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author Eric Hameleers <alien@slackware.com>2020-07-30 20:11:13 +0200
committer Eric Hameleers <alien@slackware.com>2020-07-30 20:11:13 +0200
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Release of KDE 5_20.06 for SlackwareKDE-5_20.065_20.06
README updated.
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+++ b/README.5_20.06
@@ -1,12 +1,22 @@
KDE5
====
-Here is KDE 5_20.05 for Slackware, consisting of KDE Frameworks 5.70.0,
-Plasma 5.18.5 and Applications 20.04.1 on top of Slackware's Qt 5.13.2.
-
-Upgrading from the previous 5_20.04 is relatively straight-forward.
-
-KDE-5_20.05 is meant to be installed on top of Slackware -current.
+BIG FAT NOTICE:
+ This monthly release of Alien's ktown is a major prep test
+ for replacing ConsoleKit2 with elogind in Slackware-current.
+ Read the instructions carefully! In short:
+ - UPGRADE TO THE LATEST slackware-current first.
+ - Then, REMOVE the ConsoleKit2 package.
+ - Finally, install or upgrade the KDE5 package set.
+
+This is (unsurprisingly) KDE 5_20.06 for Slackware, consisting of
+KDE Frameworks 5.71.0, Plasma 5.19.1 and Applications 20.04.2
+on top of Slackware's Qt 5.15.0.
+
+Upgrading from the previous 5_20.05 should be done with care! If you do not
+follow directions, your system will no longer allow you in!
+
+KDE-5_20.06 is meant to be installed on top of Slackware -current.
It will *replace* any version of KDE 4 you might have installed!
The Plasma 5 Desktop has gotten rid of its Qt4 legacy. Since the release of
Applications 17.12 there's nothing left which is based on kdelibs4.
@@ -14,23 +24,61 @@ Slackware-current has begun its slow adoptation of the Plasma5 dependencies.
Most importantly, QT5 and its dependencies are already part of Slackware.
What is the NEWS in this batch of updates:
-- This is the first formal release with PAM support, now that PAM is
- an integral part of Slackware.
-- In 'deps' I added the package libqalculate which enables interactive
- graph plotting capability in krunner, and recompiled speech-dispatcher
- to properly install the info files.
-- Frameworks 5.70.0 is an incremental stability release, see also:
- https://www.kde.org/announcements/kde-frameworks-5.70.0.php
-- Plasma 5.18.5 is the final incremental release of the 5.18 Long Term Support
- cycle before we move on to 5.19.
- See https://www.kde.org/announcements/plasma-5.18.5.php
-- In plasma-extra I rebuilt sddm-qt5 to give it some updated PAM configs.
- Now, root can login too, yay!
-- Applications 20.04.1 is an incremental bug fix release, see also
- https://kde.org/announcements/releases/2020-05-apps-update/
-- For applications-extra, I rebuilt krita against the newer boost lbraries,
- and updated calligra, kdevelop, kdev-php, kdev-python, kstars and okteta.
- I also added a new package, kid3, which is an audio file tagger.
+- Last month was the first release on top of a PAM-ified Slackware. I thought
+ I was done with public updates and continued experimenting in private,
+ but then a discussion on LinuxQuestions.org started because some people
+ seem to watch my git repository and noticed that I created a new 'elogind'
+ branch there. The discussion resolved a dead-end for me and I decided to
+ make a deal with Patrick. A new 'ktown' release targeting a fully
+ functional Plasma Wayland session.
+ And so, this month we take another major step. ConsoleKit2 which has been our
+ Session/Seat Manager for a long time, is going to be replaced with elogind.
+ The elogind code, similar to eudev which is already in Slackware, is a piece
+ of the systemd codebase (notably, systemd-logind) which was extracted and
+ modified so that it is no longer depending on systemd at all.
+ Slackware needs elogind if we are ever to provide a Wayland desktop next to
+ the venerable X.Org desktop environment. It seems like ConsoleKit2 is no
+ longer actively maintained and that means, other developers are no longer
+ maintaining compatibility with it (ConsoleKit2 and elogind offer similar
+ functionality but a program which needs that functionality must explicitly
+ carry the code to support both).
+ This time we are taking a joint approach.
+ Pat Volkerding has modified '/etc/rc.d/rc.M' inside the sysvinit-scripts
+ package, and '/etc/pam.d/login' inside the util-linux package in
+ slackware-current to be compatible with both ConsoleKit2 and elogind.
+ I have added elogind to 'ktown' and rebuilt the Slackware packages dbus and
+ polkit to pick up support for elogind (losing support for CK2 in the
+ process).
