On Thursday 10 December 2015 6:19:12 PM Javier Juan Albarracín wrote: > El Jueves, 10 de diciembre de 2015 10:16:03 Tim Folger escribió: > > On Thursday 10 December 2015 9:03:33 AM Dominique Dumont wrote: > > > On Sunday 06 December 2015 15:34:59 you wrote: > > > > What's the state of plasma 5 now in testing? Is it generally safe to > > > > upgrade? > > > > > > I use plasma5 from sid on a desktop and a laptop. > > > > > > This is fairly stable now and usable. > > > > > > Suspend and resume now work most of the time. This point was hugely > > > improved in the last weeks. > > > > > > I still have some issues when switching on and off an external screen > > > (the > > > laptop is 1920x1080 and the screen is 1920x1200). > > > When the external screen is switched off, the layout is readjusted for > > > the > > > smaller screen, but the bottom menu bar is lost until I switch the > > > external > > > screen back on (or restart sddm). > > > > > > Currently, the major pain point for me is the missing digikam.. > > > > > > Hope this helps > > > > Thanks, Dominique. That's good to know. Do you happen to use Network > > Manager? I started using it for the first time on my new laptop running > > debian testing and kde 4.14.2, and it has been working really well. For > > years I had been configuring my wireless settings in > > /etc/network/interfaces. Network Manager makes things much easier. I'm > > hoping it would still work if I upgrade to Plasma 5. > > > > Tim > > Yes, it works. You should edit the file > /etc/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.conf and set to true the "managed" line: > > [main] > plugins=ifupdown,keyfile > > [ifupdown] > managed=true > > > Javier
Excellent. Thanks, Javier. I think I'll try upgrading my laptop. if that goes well I'll upgrade my desktop too. Tim
