On Tuesday 26 May 2020 12:45:47 William Morder wrote: > On Tuesday 26 May 2020 12:41:13 Dr. Nikolaus Klepp wrote: > > Anno domini 2020 Tue, 26 May 21:38:46 +0200 > > > > Dr. Nikolaus Klepp scripsit: > > > Anno domini 2020 Tue, 26 May 12:32:16 -0700 > > > > > > William Morder via trinity-users scripsit: > > > > On Tuesday 26 May 2020 12:17:10 Dr. Nikolaus Klepp wrote: > > > > > Anno domini 2020 Tue, 26 May 11:53:49 -0700 > > > > > > > > > > William Morder via trinity-users scripsit: > > > > > > On Wednesday 29 April 2020 11:28:51 Sl�vek Banko wrote: > > > > > > > On Wednesday 29 of April 2020 19:21:33 Marvin Jones via > > > > > > > trinity-users > > > > > > > > > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > On Wed, 29 Apr 2020, Sl�vek Banko wrote: > > > > > > > > >You seem to have some KDE4 / KDE5 (or as it is called now) > > > > > > > > > stuff installed that appear in the menu besides TDE items > > > > > > > > > because the name and location of org.kde.kwrite.desktop > > > > > > > > > file probably matches KDE4 / KDE5. Therefore, such files > > > > > > > > > are probably correct and do not need to be renamed in the > > > > > > > > > menu. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I should have no KDE4 / KDE5 stuff installed. This machine > > > > > > > > was built with a Trinty Ubuntu 16.04 installation DVD -- > > > > > > > > maybe 3+ years ago. I can't think of installing any "off > > > > > > > > brand" programs that pulled in any KDE4 / KDE5 stuff. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > A curiosity. But, I will let sleeping dogs lie. :-) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks! > > > > > > > > Jonesy > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Now I have looked and in the TDE LiveCD Ubuntu 16.04 kwrite > > > > > > > from KDE5 is not installed. It probably had to be installed > > > > > > > there with some dependency. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Cheers > > > > > > > > > > > > Has anybody yet come up with a quick fix for this bug? or even a > > > > > > slow fix? I have read all the comments in this thread, and also > > > > > > follow Michele Calgaro's instructions about changing the lines > > > > > > (from kde to tde) in that file: > > > > > > > > > > > > ~/.config/menus/applications-tdemenuedit.menu > > > > > > > > > > > > However, when I reboot, I still get the same error messages. > > > > > > > > > > > > I am running Devuan Ascii (= Debian Stretch), and I have purged > > > > > > all other desktops and their spawn, notably KDE4 and KDE5. As > > > > > > much as possible, I am running pure TDE right now, except for > > > > > > some pan-Linux items that do not bring in KDE dependencies, etc. > > > > > > > > > > > > It is not a big problem; only a slight annoyance that I can live > > > > > > with until it gets resolved. But now I am spoilt, as I am used to > > > > > > TDE working without a hitch. Everything else works fine, no > > > > > > problems. > > > > > > > > > > > > On the bright side: a slightly buggy TDE is still ten thousand > > > > > > times better than any other desktop out there. > > > > > > > > > > > > Bill > > > > > > > > > > Hi Bill, > > > > > > > > > > can you post the error message once again? > > > > > > > > > > Nik > > > > > > > > The error message only comes up when I boot into the Trinity Desktop, > > > > but before I have any tools with which to capture a screenshot, or > > > > even to copy the text. I would have to take a photo with my phone, > > > > then transfer that to my desktop, etc. > > > > > > > > However, I believe other people, earlier in the thread, quoted the > > > > gist of the error message. > > > > > > > > quoting from L.S. McCarty's email (2020.04.29): > > > > > > > > It says "error code 9 > > > > > > > > Common failures include file and directory permissions" > > > > > > > > The file "r14-xgd-update-validation-test9.txt" contains the text > > > > below <Filename>kde-kpdf_part.desktop</Filename> > > > > <Filename>kde-ksensors.desktop</Filename> > > > > <Filename>kde-ksensors.desktop</Filename> > > > > <Filename>kde-superkaramba.desktop</Filename> > > > > <Filename>kde-fsview.desktop</Filename> > > > > <Filename>kde-kbiff.desktop</Filename> > > > > <Filename>kde-kbiff.desktop</Filename> > > > > <Filename>kde-kpdf_part.desktop</Filename> > > > > > > > > I get a series of three messages, which say more or less the same > > > > thing. Next time I reboot, I will try to take a photo; but since my > > > > system is stable otherwise, you might be waiting for a long while. > > > > Rather than relying on my memory, there are probably others who can > > > > quote it more exactly. > > > > > > Oh, this one. You have to execute r14-xgd-update by hand, then it goes > > > away. At least this was what I did :) > > > > > > Nik > > > > forgot: might be that it has to be run by root, too. > > Oh, you mean just change the permissions on that file? That might be it. > > Bill Something more to report: I had a look inside, and found that this file seems to be getting changed *back* to kde (that is, after I had manually changed all the lines to tde). /var/tmp/tdecache-<USER>/r14-xdg-update-validation-test9.txt I tend to make shortcuts for myself, so just copy in the correct lines; therefore, I *know* that I changed these lines from kde to tde, but now they are changed back to kde. Any ideas about how this might have happened? Bill