Description of problem: kcontrol is unable to bring up the kicker config options. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): kdelibs-3.5.0 How reproducible: Run: kcmshell panel from the shell prompt, or choose settings->desktop->panel from KDE menu. No kicker options are displayed. Steps to Reproduce: 1. See above. 2. 3. Actual results: No options displayed. Expected results: Options for configuring kicker would be displayed. Additional info: From KDE bug website (https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=118172) Bug 118172: Kcontrol can no longer configure panel (taskbar, kicker) placement Version: unknown (using KDE 3.5.0-1.7.fc3.kde, Fedora Core release 3 (Heidelberg)) Compiler: gcc version 3.4.4 20050721 (Red Hat 3.4.4-2) OS: Linux (i686) release 2.6.12-1.1381_FC3 I'm looking for the menu that allows me to configure panel behavior (autohide, width of panels, etc.) Choosing Desktop->Panels in kcontrol leads to an empty configuration surface. And the widget is not in the right-click menus on the panels either. Problem appears on Fedora Core 3, it works fine in SuSE 9.3 (both use KDE 3.5) ------- Additional Comment #1 From Aaron J. Seigo 2005-12-12 18:00 ------- this is a Red Hat bug. (as you noted yourself, even =) as such, there is nothing we (KDE) can do about it. it has already been reported to Red Hat in their bug tracker AFAIK. in any case, the fix is most likely to correct the XDG_CONFIG_DIRS and XDG_DATA_DIRS env vars to have the correct values. if you need to know what those are, please ask in a Fedora Core support channel.
This works fine for me on fc4. I expect you've got something wrong in ~/.kde. Can you create a new user to test with?
It does work better for a different user, in that it comes up, but it thinks there's a change to commit when nothing's been touched. In any case, what config file would I need to fix, and what should it look like? strace kcmshell --panel only shows 2 files in .kde being opened, .kde/share/config/kdeglobals and .kde/share/config/kcmshellrc, and they look like this: [hjstein@bacall2 config]$ cat kcmshellrc [KFileDialog Settings] Automatic Preview=true Recent Files=$HOME/Pictures/photo20050121-00:08:32-0057.JPG [hjstein@bacall2 config]$ cat kdeglobals [$Version] update_info=kaccel.upd:kde3.3/r1,klippershortcuts.upd:04112002,kwin.upd:kde3.2Xinerama,kded.upd:kde3.0,socks.upd:kde3.0/r1,mouse_cursor_theme.upd:kde3.4.99 [Bluecurve] SingleClick=false macStyle=false [DesktopIcons] ActiveColor=invalid ActiveColor2=invalid ActiveEffect=togamma ActiveSemiTransparent=false ActiveValue=1 Animated=true DefaultColor=invalid DefaultColor2=invalid DefaultEffect=none DefaultSemiTransparent=false DefaultValue=1 DisabledColor=invalid DisabledColor2=invalid DisabledEffect=none DisabledSemiTransparent=false DisabledValue=1 DoublePixels=false Size=32 [DirSelect Dialog] DirSelectDialog Size=414,450 History Items=file:///,file://$HOME [FMSettings] StandardFont= [General] UseSystemBell=true XftHintStyle=hintmedium XftSubPixel= alternateBackground=183,183,183 background=157,185,200 buttonBackground=157,185,200 fixed=Courier New,10,-1,5,50,0,0,0,0,0 font=Arial,10,-1,5,50,0,0,0,0,0 linkColor=0,0,238 menuFont=Arial,10,-1,5,50,0,0,0,0,0 selectBackground=85,128,151 shadeSortColumn=true taskbarFont=Arial,10,-1,5,50,0,0,0,0,0 toolBarFont=Arial,10,-1,5,50,0,0,0,0,0 visitedLinkColor=82,24,139 widgetStyle=HighColor windowBackground=195,195,195 [Global Shortcuts] Activate Window Demanding Attention=default(Alt+Ctrl+A) Block Global Shortcuts=none Defaults timestamp=Dec 14 200512:28:38 Desktop Screenshot=Print Enable/Disable Clipboard Actions=default(Alt+Ctrl+X) Halt without Confirmation=none Kill Window=default(Alt+Ctrl+Escape) Lock Session=default(Alt+Ctrl+L) Log Out=default(Alt+Ctrl+Delete) Log Out Without Confirmation=default(Alt+Ctrl+Shift+Delete) Manually Invoke Action on Current Clipboard=default(Alt+Ctrl+R) Mouse Emulation=default(Alt+F12) Next Taskbar Entry=none Popup Launch Menu=default(Alt+F1) Previous Taskbar Entry=none Reboot without Confirmation=none Run Command=default(Alt+F2) Setup Window Shortcut=none Show Klipper Popup-Menu=default(Alt+Ctrl+V) Show Taskmanager=default(Ctrl+Escape) Show Window List=default(Alt+F5) Switch One Desktop Down=none Switch One Desktop Up=none Switch One Desktop to the Left=none Switch One Desktop to the Right=none Switch User=default(Alt+Ctrl+Insert) Switch to Desktop 1=default(Ctrl+F1) Switch to Desktop 10=default(Ctrl+F10) Switch to Desktop 11=default(Ctrl+F11) Switch to Desktop 12=default(Ctrl+F12) Switch to Desktop 13=default(Ctrl+Shift+F1) Switch to Desktop 14=default(Ctrl+Shift+F2) Switch to Desktop 15=default(Ctrl+Shift+F3) Switch to Desktop 16=default(Ctrl+Shift+F4) Switch to Desktop 17=default(Ctrl+Shift+F5) Switch to Desktop 18=default(Ctrl+Shift+F6) Switch to Desktop 19=default(Ctrl+Shift+F7) Switch to Desktop 2=default(Ctrl+F2) Switch to Desktop 20=default(Ctrl+Shift+F8) Switch to Desktop 3=default(Ctrl+F3) Switch to Desktop 4=default(Ctrl+F4) Switch to Desktop 5=default(Ctrl+F5) Switch to Desktop 6=default(Ctrl+F6) Switch to Desktop 7=default(Ctrl+F7) Switch to Desktop 8=default(Ctrl+F8) Switch to Desktop 9=default(Ctrl+F9) Switch to Next Desktop=Alt+Ctrl+Right Switch to Next Keyboard Layout=default(Alt+Ctrl+K) Switch to Previous Desktop=Alt+Ctrl+Left Toggle Showing Desktop=default(Alt+Ctrl+D) Toggle Window Raise/Lower=none Walk Through Desktop List=Ctrl+Tab Walk Through Desktop List (Reverse)=Ctrl+Shift+Tab Walk Through Desktops=none Walk Through Desktops (Reverse)=none Walk Through Windows=default(Alt+Tab) Walk Through Windows (Reverse)=default(Alt+Shift+Tab) Window Above Other Windows=none Window Below Other Windows=none Window Close=default(Alt+F4) Window Fullscreen=none Window Grow Horizontal=none Window Grow Vertical=none Window Lower=none Window Maximize=none Window Maximize Horizontal=none Window Maximize Vertical=none Window Minimize=none Window Move=Alt+F7 Window No Border=none Window On All Desktops=none Window One Desktop Down=none Window One Desktop Up=none Window One Desktop to the Left=none Window One Desktop to the Right=none Window Operations Menu=Alt+Space Window Pack Down=none Window Pack Left=none Window Pack Right=none Window Pack Up=none Window Raise=none Window Resize=Alt+F8 Window Screenshot=default(Alt+Print) Window Shade=none Window Shrink Horizontal=none Window Shrink Vertical=none Window to Desktop 1=none Window to Desktop 10=none Window to Desktop 11=none Window to Desktop 12=none Window to Desktop 13=none Window to Desktop 14=none Window to Desktop 15=none Window to Desktop 16=none Window to Desktop 17=none Window to Desktop 18=none Window to Desktop 19=none Window to Desktop 2=none Window to Desktop 20=none Window to Desktop 3=none Window to Desktop 4=none Window to Desktop 5=none Window to Desktop 6=none Window to Desktop 7=none Window