+ * *
+ * Note that only one of the two (ConsoleKit2 or elogind) must be installed! *
+ * If you install ktown KDE-5_20.06 you need to remove ConsoleKit2! *
+ * *
+- So, this leads to the following package updates in 'deps'.
+ * added the package autoconf-archive which was needed to recompile dbus.
+ * added elogind (make sure to 'removepkg ConsoleKit2' first!)
+ * added recompiled Slackware packages with elogind support: dbus and polkit.
+ * recompiled accountsservice to pick up elogind support
+ * recompiled polkit-qt5, libdbusmenu-qt5, qca-qt5 against the new Qt5,
+ which got an upgrade in Slackware since last month's 'ktown' release.
+ * recompiled grantlee-qt4 because I had forgotten to do so after the 2018
+ mass rebuild in Slackware... no-one noticed.
+- Frameworks 5.71.0 is an incremental stability release, see also:
+ https://kde.org/announcements/kde-frameworks-5.71.0
+ The packages which pick up elogind support are: solid.
+- Plasma 5.19.1 is the second increment of the 5.19 cycle, which means
+ that I skipped the .0 release.
+ See https://kde.org/announcements/plasma-5.19.1 and if you want to
+ read more about the goals for 5.19 you should check out:
+ https://kde.org/announcements/plasma-5.19.0
+ There is a new package in here: kwayland-server.
+ The packages which pick up elogind support are: plasma-workspace,
+ powerdevil, kscreenlocker.
+- In plasma-extra I rebuilt sddm-qt5 to pick up elogind support and added
+ plasma-wayland-protocols as dependency for the new kwayland-server in Plasma.
+- Applications 20.04.2 is an incremental bug fix release, see also
+ https://kde.org/announcements/releases/2020-06-apps-update/
+- For applications-extra, I tried (and failed) to update krita
+ and updated kmymoney.
Further points of interest:
- If you have a KDE4-based application that needs library support on this
@@ -48,13 +96,14 @@ Further points of interest:
you'll find many Qt5 related packages. Also, in order for Qt4 and GTK based
applications to dock into the Plasma 5 system tray, more dependencies were
needed. Apart from updates to regular Slackware packages the new ones are:
- accountsservice, cfitsio, cryptopp, cryfs, ddcutil, dotconf, drumstick,
- dvdauthor, espeak-ng, flite, freecell-solver, frei0r-plugins, grantlee-qt4,
- hack-font-ttf, id3lib, lensfun, libappindicator, libburn, libdbusmenu-gtk,
- libdbusmenu-qt5, libdmtx, libindicator, libsass, md4c, mlt, noto-font-ttf,
- noto-cjk-font-ttf, opencv, pcaudiolib, perl-path-tiny, perl-template-toolkit,
- polkit-qt5-1, python3-random2, quazip, qca-qt5, qrencode, qtav, rttr, sassc,
- sni-qt, speech-dispatcher, and vid.stab
+ accountsservice, autoconf-archive, cfitsio, cryptopp, cryfs, ddcutil,
+ dotconf, drumstick, dvdauthor, elogind , espeak-ng, flite, freecell-solver,
+ frei0r-plugins, grantlee-qt4, hack-font-ttf, id3lib, lensfun,
+ libappindicator, libburn, libdbusmenu-gtk, libdbusmenu-qt5, libdmtx,
+ libindicator, libsass, md4c, mlt, noto-font-ttf, noto-cjk-font-ttf, opencv,
+ pcaudiolib, perl-path-tiny, perl-template-toolkit, polkit-qt5-1,
+ python3-random2, quazip, qca-qt5, qrencode, qtav, rttr, sassc, sni-qt,
+ speech-dispatcher, and vid.stab
The phonon and poppler packages were extended so that they now support
Qt5 as well as Qt4. The gpgme package picked up Qt5 support.
Note that the SBo version of 'frei0r-plugins' package is called 'frei0r'.
@@ -86,6 +135,28 @@ of these packages. Then install both 'libdbusmenu-qt-compat32' and
'sni-qt-compat32'. Those two are mandatory addons for displaying
system tray icons of 32bit binaries in 64bit multilib Plasma5.
+NOTE:
+You can start a Plasma Wayland session via SDDM (runlevel 4) by selecting it
+in the session drop-down menu.
+You can start a Plasma Wayland session at the console (runlevel 3) by
+executing the "startkwayland" command.
+
+NOTE:
+Running a Wayland session using the proprietary NVIDIA driver is possible,
+see https://community.kde.org/Plasma/Wayland/Nvidia .
