Loving the translucency in KDE 3.5.8

Did a pacman -Syu last night, and suddenly today, all my KDE windows have this cool translucency thing going on. I never even noticed an option for such behavior before, but this is very cool.
Anyone else notice/like/dislike?

Well, it is an animation. Unused, idle windows are slightly translucent, and anything clicked on fades into opacity.
Under control center/window behavior/translucency button there seems to be the control for this...I never noticed if this option was available before. It's almost like I'm using beryl, without the 3d...weird...am I the only one?

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How's your experience regarding the stability of KDE 4.3 on Arch?

Maybe this is a specific issue with my Arch x64 system, but I'd like to pose the question;
How well is your KDE 4.3 Arch system performing?
I just recently did a clean install on my main computer, since I wanted to try out KDE 4.3 in a clean environment. I've previously tried out KDE 4 through its different incarnations, since I see great potential in the project, but I always seem to have stability and general performance issues on different systems. This time was no different, and I've had constant crashes in Kopete, the part of Kwin that handles desktop activities, as well as Shaman (incompatibilities with the latest Pacman version? All of the database maintenance operations just make the program hang).
I'm hesitant to start filing bug reports for all the problems I'm experiencing in case of there being something I've done fundamentally wrong with my system. AFAIK my video drivers (proprietary nvidia, any known incompatibilities with 4.3?) and X configuration are working fine.
Or are these kinds of component crashes/restarts still to be expected of KDE 4? Is it still below, say, GNOME in these respects?
Last edited by Jickel (2009-08-14 21:21:17)

It's worth noting that I received a response in regards to the bug report stating certain plasma themes are no longer working as of 4.3. According to the reply, it's stated that as of 4.3 these certain plasma themes have an incorrect package structure and therefore will not work. Apparently, 4.3 is a bit more strict in regards to it's procedure. At the least, here is hoping the developers of these incorrectly packaged themes will fix the problems that currently exist with said themes and reup them to kde-look or the like.
Gen2ly wrote:
Caliburn wrote:I did a bit better than that. The most prominent of the bugs I've listed (namely, the ones affecting display on applications), they've been posted about on the KDE bugzilla. I've went through KDE with a near fine tooth comb, and I've also posted regarding a small issue or two that still remain to be fixed after my first use of the KDE 4 series, KDE 4.1.
Nice (wishes he had done that).
Believe you me, if you've an issue to post to the KDE devs about that isn't already posted in their bugzilla, not only will they appreciate the word but, as a user of the GUI, I'll appreciate the effort.
In a word, I won't lie about my hesitations regarding the 4.3 release: it feels rushed. Do I think it's detrimental to the development of KDE? Absolutely not, but there are a number of small bugs here and there that make me wonder about the end user testing before the release was sent out for public consumption. On a personal level, I would have loved to test KDE and report the problems I'd found before it's release, but downloading each and every beta/RC release on a 56k is nearly if not entirely impossible.
Edit:
Another reply and another solution to a different plasma-related bug regarding the transparency of the taskbar. The wording of the problem suggested within the bug report I'd posted is a bit different than the way I'd post it, and therefore I didn't catch the similarity of the issue. Still, a large thanks goes out to the person who threw that particular bug report my way. It's only a temporary fix, but for anyone having the Compiz/Kwin taskbar transparency issue, there is a definite, albeit temp, fix.
Last edited by Caliburn (2009-08-19 07:30:28)

How do I change the translucency of the top menu in Mavericks?

I was just wondering how to change the translucency of the top menu in my mavericks desktop seeing as how some images can make the menu bar nearly unreadable. Any help?

Apple > System Preferences > Desktop & Screen Saver > Desktop tab > uncheck Translucent menu bar.

Problem configuring the mouse in KDE 3.4.

