Bug 489487

Summary:	In an Artix Linux X11 session, Krunner launches programs with the root directory as working directory rather than home
Product:	[Plasma] krunner	Reporter:	Edoardo Lolletti <edoardo762>
Component:	general	Assignee:	Plasma Bugs List <plasma-bugs-null>
Status:	RESOLVED DOWNSTREAM
Severity:	normal	CC:	alexander.lohnau, natalie_clarius, nate
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	6.1.0
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Other
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Description Edoardo Lolletti 2024-06-30 11:16:21 UTC

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Invoke krunner
2. Launch any program

OBSERVED RESULT
The starting working directory of the launched program will be the root directory "/", rather than the home directory "~", an easy way to test this is to launch any terminal emulator, which will show the current directory as "/"

EXPECTED RESULT
The program is launched in the home directory

Comment 1 Nate Graham 2024-07-02 20:13:22 UTC

Cannot reproduce the issue.

Does it reproduce for yo in a new clean user account? If not, this is caused by some kind of customization in your normal user account.

Comment 2 Edoardo Lolletti 2024-07-02 20:43:28 UTC

I tried on another machine of mine, on plasma 6.0, it happened there by default, so could have been one of the common configurations I apply on a fresh install each time, but then I tried making a new account as younsuggested, with a clean home directory, but the same behavior still happen. Both systems are running artix Linux

Comment 3 Edoardo Lolletti 2024-07-02 20:47:57 UTC

Made a discovery, this issue seems to be x11 specific, on wayland it behaves correctly

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Comment 5 Nate Graham 2024-07-23 17:12:32 UTC

Cannot reproduce in an X11 session on Fedora. This may be caused by some default configuration or pacthing from the Artix Linux folks. Can you report it to them? Thanks!

Comment 6 Edoardo Lolletti 2024-07-24 21:47:39 UTC

(In reply to Nate Graham from comment #5)
> Cannot reproduce in an X11 session on Fedora. This may be caused by some
> default configuration or pacthing from the Artix Linux folks. Can you report
> it to them? Thanks!

I tested on a live artix linux iso, and indeed there it happens, so I suppose the issue is on their end.
I'll try to report this issue on their forum, thanks for your time.