Archive for April, 2008

Archlinux kdelibs 3.5.9-3

Tuesday, April 29th, 2008

Do not install the kdelibs 3.5.9-3 upgrade, it will hose your system badly. KDE apps will not start giving the error;
symbol lookup error: /opt/kde/lib/libkdeui.so.4: undefined symbol: _ZThn40_NK10KColorDrag6fromatEi
Also after a reboot KDE will not start.
A bug has been filed - #10312.
A temporary workaround is to downgrade to a previous version. Information on how to do this [...]

Round up.

Monday, April 28th, 2008

Last Friday I headed off into Manchester to go to Central Library and take in the lecture/talk on Underground Manchester being given by Keith Warrender. I arrived at 12:30 for the 13:00 start only to find a large group of people congregated around the door of the 2nd floor room as it was full. This [...]

Views of Urmston I’ve never seen before.

Sunday, April 20th, 2008

It seems a little weird being able to see St Clements church and one of the pylons down the meadows when looking from Sumner Way car park. It’s never been possible before in my lifetime.

This development has been going on for what seems like an eternity. There has been a total lack of a clear [...]

He’s furious?

Saturday, April 19th, 2008

So Gordon Brown is furious is he?
Prime Minister Gordon Brown is returning to the UK amid mounting protests within the Labour Party at his decision to scrap the 10p tax rate.
He is reported to be “furious” that the row overshadowed his trip to the US.
Source: BBC - Brown returns to face 10p tax row

I bet [...]