Mailinglist Archive: opensuse-kde (35 mails)

[Rui Santos <rsantos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Alvin Beach wrote:
> On Nov 15, 2007 12:51 PM, Rui Santos <rsantos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > ...
> >     I have several problems on my both openSUSE 10.2 installation. These
> > problems are just the ones I've found:
> >
> >     - Cannot print using kde applications. It states that the kdeprintd
> > is not started - I've looked for it and it does not exist. ( Firefox
> > does print )
> >     - Kopete doesn't even try to connect to my configured MSN accounts.
> > I've even tried to recompile kdenetwork3-3.5.8 and the results are the same.
> >     - The sysinfo:/ on Konqueror does not work correctly - Strange
> > icons... the dvd doesn't appear, etc.
> >     - The ftp:/ on Konqueror does not work.
> >     - If I insert a USB Pen or DVD there is no popup notifying that a
> > new media has been inserted and, as stated above, it will not be shown
> > on Konqueror's sysinfo:/
> >
> >     It is a OpenSUSE 10.2 installation, containing latest kde-3.5.8 from
> > the build service. I also have a lot of other repositories - mainly from
> > Build Service.
> >
> >     Both my home and work machines are showing the exact same behaviors
> > so, it is not a single machine's problem.
> >     What could be wrong? Am I the only one with this problem ? Can
> > anyone help me on this ?
>
> I am having the same problem here. The problem is with kded (or
> something messing with it?). The workaround I have been using is to
> execute the following command as the user logged into KDE:
>    kded --check && kded --new-startup

I'm trying with:

while true; do kded --check && kded --nofork --new-startup; done

This should keep executing the command forever. Do not forget the --nofork

I'm also placing it on a .kde/Autostart script until a better
workarround/fix appears.

Once again, thank you for your help Alvin.

> That makes things work from anyway between 5 seconds to 2 hours. Then
> I have to issue that command again.
>
> Alvin

Rui

>

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Rui Santos
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