[ydl-gen] KDevelop crashes etc etc

[Anthony Lanni]

 I'm not sure about the other stuff, but you can edit /etc/sysconfig/desktop 
to read
DESKTOP="GNOME"
and that should default you to the gnome environment.

thx
anthony

On 9/12/05, Larry Miller <ldmiller at rcn.com> wrote:
> 
> I have:
> 
> Apple G3 Pismo Powerbook (500 MHz) w/256 Mb Ram, 11G disk and Airport
> for networking
> YDL 4.0.1
> have run yum and gotten all updates from the Open Mirror and Oregon
> State U.
> 
> 1. kdevelop:
> 
> YDL 4.0.1 comes with KDevelop 3.0.3, a KNOWN BUGGY version that
> crashes if you just open and close it and nothing else!
> 
> Also, except for the simplest programs it does not output any object
> code.
> 
> After more than a YEAR with *no* update from YDL it appears that *no
> one* uses KDevelop? Is there an update?
> 
> I went to KDE.org and there are a number of later revisions-- do I
> have to compile the sources for one of these? Trying to use a pre-
> compiled binary distro such as from Fedora gets you into Dependency
> Hell...
> 
> 2. Network connection:
> 
> "Forgets" on reboot even though set to come up on login.
> 
> 3. Firewire connection to CD/DVD burner:
> 
> Hangs on "sleep", takes several POWER UPs to get its brains back.
> Installer does not include K3b-- why not? is there another burner
> program?
> 
> 4. How do I make GNOME the default environment? When I installed
> *everything* (trying to fix kdevelop), one of MANY install attempts,
> there was an app to set the default. I am now set up as a workstation
> with Gnome added, but this app is nowhere to be seen, and the machine
> always defaults to KDE, the Crap Desktop. After SIX YEARS no manual!
> And THIS is going to beat up Microsoft and Apple? Pfah!
> 
> GTk+ seems much more stable.
> 
> 2, 3 and 4 seem like they might be related, like there is a
> configuration file missing.
> 
> Any help appreciated.
> 
> Larry Miller
> 
> 
> 
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