Bug 168590

Summary:	ksmserverrc is not created correctly at logout
Product:	[Unmaintained] ksmserver	Reporter:	Hans-J. Ullrich <hans.ullrich>
Component:	general	Assignee:	Lubos Lunak <l.lunak>
Status:	RESOLVED DUPLICATE
Severity:	normal	CC:	dreikind99, grundleborg
Priority:	NOR
Version:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Debian testing
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:
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Description Hans-J. Ullrich 2008-08-07 11:54:15 UTC

Version: (using KDE 3.5.9)
Installed from: Debian testing/unstable Packages

Dear maintainers,

please take a look to the creation of the file "ksmserverrc". I think, it is wrong created or wrong interpreted when starting kde.

Hi all,

I found out, that there might be in the file

~/.kde/share/config/ksmserverrc the reason for this behaviour.
In this file there are some lines, like these:

...
...
program7=kmail
program8=gnomemeeting
restartCommand1=,kwin,-session,117f000001000105000336200000009100000_1120028486_6
78589
restartCommand2=,kmix,-session,10109d7e4e7000111790181000000063050018_1120028481_
961299
restartCommand3=,ksensors,-session,11c0a80063000109427708100000011470005_11200284
81_964044
restartCommand4=,superkaramba,-session,10109d7e4e7000111531793400000062160031_112
0028481_965242
restartCommand5=,kwalletmanager,-session,10109d7e4e7000111493504800000062170013_1
120028481_965509
res

All these applications in this example shall be restarted at next login to kde, but they will not. I tested and found out, that the comma sign before the applications must be removed like this:

restartCommand5=kwalletmanager,-session,10109d7e4e7000111493504800000062170013_1
120028481_965509

Removing them manually in this file before starting kde, everything works fine.

So I guess, either the comma is set wrong by creating "ksmserverrc" or, at reading the lines are wrong interpreted.

I do not know, which application is responsible for it, but your coders should know. It is not a Debian related bug, as I read about this at other distributions, too.

The bug is as well related to a Debian bugreport (#491879): the wrong comma before the application "kwin" in "ksmserverrc" inhibits kwin to start.

Please feel free to ask for further information.

Thanks for all the help !

Cheers

Hans-J. Ullrich

Comment 1 Lubos Lunak 2008-08-07 13:19:42 UTC

Your kdebase is too old.


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 166598 ***

Comment 2 dreikind99 2009-01-02 21:07:13 UTC

Hello,
I have this bug on my asus eee 901 with Kubuntu 8.04.1 and KDE 3.5.10 too. There are some leading commas in ksmserverrc as descripted above.

I use another Computer where this bug doesn't appears. There are the same packages and versions installed as on the Asus eee. 

If I remove these commas manually before login, KDE gets started complete with all the applications that are listed in ksmserverrc. 

Maybe you can find some time to look for this bug. Feel free to send a mail for further questions. I hope you can understand what I am writing here because my knowledges in english are not very well.

C.Brach