to Desktop 8=none Window to Desktop 9=none Window to Next Desktop=none Window to Previous Desktop=none [KDE] AutoSelectDelay=-1 ChangeCursor=true EffectAnimateCombo=true EffectAnimateMenu=false EffectAnimateTooltip=false EffectFadeMenu=true EffectFadeTooltip=true EffectNoTooltip=false EffectsEnabled=true InsertTearOffHandle=0 OpaqueResize=true ShowIconsOnPushButtons=false StartDragDist=4 StartDragTime=500 VisualActivate=1 WheelScrollLines=3 colorScheme=BlueSlate.kcsrc contrast=5 [KFileDialog Settings] Automatically select filename extension=true Height 768=275 Height 800=386 LocationCombo Completionmode=5 PathCombo Completionmode=5 Recent URLs=$HOME/Pictures/Canon/2005-12-11/,$HOME/Pictures/Canon/2004-11-25/,$HOME/Pictures/Canon/2005-01-21/,$HOME/Pictures/Canon/,$HOME/Pictures/,$HOME/tmp2/,$HOME/Pictures/Canon/foo/,/usr/bin/ Separate Directories=false Show Bookmarks=false Show Preview=false Show Speedbar=true Show hidden files=false Sort by=Name Sort case insensitively=true Sort directories first=true Sort reversed=false View Style=Simple Width 1024=515 Width 1280=940 [KKeyDialog Settings] Dialog Size=512,307 [Locale] Country=us Language=en_US [MainToolbarIcons] ActiveColor=invalid ActiveColor2=invalid ActiveEffect=none ActiveSemiTransparent=false ActiveValue=1 Animated=false DefaultColor=invalid DefaultColor2=invalid DefaultEffect=none DefaultSemiTransparent=false DefaultValue=1 DisabledColor=invalid DisabledColor2=invalid DisabledEffect=none DisabledSemiTransparent=false DisabledValue=1 DoublePixels=false Size=16 [PanelIcons] ActiveColor=invalid ActiveColor2=invalid ActiveEffect=togamma ActiveSemiTransparent=false ActiveValue=1 Animated=true DefaultColor=invalid DefaultColor2=invalid DefaultEffect=none DefaultSemiTransparent=false DefaultValue=1 DisabledColor=invalid DisabledColor2=invalid DisabledEffect=none DisabledSemiTransparent=false DisabledValue=1 DoublePixels=false Size=32 [Paths] Trash=$HOME/Desktop/Trash/ [SmallIcons] ActiveColor=invalid ActiveColor2=invalid ActiveEffect=none ActiveSemiTransparent=false ActiveValue=1 Animated=false DefaultColor=invalid DefaultColor2=invalid DefaultEffect=none DefaultSemiTransparent=false DefaultValue=1 DisabledColor=invalid DisabledColor2=invalid DisabledEffect=none DisabledSemiTransparent=false DisabledValue=1 DoublePixels=false Size=16 [Toolbar style] Highlighting=true IconText=IconOnly TransparentMoving=true [ToolbarIcons] ActiveColor=invalid ActiveColor2=invalid ActiveEffect=none ActiveSemiTransparent=false ActiveValue=1 Animated=false DefaultColor=invalid DefaultColor2=invalid DefaultEffect=none DefaultSemiTransparent=false DefaultValue=1 DisabledColor=invalid DisabledColor2=invalid DisabledEffect=none DisabledSemiTransparent=false DisabledValue=1 DoublePixels=false Size=16 [WM] activeBackground=85,128,151 activeBlend=157,185,200 activeFont=Aharoni CLM,10,-1,5,75,0,0,0,0,0 activeTitleBtnBg=220,220,220 frame=157,185,200 handle=157,185,200 inactiveBackground=156,156,156 inactiveBlend=157,185,200 inactiveForeground=214,214,214 inactiveFrame=157,185,200 inactiveHandle=157,185,200 inactiveTitleBtnBg=220,220,220
>Bug 118172: Kcontrol can no longer configure panel (taskbar, kicker) placement >Version: unknown (using KDE 3.5.0-1.7.fc3.kde, Fedora Core release 3 >(Heidelberg)) i cannot reproduce this problem here with kde-3.5.0, which i built for FC4 update. It looks like you have not installed the KDE-3.5.0 packages from fedora-core 4?