This is a problem I'm having since I upgraded KDE from 3.2 to 3.3. When I try to configure the mouse in Control Center - Peripherals - Mouse, I get this error message:
The specified library input could not be found.
The diagnostics is:
/opt/kde/lib/kde3/kcm_input.so: undefined symbol: XcursorLibraryPath
Possible reasons:
- An error occurred during your last KDE upgrade leaving an orphaned control module.
- You have old third party modules lying around.
Check these points carefully and try to remove the module mentioned in the error message. If this fails, consider contacting your distributor or packager.
Nobody told me how to fix this, and I thought that upgrading to 3.4 would do, but no.
Well, what should I do?

Ok, so nobody has this problem. After searching some more in Google I found out that I could solve it overwriting the kcm_input.so file with the one of KDE 3.3.1 or older. If there is anyone here using a version of KDE previous to 3.3.1, please, send me that file. This is my email:
[email protected]
Thanks in advance.

The important program kde-config was not found!

configure: error: The important program kde-config was not found!
Please check whether you installed KDE correctly.
I got this error while trying to ./configure kwlan
Have no idea where to start to check if KDE is install correctly..
Guessing this is kind of very bad?

dependency is wrong. it should depend on kde3 which is using kde-config. applications for kde4 are using kde4-config
Last edited by wonder (2009-10-25 21:07:05)

Changing the wallpaper upon waking from sleep glitches the translucent menu bar.

Hi.
This is a minor bug, but it's one that I'd still like to see fixed simply because I'm that picky
The problem, as the title states, is that I have my desktop background settings set to randomly change to another one of my wallpapers every hour and (I don't believe it does it when it changes while the computer is awake) when I wake my computer from sleep, during which time an hour has passed, the background changes to a different wallpaper, but the translucent menu bar still shows the top of the wallpaper that was just up.
My machine is a 2011 iMac. Thanks!

If it's an encrypted network one thing that can work, try this, please ignore the exact symptoms and connection and Hardware types, it's worked for many others than the stated...
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=304482
Otherwise you might use one of these two lines in Terminal to try to re-establish the connection after sleep...
sudo ipconfig set en1 BOOTP;sudo ipconfig set en1 DHCP
sudo ifconfig en1 down;sudo ifconfig en1 up

Crash led to my iBook no longer having the translucent menu bar setting

Basic situation is this. I was running 10.5.3 perfectly well on my iBook G4 1.33ghz/1gb RAM. One day it didn't want to wake from sleep so I had to hold the power button down to power it off then back on. It started up as normal except that the menu bar had become translucent again (in 10.5.3 I had chosen to turn that stupid 'feature' off). But now the tick box is missing from the Desktop & Screen Saver pref pane, and even re-installing Leopard and updating to 10.5.3 then 10.5.4 from scratch has not bought the box back. Any idea what on earth has happened and how I can fix this? It passes the Hardware Test CD perfectly. It's as though it now thinks my Mac isn't capable of supporting that setting (when I add a Dashboard widget the ripple still happens for example).
Thanks!

David Lightman wrote:
Basic situation is this. I was running 10.5.3 perfectly well on my iBook G4 1.33ghz/1gb RAM. One day it didn't want to wake from sleep so I had to hold the power button down to power it off then back on.
This is a big NONO. You essentially crashed your OS by forcing it off while it was running. Yes, sleeping is running.
Your OS is damaged.
It started up as normal except that the menu bar had become translucent again (in 10.5.3 I had chosen to turn that stupid 'feature' off). But now the tick box is missing from the Desktop & Screen Saver pref pane, and even re-installing Leopard and updating to 10.5.3 then 10.5.4 from scratch has not bought the box back. Any idea what on earth has happened and how I can fix this? It passes the Hardware Test CD perfectly. It's as though it now thinks my Mac isn't capable of supporting that setting (when I add a Dashboard widget the ripple still happens for example).
Thanks!
Run the DU and repair your HD and permissions.
If that does not help, boot into the safe mode (hold down shift key on boot) and when you get to the login screen click on restart.
It could simply be a corrupt .plist file.
In the worse case, you can reinstall your OS previous to your forced crash using your TM backup.
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Kwin crash after the last update, KDE unstable !!!

