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Home folder shortcut in sidebar not working (8.10 Beta)

Bug #281019 reported by Flx Ndres
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: konqueror-kde4

The shortcut in the sidebar opens an error message. ('Persönlicher Ordner' means home directory in German).
See attached screenshot. Happened after clicking on 'Persönlicher Ordner' (with the blue background).
Should open the home dir.
Version info:
felix@T60:~$ apt-cache policy konqueror
konqueror:
  Installiert: 4:4.1.2-0ubuntu3
  Kandidat: 4:4.1.2-0ubuntu3
  Versions-Tabelle:
 *** 4:4.1.2-0ubuntu3 0
        500 http://de.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
felix@T60:~$ cat /etc/issue
Ubuntu intrepid (development branch) \n \l

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In , Brendan (mailinglist-endosquid) wrote :

Version: 4.1.1 (KDE 4.1.1) (using 4.1.1 (KDE 4.1.1), Kubuntu packages)
Compiler: cc
OS: Linux (i686) release 2.6.27-4-generic

This has been reported before, as Bug #152660 and Bug #153229, but still remains!

Using Kubuntu 4.1.1 and the Home sidebar entry still goes to $HOME and can't find it.

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In , Brendan (mailinglist-endosquid) wrote :

Created attachment 27598
A screenshot of the 4.1.1 bug

Proof!

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In , Raymurderer (raymurderer) wrote :

In those other bugs it seems the problem goes away somehow. I can't reproduce in Kubuntu 4.1.1. But since it surfaces every now and then, it must be some specific setting somewhere.

I've checked some config files, and the one that could mean problems in that area is this file ( I think, I'm not an expert ):

- .kde4/share/apps/konqsidebartng/webbrowsing/entries/home.desktop
the first 3 lines say where the home folder goes, could you tell me your values for those lines?

Also, you could backup your konqueror related files in .kde4/share/apps and .kde4/share/config, remove them and see if the problem goes away.

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Flx Ndres (1980er) wrote :
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Jonathan Thomas (echidnaman) wrote :

I'm guessing this is an upgrade from Hardy?

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Flx Ndres (1980er) wrote :

yes.

Jonathan Thomas (echidnaman)
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Harald Sitter (apachelogger) wrote :

Hello.

Please attach the following file to this bug report
$HOME/.kde/share/apps/konqsidebartng/webbrowsing/entries

As Jonathan suggested this probably is an incompability between KDE 3 and KDE 4, I am not sure what we can do about it. But maybe that file brings some light into the darkness.

Thank you.

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Flx Ndres (1980er) wrote :

Hi.
Meanwhile I discarded my old system and did a clean install of kubuntu 8.10, because of many many minor annoyances. In this process I also removed my .kde directory to clean the configuration. This solved the problem for me.
The file you refer to is a directory. I attached a tarball of it.
However, as this is resolved for me I wouldn't mind if you closed this bug to focus your efforts on other bugs.
Thanks anyway.
Felix

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Harald Sitter (apachelogger) wrote :

Thank you Felix.

It appears that the sidebar creates a user copy of it's desktop files, which has the disadvantage that it doesn't know about the changed URL in KDE 4.
While in KDE 3 the URL file:$HOME worked perfectly fine, in KDE 4 it is necessary to use ~ as URL. Ultimately the sidebar would have some way to correct the old URL, so this really should be reported to KDE as well. Another solution would be to make the the file:// protocol support the old $HOME and just redirect it to the proper destination.

Felix, if you have time, it would be very nice if you could file an accompanying in the KDE bug tracker at http://bugs.kde.org (I suppose konqsidebar has an own product entry, otherwise it would probably be part of konqueror) and post its URL here. Otherwise someone from the team will forward the report ... at some point ... hopefully ;-)

Have a nice day.

Changed in kdebase:
importance: Undecided → Low
status: Incomplete → Confirmed
Jonathan Thomas (echidnaman)
Changed in kdebase:
importance: Undecided → Unknown
status: New → Unknown
status: Confirmed → Triaged
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status: Unknown → New
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In , Jonathan Thomas (echidnaman) wrote :

We have a downstream bug about this: https://launchpad.net/bugs/281019
It seems to be a KDE3 -> KDE4 upgrade bug.

This comment seems to describe the cause of the bug well: https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/kdebase/+bug/281019/comments/6

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In , thialme (franck-mail) wrote :

Created attachment 35737
thialme's home.desktop file

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In , thialme (franck-mail) wrote :

I have enclosed above my home desktop file, if it can help.

I have reported this bug through the debian bug tracking system:

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=539196

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In , FiNeX (finex) wrote :

Is this bug still valid? Or is it an (k)ubuntu bug?

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In , Jonathan Thomas (echidnaman) wrote :

It's a valid KDE3 -> KDE4 upgrade bug. KDE just doesn't handle the upgrade at all.

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Jonathan Thomas (echidnaman) wrote :

Hi there!

Thanks for reporting this bug! Your bug seems to be a problem with the KDE program itself, and not with our KDE packages. But don't worry! This issue is being tracked by the KDE developers at: http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=171773
Once fixed in KDE, it will be included in Kubuntu once the KDE version the fix is in in reaches Kubuntu.

Thanks!

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status: Triaged → Invalid
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In , Colour (colour) wrote :

As a workaround I used to delete the old $HOME/.kde/share/apps/konqsidebartng folders when upgrading machines to KDE4. Konqueror recreates this directory when next run and I believe it just holds sidebar settings as per its name - not, for example, bookmarks. As well as clearing out the old URLs it also clears out the defunct icon names.

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In , Jbev-kdebugs-01 (jbev-kdebugs-01) wrote :

There hasn't been any activity on this issue for some time. Please check if this issue is still valid for Konqueror 4.8.4 or later.

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In , Andrew-crouthamel (andrew-crouthamel) wrote :

Dear Bug Submitter,

This bug has been in NEEDSINFO status with no change for at least 15 days. Please provide the requested information as soon as possible and set the bug status as REPORTED. Due to regular bug tracker maintenance, if the bug is still in NEEDSINFO status with no change in 30 days, the bug will be closed as RESOLVED > WORKSFORME due to lack of needed information.

For more information about our bug triaging procedures please read the wiki located here: https://community.kde.org/Guidelines_and_HOWTOs/Bug_triaging

If you have already provided the requested information, please set the bug status as REPORTED so that the KDE team knows that the bug is ready to be confirmed.

Thank you for helping us make KDE software even better for everyone!

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In , Andrew-crouthamel (andrew-crouthamel) wrote :

Dear Bug Submitter,

This bug has been in NEEDSINFO status with no change for at least 30 days. The bug is now closed as RESOLVED > WORKSFORME due to lack of needed information.

For more information about our bug triaging procedures please read the wiki located here: https://community.kde.org/Guidelines_and_HOWTOs/Bug_triaging

Thank you for helping us make KDE software even better for everyone!

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status: Incomplete → Invalid
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