+There are still some quirks & glitches but no showstoppers.
+* Qt5 >= 5.15 is a requirement, luckily we already have that in Slackware.
+* You need to enable modesetting:
+ The output of "cat /sys/module/nvidia_drm/parameters/modeset" should be "Y".
+ If you get a "N", then you need to add the string "nvidia-drm.modeset=1"
+ to the kernel's boot commandline e.g. via the 'append' parameter in
+ (e)lilo.conf or syslinux.cfg, or via the 'linux' parameter of grub.cfg.
+* KWin needs to use EGLStreams for accelerated graphics support:
+ Create a profile script (e.g. /etc/profile.d/kwin.sh), make that script
+ executable and let it contain the single line:
+ export KWIN_DRM_USE_EGL_STREAMS=1
+ (or set this environment variable through any other means that you prefer).
+
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Install pre-compiled packages:
@@ -134,6 +205,17 @@ the way, they were split up, renamed or integrated and that is the reason
for some of the 'removepkg' lines you'll see below.
Here we go:
+If you have my 'ktown' set of KDE 5_20.05 installed:
+- UPGRADE TO THE LATEST slackware-current first.
+- Then, REMOVE ConsoleKit2:
+ # removepkg consoleKit2
+- Upgrade to KDE 5_20.06
+- Move the new X session files into place which SDDM uses to start your
+ login-session, but first check that you won't accidentally overwrite
+ any of your customizations:
+ # mv /usr/share/sddm/scripts/Xsession.new /usr/share/sddm/scripts/Xsession
+ # mv /usr/share/sddm/scripts/Xsetup.new /usr/share/sddm/scripts/Xsetup
+
If you have my 'ktown' set of KDE 5_20.04 installed:
- Upgrade to KDE 5_20.05
Remove the packages that no longer exist in KDE 5_20.05:
@@ -164,69 +246,9 @@ If you have my 'ktown' set of KDE 5_19.11 installed:
# removepkg qt-gstreamer
If you have my 'ktown' set of KDE 5_19.10 installed:
-- Upgrade to KDE 5_19.11
- Remove the packages that no longer exist in KDE 5_19.11:
- # removepkg qt5-speech
-
-If you have my 'ktown' set of KDE 5_19.09 installed:
-- Upgrade to KDE 5_19.10
- Remove the packages that no longer exist in KDE 5_19.10:
- # removepkg kcalcore
- # removepkg farstream \
- libaccounts-glib \
- libaccounts-qt5 \
- libnice \
- libotr \
- libsignon-glib \
- signon \
- signon-plugin-oauth2 \
- signon-ui \
- telegram-qt \
- telepathy-accounts-signon \
- telepathy-farstream \
- telepathy-gabble \
- telepathy-glib \
- telepathy-haze \
- telepathy-logger \
- telepathy-logger-qt5 \
- telepathy-mission-control \
- telepathy-morse \
- telepathy-qt5
- # removepkg kaccounts-integration \
- kaccounts-providers \
- ktp-accounts-kcm \
- ktp-approver \
- ktp-auth-handler \
- ktp-call-ui \
- ktp-common-internals \
- ktp-contact-list \
- ktp-contact-runner \
- ktp-desktop-applets \
- ktp-filetransfer-handler \
- ktp-kded-module \
- ktp-send-file \
- ktp-text-ui \
- signon-kwallet-extension
-
-If you have my 'ktown' set of KDE 5_19.07 installed:
-- No further actions are needed.
-
-If you have my 'ktown' set of KDE 5_19.06 installed:
-- No further actions are needed.
-
-If you have my 'ktown' set of KDE 5_19.05 installed:
-- No further actions are needed.
-
-If you have my 'ktown' set of KDE 5_19.02 installed:
-- No further actions are needed.
-
-If you have my 'ktown' set of KDE 5_19.01 installed:
-- No further actions are needed.
-
-If you have my 'ktown' set of KDE 5_18.12 installed:
-- Really?
+- Really? A full re-install may be wiser.
-Then proceed with installing/upgrading KDE 5 as outlined below.
+Proceed with installing/upgrading KDE 5 as outlined below.
NOTE:
Instead of using the mirror host http://slackware.nl/alien-kde/ (its rsync URI
@@ -340,4 +362,4 @@ Reboot your computer and login to a Plasma session.
==============================================================================
- Eric Hameleers / alien at slackware dot com / 25-may-2020
+ Eric Hameleers / alien at slackware dot com / 18-jun-2020