after the last update, this is the error
http://i43.tinypic.com/27z9lr8.png
http://i42.tinypic.com/96di52.png
then there are the kde packages have been updated.
kde-base-artwork kde-l10n-it kde-wallpapers kdebase-dolphin kdebase-katepart kdebase-kdepasswd
kdebase-kdialog kdebase-keditbookmarks kdebase-kfind kdebase-konq-plugins kdebase-konqueror
kdebase-konsole kdebase-kwrite kdebase-lib kdebase-plasma kdebase-runtime kdebase-workspace
kdebindings-python-common kdebindings-python2 kdegraphics-gwenview kdegraphics-ksnapshot
kdegraphics-okular kdelibs kdemultimedia-kmix kdenetwork-filesharing kdepim-runtime kdepimlibs
kdeutils-ark kdeutils-kcalc kdeutils-print-manager libkipi
Last edited by otto88 (2013-10-04 12:25:09)

anyway this is pacman log
[2013-10-02 21:24] [PACMAN] Running 'pacman -Syu'
[2013-10-02 21:24] [PACMAN] synchronizing package lists
[2013-10-02 21:25] [PACMAN] starting full system upgrade
[2013-10-02 23:36] [PACMAN] removed python2-imaging (1.1.7-8)
[2013-10-02 23:36] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Appending keys from archlinux.gpg...
[2013-10-02 23:36] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] gpg: 3 marginal(s) needed, 1 complete(s) needed, PGP trust model
[2013-10-02 23:36] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] gpg: depth: 0 valid: 1 signed: 5 trust: 0-, 0q, 0n, 0m, 0f, 1u
[2013-10-02 23:36] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] gpg: depth: 1 valid: 5 signed: 66 trust: 0-, 0q, 0n, 5m, 0f, 0u
[2013-10-02 23:36] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] gpg: depth: 2 valid: 66 signed: 3 trust: 66-, 0q, 0n, 0m, 0f, 0u
[2013-10-02 23:36] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] gpg: next trustdb check due at 2014-01-22
[2013-10-02 23:36] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Locally signing trusted keys in keyring...
[2013-10-02 23:36] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] -> Locally signing key 0E8B644079F599DFC1DDC3973348882F6AC6A4C2...
[2013-10-02 23:36] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] -> Locally signing key 684148BB25B49E986A4944C55184252D824B18E8...
[2013-10-02 23:36] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] -> Locally signing key 44D4A033AC140143927397D47EFD567D4C7EA887...
[2013-10-02 23:36] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] -> Locally signing key 27FFC4769E19F096D41D9265A04F9397CDFD6BB0...
[2013-10-02 23:36] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] -> Locally signing key AB19265E5D7D20687D303246BA1DFB64FFF979E7...
[2013-10-02 23:36] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Importing owner trust values...
[2013-10-02 23:36] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Disabling revoked keys in keyring...
[2013-10-02 23:36] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] -> Disabling key BC1FBE4D2826A0B51E47ED62E2539214C6C11350...
[2013-10-02 23:36] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Updating trust database...
[2013-10-02 23:36] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] gpg: next trustdb check due at 2014-01-22
[2013-10-02 23:36] [PACMAN] upgraded archlinux-keyring (20130818-1 -> 20130926-1)
[2013-10-02 23:36] [PACMAN] upgraded ca-certificates (20130610-1 -> 20130906-1)
[2013-10-02 23:36] [PACMAN] upgraded imagemagick (6.8.6.10-1 -> 6.8.7.0-1)
[2013-10-02 23:36] [PACMAN] installed python2-pillow (2.1.0-5)
[2013-10-02 23:36] [PACMAN] upgraded libunrar (1:4.2.4-1 -> 1:5.0.12-1)
[2013-10-02 23:36] [PACMAN] upgraded calibre (1.3.0-1 -> 1.5-1)
[2013-10-02 23:36] [PACMAN] upgraded cdparanoia (10.2-4 -> 10.2-5)
[2013-10-02 23:36] [PACMAN] upgraded db (5.3.21-1 -> 5.3.21-2)
[2013-10-02 23:36] [PACMAN] upgraded dialog (1.2_20130902-1 -> 1.2_20131001-1)
[2013-10-02 23:36] [PACMAN] upgraded file (5.14-1 -> 5.15-1)
[2013-10-02 23:36] [PACMAN] upgraded gdbm (1.10-1 -> 1.10-2)
[2013-10-02 23:36] [PACMAN] upgraded intellij-idea-libs (12.1.4-1 -> 12.1.5-1)
