Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 446435
khelpcenter: The requested help file could not be parsed: .../foo/index.docbook
Last modified: 2008-05-21 06:58:15 EDT
From Bugzilla Helper: User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en-US; rv:1.9b5) Gecko/2008043010 Fedora/3.0-0.60.beta5.fc9 Firefox/3.0b5 Description of problem: On trying to access the online help in KDE apps such as Dolphin, I get the following message: The requested help file could not be parsed: /usr/share/doc/HTML/en//dolphin/index.docbook The various docbook files for KDE appear to be present, but are not being processed. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): kdebase-4.0.3-9.fc9.x86_64 How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1.Open a KDE app such as Dolphin 2.Click the Help button 3.See error message Actual Results: The requested help file could not be parsed: /usr/share/doc/HTML/en//dolphin/index.docbook Expected Results: A help page for the app should appear. Additional info: KDE installed with 'yum groupinstall' originally on F9-Rawhide about a month ago. Updates applied on a daily basis since then.
Help->Dolphin Handbook fails? If so, worksforme here. Maybe a missing dep?
Patrick, can you yum groupupdate kde-desktop and confirm problem still exists?
In fairness, worksforme here was using kde-4.0.4.
I have the same issue as the reporter on a fresh install of Fedora 9 last night. Only thing I removed was pulseaudio :( Doing groupupdate kde-desktop reveals: Installing: kde-settings-pulseaudio noarch 4.0-22.fc9.1 fedora 10 k Installing for dependencies: alsa-plugins-pulseaudio x86_64 1.0.16-4.fc9 fedora 35 k pulseaudio x86_64 0.9.10-1.fc9 fedora 389 k pulseaudio-core-libs x86_64 0.9.10-1.fc9 fedora 210 k pulseaudio-module-x11 x86_64 0.9.10-1.fc9 fedora 24 k xine-lib-pulseaudio x86_64 1.1.12-2.fc9 fedora 15 k So for fun I tried yum install docbook* but this didn't help either.
rpm -q kdebase-runtime please. I'm curious whether kde-4.0.4 might help here: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/F9/FEDORA-2008-3664
# rpm -q kdebase-runtime kdebase-runtime-4.0.3-10.fc9.x86_64 Also: # yum groupupdate kde-desktop Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, refresh-packagekit Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile * google: dl.google.com * fedora: fedora.mirror.iweb.ca * livna-development: livna.cat.pdx.edu * localrepo: * updates: fedora.mirror.iweb.ca * adobe-linux-i386: linuxdownload.adobe.com google | 951 B 00:00 fedora | 2.4 kB 00:00 livna-development | 2.1 kB 00:00 localrepo | 2.7 kB 00:00 updates | 2.3 kB 00:00 adobe-linux-i386 | 951 B 00:00 Setting up Group Process Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile * google: dl.google.com * fedora: fedora.mirror.iweb.ca * livna-development: livna.cat.pdx.edu * localrepo: * updates: fedora.mirror.iweb.ca * adobe-linux-i386: linuxdownload.adobe.com Package kdebase-workspace-4.0.3-20.fc9.x86_64 already installed and latest version Package digikam-0.9.3-2.fc9.x86_64 already installed and latest version Package kaffeine-0.8.6-4.fc9.x86_64 already installed and latest version Package zenity-2.22.1-1.fc9.x86_64 already installed and latest version Package konversation-1.0.1-6.fc9.x86_64 already installed and latest version Package 7:kdegraphics-4.0.3-3.fc9.x86_64 already installed and latest version Package 6:kdemultimedia-4.0.3-3.fc9.x86_64 already installed and latest version Package kpowersave-0.7.3-3.fc9.x86_64 already installed and latest version Package 1:NetworkManager-gnome-0.7.0-0.9.3.svn3623.fc9.x86_64 already installed and latest version Package 6:kdepim-3.5.9-9.fc9.x86_64 already installed and latest version Package 6:kdebase-4.0.3-9.fc9.x86_64 already installed and latest version Package kdeartwork-4.0.3-3.fc9.x86_64 already installed and latest version Package kipi-plugins-0.1.5-0.6.rc2.fc9.x86_64 already installed and latest version Package kdeedu-4.0.3-3.fc9.x86_64 already installed and latest version Package 6:kdegames-4.0.3-3.fc9.x86_64 already installed and latest version Package 6:kdeutils-4.0.3-4.fc9.x86_64 already installed and latest version Package kftpgrabber-0.8.1-6.fc9.x86_64 already installed and latest version Package extragear-plasma-4.0.1-5.fc9.x86_64 already installed and latest version Package 7:kdenetwork-4.0.3-6.fc9.x86_64 already installed and latest version Package kde-settings-pulseaudio-4.0-22.fc9.1.noarch already installed and latest version Package pinentry-qt-0.7.4-5.fc9.x86_64 already installed and latest version Package ksshaskpass-0.4-2.fc9.x86_64 already installed and latest version Package amarok-1.4.8-5.fc9.x86_64 already installed and latest version Package 1:kdeaccessibility-4.0.3-3.fc9.x86_64 already installed and latest version Package ktorrent-3.0.1-3.fc9.x86_64 already installed and latest version Package scribus-1.3.4-5.fc9.x86_64 already installed and latest version No packages in any requested group available to install or update So no change. I'm willing to try 4.0.4 if I can easily back out in case of problems (it's alpha after all).
kdebase-runtime-4.0.3-10.fc9.x86_64 btw, do i need the docbook* rpms?
