Linux Mint kdenlive-23.08.4 was the last appimage that would open on my Linux Mint install. Earlier versions open and run fine. I set the program to run in Properties of the app. Any ideas? thanks. 23.08.05 ane 24.02.0 AppImages won’t open …
We had to disable a fix to make the Appimage run on older systems again, because it had side effects.
What is the version of your Linux Mint? Is it up-to-date?
Upgraded my Linux Mint to latest version and all works good now.
Thanks for the motivation and suggestion.
Too bad, I have Mint 21.3. I can’t update to Mint 22. Does that mean I can’t use newer versions of kdenlive?
Correct for the Appimage, but you can try other install methods like Flatpak, Snap or build it yourself
It’s unlikely to be able to build newer versions on older systems - if they’re too old to run the Appimage, they won’t have the required version of (at least) KF6 or probably Qt and maybe more either.
For Debian building HEAD needs Trixie, the current stable Bookworm doesn’t have the needed dependencies backported, but it can run the Appimages.
So it’s try the Flatpak or Snap, or find a way to update. 21.3 isn’t EOL for security updates yet, but that deadline is looming.
The deadline from 21.3 is 2027!!
And that’s only a ‘promise’ for security critical bugs in packages the security team are interested in maintaining. Lots of other things will bitrot, stop working, or be unavailable there, long before that, as you’re seeing here.
Why is it that you “can’t” update? I’m not unsympathetic, or saying you should be hanging off the tail of some bleeding edge dragon - but a lot has happened in the last 4 years, and there’s only so far the dream of “I want really new software on a really old foundation” can carry you before reality starts to make that more and more difficult.
The problem is my NVidia graphics card (RTX 2060). Unfortunately, the new version no longer really supports the GPU. It’s mainly about Blender, which I’ve expanded a lot and which won’t work properly anymore. It’s not that easy for me to buy a new card. I’m not having any problems with a fresh install of Mint22, I’ll just wait as long as possible. Version 24.08.2 of Kdnlive works well for me. I’m actually happy with it. I’m sorry if I was annoying. I’m 72 and switched from Windows to Linux a year ago.
nice day
mangray
That’s probably my cue to whistle a happy tune about radeon cards and drivers - but that doesn’t solve not replacing your card either …
Though speaking as someone who also reluctantly just replaced a card (after the fans died on my “otherwise still working Just Fine beside shutting down when it overheats” old one) - the big drop in average power use, big improvement in handling more modern codecs, and better out of the box support on current kernels has been a very welcome silver lining to that.
It’s cool, it’s never really just you, it’s the 500 people before you with unrealistic expectations and thinner excuses that leaks into the tone of the 501’st explanation of the situation.
Having a stable base is A Good Thing IMO, but 3 - 4 years is generally the sweet spot for a machine you want to run software that isn’t 4 years old on.
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