Version: 3.1.2 (using KDE KDE 3.2.3) Installed from: Mandrake RPMs Compiler: gcc 3.4.1 OS: Linux kde crashes at startup when i used ./configure --prefix=/usr/local it worked when i did not do it i got some message about QPaint not being able to do something with a null pixmap and then i saw kcrash according to the backtrace it's something like this: ... KCrash::DefaultCrashHandler . . . XCreateGC qsincos
KDE or KDevelop? If KDE, which KDE application?
kdevelop
KDevelop, sorry for the mistake, it's just kdevelop which crashes... my guess is that it probably try to loads some KDE pixmap which was installed before kdevelop was, and it tries doing it from it's installtion directory instead of from the KDE directory, or something like that, then again, it just a guess since i have no idea about the inner workings of KDE.
Try "export KDEDIRS=/usr/local" This is a dupe, installation problem and a bug in Qt. :) (I'll try to find the other report tomorrow..)
no i do not understand something, is it a "must" to install kdevelop to the KDE directory? or not? the thing is, my KDE directory is not /usr/local, i want to use /usr/local in order to put programs which are out of my distro in there, is that impossible to do? On 21 Feb 2005 01:05:59 -0000, Jens Dagerbo <jens.dagerbo@swipnet.se> wrote: > ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- > You reported the bug, or are watching the reporter. > > http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=99784 > > ------- Additional Comments From jens.dagerbo swipnet se 2005-02-21 02:05 ------- > Try "export KDEDIRS=/usr/local" > > This is a dupe, installation problem and a bug in Qt. :) (I'll try to find the other report tomorrow..) >
No, it's not a must at all, on the contrary. It DOES however need to be installed in a path that exists in $KDEDIRS. Personally, I have KDE in /opt/kdehead and KDevelop in /home/jens/dev/install my $KDEDIRS: /opt/kdehead:/home/jens/dev/install and KDevelop build is configured with: --prefix=/home/jens/dev/install That works, and you will avoid "the crash" (which comes from a missing pixmap, which causes QSplashScreen to crash).
i have been given the solution for this, which i will try in a few days (far frmo my machine), therefore i'm marking this as resolved