[2013-10-02 23:36] [PACMAN] upgraded intellij-idea-community-edition (12.1.4-1 -> 12.1.5-1)
[2013-10-02 23:36] [PACMAN] upgraded jansson (2.4-1 -> 2.5-1)
[2013-10-02 23:36] [PACMAN] upgraded kdelibs (4.11.1-1 -> 4.11.2-1)
[2013-10-02 23:36] [PACMAN] upgraded nepomuk-core (4.11.1-1 -> 4.11.2-1)
[2013-10-02 23:36] [PACMAN] upgraded kactivities (4.11.1-1 -> 4.11.2-1)
[2013-10-02 23:36] [PACMAN] upgraded kde-base-artwork (4.11.1-1 -> 4.11.2-1)
[2013-10-02 23:36] [PACMAN] upgraded kde-l10n-it (4.11.1-1 -> 4.11.2-1)
[2013-10-02 23:36] [PACMAN] upgraded kde-wallpapers (4.11.1-1 -> 4.11.2-1)
[2013-10-02 23:36] [PACMAN] upgraded oxygen-icons (4.11.1-1 -> 4.11.2-1)
[2013-10-02 23:36] [PACMAN] upgraded kdebase-runtime (4.11.1-2 -> 4.11.2-1)
[2013-10-02 23:36] [PACMAN] upgraded kdebase-lib (4.11.1-2 -> 4.11.2-1)
[2013-10-02 23:36] [PACMAN] upgraded nepomuk-widgets (4.11.1-1 -> 4.11.2-1)
[2013-10-02 23:36] [PACMAN] upgraded kdebase-dolphin (4.11.1-2 -> 4.11.2-1)
[2013-10-02 23:36] [PACMAN] upgraded kdebase-katepart (4.11.1-1 -> 4.11.2-1)
[2013-10-02 23:36] [PACMAN] upgraded kdebase-kdepasswd (4.11.1-2 -> 4.11.2-1)
[2013-10-02 23:36] [PACMAN] upgraded kdebase-kdialog (4.11.1-2 -> 4.11.2-1)
[2013-10-02 23:36] [PACMAN] upgraded kdebase-keditbookmarks (4.11.1-2 -> 4.11.2-1)
[2013-10-02 23:36] [PACMAN] upgraded kdebase-kfind (4.11.1-2 -> 4.11.2-1)
[2013-10-02 23:36] [PACMAN] upgraded kdebase-konqueror (4.11.1-2 -> 4.11.2-1)
[2013-10-02 23:36] [PACMAN] upgraded kdebase-konq-plugins (4.11.1-2 -> 4.11.2-1)
[2013-10-02 23:36] [PACMAN] upgraded kdebase-konsole (4.11.1-1 -> 4.11.2-1)
[2013-10-02 23:36] [PACMAN] upgraded kdebase-kwrite (4.11.1-1 -> 4.11.2-1)
[2013-10-02 23:36] [PACMAN] upgraded kdepim-runtime (4.11.1-1 -> 4.11.2-1)
[2013-10-02 23:36] [ALPM] warning: /usr/share/config/kdm/kdmrc installed as /usr/share/config/kdm/kdmrc.pacnew
[2013-10-02 23:36] [PACMAN] upgraded kdebase-workspace (4.11.1-2 -> 4.11.2-1)
[2013-10-02 23:36] [PACMAN] upgraded kdebase-plasma (4.11.1-2 -> 4.11.2-1)
[2013-10-02 23:36] [PACMAN] upgraded kdebindings-python-common (4.11.1-1 -> 4.11.2-1)
[2013-10-02 23:36] [PACMAN] upgraded kdebindings-python2 (4.11.1-1 -> 4.11.2-1)
[2013-10-02 23:36] [PACMAN] upgraded libkipi (4.11.1-1 -> 4.11.2-1)
[2013-10-02 23:36] [PACMAN] upgraded kdegraphics-gwenview (4.11.1-1 -> 4.11.2-1)
[2013-10-02 23:36] [PACMAN] upgraded kdegraphics-ksnapshot (4.11.1-1 -> 4.11.2-1)
[2013-10-02 23:36] [PACMAN] upgraded kdegraphics-okular (4.11.1-1 -> 4.11.2-1)
[2013-10-02 23:36] [PACMAN] upgraded kdemultimedia-kmix (4.11.1-1 -> 4.11.2-1)
[2013-10-02 23:36] [PACMAN] upgraded kdenetwork-filesharing (4.11.1-1 -> 4.11.2-1)
[2013-10-02 23:36] [PACMAN] upgraded kdepimlibs (4.11.1-1 -> 4.11.2-1)
[2013-10-02 23:36] [PACMAN] upgraded kdeutils-ark (4.11.1-1 -> 4.11.2-1)
[2013-10-02 23:36] [PACMAN] upgraded kdeutils-kcalc (4.11.1-1 -> 4.11.2-1)
[2013-10-02 23:36] [PACMAN] upgraded kdeutils-print-manager (4.11.1-1 -> 4.11.2-1)
[2013-10-02 23:36] [PACMAN] upgraded libffi (3.0.13-3 -> 3.0.13-4)
[2013-10-02 23:37] [PACMAN] upgraded libkdcraw (4.11.1-1 -> 4.11.2-1)
[2013-10-02 23:37] [PACMAN] upgraded libkexiv2 (4.11.1-1 -> 4.11.2-1)
[2013-10-02 23:37] [PACMAN] upgraded libksane (4.11.1-1 -> 4.11.2-1)
[2013-10-02 23:37] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] >>> Updating module dependencies. Please wait ...
[2013-10-02 23:37] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] >>> Generating initial ramdisk, using mkinitcpio. Please wait...
[2013-10-02 23:37] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Building image from preset: /etc/mkinitcpio.d/linux.preset: 'default'
[2013-10-02 23:37] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] -> -k /boot/vmlinuz-linux -c /etc/mkinitcpio.conf -g /boot/initramfs-linux.img
[2013-10-02 23:37] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Starting build: 3.11.2-1-ARCH
