I am using Kubuntu 15.04. When I open Dolphin as root no icons can be seen anywhere - apart from Libre Office files(!). Tried to assign different icons separately but to no avail. Preview pane works fine... showing icons and images. Note: the previous version of Dolphin crashed when tried to load as root via kdesu (opened OK from console using sudo - without icons). After updating to current version 15.08.1 it opens but as described above). Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. set command in "edit application" to kdesu dolphin. 2. start Dolphin from Application Launcher. 1 . Alt. - run sudo Dolphin from console. Actual Results: Dolphin opens up without any icons - either on left pane (Places, recently saved, search for etc). Right pane works fine. Expected Results: See all folders and files with icons next to them.
Thanks for the bug report. Do you see the icons in the file dialog of, e.g., KWrite if you start is as root?
Frank Reininghaus 2015-09-28 15:47:59 UTC Thanks for the bug report. Do you see the icons in the file dialog of, e.g., KWrite if you start is as root? Tried with Kate - OK. In the mean time I use Krusader as root. Also no problems.
I am having the same issue with newly installed Kubuntu 15.10
i can confirm this
Created attachment 95786 [details] strace -o dolphin_strace.txt dolphin I can reproduce this too. With a root session, dolphin only search for icons in hicolor theme. See also the strace attachment dolphin_strace.txt. The scenario was: #strace -o dolphin_strace.txt dolphin then close dolphin
I can confirm that aswell on Netrunner 17
As a workaround I found that executing kdesudo -c "KDE_SESSION_VERSION=5 KDE_FULL_SESSION=true dbus-launch dolphin" works like expected. Seems like kdesudo isn't giving its command the correct env variables.
(In reply to Leszek Lesner from comment #7) > As a workaround I found that executing > kdesudo -c "KDE_SESSION_VERSION=5 KDE_FULL_SESSION=true dbus-launch > dolphin" > works like expected. > Seems like kdesudo isn't giving its command the correct env variables. Thanks for the update, I'll reassign it to kdesudo then. See also https://mail.kde.org/pipermail/kde-frameworks-devel/2015-December/029228.html
I too have this problem when using kdesudo combined with dolphin. I also tested elevating to root via "sudo su" and then launching dolphin, the same error happens there as well. I ran the suggested workaround in comment #7 without kdesudo and can confirm that the workaround of "KDE_SESSION_VERSION=5 KDE_FULL_SESSION=true dbus-launch dolphin" running with sudo su works properly with the icons. I'm not sure if this helps narrow it down but perhaps this means that it's not directly related to kdesudo.
I can also confirm this error. Seeing it on Kubuntu 15.10 and fresh install with Neon ppa. Launching any kde5 app (systemsettings5 or dolphin) with "kdesudo -c "KDE_SESSION_VERSION=5 KDE_FULL_SESSION=true dbus-launch ..." does fix the issue.
Is there any config file that "KDE_SESSION_VERSION=5 KDE_FULL_SESSION=true" can be added so that it doesn't need to be run at the time the kde5 application is launched?
Jason, as workaround you can create a file named /etc/sudoers.d/workaround_kde5 : Defaults env_keep += "KDE_SESSION_VERSION KDE_FULL_SESSION" I have no idea why those variables are now needed…
Thank you so much, Bruno! That completely did the trick. -jason
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The workaround fixes it for me too. In my case actually logging in as root from lightdm works as well but presents more of a risk.
I have also seen this same issue in Kubuntu 16.4.1. The patch in comment 12 entirely fixes it.
(In reply to Bruno Patri from comment #12) > Jason, as workaround you can create a file named > /etc/sudoers.d/workaround_kde5 > > Defaults env_keep += "KDE_SESSION_VERSION KDE_FULL_SESSION" > > I have no idea why those variables are now needed… I have tried this in Neon 5.8.2 and cannot see any effect. I have to use the long kdesudo command in comment 7. I have no idea why the file doesn't work, found several ways to make it on different sites, but nothing worked.
For those who don't know /etc/sudoers.d/ is specific to Debian based distros like Kubuntu. Non debian based distros do not necessarily load files in this folder by default. /etc/sudoers should be used on theses systems. This file can also be read on Debian based systems but may be overwritten after an update.
I have confirmed that creating a file in /etc/sudoers.d with Defaults env_keep += "KDE_SESSION_VERSION KDE_FULL_SESSION" fixes the issue for programs launched using sudo however theme/style/icons/etc are still missing if launched using kdesudo. Is there something that differentiates them? I was under the impression that kdesudo was just the GUI version of sudo.
(In reply to Russ White from comment #19) > I have confirmed that creating a file in /etc/sudoers.d with > > Defaults env_keep += "KDE_SESSION_VERSION KDE_FULL_SESSION" > > fixes the issue for programs launched using sudo however > theme/style/icons/etc are still missing if launched using kdesudo. Is there > something that differentiates them? I was under the impression that kdesudo > was just the GUI version of sudo. I found that changing the HOME environment variable fixes problem try executing kdesudo -c "HOME=$HOME dolphin"
Thank you very much, Ilyes! Note: A user can e.g. execute kdesudo -c "HOME=/root partitionmanager" to launch KDE Partition Manager if he wants it to use root's theme. (*) (*) Because the user wants to visually make prominent the graphical programs which are executed with privileges, or because the user utilizes a dark theme but KDE Partition Manager works better with a non-dark theme, etc. In that case the KDE Menu Editor can be used to change the existing "KDE Partition Manager" entry, but disabling the "Advanced" > "Run as different user" checkbox because "kdesudo" is already being used.
(In reply to Bruno Patri from comment #12) > Jason, as workaround you can create a file named > /etc/sudoers.d/workaround_kde5 : > Defaults env_keep += "KDE_SESSION_VERSION KDE_FULL_SESSION" > I have no idea why those variables are now needed… Great - thanks for getting this fixed. Hint: I spend one hour to get this working since I used "workaround_kde5.txt" as a file name following these instructions [1]. But the README states it clearly: Only files without ~ and . are included. After creating the patch file make sure that both environment variables are present in the sudo session with sudo -i env 1: https://askubuntu.com/questions/690201/icons-not-showing-on-sudo-dolphin-on-15-10
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> If you can reproduce the issue, please change the status to "REPORTED" when > replying. Thank you! It is no longer possible to reproduce this bug since "Executing Dolphin with sudo is not possible due to unfixable security vulnerabilities."
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