https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=447903
User mike@m-buchau.de added comment
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=447903#c14
Michael Buchau changed:
What |Removed |Added
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
CC| |mike@m-buchau.de
--- Comment #14 from Michael Buchau 2009-01-05 12:48:34 MST ---
Strace tells me that this is caused by the kcm_screensaver module omitting the
directory /opt/kde3/share/applnk/System/ScreenSavers in its search for
available screensavers.
I have two systems which are both running the latest KDE:KDE3, KDE:Backports,
KDE:KDE4:STABLE. One of them is fine and the other is showing this bug.
On the working system, the search order of kcm_screensaver is
/var/lib/kde-profiles/default/share/applnk/System/ScreenSavers
/var/lib/kde-profiles/default/share/applnk/apps/ScreenSavers
/etc/opt/kde3/share/applnk/System/ScreenSavers
/etc/opt/kde3/share/applnk/apps/ScreenSavers
/opt/kde3/share/applnk/System/ScreenSavers
/opt/kde3/share/applnk/apps/ScreenSavers
~/.kde/share/applnk/System/ScreenSavers
~/.kde/share/applnk/apps/ScreenSavers
On the buggy system, I get the search order
/var/lib/kde-profiles/default/share/applnk/GNOME Settings/System/ScreenSavers
/var/lib/kde-profiles/default/share/applnk/apps/ScreenSavers
/etc/opt/kde3/share/applnk/GNOME Settings/System/ScreenSavers
/etc/opt/kde3/share/applnk/apps/ScreenSavers
/opt/kde3/share/applnk/GNOME Settings/System/ScreenSavers
/opt/kde3/share/applnk/apps/ScreenSavers
~/.kde/share/applnk/GNOME Settings/System/ScreenSavers
~/.kde/share/applnk/apps/ScreenSavers/
kcm_screensaver has the suffixes "apps/ScreenSavers/" and
"System/ScreenSavers/" compiled into its binary file. The prefixes must be
coming from somewhere else, especially the buggy prefixes containing "GNOME
Settings". And that's where the two systems differ: The buggy one has a GNOME
desktop installed. After installing gnu-control-center and its dependencies on
the bug-free system it was buggy too.
Until a proper fix is available, you can temporarily fix this issue by adding a
directory and a symlink:
# mkdir /opt/kde3/share/applnk/apps
# ln -s ../System/ScreenSavers /opt/kde3/share/applnk/apps/
--
Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email
------- You are receiving this mail because: -------
You are on the CC list for the bug.