https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=297572
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--- Comment #14 from Carlos Robinson 2008-03-28 05:37:16 MST ---
My system is 32 bits and I do have apache installed; the help system doesn't
work, search does not work, either gnome, kde, or text mode. Nope.
If I run:
nimrodel:~ # susehelpindex --force
DOCUMENT:
Creating index files...
........................................
Created index for 41 documents.
nimrodel:~ # ls /var/lib/htdig/db/
nimrodel:~ #
The database is empty. But "susehelpindex --show" does show things:
nimrodel:~ # susehelpindex --show
DOCUMENT:
Show index state:
ok : release-notes (Release Notes)
ok : apparmor-adminen (Novell AppArmor Administration Guide (en))
ok : @id@ (GNU Licenses)
..
ok : books-lkmpg (Linux Kernel Module Programming Guide (Pt. 1))
ok : books-lkmpg2 (Linux Kernel Module Programming Guide (Pt. 2))
ok : qt3 (QT 3 developer information)
41 indexable documents.
nimrodel:~ #
However, help does not work at all.
It appears that, contrary to htdig manpage, the databases are in
/var/cache/susehelp/. Perhaps this is the problem, the non standard place.
When I try "help" in any kde program, I get nothing. I try to click on the
manual in "kbabel" (for instance), and I get a firefox window opened in
http://nimrodel.valinor/susehelp/cgi-bin/showdir.cgi?lang=en&depth=1&cgiprefix=/susehelp/cgi-bin/&fileprefix=&header=1,
showing:
SUSE Help
Home Content Search Options Search:_____________
* Release Notes
A short description of the most important changes for this SUSE Linux
release
* Novell AppArmor Administration Guide (en)
Novell AppArmor Administration Guide (en)
o GNU Licenses
GNU Licenses
...
* Development
Documentation for Developers
o Languages
o Libraries
o Tools
* Online Resources
o openSUSE Homepage
o openSUSE Hardware Database
Some of the entries have content, but not all of them. And nothing about
kbabel. If I search "kabel" in the page above, if finds nothing.
However, I do have a directory in "/opt/kde3/share/doc/HTML/en/kbabel" full of
things that seem to be documentation or help. However, the files there are .png
or .docbook - not a single .html file that can be browsed with firefox or
anything.
Ie, there are index.docbook, faq.docbook, menu.docbook, pref_wizard_page2.png,
etc.
Is the problem that the help files are still in source format and were not
"made", thus can not be searched or browsed?
If I try "konqueror", I get a black konqueror window from kde4 (instead of
kde3!). On it I try the manual, and I get a black
"help:/konqueror/index.html" window, empty of contents, except for a
browse tab on the left, showing in Scope only "unix manpages", unclicked.
If I click on "build search index" the only scope offered is:
search scope | status
[ ] application manuals | missing
And this is after I run "susehelpindex --force" as root, first of all (see
above).
If I click on "build" it says its going to place the index somewhere under
~/.kde4 (my home), but then requests my root password to continue (!). I
type it, nothing runs. The status says:
index creation finished. kdesu(16612)/kdesu (kdelibs)
KDESu::KDESuPrivate::KCookie::getXCookie: No X authentication info set for
display ":0.0" QProcess: Destroyed while process is still running.
If I try "search" for "konqueror", I am prompted to build the index again, and
again it fails, with:
kdesu(16663)/kdesu (kdelibs) KDESu::KDESuPrivate::KCookie::getXCookie: No X
authentication info set for display ":0.0"
kdesu(16663)/kdesu (kdelibs) KDESu::KDESuPrivate::KCookie::getXCookie: No X
authentication info set for display ":0.0"
kdesu(16663)/kdesu (kdelibs) KDESu::KDESuPrivate::KCookie::getXCookie: No X
authentication info set for display ":0.0"
The "Glosary" tab of the search left windowpane is empty (shows
alphabetically and by topic, both empty). The "contents" tab is full. Under
Internet there are entries for "konqueror" and "konqueror/kde3", both empty.
There is another entry somewhere about "kde faq", it is also empty.
Gnome help also fails in the exact same way.
Where is my help gone to?
This is not today, it has been so since I installed 10.3. No help at all.
Now that I have repeated the procedure to get you an screenshot (see attachment
later), I read in black letters over almost black background this text:
The requested help file could not be parsed:
/usr/share/doc/kde/HTML/en//konqueror/index.docbook
Bingo!
There is not help because you did not provide the help files! How come? :-/
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