Hello list, upgrading in debian/testing let me install kde5. Although I got some problems at the beginning, I managed to get it working. However, some minor problems still occured, for example sddm will not start and the process "konsole" will not end, although I closed konsole.
But these are minor problems, as I can change to kdm or lxdm, and for konsole I can kill the process manually. But now, after my last update, KDE will not start. The splashscreen of KDE5 is starting, its progress bar fullfilles to the end and then it hangs. I reverted the last libs and packages (of the last update, where it was working), but got no success. Additionally I moved ~/.kde from my home- directory, with the same result. IMO it could be caused by the mix of kde4 and kde5 libs and packages. Of course, I could revert to debian/stable or maybe to debian/unstable, but both solutions brings a lot other disadvantages. I do not believe the users could do much, as it is a problem with the packages and their versions. IMO it would help, if all KDE5 dependencies would be available in debian/testing, not only in debian/unstable. To remove all kde4 packages is no good idea, as it will affect a lot of other kde applications, which the user might not want to deinstall. Yes, I admit, we are at the moment in an unlucky situation, and I admit, I have no solution for it. For the users I only can give the advice: Do not update your running system, when you are running debian/stable. If you are running debian/stable - leave it that way! Debian/stable is running fine, no problems here. Maybe someone has more ideas and maybe someone has an idea, why KDE5 is no starting no more. Would be appreciated! Hope, this helps a little bit. Best regards Hans
