KDE 3.2 Problem *** PLEASE HELP ***

[mikekgr]

Dear friends,
some days ago I upgrade my KDE 3.1.5 to KDE 3.2 (From CVS, as debian packages). I can't explain why but something bad happens...
Now when I login to KDE as knoppix user all the bottom line (espessialy the clock area) is flicking or so...
It is strange BUT as root this nevder happens !!!

Anyway can I revert my KDE 3.2 installation to KDE 3.1.5 ???
If yes please instruct me H O W

Thanks a lot

Mike

[Stephen]

Well before you abandon the idea you should make sure you did not miss any packages in the upgrade dpkg -l | grep 3.1.[345] should get a list of them if you have. If you still want to downgrade then you should use dpkg -l | grep 3.2.0 get a list of the installed packages for the cvs then put a # character to comment out for it the line in the sources.list and then dselect upgrade and then apt-get - s install all_kde_packages_from_list_here remove the -s from the line if the output looks good to actually install. You may also want to try apt-get -s -t testing dist-upgrade and see if it will downgrade the packages to testing (again remove the -s) with that instead of having to type in all those package names.

[mikekgr]

Dear Stephen,
thanks a lot for your reply. I did what you suggested to me and I found some kde 3.1.5 packages e.x. kdegraphics 3.1.5-1 , kdemultimedia 3.1.5-1 , kmidi 3.1.5-1 , kxmlrpc 3.1.5-1 to name some...

So, do you expect these left-back packages to produce my problems ???
OK, according your experience, how can replace these packages with the related of kde 3.2 ???

Any other suggestion ???

Again, thanks a lot for your time.

Best Regards,
Mike Kranidis

[Stephen]

Yes packages leftover may cause problems, to upgrade you need to use the -t packages.url or use the exact package number on the apt-get line eg. find the package(s) you need.

HappyTux:/home/stephen# apt-cache policy kgamma
kgamma:
  Installed: (none)
  Candidate: 4:3.2.0-0pre1v1
  Version Table:
     4:3.2.0-0pre1v1 0
          1 http://ftp.debian.org ../project/experimental/main Packages

Now that you know the package(s) you need then you can install them the -t option to specify the repository they come from or using the exact package number. For more than one package you need to add them to either method on the same line with the exact package one you need the version number on every package with the -t just keep adding the names to the line. Once the output looks good remove the -s to actually install.

HappyTux:/home/stephen# apt-get -s install -t ftp.debian.org kgamma
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
The following NEW packages will be installed:
   kgamma (3.2.0-0pre1v1)
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 6 not upgraded.
Inst kgamma (4:3.2.0-0pre1v1 Debian:experimental)
Conf kgamma (4:3.2.0-0pre1v1 Debian:experimental)

HappyTux:/home/stephen# apt-get -s install -t experimental kgamma
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
The following NEW packages will be installed:
   kgamma (3.2.0-0pre1v1)
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 14 not upgraded.
Inst kgamma (4:3.2.0-0pre1v1 Debian:experimental)
Conf kgamma (4:3.2.0-0pre1v1 Debian:experimental)

HappyTux:/home/stephen# apt-get -s install  kgamma=4:3.2.0-0pre1v1
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
The following NEW packages will be installed:
   kgamma (3.2.0-0pre1v1)
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 6 not upgraded.
Inst kgamma (4:3.2.0-0pre1v1 Debian:experimental)
Conf kgamma (4:3.2.0-0pre1v1 Debian:experimental)