Problems in Kubuntu 15.04 beta 1

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Hey,

for info on the baloo_file issue:

http://www.kubuntuforums.net/showthread.php?67357-The-Saga-of-Installing-15-04-on-a-USB-Flash-Drive&p=366489&viewfull=1#post366489

as per the excellent Steve Riley ;-).

It is about baloo_file depending on a feature of the task scheluler (I/O 
scheduler) that is no longer availabe in the default scheduler.

Now, I do *not* remember ever seeing baloo_file hog my cpu in 14.10, but I 
*do* remember it from 15.04 alpha 2.

Please do check this output:

grep . /sys/block/sd*/queue/scheduler

If any of your block devices use the "bad" scheduler, it will show as:

/sys/block/sdb/queue/scheduler:noop [deadline] cfq

Otherwise, it will show as:

/sys/block/sdb/queue/scheduler:noop deadline [cfq]

Good luck!


On Sun, 8 Mar 2015, Mustafa Muhammad wrote:

> Hi,
> I am testing beta 1, and wanted to report some problems:
> 1) NetworkManager now requires pppoe binary (which is not installed by
> default), previously connection could be made using ppp, but now pppoe
> is required, so I think it should be included in the default
> installation.
>
> 2) vim (full, not minimal) package is small and important please ship
> it by default.

I would agree. However, I believe Debian also doesn't ship it by default. 
It is only about 30 meg though.


> 3) When I choose to open folder of downloaded file in Firefox, it uses
> Gwenview as a file manager.

In 14.10 there are many anomalies. E.g. Firefox will not find Okukar as 
the PDF viewer. You then have to manually select it as /usr/bin/okukar. 
There is no easy drop down list that would integrate with menu.

One thing I do hope, by the way, is that when Plasma5 becomes default, 
please retain Plasma4 visuals as well!!! Being able to choose would be an 
amazing asset. There is already a "choice" facility, there is just only 
one thing to choose ;-).

I cannot underemphasize the value it would have to be able to select 
between the two visual styles.

I could overemphasize easily. I just don't think speaking too highly of it 
is something many people would do, however, many people would perhaps 
speak too lowly of it, and I just cannot do that ;-).

So I will say it as it is: do add it.

To the average person the attractiveness of your distribution goes up by 
200%.

It's like "oh my god!". Think teenager style ;-).

Teenagers love tinkering with layouts and how to present themselves. 
Having a dozen different styles (of amazing quality) would even get higher 
hopes up. But that would be an entire project in and of itself. But it is 
something you can grow over time. Personally I like the plasma4 style much 
better. The reason is the higher contrast, it is better in terms of 
usability.

Plasma5 is really pretty. But. I don't find myself able to work with it 
really. Even plasma4 has usability issues. For example, the alt-tab 
interface (for selecting windows) is really really poor. For one, there is 
no visual difference that is easy to perceive, between selected and 
non-selected 'thumb' windows. So you might as well not show anything, 
because the whole point of such a thing is to differentiate. Missed the 
point, perhaps?

I seriously have to focus for 10 seconds to see the visual distinctions 
and my sight is not even bad.

Regards,...