Superkaramba and KDE 3.5.1

zaphyr · Posted: Thu Feb 02, 2006 5:23 pm Post subject: Superkaramba and KDE 3.5.1

Pls take a llook at this screenshot: http://zaphyr.org/screen.jpg
before I upgraded to KDE 3.5.1 all the items where lined up nicely on the bottom. The systray on the left and the sysmonitor on the right of the taskbar.
now I cant get them any lower on the screen than what you see on the screenshot...

why...why?? whats wrong??
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bigmauler · Posted: Thu Feb 02, 2006 5:55 pm Post subject:

Are you using the latest versions of the superkaramba themes?
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zaphyr · Posted: Thu Feb 02, 2006 6:06 pm Post subject:

yes, the one on the righ I made myself, and the other is the most recent version from kde-look
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Kovid · Posted: Sat Feb 04, 2006 5:12 am Post subject:

That may be because there were many patches to SK in 3.5.1. I notice that now it doesn't let you position a theme so that part of it is off the screen. Maybe those themes are larger than they look?

smithjd15 · Posted: Sat Feb 04, 2006 7:21 am Post subject:

With XComposite and Kompmgr enabled they also have dropshadows and transparency changes on mouseover like my other windows. Not to mention rearranging their position randomly on every logout.

It's gotten so frustrating that I've just decided to dump SK until the next point release. I wonder how changes of this magnitude got into a release with so little testing.

zaphyr · Posted: Sat Feb 04, 2006 8:17 am Post subject:

I have also noticed that the themes are moving around after a reboot.
I can't use SK for anything in the current state, so I will stop using it too, and hope for a fix in the next release...
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Epyon · l33t Joined: 11 Sep 2003 Posts: 754 Location: NJ, USA

I haven't noticed any issues with SK in this kde release. My themes stay put when I lock their position.

zaphyr · Posted: Sat Feb 04, 2006 5:05 pm Post subject:

hmmm, is it possible there is a difference between kde-base/superkaramba, and x11-misc/superkaramba? I can see there is a difference in the filesizes, the kde-base version is more than 1 MB larger.

which version are you using?
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Epyon · l33t Joined: 11 Sep 2003 Posts: 754 Location: NJ, USA

The one in kde-base. Its a newer version.

zaphyr · Posted: Sat Feb 04, 2006 5:48 pm Post subject:

that's the one I use as well
I unmerged it, and emerged the x11-misc version, and that one works perfectly
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firephoto · Posted: Sat Feb 04, 2006 5:59 pm Post subject:

I've noticed this too and had to adjust the widget size (invisible border) a little on one theme. It seems to be correct so if your panel changes size (which is possible) your widget won't get covered up.
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Kovid · Posted: Sat Feb 11, 2006 2:25 am Post subject:

The SK dev is aware of the issue and is working on a fix...