[2013-10-02 23:37] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] -> Running build hook: [base]
[2013-10-02 23:37] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] -> Running build hook: [autodetect]
[2013-10-02 23:37] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] -> Running build hook: [udev]
[2013-10-02 23:37] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] -> Running build hook: [modconf]
[2013-10-02 23:37] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] -> Running build hook: [block]
[2013-10-02 23:37] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] -> Running build hook: [filesystems]
[2013-10-02 23:37] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] -> Running build hook: [keyboard]
[2013-10-02 23:37] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] -> Running build hook: [fsck]
[2013-10-02 23:37] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Generating module dependencies
[2013-10-02 23:37] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Creating gzip initcpio image: /boot/initramfs-linux.img
[2013-10-02 23:37] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Image generation successful
[2013-10-02 23:37] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Building image from preset: /etc/mkinitcpio.d/linux.preset: 'fallback'
[2013-10-02 23:37] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] -> -k /boot/vmlinuz-linux -c /etc/mkinitcpio.conf -g /boot/initramfs-linux-fallback.img -S autodetect
[2013-10-02 23:37] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Starting build: 3.11.2-1-ARCH
[2013-10-02 23:37] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] -> Running build hook: [base]
[2013-10-02 23:37] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] -> Running build hook: [udev]
[2013-10-02 23:37] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] -> Running build hook: [modconf]
[2013-10-02 23:37] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] -> Running build hook: [block]
[2013-10-02 23:37] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> WARNING: Possibly missing firmware for module: bfa
[2013-10-02 23:37] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> WARNING: Possibly missing firmware for module: aic94xx
[2013-10-02 23:37] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> WARNING: Possibly missing firmware for module: smsmdtv
[2013-10-02 23:37] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] -> Running build hook: [filesystems]
[2013-10-02 23:37] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] -> Running build hook: [keyboard]
[2013-10-02 23:37] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] -> Running build hook: [fsck]
[2013-10-02 23:37] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Generating module dependencies
[2013-10-02 23:37] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Creating gzip initcpio image: /boot/initramfs-linux-fallback.img
[2013-10-02 23:37] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Image generation successful
[2013-10-02 23:37] [PACMAN] upgraded linux (3.11.1-2 -> 3.11.2-1)
[2013-10-02 23:37] [PACMAN] upgraded linux-headers (3.11.1-2 -> 3.11.2-1)
[2013-10-02 23:37] [PACMAN] upgraded mtdev (1.1.3-1 -> 1.1.4-1)
[2013-10-02 23:37] [PACMAN] upgraded p7zip (9.20.1-7 -> 9.20.1-8)
[2013-10-02 23:37] [PACMAN] upgraded pambase (20130113-1 -> 20130928-1)
[2013-10-02 23:37] [PACMAN] upgraded perl-lwp-mediatypes (6.02-1 -> 6.02-2)
[2013-10-02 23:37] [PACMAN] upgraded perl-http-daemon (6.01-1 -> 6.01-2)
[2013-10-02 23:37] [PACMAN] upgraded perl-www-robotrules (6.02-1 -> 6.02-2)
[2013-10-02 23:37] [PACMAN] upgraded talloc (2.0.8-1 -> 2.0.8-2)
[2013-10-02 23:37] [PACMAN] upgraded texinfo (5.1-1 -> 5.2-1)
[2013-10-02 23:37] [PACMAN] upgraded tzdata (2013d-1 -> 2013f-1)
[2013-10-02 23:37] [PACMAN] upgraded unrar (1:4.2.4-1 -> 1:5.0.12-1)
[2013-10-02 23:37] [PACMAN] upgraded wget (1.14-2 -> 1.14-3)
[2013-10-02 23:37] [PACMAN] upgraded wine (1.7.2-1 -> 1.7.3-1)

