STEPS TO REPRODUCE 1. Open the Konsole and create a new custom profile, save and set as default. 2. Close the Konsole. 3. Open the Konsole and you'll see that the only profile available is the Built-in set as default, despite the previous change. OBSERVED RESULT The created profiles are deleted and Konsole returns to the default profile. EXPECTED RESULT That custom profiles remain personalized and that the app does not revert to the default configuration without user consent. SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS Linux/KDE Plasma: Debian Sid - Unstable (available in About System) KDE Plasma Version: 5.26.0 KDE Frameworks Version: 5.98.0 Qt Version: 5.15.6 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
I have the same bug in the current Debian Testing, which also uses Konsole v.22.08.1 My observations: - When you create a new profile and set it as default, its path *does get* saved to Konsole config, but the profile file itself is never written to. - After creating a new profile, open `~/.config/konsolerc`. You should see profile file name `[Desktop Entry]` section. - The profile itself should be saved in `~/.local/share/konsole/Your Profile Name.profile`, but this doesn't happen. - However, Konsole likely thinks profile *save was successful*. Otherwise, it's programmed to display an error message. I was able to bypass this bug by manually creating `~/.local/share/konsole/Your Profile Name.profile` (I actually copied it over from my Debian 11 installation, where Konsole isn't buggy). When the profile file was present that matched `[Desktop Entry] > DefaultProfile` in `~/.config/konsolerc`, it was loading successfully, and I was able to both edit and rename it.
Alright, if anyone else suffers from this bug and wants a quick fix, you can copy-paste my profile data as a placeholder, then edit it to your liking (editing should work fine). WORKAROUND: 1. In Konsole, open Settings > Manage Profiles... 2. Create a new profile name `Your Profile Name.profile`, SET IT AS A DEFAULT ONE. 3. Exit Konsole. YOUR PROFILE WON'T BE SAVED DUE TO A BUG, but it's path will be written to `~/.config/konsolerc` (see my comment above for details). 4. Manually create a file `~/.local/share/konsole/Your Profile Name.profile`. You can use my data as a placeholder: * * * [Appearance] AntiAliasFonts=true BoldIntense=true ColorScheme=Breeze DimmValue=128 Font=Consolas,12,-1,5,50,0,0,0,0,0 LineSpacing=0 TabColor=invalid UseFontLineChararacters=false [Cursor Options] CursorShape=0 CustomCursorColor=255,255,255 CustomCursorTextColor=0,0,0 UseCustomCursorColor=false [Encoding Options] DefaultEncoding=UTF-8 [General] Command=/bin/bash DimWhenInactive=false Environment=TERM=xterm-256color,COLORTERM=truecolor Icon=utilities-terminal LocalTabTitleFormat=%d : %n Name=Profile 4 RemoteTabTitleFormat=(%u) %H ShowTerminalSizeHint=true SilenceSeconds=10 StartInCurrentSessionDir=true TerminalCenter=false TerminalColumns=110 TerminalMargin=1 TerminalRows=28 [Interaction Options] AllowEscapedLinks=false AlternateScrolling=true AutoCopySelectedText=false CopyTextAsHTML=true CtrlRequiredForDrag=true DropUrlsAsText=true EscapedLinksSchema=http://;https://;file:// MiddleClickPasteMode=0 MouseWheelZoomEnabled=true OpenLinksByDirectClickEnabled=false PasteFromClipboardEnabled=false PasteFromSelectionEnabled=true TrimLeadingSpacesInSelectedText=false TrimTrailingSpacesInSelectedText=false TripleClickMode=0 UnderlineFilesEnabled=false UnderlineLinksEnabled=true WordCharacters=:@-./_~?&=%+# [Keyboard] KeyBindings=default [Scrolling] HighlightScrolledLines=true HistoryMode=1 HistorySize=1000 ScrollBarPosition=1 ScrollFullPage=false [Terminal Features] BellMode=1 BidiRenderingEnabled=true BlinkingCursorEnabled=false BlinkingTextEnabled=true FlowControlEnabled=true PeekPrimaryKeySequence= ReverseUrlHints=false UrlHintsModifiers=0 VerticalLine=false VerticalLineAtChar=80 * * * Notice I use Consolas font in this config. I don't think it will break if you don't have it. 5. Try loading Konsole again. You should now be able to load and edit `Your Profile Name`.
The workaround that works for me was outlined in this reddit post: https://old.reddit.com/r/kde/comments/y45vnk/konsole_profiles_arent_saving_why/iscl1vn/ "A workaround I found is to create a new profile then immediately press ok to exit the menus first. That should make the new profile safe for configuration." I can confirm this works for me as well, on 22.08.2.
A possibly relevant merge request was started @ https://invent.kde.org/utilities/konsole/-/merge_requests/792
Git commit 53c3839e6048b28aef4dda79c7a8dfefaa3e484b by Kurt Hindenburg, on behalf of Fabian Vogt. Committed on 27/12/2022 at 16:59. Pushed by hindenburg into branch 'master'. Fix saving new profiles When using the "Apply" button in the "Create new profile" dialog, the profile was saved but the dialog remained in the "new profile" state. This meant that when clicking on "Apply" again or accepting the dialog, it saved the profile from scratch instead of editing the existing one. The ProfileManager interpreted that as a rename because the "Name"/"UntranslatedName" properties were set and decided to delete the profile at its "old" (== current) path. M +2 -0 src/widgets/EditProfileDialog.cpp https://invent.kde.org/utilities/konsole/commit/53c3839e6048b28aef4dda79c7a8dfefaa3e484b
Git commit 9566ed97d0d2e85f27790ab8f1d89ac0c9ad4373 by Kurt Hindenburg, on behalf of Fabian Vogt. Committed on 30/12/2022 at 16:49. Pushed by hindenburg into branch 'release/22.12'. Fix saving new profiles When using the "Apply" button in the "Create new profile" dialog, the profile was saved but the dialog remained in the "new profile" state. This meant that when clicking on "Apply" again or accepting the dialog, it saved the profile from scratch instead of editing the existing one. The ProfileManager interpreted that as a rename because the "Name"/"UntranslatedName" properties were set and decided to delete the profile at its "old" (== current) path. M +2 -0 src/widgets/EditProfileDialog.cpp https://invent.kde.org/utilities/konsole/commit/9566ed97d0d2e85f27790ab8f1d89ac0c9ad4373