KDE Plasma 5.23.5 Crashes 'Solved'

[Alexzee]

Good News!-

I send a message to Patrick Volkerding (a few days ago) because I thought he may answer me as he did in the past.
He explained to me that:

That's still the right version of Plasma to be using on Slackware 15.0. Have you been applying any patches? One thing to consider is that if you use anything under /patches, then you should use it all since a patch you apply might depend on another patch in there. I'd consider going into patches/packages and running this to make sure:

upgradepkg --terse --reinstall --install-new *.txz

I went back and removed "solved" from the thread because a fresh install may not be nessassary.Pat's instructions should rectify the issue with KDE crashing.
^Will do this after a decent nights rest.^

 

[Alexzee]

Ok I found the patches/packages directory here in 2 different places.

Index of /pub/Linux/INSTALL/slackware/slackware-15.0/patches/packages

Index of /slackware/slackware-15.0/patches/packages

I've went through the patches/packages index parent directory several times looking for the exact txz and I haven't a clue which one should be chosen. Once I know which name_of_pkg slack15.0.*.txz I'll be good to go with:

# cd patches/packages && upgradepkg *.txz

At this point, after spending about 2-3 hours searching online I'm confused as to how to apply this patch:-

Anyone have any ideas?
@GatorsFan , @osprey, @wizardfromoz ?

 

[GatorsFan]

Ok I found the patches/packages directory here in 2 different places.

Index of /pub/Linux/INSTALL/slackware/slackware-15.0/patches/packages

Index of /slackware/slackware-15.0/patches/packages

I've went through the patches/packages index parent directory several times looking for the exact txz and I haven't a clue which one should be chosen. Once I know which name_of_pkg slack15.0.*.txz I'll be good to go with:

# cd patches/packages && upgradepkg *.txz

At this point, after spending about 2-3 hours searching online I'm confused as to how to apply this patch:-

Anyone have any ideas?
@GatorsFan , @osprey, @wizardfromoz ?

Maybe this link will help - http://www.giustetti.net/wiki/index.php?title=Patch_install

 

[wizardfromoz]

I'd go with the above ^^^^

I still have not got as far as Slackware, yet, so not much good to you.

Cheers

Wiz

 

[Alexzee]

Maybe this link will help - http://www.giustetti.net/wiki/index.php?title=Patch_install

Thanks!
I'm in the process of going through the 2024 list and finding out what each pkg is for.
Some of the upgraded pkg's I already have so that's a plus.
--This may take time--

 

[Alexzee]

I'd go with the above ^^^^

I still have not got as far as Slackware, yet, so not much good to you.

Cheers

Wiz

Thanks, Chris-
It's ok mate, when you have time give it a spin.

The thing is I'm not finding the kdelibs which is what I need to apply that patch to the crashing KDE DE.

Maybe @VP9KS will know as he's been running Slackware for maybe longer than I have.

 

[Alexzee]

Making some progress today.
Looking here at the ftp website for Slackware 15.0 I already have the patch system wide.

The Slackware Linux Project: Slackware Security Advisories

If I can't find a way to upgrade the KDE 5.23 that Pat says needs the patch I may have to perform a fresh install of stable. Running a build script may help and the other options would be to install and run current:-

While I'm at it I'll have a look in the KDE Forum and see what if anything is mentioned there.

 

[Alexzee]

Joining the KDE Discuss yielded appropriate. Helping others with KDE and other things can lead to other opportunities too:-

KDE 5.23 on Slackware Crashing

Hi: I discovered that my KDE DE 5.23 on Slackware 15.0 stable is crashing last week. Using X11, Plasma in safe mode and Wayland crashes. The newest patch has been applied to the system. I have been looking for days online for a solution and well, I’m out of ideas and not sure how to fix this...

discuss.kde.org

 

[GatorsFan]

The only other thing my limited knowledge of Slackware is to reinstall KDE with the --reinstall option

slackpkg --reinstall kde

Package Management for Slackware PDF

https://docs.slackware.com/howtos:slackware_admin:how_to_use_slackware_installing_software?do=export_pdf

Hope this helps

 

[Alexzee]

A recent update that included a new kernel, new modules for the kernel, new version of FF solved the crashing issue.

I can now right click on the desktop to configure the desktop or the wallpaper w/o it crashing.

Thank you all for your assistance.

 

[Alexzee]

Another new kernel today and I now have all the folders, icons and what I should have.
So glad the KDE side of Slackware is working correctly!