What's the point of the canvas in KDE 4?

I'm digging into KDE 4, and I can't quite figure out the rational of a canvas with "collections of widgets", rather than just using virtual desktops. Could you guys enlighten me? I can understand it's usefulness in demoing KDE 4 features in the vid, but in what "real life" situations are you guys using this capability instead of just using virtual desktops?

http://hanschen.org/2011/02/04/activities-a-change-in-workflow/ wrote:With activities you can associate a particular window with more than one activity. You should have everything you need for a certain task in an activity, which eliminates the need to switch back and forth between activities (unless you really want to switch task). In the example with the music player I would associate it with both my coding and my report writing activity.
Here is how I use activities right now, as a real-world example to get your ideas going:
Right now I keep 3 activities and have a couple extra keys on the keyboard mapped to switch between activities. One is my general purpose one, with a notes widget, weather, a working folderview. I also use virtual desktops in addition to the activities. So I can stay on my general purpose activity and have a couple virtual desktops to work across with that layout. It is very similar to how I did things before activities, and where I spend most of my time... using virtual desktops within that general purpose activity. My second activity is research stuff. This activity uses the Newspaper layout of the desktop, rather than the normal desktop layout. I have the dictionary widget, a calculator, translator, and several other research/utility type of widgets in that layout. So when i need to look up a word or look up something, I hit the key on the keyboard to switch to that activity and I have a dictionary right there, along with a bunch of other utilities. I use the newspaper layout for that activity to keep all the utility widgets in a row, rather than scattered about. I also keep a plainer background on that activity so it isn't distracting. My third activity is for doing recordings (I write / record songs for fun). This activity has a very clean desktop, with launchers for the applications I use (Jack, Ardour, Audacity, etc...), and a nice big folderview of the directory where i keep my recording projects. This makes it easy to pull up recording stuff and have all the files and applications right there for me.