4.0.4 is not alpha, it's a bugfix release from the 4.0 branch.
Oops, I was confusing 4.0.4 with 4.1. I'll try it in a while and report. In the meantime, could someone explain what's *supposed* to happen? i.e. are the docbook files meant to be converted on demand, converted at install time, read directly by the help system, or what?
Tried to update to 4.0.4 and got this: 6:kdebase-libs-4.0.4-2.fc9.x86_64 from updates-testing has depsolving problems --> Missing Dependency: kdepimlibs >= 4.0.4 is needed by package 6:kdebase-libs-4.0.4-2.fc9.x86_64 (updates-testing)
Yeah, we screwed that update up. :-( That should be fixed in the next update push, which is hopefully coming soon.
downgraded myself to 4.0.3, and it still worked. I'm thinking it's still a missing dep. grepped kdebase-runtime sources (including khelpcenter), can't find anything "file could not be parsed". ??
requested help file could not be parsed: kdelibs*/kdoctools/kio_help.cpp
Lukas, Than, can either of you make sense of this? Why/how is kio_help failing to parse docbook files for some folks? I myself remember seeing this error at one point in time, but it went away, so I figured it was just me and my borked rawhide box.
The code around that error message: QString xsl = "customization/kde-nochunk.xsl"; mParsed = transform(file, KStandardDirs::locate("dtd", xsl)); kDebug( 7119 ) << "parsed " << mParsed.length(); if (mParsed.isEmpty()) { unicodeError( i18n( "The requested help file could not be parsed:<br />%1" , file ) ); is trying to convert the docbook file using /usr/share/kde4/apps/ksgmltools2/customization/kde-nochunk.xsl, however that file is in kdelibs-devel, not kdelibs. We have to move it to the main package.
What is khelpcenter? I don't have it and yum can't find it.
OK, installed kdelibs-devel did the trick.
I'm going to move the /usr/share/kde4/apps/ksgmltools2 directory (the whole one, the files are interdependent) to the main package.
Should be fixed in kdelibs-4.0.4-3.fc9: https://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/taskinfo?taskID=609985
rats, the wierd. I uninstalled kdelibs-devel, and it continued to work for me. ?? But maybe it caches things somewhere that I didn't notice (already nuked /var/tmp/kdecache-<me>/*help* ).
Do you have kdelibs3-devel too maybe? That also contains those files (in /usr/share/apps/ksgmtools2), so I guess KDE 4 picked those up when you uninstalled kdelibs-devel.
Yep, kdelibs3-devel was (still) installed. rats
kdepimlibs-4.0.4-1.fc9, kdesdk-4.0.4-2.fc9, kdebase-runtime-4.0.4-1.fc9, kdeartwork-4.0.4-1.fc9, kdeadmin-4.0.4-1.fc9, kdemultimedia-4.0.4-1.fc9, kdegraphics-4.0.4-1.fc9, kde-l10n-4.0.4-1.fc9, kdeedu-4.0.4-2.fc9, kdebase-workspace-4.0.4-4.fc9, kdenetwork-4.0.4-2.fc9, kdeutils-4.0.4-1.fc9, kdetoys-4.0.4-1.fc9, kdelibs-4.0.4-4.fc9, kdegames-4.0.4-2.fc9, kdebindings-4.0.4-1.fc9, kdeaccessibility-4.0.4-1.fc9, kdebase-4.0.4-2.fc9 has been pushed to the Fedora 9 testing repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report. If you want to test the update, you can install it with su -c 'yum --enablerepo=updates-testing update kdepimlibs kdesdk kdebase-runtime kdeartwork kdeadmin kdemultimedia kdegraphics kde-l10n kdeedu kdebase-workspace kdenetwork kdeutils kdetoys kdelibs kdegames kdebindings kdeaccessibility kdebase'. You can provide feedback for this update here: http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/F9/FEDORA-2008-3664
kdebase-workspace-4.0.4-4.fc9, kdebase-4.0.4-2.fc9, kde-l10n-4.0.4-1.fc9, kdesdk-4.0.4-2.fc9, kdemultimedia-4.0.4-2.fc9, kdelibs-4.0.4-4.fc9, kdeedu-4.0.4-2.fc9, kdebase-runtime-4.0.4-1.fc9, kdepimlibs-4.0.4-1.fc9, kdenetwork-4.0.4-2.fc9, kdegraphics-4.0.4-1.fc9, kdeaccessibility-4.0.4-1.fc9, kdeartwork-4.0.4-1.fc9, kdeutils-4.0.4-1.fc9, kdebindings-4.0.4-1.fc9, kdetoys-4.0.4-1.fc9, kdegames-4.0.4-2.fc9, kdeadmin-4.0.4-1.fc9 has been pushed to the Fedora 9 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.