Re: lxqt crashing (Was: NetBSD 10 packages)

[David Brownlee <abs%absd.org@localhost>]

On Thu, 28 Sept 2023 at 16:45, Jason Bacon <jtocino%gmx.com@localhost> wrote:
>
> On 9/26/23 16:16, David H. Gutteridge wrote:
> > On Tue, 26 Sep 2023 at 18:47:56 +0100, David Brownlee wrote:
> >>
> >> I'm also seeing lxqt crashing on NetBSD-10 with a popup window:
> >> "Panel crashed too many times. Its autorestart has been disabled until
> >> next log in."
> >>
> >> Just to eliminate netbsd-9 vs netbsd-10 issues, is anyone running
> >> recent lxqt on netbsd-9?
> >
> > If you mean the most recent state of LXQt as a release (generally
> > 1.3.0), as last updated by pin@ in April, then yes, as running on
> > 9.3_STABLE. If you mean "recent" as in "recent state of all of pkgsrc
> > dependencies outside of LXQt itself", then, no, some are probably out
> > of date by several months. With this particular setup, I see no issues
> > with crashes (it's running right now).
> >
> > I generally build (in a sandboxed pbulk environment) each DE after a
> > major update, targeting netbsd-9. If pin@ is handling an LXQt update
> > (we are co-maintainers, effectively), then I will be testing along
> > with him, in the background.
> >
> > I don't think that necessarily means it "just works" in netbsd-9.
> > It could be several factors, including I have a very old profile that
> > has been defined since we originally imported LXQt. I am also using
> > xfce4-wm as its WM, not openbox, as I feel that's a better choice.
> > More testing is most welcome!
> >
> > Dave
>
> I just did a fresh NetBSD 9.3 install in VirtualBox to test
> sysutils/desktop-installer with the latest package sets.  For anyone who
> is not familiar:
>
> https://github.com/outpaddling/desktop-installer/blob/master/NetBSD/getting-started.md
>
> The desktop-installer setup ran smoothly and LXQT seems to work fine
> using the latest packages and OpenBox WM. So it looks like the LXQT
> issues are specific to 10.0-BETA.

Just to confirm - would those be the same (or very close to the same)
package version on 9.3 and 10.0-BETA?

Thanks

David