Re: Debian 8, KDE Lockup

2015-10-26 Thread Udyant Wig
Is there an alternative to KDE Connect elsewhere? Is there a non-KDE substitute that makes it easy to create a WiFi hotspot/access point connection? (NetworkManager cannot do this in non-KDE environments in Debian. It can under GNOME in Fedora.) -- Udyant Wig

Re: Debian 8, KDE Lockup

2015-10-12 Thread Tim McDonough
On 10/11/2015 1:06 PM, Renaud (Ron) OLGIATI wrote: On Sun, 11 Oct 2015 20:55:56 +0300 moxalt wrote: Basically, don't use GDM with KDE, and don't run KDE on systems that are short of RAM. Or at all. Yes, better use XFCE or LXDE, which are not bloated messes like KDE or

Re: Debian 8, KDE Lockup

2015-10-11 Thread ATrudyjane
I had the same problem starting up KDE with a new installation of Debian 8 with gdm as the selected display manager. In addition to that, there where GUI error messages that would pop up and disappear, but only when switching between desktops. Replacing gdm with LightDM as the display manager,

Re: Debian 8, KDE Lockup

2015-10-11 Thread moxalt
Basically, don't use GDM with KDE, and don't run KDE on systems that are short of RAM. Or at all.

Re: Debian 8, KDE Lockup

2015-10-11 Thread Ron
On Sun, 11 Oct 2015 20:55:56 +0300 moxalt wrote: > Basically, don't use GDM with KDE, and don't run KDE on systems that are short > of RAM. Or at all. Yes, better use XFCE or LXDE, which are not bloated messes like KDE or Gnome. Cheers, Ron. -- As a computer,

Re: Re: Debian 8, KDE Lockup

2015-10-11 Thread ATrudyjane
Yes, and after getting it working, didn't care for KDE anyway and uninstalled it. Now it's just Xfce, dwm, and cinammon. Andrea

Re: Debian 8, KDE Lockup

2015-10-10 Thread Tim McDonough
On 10/9/2015 6:47 PM, Felix Miata wrote: Tim McDonough composed on 2015-10-09 17:05 (UTC-0500): I have a new installation of Debian 8 and the KDE Desktop that isn't working. As the system boots it asks for user and password then as the KDE startup icons appear in a box in the middle it always

Re: Debian 8, KDE Lockup

2015-10-09 Thread Felix Miata
Tim McDonough composed on 2015-10-09 17:05 (UTC-0500): > I have a new installation of Debian 8 and the KDE Desktop that isn't > working. As the system boots it asks for user and password then as the > KDE startup icons appear in a box in the middle it always locks up once > the third one

Debian 8, KDE Lockup

2015-10-09 Thread Tim McDonough
I have a new installation of Debian 8 and the KDE Desktop that isn't working. As the system boots it asks for user and password then as the KDE startup icons appear in a box in the middle it always locks up once the third one appears. I have additional memory on order but presently the system