Moving the System menu breaks the screensaver kcontrol module
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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kdebase (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Medium
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Binary package hint: kmenuedit
If the default KDE System menu is moved to a sub-menu, the screensaver module in kcontrol is no longer able to load the list of screensavers. For example a menu like so will break the screensavers:
Full Menu
+ Development
+ Graphics
+ Internet
+ System
Home
Add/Remove Packages
...
The problem seems to be because KDE relies on having the (hidden) screensaver menu at the menu path System/ScreenSavers but kmenuedit moves the entire System menu without preserving the Screensaver path. According to http://
I've been able to edit my menu by hand (in ~/.config/
The original System menu definition can be found in /etc/xdg/
I can post example application-
Changed in kdebase: | |
status: | Unconfirmed → Confirmed |
I can confirm this behavior. After moving all menus into a submenu my screensavers no longer function. They are not listened in the control center applet at all.