Thanks for testing it out.

From the log, I can see there are some problems with the script.

Could you try out the following commands in a konsole, and paste their output?

which dcop

which kdialog

kdialog --title "Performing actions" --progressbar "Please wait" 0

(You may have to kill that kdialog using 'xkill').

tempfile --help

wc /home/fabian/build/kdenlive/bin/kdenlive_start

kdesu --help

That would help me out a lot.

Thanks in advance.

Mads

P.S. Edited to add kdesu --hepl

which dcop
/opt/kde3/bin/dcop

which kdialog
/usr/bin/kdialog

kdialog --title "Performing actions" --progressbar "Please wait" 0
org.kde.kdialog-20341 /ProgressDialog

As far as I know, tempfile does not exist in a standard openSUSE installation and there are no packages for it either (at least I couldn't find any on the in the commuinty repositories)

I linked tempfile to /bin/mktemp

tempfile --help
Usage: tempfile [OPTION]... [TEMPLATE]
Create a temporary file or directory, safely, and print its name.
If TEMPLATE is not specified, use tmp.XXXXXXXXXX.

  -d, --directory  create a directory, not a file
  -q, --quiet      suppress diagnostics about file/dir-creation failure
  -u, --dry-run    do not create anything; merely print a name (unsafe)
  --tmpdir[=DIR]   interpret TEMPLATE relative to DIR.  If DIR is
                     not specified, use $TMPDIR if set, else /tmp.
                     With this option, TEMPLATE must not be an absolute name.
                     Unlike with -t, TEMPLATE may contain slashes, but even
                     here, mktemp still creates only the final component.

  -p DIR           use DIR as a prefix; implies -t [deprecated]
  -t               interpret TEMPLATE as a single file name component,
                     relative to a directory: $TMPDIR, if set; else the
                     directory specified via -p; else /tmp [deprecated]

      --help     display this help and exit
      --version  output version information and exit

Report bugs to .

wc /home/fabian/build/kdenlive/bin/kdenlive_start
wc: /home/fabian/build/kdenlive/bin/kdenlive_start: No such file or directory

I hope that helps?

Thank you for your effort.

Ah, that explains everything, really :-)

mktemp and tempfile are not compatible. So, the wizard can not actually run the script it creates. This is why you do not get any feedback using the Wizard, and kdialog uses the new dbus stuff, which I have not fixed (believe it or not, I do not actually run KDE4 yet, will do in about 2 weeks though).

Same here - without a "proper" tempfile, you do not actually get the start script. So, unless you already have LD_LIBRARY_PATH and PATH set appropiately, this could be the reason kdenlive crashes for you at startup.

It helps a lot - very much indeed.

I'll get rid of the depencencies on tempfile (which I should never have used, but I didn't think it through), and add checks for the creation of the startup scripts (a clear bug, my bad), and hopefully soon release a fixed version. I need to do this quickly though, as I go on vacation tomorrow.

Regards

Mads

So, I have uploaded a new version (0.4.1) to the kde-apps page. Please try if this works for you on OpenSuse - I would appreciate a copy of the log in any case :-)

Regards

Mads

Thanks a lot for the announcement and info - I will add the ark stuff the next time I update the wizard. (May be a while, I am travelling the next 10 days).

Regards

Mads

Installation worked fine now. I got feedback in the log window and the progress bar worked too.

Thank you very much.

wc /home/fabian/build/kdenlive/bin/kdenlive_start
132  646 5430 /home/fabian/build/kdenlive/bin/kdenlive_start

It still crashs on startup:

http://www.kdenlive.org/mantis/view.php?id=163

Have a nice trip!

Hey Mads,

Not sure if you're on holidays still / yet, but thought you might enjoy an alternate image for the builder wizard. It should be the same size within a couple of pixels:

Note the bottom is not displayed by the forum unless you scroll or view the image separately.

You are welcome! :-)

And, you start it through the kdenlive_start script? Do you have gdb installed? Otherwise, try installing that, then run kdenlive_start, choose the debug option, and then post the log to the bug you have created.

Regards

Mads

Yes it does happen with kdenlive_start too.

Thats a very nice picture - with your permission I will use that! (I reckon that is OK?)

I won't be able to make a new release before I go away, but will, when I get back.

For credits: Should I just credit "Cinephiliac", or do you want a name/email with that?

Regards

Mads

Thanks! That's what it's there for. :D I hereby, officially release it under the same license as the Builder Script (GPL2?) and the current Creative Commons Canada 2.5 Share Alike licenses. No attribution needed, but if you wish feel free to just credit me as Cinephiliac. Phew! What a long way to say "You're welcome!". ;)

A (minor) updated version.

Changelog:

- Removed tagline for better readability

- Sharper banner (changed scaling to cubic in Gimp)

- More distinct cables holding up banner

- Rounded left corners with colour that blends in with the window background.

- Slightly altered logo (a prize for anyone who can actually spot the difference ;-)

Same permissions / license as before.

[attachment=0]KdenLive-Build_Wizzard.png[/attachment]

Thanks for the sweet wizard!

I'm also going to look more into kommander - I didn't know much about this before.

Kdenlive-4 is looking good, only a few crashes with moving segments around and transitions. I plan to file some bug reports on those if they still exist once it officially goes beta.

Thanks - I just released 0.5.0, that uses that graphics. Looks very nice. I also added support for passing qt dirs to the MLT compile process and tried to make the compile options a little less scary.

You are welcome :-)

Kommander is nice, but have its quirks! (To put it mildly). If you want to play with the wizard, you may want to download the sources (link on the wizards kde-apps page).

Perhaps you should consider filing some of them already - I think jb can use all the feedback he can get?

Regards

Mads