Bug 232901 - System settings sometimes are not being shown in Computer -> Applications
Summary: System settings sometimes are not being shown in Computer -> Applications
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: plasma4
Classification: Plasma
Component: widget-kickoff (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Platform: Arch Linux Linux
: NOR normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Plasma Bugs List
URL:
Keywords:
: 232729 (view as bug list)
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Blocks:
 
Reported: 2010-03-31 23:43 UTC by Mad Fish
Modified: 2010-04-12 13:28 UTC (History)
4 users (show)

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2010-04-01 17:46 UTC, Anne-Marie Mahfouf 		Details
Call reloadApplications() in SystemModel constructor (318 bytes, patch)
2010-04-11 20:30 UTC, Felix Geyer 		Details
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Description Mad Fish 2010-03-31 23:43:11 UTC 
Version:           KDE 4.4.2 (using KDE 4.4.1)
Compiler:          gcc 4.4.3 
OS:                Linux
Installed from:    Archlinux Packages

Menu used to have two items there: "Run command..." and "System settings". But it sometimes shows only one of them, usually "Run command..." and there is no easy way to open system settings (have to keep it in favorites to avoid launching it by command).

Here how it looks (notice missing "System settings" there): http://img714.imageshack.us/img714/2405/kickoffbug.png
Comment 1 Anne-Marie Mahfouf 2010-04-01 17:46:09 UTC 
Created attachment 42429 [details]
showing the bug
Comment 2 Anne-Marie Mahfouf 2010-04-01 17:47:47 UTC 
Always attach screenshots directly otherwise they might expire.
Comment 3 Anne-Marie Mahfouf 2010-04-02 08:24:13 UTC 
I am having this bug right now in my 4.4 branch build, not sure what's happening here and where to start to investigate! I confirm this bug report meanwhile.
Comment 4 Anne-Marie Mahfouf 2010-04-02 08:33:33 UTC 
Actually I have a hint. I opened KMenuEdit and restored defaults to System Menu (in the Edit menu) and saved; System Settings appeared again in Kickoff. 
As soon as I switch to Classic Menu and back to Kickoff the System Settings entry disappears.

Note: there does not seem to be a "System Settings" entry in classic menu.

Can you try to reproduce a pattern based on this? I'll investigate further myself but I have little time in the next days.
Comment 5 Felix Geyer 2010-04-11 20:30:07 UTC 
Created attachment 42696 [details]
Call reloadApplications() in SystemModel constructor

I think the problem is that SystemModel::reloadApplications() might never be called.
My testings haven shown that the attached patch fixes this bug by calling reloadApplications() in the constructor.
It applies to KDE 4.4 and trunk.
Comment 6 Harald Sitter 2010-04-12 12:57:25 UTC 
*** Bug 232729 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 7 Harald Sitter 2010-04-12 13:23:56 UTC 
SVN commit 1113958 by sitter:

Fix stuff randomly disappearing from kickoff's computer tab by making the SystemModel use reloadApplications.
Thanks to Felix Geyer for the patch!
BUG: 232901


 M  +1 -0      systemmodel.cpp  


WebSVN link: http://websvn.kde.org/?view=rev&revision=1113958
Comment 8 Harald Sitter 2010-04-12 13:24:32 UTC 
SVN commit 1113960 by sitter:

Backport r1113958.
Fix stuff randomly disappearing from kickoff's computer tab by making the SystemModel use reloadApplications.
Thanks to Felix Geyer for the patch!
BUG: 232901


 M  +1 -0      systemmodel.cpp  


WebSVN link: http://websvn.kde.org/?view=rev&revision=1113960