Konqueror will not run from menu in FC6

[Arch Willingham]

In FC6 (test 2,test 3 and final release), Konqueror will not run. You click on the menu
item and nothing happens. This is true on two different machines.

It works if I do this from the command line:

/usr/bin/konqueror
Link points to "/tmp/ksocket-root"
Link points to "/tmp/kde-root"
kbuildsycoca running...
Reusing existing ksycoca



Any ideas?

Arch

[Anne Wilson]

On Friday 27 October 2006 12:50, Arch Willingham wrote:
>  In FC6 (test 2,test 3 and final release), Konqueror will not run. You
> click
>  on the menu item and nothing happens. This is true on two different
>  machines.
>  
It's not a general problem.  I have run all those tests and not seen it.
>  It works if I do this from the command line:
>
>  /usr/bin/konqueror
>  Link points to "/tmp/ksocket-root"
>  Link points to "/tmp/kde-root"
>  kbuildsycoca running...
>  Reusing existing ksycoca
>  
Why 'root' I wonder?  Did you have a crash at some time while using konq in

super-user mode?

I'd try deleting /tmp/ksocket-root and /tmp/kde-root (as root, of course) then 
ctrl-alt-backspace.

Anne

[Arch Willingham]

Nope..no crashes. Also, I did a brand new install of FC6 and it does it there too. I tried
all of these but still it will not load from the menu. What does ctrl-alt-backspace do??

Arch

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Subject: Re: Konqueror will not run from menu in FC6


On Friday 27 October 2006 12:50, Arch Willingham wrote:
>  In FC6 (test 2,test 3 and final release), Konqueror will not run. You
> click
>  on the menu item and nothing happens. This is true on two different
>  machines.
>  
It's not a general problem.  I have run all those tests and not seen it.
>  It works if I do this from the command line:
>
>  /usr/bin/konqueror
>  Link points to "/tmp/ksocket-root"
>  Link points to "/tmp/kde-root"
>  kbuildsycoca running...
>  Reusing existing ksycoca
>  
Why 'root' I wonder?  Did you have a crash at some time while using konq in

super-user mode?

I'd try deleting /tmp/ksocket-root and /tmp/kde-root (as root, of course) then 
ctrl-alt-backspace.

Anne

[Anne Wilson]

On Friday 27 October 2006 21:13, Arch Willingham wrote:
>  Nope..no crashes. Also, I did a brand new install of FC6 and it does
> it
>  there too. I tried all of these but still it will not load from the menu.
>  What does ctrl-alt-backspace do??
>  
It restarts X - like log out then back in - and therefore restarts kde.  You 
should get those two files re-written, but as you, not as root.

Anne

[William M. Quarles]

>  On Friday 27 October 2006 21:13, Arch Willingham wrote:
>  
> >Nope..no crashes. Also, I did a brand new install of FC6 and it does it
> >there too. I tried all of these but still it will not load from the menu. 
I'm having the same problem with a fully updated FC5, so I am guessing 
that there is a bug in the latest RPMs.  Someone should do a bug 
report...  Probably you since you first discovered this, Arch.

Peace,
William

[Steven P. Ulrick]

On Mon, 06 Nov 2006 02:45:26 -0500
"William M. Quarles" <quarlewm(a)jmu.edu&gt; wrote:

>  > On Friday 27 October 2006 21:13, Arch Willingham wrote:
>  > 
>  >>Nope..no crashes. Also, I did a brand new install of FC6 and it
>  >>does it there too. I tried all of these but still it will not load
>  >>from the menu.
>  
>  I'm having the same problem with a fully updated FC5, so I am
>  guessing that there is a bug in the latest RPMs.  Someone should do a
>  bug report...  Probably you since you first discovered this, Arch.
>  
>  Peace,
>  William 
Hello, William
Since I compile KDE from source, the "redhat-menus" RPM always hoses my
KMenu.  So I run "rpm -e --nodeps redhat-menus" and my KMenu always
goes back to the way that it is supposed to be.
Also, I sometimes have to re-install redhat-menus when I run "yum
update"  Sometimes one of the updates depends on redhat-menus.  Then,
after "yum update" has completed, I immediately remove "redhat-menus"
as described above.
By this point, you are wondering, what does this have to do with not
being able to start Konqueror from the Menu?  I have discovered that
with "redhat-menus" installed, not only can't I start Konqueror from
the Menu, but I cannot start Konqueror from the Icon on my Kicker.
(Actually, I have to go all the way to the Internet sub-menu to even
find Konqueror.  "redhat-menus" seems to do a real number on my
KMenu...)  But, as soon as I uninstall "redhat-menus", my KMenu is
repopulated, the "Home" icon reappears in KMenu, and I can now start
Konqueror from the Icon that I have on Kicker.

Check out these screenshots and see if they look like anything you've
seen:

With "redhat-menus" installed:
http://www.afolkey2.net/Projects/kmenu-1038am.jpg

With "redhat-menus" removed:
http://www.afolkey2.net/Projects/kmenu-1039am.jpg

Have a Great Day,
Steven P. Ulrick
-- 
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[William M. Quarles]

Steven P. Ulrick wrote:
>  On Mon, 06 Nov 2006 02:45:26 -0500
>  "William M. Quarles" <quarlewm(a)jmu.edu&gt; wrote:
>  
>  
> >>On Friday 27 October 2006 21:13, Arch Willingham wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>>Nope..no crashes. Also, I did a brand new install of FC6 and it
> >>>does it there too. I tried all of these but still it will not load
> >>
> >>>from the menu.
> >
> >I'm having the same problem with a fully updated FC5, so I am
> >guessing that there is a bug in the latest RPMs.  Someone should do a
> >bug report...  Probably you since you first discovered this, Arch.
> >
> >Peace,
> >William
>  
>  
>  Hello, William
>  Since I compile KDE from source, the "redhat-menus" RPM always hoses my
>  KMenu.  So I run "rpm -e --nodeps redhat-menus" and my KMenu always
>  goes back to the way that it is supposed to be.
>  Also, I sometimes have to re-install redhat-menus when I run "yum
>  update"  Sometimes one of the updates depends on redhat-menus.  Then,
>  after "yum update" has completed, I immediately remove
> "redhat-menus"
>  as described above.
>  By this point, you are wondering, what does this have to do with not
>  being able to start Konqueror from the Menu?  I have discovered that
>  with "redhat-menus" installed, not only can't I start Konqueror from
>  the Menu, but I cannot start Konqueror from the Icon on my Kicker.
>  (Actually, I have to go all the way to the Internet sub-menu to even
>  find Konqueror.  "redhat-menus" seems to do a real number on my
>  KMenu...)  But, as soon as I uninstall "redhat-menus", my KMenu is
>  repopulated, the "Home" icon reappears in KMenu, and I can now start
>  Konqueror from the Icon that I have on Kicker.
>  
>  Check out these screenshots and see if they look like anything you've
>  seen:
>  
>  With "redhat-menus" installed:
>  http://www.afolkey2.net/Projects/kmenu-1038am.jpg
>  
>  With "redhat-menus" removed:
>  http://www.afolkey2.net/Projects/kmenu-1039am.jpg
>  
>  Have a Great Day,
>  Steven P. Ulrick 
I use Gnome so I couldn't necessarily tell you right now.  Anyway, this 
still doesn't change the fact that this is a bug that should be fixed. 
If you seem to be saying that this existed in FC5 before the most recent 
update, why hasn't anybody noticed it up until now?

Have a Great Day, Too,
William

[Rex Dieter]

William M. Quarles wrote:


>  If you seem to be saying that this existed in FC5 before the most
> recent
>  update, why hasn't anybody noticed it up until now? 
It doesn't happen to *everybody*, only a select few, so it's been hard to
find the root cause.

-- Rex