My mac has turned my menus when i scroll over them white, and a part of safari see through and when ever i unclick the translucent menu bar option, it stays transclucent? HELP

My mac has turned the menus white, safari see through, and my menu bar permanently translucent. What do i do?

From your Safari menu bar click Safari > Preferences then select the Extensions tab.
If there are any extensions installed, turn that OFF, then quit and relaunch Safari to test.

How to increase the max resolution of the screen under KDE?

Now, the max resolution I can set is 1280*768, how can I get a larger one? such as 1920*1080.(my screen is big enough)
My arch is installed on a VMware virtual machine, the Win7 install on it can change the resolution as I wish.
I install the arch linux and KDE according to the beginners' guide on the wiki, please tell me if I need to provide more information.
Thank you all : )

You probably need some VMWare guest additions and drivers. Currently, it looks like your system is using the VESA/MESA framebuffer or something.
Have you read the wiki? https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Vmware

How must be configured the sound in KDE?

Hello
I have installed alsa and pulseaudio and configure . In gnome 3 the sound work perfect. But in KDE not, have installed phonon-gstreamer and somedays work fine other not, and i have to select in VLC to use the alsa output, I don't have individual sound control for apps, some days yes.
And always get a message about "Falling back to default" on start. That troubles i have since the 2012 or even 2009
Last edited by felipe (2013-07-07 16:36:45)

This is related to randomly switching "places" of detected sound devices. If you want to have sound on the same device, after reboot, after suspend, in KDE, you have to create sound config file, place it in /etc/modprobe.d/
See this:
cat alsa-base.conf
options snd slots=snd_hda_intel,snd_SB-XFI
options snd_hda_intel index=0
options snd_SB_XFi index=1
#options snd_SB_XFI index=2
#options snd_ctxfi index=2
If i had not created it, than on every reboot, every suspend and wake it up, my cards would switches places and i would not have sound. In this config, my primary card is intel sound card (as a matter of fact this is only the driver for it, the sound card in fact is VIA integrated chipset operating on intel drive) and XFI that has "1' passed to config. What it means? Use as a secod device.
BTW -
options snd slots=
is new order of setting devices here, old one is this:
options snd_hda_intel index=xxxx
Last edited by firekage (2013-07-08 17:51:51)

Three day old Macbook pro, 15" 2.8 model...I am loving the switch from PC!

Hello everyone. I just wanted to post some of my likes and dislikes of the Macbook Pro 15" 2.8 GHZ model for those searching this forum for reviews.
The computer I have is completely up-to-date, with the latest 10.6.1 OS, with Logic Express to boot. So far I have found the computer very responsive for my uses and fast. When I first received the computer, I thought it had Snow Leopard already installed. It wasn't until last night (I purchased the computer on Saturday) that I realized that I still had 10.5.7 Leopard installed. After installing Snow Leopard I am pleased to say I noticed a considerable improvement with Logic Express. Before, the computer randomly had warning pop-ups while using the software. I was a bit annoyed and did contact Apple about potential bugs with Logic. Of course, after installing Snow Leopard everything is running great.
As for the 5400 RPM drive, for my uses, it is very fast and very responsive. I don't think I will be upgrading in the future because any audio recording I do is on an external 7200 RPM hard drive. If the prices for SSD come down considerably, I may choose to upgrade my hard drive then, but for the time being I am very, very happy.
I will say that I am not as impressed with i-photo as I thought I would be. I really enjoy the easy slideshow modes that it features, but I don't find the "face-recognition" that responsive. Maybe I am doing something wrong though. As I said earlier, I am new to Mac, and have only had the computer for three days now.
I got the Anti-glare screen model as well, and let me tell you, that is the best part of the viewing experience. I don't understand how some of you out there love the glare screens. Too much reflection for my tastes and less motion-sickness. The anti-glare screen is very professional looking in my opinion as well, and does not reflect the light from the keyboard at all. Also, if you are looking to extend your battery life to the largest potential possible, the anti-glare screen is still usable with the screen dimmed. I noticed with the glare screens, the glare became very apparent when dimmed, which left me with no choice but to keep it at near-full brightness.
Fit and finish of the machine is amazing. Much better than my previous HP Pavilion DV6000!
I also bought a clear Speck hard-shell cover for the Macbook Pro too. I want to baby this computer and keep it in good shape. If I had to rate the Speck shell, I'd give it a 9-out-of-10. It works great, but allows some dust to come through, hence the 9 rating.
This laptop is also GREAT to use outdoors, in sunny conditions! I am guessing that is due to the anti-glare screen, and the highly bright, LED LCD display. I love it, and while that is cool, why use your laptop outdoors?
Anyways, so far, I am very happy with my Mac purchase. I felt obligated to write this because when I used to search these forums for advise, most of what I came across were horror stories and complaints, which really skewed and worried me. I want potential buyers to see some positives too.
PS: I have been trying to push my computer to get the dreaded beach-balling phenomenon that some users describe. I have had the beach-ball pop up, spinning in it's hyper color glory, but it lasts for the most a few seconds, and pops up when I load up a bunch of apps at once (like 6).
Have fun and be safe!
-Bud

