| Summary: | No Effects are listed, but they are installed | ||
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| Product: | [Plasma] kwin | Reporter: | Alex <allo> |
| Component: | general | Assignee: | KWin default assignee <kwin-bugs-null> |
| Status: | RESOLVED NOT A BUG | ||
| Severity: | normal | CC: | diego.ml |
| Priority: | NOR | ||
| Version: | unspecified | ||
| Target Milestone: | --- | ||
| Platform: | Ubuntu | ||
| OS: | Linux | ||
| Latest Commit: | Version Fixed In: | ||
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here should the effects be listed, that are installed in kubuntu
the .desktop files at /usr/share/kde4/services/ |
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Description
Alex
2010-04-30 22:21:21 UTC
Created attachment 43130 [details]
here should the effects be listed, that are installed in kubuntu
you should have a bunch of .desktop files in /usr/share/kde4/services/kwin/ confirmed? (correct path can be obtained by "kde4-config --path services") sounds like a distribution issue. #2 yes, in both folders (one in my profile at $HOME, the other one /usr/share/kde4/services/ ) are some .desktop files Created attachment 43133 [details]
the .desktop files at /usr/share/kde4/services/
.. "/usr/share/kde4/services/kwin/" so are there some inside the /kwin subdirectory as well? (and named like the effects) yes, there are the .desktop files for the effects run "sudo kbuildsycoca4 --global --noincremental", watch for error messages and see whether the plugins are available afterwards (you'll have to restart) "kcmshell4 kwincompositing" kbuildsycoca4: ERROR writing database '/home/user'! kbuildsycoca4: Disk full? a quick google says it should look like /var/tmp/kdecache-root/ksycoca4 i don't know why, but get the same. you could try to either a) "touch" the kwin service files (what hopefully causes the daemon to run an update) b) update the local database, just "kbuildsycoca4 --noincremental" (In reply to comment #3) > sounds like a distribution issue. A user is experiencing this problem on Sabayon too: http://forum.kde.org/viewtopic.php?f=143&t=87658 not a kwin related bug. This is either a distribution issue or a case for forum.kde.org. what should it be, if not a kde (maybe more systemsettings than kwin) bug? incomplete packages, wrong installation destination, wrong path, mislinked outdated libs, broken ksycoca
-> not a _kwin_ issue ("but some effects are working") -but /maybe/ in kdelibs or systemsettings- and it doesn't happen on a "vanilla installation from source", nor on eg. archlinux.
(the kbuildsycoca4 message is weird, but apparently unrelated. i get it as well, but database updates work for sure)
just for a shot in the dark: run "kcmshell4 kwincompositing" from a textshell. watch the output* and check whether the plugins are presented in this context.
*should contain stuff like "kcmshell(3067)/kdecore (KPluginInfo) KPluginInfo::kcmServices: found 1 offers for "kwin4_effect_showfps""
> kcmshell4 kwincompositing
kcmshell(4481)/kwin KWin::Extensions::init: Extensions: shape: 0x "11" composite: 0x "4" render: 0x "a" fixes: 0x "40"
nothing more.
the active effects are all working, but i cannot add/remove or configure them, because the list is empty.
i will debug this some more on other kubuntu computers.
okay, my kubuntu laptop does NOT have this problem ... next trying a clean kde profile on the pc. okay, it happens only with my profile ... i think i will find it in my profile hopefully logout, run afailsafe session or loginto VT1 1) wipe/move away ~/.kde/cache-$HOSTNAME and ~/.kde/tmp-$HOSTNAME (if this didn't help) 2) check ~/.kde/share/services and move away ~/.kde/share/config/kwinrc deleting kwinrc solved the problem. maybe this IS indeed a kwin/systemsettings bug, which needs to be fixed. But for now its worksforme. |