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Re: [trinity-users] r14-xdg-update follies

From: "Leslie Turriff" <jlturriff@...>
Date: Sat, 4 Mar 2017 07:33:52 +0100
On Friday 03 March 2017 00:52:19 Leslie Turriff wrote:
> Recently, when logging into my main ID on my new desktop system, I get
> several messages about something called r14-xdg-update.  The text of the
> first one is
>
> > The r14-xdg-update script has been run at least once.
> > The script is not successfully updating.
> > The script will run with each login until corrected.
> > Please contact an administrator or take appropriate administrative action
> > to correct the problem. The error code is 9.
>
> Searching the list archive, I found a few references to this script, but
> little useful information about it aside from the information that error
> code 9 has something to do with file privileges.  There seems to be nothing
> in the documentation about this script, which seems to perform some sort of
> updates to the Trinity configuration.  From the effects that it has had on
> my system, I would say that there needs to be something written up and
> placed into the user doecumentation about this.  So far it has wiped out my
> desktop settings and recently it made all of my kmail (configuration,
> folders and contents) disappear. What do I need to do to fix this?  I'm
> afraid to log into any of my secondary IDs for fear that they will be
> corrupted as well.  The vague description of error code 9 gives me little
> to go on.  What file privileges need to be set, for what files or
> directories?  What exactly is r14-xdg-update trying to do?
>
> Leslie

	I'm also getting this message at login:
> Some Trinity R14 XDG compliance updates failed.
> Check applications-tdemenuedit.menu for '<Filename>kde-' in /var/tmp/tdecache-leslie/r14-xdg-update-validation-test9.txt.

	I have attached the above file for review.  What directory would these files reside in?

Leslie
   <Filename>kde-konsole.desktop</Filename>
   <Filename>kde-quadkonsole.desktop</Filename>
   <Filename>kde-ark.desktop</Filename>
   <Filename>kde-konqfilemgr.desktop</Filename>
   <Filename>kde-knutclient.desktop</Filename>
   <Filename>kde-krd.desktop</Filename>
    <Filename>kde-konquerorsu.desktop</Filename>
    <Filename>kde-konsolesu.desktop</Filename>
    <Filename>kde-ark.desktop</Filename>
    <Filename>kde-ark.desktop</Filename>
    <Filename>kde-konqfilemgr.desktop</Filename>
    <Filename>kde-krd.desktop</Filename>
    <Filename>kde-krd.desktop</Filename>
    <Filename>kde-knutclient.desktop</Filename>
    <Filename>kde-knutclient.desktop</Filename>
    <Filename>kde-ark.desktop</Filename>
    <Filename>kde-konqfilemgr.desktop</Filename>
    <Filename>kde-konqfilemgr.desktop</Filename>
   <Filename>kde-umbrello.desktop</Filename>
   <Filename>kde-kaddressbook.desktop</Filename>
   <Filename>kde-KMail.desktop</Filename>
   <Filename>kde-Kontact.desktop</Filename>
   <Filename>kde-korganizer.desktop</Filename>
   <Filename>kde-konsole.desktop</Filename>
   <Filename>kde-quadkonsole.desktop</Filename>
   <Filename>kde-konquerorsu.desktop</Filename>
   <Filename>kde-konsolesu.desktop</Filename>
   <Filename>kde-kate.desktop</Filename>
   <Filename>kde-KEdit.desktop</Filename>
   <Filename>kde-kwrite.desktop</Filename>
   <Filename>kde-khexedit.desktop</Filename>
   <Filename>kde-KCharSelect.desktop</Filename>
   <Filename>kde-kalarm.desktop</Filename>
   <Filename>kde-kmag.desktop</Filename>
   <Filename>kde-kcalc.desktop</Filename>
   <Filename>kde-kmahjongg.desktop</Filename>
   <Filename>kde-kpat.desktop</Filename>
   <Filename>kde-kpicosim.desktop</Filename>
   <Filename>kde-ksnapshot.desktop</Filename>
    <Filename>kde-abakus.desktop</Filename>
    <Filename>kde-kcalc.desktop</Filename>
    <Filename>kde-abakus.desktop</Filename>
    <Filename>kde-kdar.desktop</Filename>
    <Filename>kde-kmag.desktop</Filename>
    <Filename>kde-KCharSelect.desktop</Filename>
   <Filename>kde-fsview.desktop</Filename>
   <Filename>kde-kompose.desktop</Filename>
   <Filename>kde-ksnapshot.desktop</Filename>
    <Filename>kde-kate.desktop</Filename>
    <Filename>kde-KEdit.desktop</Filename>
    <Filename>kde-kwrite.desktop</Filename>
    <Filename>kde-ark.desktop</Filename>
    <Filename>kde-fsview.desktop</Filename>
    <Filename>kde-khexedit.desktop</Filename>
    <Filename>kde-KCharSelect.desktop</Filename>
    <Filename>kde-kgpg.desktop</Filename>
    <Filename>kde-kalarm.desktop</Filename>
    <Filename>kde-kgpg.desktop</Filename>
     <Filename>kde-kompose.desktop</Filename>
     <Filename>kde-kdar.desktop</Filename>
     <Filename>kde-abakus.desktop</Filename>
     <Filename>kde-kgpg.desktop</Filename>
     <Filename>kde-kgpg.desktop</Filename>
     <Filename>kde-fsview.desktop</Filename>
   <Filename>kde-fsview.desktop</Filename>
   <Filename>kde-mathemagics.desktop</Filename>
     <Filename>kde-ark.desktop</Filename>
     <Filename>kde-kgpg.desktop</Filename>
    <Filename>kde-knoda.desktop</Filename>
    <Filename>kde-knoda.desktop</Filename>
   <Filename>kde-kaddressbook.desktop</Filename>
   <Filename>kde-KMail.desktop</Filename>
   <Filename>kde-Kontact.desktop</Filename>
   <Filename>kde-korganizer.desktop</Filename>
   <Filename>kde-knoda.desktop</Filename>
   <Filename>kde-umbrello.desktop</Filename>
   <Filename>kde-kdiff3.desktop</Filename>
   <Filename>kde-kpicosim.desktop</Filename>
   <Filename>kde-krpmbuilder.desktop</Filename>
    <Filename>kde-krpmbuilder.desktop</Filename>
    <Filename>kde-kdiff3.desktop</Filename>
    <Filename>kde-kpicosim.desktop</Filename>
    <Filename>kde-kdiff3.desktop</Filename>
    <Filename>kde-krpmbuilder.desktop</Filename>
    <Filename>kde-kmahjongg.desktop</Filename>
    <Filename>kde-kshisen.desktop</Filename>
    <Filename>kde-kpat.desktop</Filename>
   <Filename>kde-Help.desktop</Filename>
   <Filename>kde-kdar.desktop</Filename>
  <Filename>kde-Help.desktop</Filename>
  <Filename>kde-Help.desktop</Filename>