Thanks !
Great comments Bud! Glad you got a kick out of my handle. ;o) I thought is was a fitting title considering how many Macintoshes I have around here! ;o)
I am sure that you will probably encounter some "issues" with using you new MBP, but I am pretty sure it will be related to "unlearning" the Windows way of doing things! lol!
I always tell people that the best part about a Mac is OSX! 10.6 is proving to be an EXCELLENT step forward in this great OS' long history! Being kind of a techy, I know how much "under the hood" improvements this new version has going on. Many of these improvements will benefit you as a musician as you start using your machine for music related purposes. Just wait until we start seeing more support for 64 bit! :o)
As for the screen debate... Yeah, I can't understand the appeal of the "GLOSSY" screen either. I guess when you don't consider these things as a TOOL, you are more concerned with the BLING factor than you are with accuracy and useability of the device itself.
I have read a lot of very flippant remarks on here and elsewhere aimed at those complaining about the previous lack of the Matte screen option. Some saying that the percentage of users who would want that version was in the single digits. Guess they didn't see all those POLLS on photography web sites, where the percentage of those preferring a MATTE screen was in the 90+ percent range. ;o)
I would remind those "consumers", that it was "Media Professionals" that kept Apple in business during the "dark" days when everyone was predicting the demise of the Mac and Apple as a company. It was nice to see Apple finally give a nod to these "Professionals" by finally offering the Matte screen option we NEED again on their "PRO" line of laptops.
Just checked my order and see that it is PREPARED FOR SHIPMENT! :o)
My only worry is the possibility of a STUCK PIXEL. I have never had a problem with this before, but it is always something I worry about every time I buy a new machine with an LCD screen. I am hoping that the MATTE screens get a better QC going over than the Glossy models do.
Thanks again for posting your thoughts! It is always rewarding to read the impressions of a recent convert!
Cheers. :o)

New To Mac's Loving the superior quality!!!!!

Certain web sites I visit . . . I cannot get in to . . . I have noticed a Lock in the upper right hand corner . . . How does one oped the lock tohave accsss to the pages?

Typically the lock does NOT mean that you cannot go there, it means that it is a "secure web site." Does the URL begin with https rather than http?
If not, let us know the specific URL maybe we can help.
Best of luck.

Ah no, firefox has changed.. i loved the settings before but now the page has gone all big with a google box..what's happened?!

i don't think i downloaded MF 4 but my computer closed itself to do updates and now i've lost the MF page i always had before which was great..
how do i get it back.. think i'm running 3.6

@<b>gobby</b>
Please do not use existing threads to ask a question, but [/questions/new start a new thread] instead.
Then you also can provide troubleshooting information like your operating system and installed plugins (about:plugins), and extensions (Tools > Add-ons) and we will be better able to help you.<br />
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