Bug#712938: sni-qt -- Indicator support for Qt

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On Mon, 27 Jul 2015 02:00:02 +0430 Tsu Jan <tsujan2000@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sun, 26 Jul 2015 20:59:22 +0000 1@o2o2.tk wrote:
> >
> >
> > Yes, nvidia drivers installed via nvidia's installer. But what should I do
> > to fix this issue?
>
> You should install the nVidia deb packages instead. Try the experimental
> repository for that but always have a light environment like IceWM if 
> something goes wrong.
>
> BTW, my compilation is being finished after one hour and a half. I'll leave a
> DropBox link for libqtgui4 if it works.
>
>

Seriously? Isn't there any other way? I'm on nvidia drivers installed with nvidia's installer and I'm really happy with them, I don't want to change anything...


On Mon, 27 Jul 2015 02:27:42 +0430 Tsu Jan <tsujan2000@gmail.com> wrote:
> This is my 64-bit package at last:
>
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> https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/7793460/libqtgui4_4.8.7%2Bdfsg-1_amd64.deb
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> I made it with the patch in question in addition to the standard Debian
> patches for qt4-4.8.7+dfsg-1, under Debian Testing. It works well for me
> under both Enlightenment and KDE (although my KDE doesn't need it yet).
>
>
> If you want to install it, please do so under a non-Qt environment
> (IceWM, for example) -- but before that, download the original package
> for manual installation with "sudo dpkg -i" in case anything goes wrong.
> I ACCEPT NO RESPONSIBILITY and will remove the link after a while (but
> you could put it somewhere else).

Thanks for sharing, of course I grabbed it and I will make test with recent KDE5 from Sid.  I will also try to build 32-bit package (on 32-bit virtual machine without any 3rd party graphic drivers installed, so it should be succeded)

>
> All in all, it's weird that in spite of Dave's and my early warnings, 
> this problem still arose. Isn't Debian a community-based distro? Or some
> Debian maintainers don't use Debian?!
>
I think you are right, they don't even use it, at least for desktop so they can't feel how much is this issue affects usability...