I upgraded from core 3 to core 4. I have a handful of packages left over from core 3. Here's the full list. Which do you think is causing a problem? [hjstein@bacall2 ~]$ rpm -qa | grep kde kdepim-devel-3.5.0-1.4.fc4.kde kdeadmin-3.5.0-1.0.fc4.1 kde-i18n-Russian-3.5.0-1.0.kde kdelibs-3.5.0-4.0.fc4.kde qt-designer-3.3.5-11.0.fc4.kde hotswap-kde-0.4.0-2.1.fc3.rf pixieplus-0.6.0-0.fdr.1.cvs20041020.3.kde redhat-artwork-0.124-1.0.fc3.kde libwpd7-0.7.2-0.1.fc3.kde kdebindings-dcopperl-3.5.0-1.4.fc4.kde boost-1.33.0-3.0.fc4.kde kde-i18n-Hebrew-3.5.0-1.0.kde kdelibs-devel-3.5.0-4.0.fc4.kde arts-1.5.0-1.3.fc4.kde libmal-0.31-0.1.fc4.kde kdegraphics-3.5.0-2.1.fc4.kde PyQt-3.15.1-0.1.fc4.kde PyQt-devel-3.15.1-0.1.fc4.kde kdenetwork-devel-3.5.0-1.0.fc4.kde ImageMagick-6.2.3.0-0.1.fc4.kde k3b-0.12.10-0.1.fc4.kde kdegames-3.5.0-1.0.fc4.1 qt-devel-3.3.5-11.0.fc4.kde kdebase-3.5.0-1.2.fc4.kde kdenetwork-3.5.0-1.0.fc4.kde samba-common-3.0.14a-2.1.fc4.kde samba-client-3.0.14a-2.1.fc4.kde kdemultimedia-3.5.0-4.fc4.kde kdeutils-devel-3.5.0-2.0.fc4.kde sip-devel-4.3.2-0.1.fc4.kde kdetoys-3.5.0-1.3.fc4.kde kdegraphics-devel-3.5.0-2.1.fc4.kde lockdev-1.0.1-7.1 kdebindings-3.5.0-1.4.fc4.kde kde-redhat-release-3.4.1-1.fc3 arts-devel-1.5.0-1.3.fc4.kde kdebase-devel-3.5.0-1.2.fc4.kde sip-4.3.2-0.1.fc4.kde kdeartwork-3.5.0-1.0.fc4.kde dbus-qt-0.33-3.2.fc4.kde lockdev-devel-1.0.1-7.1 kde-i18n-French-3.5.0-1.0.kde rdesktop-1.4.1-0.0.fc4.kde wv2-0.2.2-5.0.fc4.kde kdeutils-3.5.0-2.0.fc4.kde libmusicbrainz20-2.0.2-0.0.3.kde kdeedu-3.5.0-1.0.fc4.kde kdepim-3.5.0-1.4.fc4.kde kdesdk-3.5.0-1.0.fc4.kde kdesdk-devel-3.5.0-1.0.fc4.kde libmusicbrainz-2.1.2-0.2.fc4.kde qt-3.3.5-11.0.fc4.kde kdeaddons-3.5.0-1.2.fc4.kde
Harvey, are you still having issues with kicker's kcontrol tab? If not, I would think this bug can be closed.
Still have the same problem. Any idea what I should try? Thanks.
Harvey, taken a look at your package-list, you have installed the KDE-RedHat (unofficial) Packages from http://kde-redhat.sourceforge.net/. I still cannot reproduce this problem with our kde-3.5.1 packages, which i built for FC4 update. It's surely a bug in KDE-RedHat (unofficial) Packages. Please report this bug to http://kde-redhat.sourceforge.net/.