55:09 +0000
> >
> >If task-kde3 isn't installed, install it.
> >
> >Anne
>
> Thats how kde3 was installed, selected task-kde3 in mcc and applied and
> let it install everything that it wanted to bring with it.
>
How very strange.  That's exactly how I installed it, and everything's fine
here.  Sorry, I've no further ideas.

Anne