Bug 162729

Summary:	launches succesfully from panel, but displays error "KDEInit could not launch '/usr/lib/kde4/bin/konsole'"
Product:	[Applications] konsole	Reporter:	Michael <jklsemicolon>
Component:	general	Assignee:	Konsole Developer <konsole-devel>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	normal	CC:	kde, mziab, rdieter, shawvrana
Priority:	NOR
Version:	2.0
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	unspecified
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:
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Description Michael 2008-05-28 01:39:41 UTC

Version:           2.0 (using 4.0.3 (KDE 4.0.3), Kubuntu packages)
Compiler:          gcc
OS:                Linux (x86_64) release 2.6.24-17-generic

by right-clicking on konsole from the new K menu, I can "add to panel". Works great. Though konsole seems to start fine this way, Im met with the error dialog:

"KDEInit could not launch '/usr/lib/kde4/bin/konsole'"

When adding dolphin through this same process, it starts without an error message.

When I change the command of the icon to launch "xterm" instead of "konsole" I get an identical error, but not until after the terminal is killed.

Do terminals need to be handled differently by whatever program initiates the associated command?

Comment 1 Lubos Lunak 2008-05-30 11:06:42 UTC


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 75492 ***

Comment 2 Rex Dieter 2009-01-28 21:01:01 UTC

These appear to be per-app bugs, per http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=75492#c37 reopening.

Comment 3 Rex Dieter 2009-01-28 21:44:54 UTC

SVN commit 917940 by rdieter:

Add X-DBUS-ServiceName to konsole.desktop
should help "KDEInit could not launch '.../konsole'" type errors

BUG: 162729
CCBUG: 75492


 M  +1 -0      konsole.desktop  


WebSVN link: http://websvn.kde.org/?view=rev&revision=917940

Comment 4 Rex Dieter 2009-01-28 21:45:13 UTC

SVN commit 917944 by rdieter:

Backport from trunk:
Add X-DBUS-ServiceName to konsole.desktop
should help "KDEInit could not launch '.../konsole'" type errors

BUG: 162729
CCBUG: 75492


 M  +1 -0      konsole.desktop  


WebSVN link: http://websvn.kde.org/?view=rev&revision=917944

Comment 5 Shaw Vrana 2009-01-28 22:00:37 UTC

The change above works great when run from the panel or desktop.  I still get the 'cannot launch' error when I launch konsole from a khotkey.  The dropdown in the 'Global Keyboard shortcuts' panel says KMenu- kde4-console.desktop so I figured the changes to the above file would affect the hotkey too and I've only got one kde4-console.desktop file, namely the one in ~/Desktop.  Any ideas?

Comment 6 David Faure 2009-01-30 13:46:39 UTC

SVN commit 918654 by dfaure:

Repair klauncher support for unique-applications like konsole.
  (adding org.kde.konsole in konsole.desktop was just a workaround, org.kde is still assumed when not present)
Brown paper bag for me - now expecting tons of new klauncher error reports from 4.2.0... :(
Fix will be in 4.2.1.
CCBUG: 162729
CCBUG: 75492


 M  +42 -18    klauncher.cpp  
 M  +1 -0      klauncher.h  


WebSVN link: http://websvn.kde.org/?view=rev&revision=918654

Comment 7 Michal Ziabkowski 2009-01-31 15:54:25 UTC

*** Bug 182186 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 8 Neil Skrypuch 2009-03-05 06:05:45 UTC

*** Bug 182813 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***