Desktop Icons "Trash" and "Home" not functioning -Help please

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I have run into a problem. While trying to install drivers for for Epson L3210 Multi-function device some thing has gone wrong. I have downloaded drivers from Epson website. Since I use firefox the downloaded ‘.rpm’ files were saved as ".rmp’ which I corrected. While the scanner driver did get installed the one for printer driver did not!

A. During the process something went wrong and now when I try to open the “trash” or “Home” from the desktop icons I get the message “Malformed URL”. Right click does open the menu but correcting the URL from the “properties” does not work. Stuff I send to the “waste bin” does go there and I can empty the waste bin through the Shift+Right Click menu, but I cannot open the trash to select and recover files from it (not an immediate issue but the need could arise). How can this be corrected?

B. Attempt to install the downloaded printer rpm through Discover failed showing internal error. Need help.

I am sorry that the info provided is scanty. I use Plasma Desktop.

PrakashC

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What I understand is that lsb3.2 or higher has to be installed before the printer driver can be installed. Where do I find lsb3.2 or higher to install?

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You should have the package “lsb-release” installed by default but, that’s at version 3.1 – also for Tumbleweed – <openSUSE Software; …

  • You could try installing the package “lsb” from the main openSUSE Leap 15.3 repository – it provides an LSB version by means of a file named “lsb-release” located in /etc with the following content –
LSB_VERSION="core-2.0-noarch:core-3.2-noarch:core-4.0-noarch:core-2.0-x86_64:core-3.2-x86_64:core-4.0-x86_64"
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Sorry, I could not find the lsb3.2 file in 15.3 Main Repo or Tumbleweed (via find software app of OpenSUSE). All I can find is lsb4Fake which won’t work.

PrakashC

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Hi
Well lsb is deprecated, suggest you ask the manufacturers to sort out their code… you might need to poke around in the install script and rem out the check.

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I doubt Epson will pay heed to a single user And sorry, I do not have the knowledge to tinker with the install script.

I would also like to know/understand if lsb is deprecated in all or majority of Linux distros or is it just SUSE? From wiki info I gather that lsb3.1 included in Leap is of 2005 vintage and the latest version lsb5 is of 2015. The issues enumerated in wiki website would appear to be in focus since 2005 or shortly thereafter. It is surprising that Epson is still persisting with lsb!

Wish there was an easy work around for Linux users like me.

PrakashC

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Hi
The lsb package should suffice? It creates /etc/lsb-release which I gather it’s looking for… in there it contains reference to core-3.2.

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Yes Malcolm,
I second that. I have a WF-3540 working here fine on my homeserver with Leap 15.3 (and before). Referring to LSB it’s got the same requirements. It just says lsb>=3.2 see YaST output:

| epson-inkjet-printer-202101w - EPSON L3210/L3200/L1250/L1210 Series - Epson Inkjet Printer Driver|
|---|


 

 | Version:| 1.0.1-1lsb3.2|
|---|---|
| Provides:| epson-inkjet-printer-202101w = 1.0.1-1lsb3.2
epson-inkjet-printer-202101w(x86-64) = 1.0.1-1lsb3.2|
| Prerequires:| /bin/sh
/bin/sh
/bin/sh|
| Requires:| rpmlib(PayloadFilesHavePrefix) <= 4.0-1
rpmlib(CompressedFileNames) <= 3.0.4-1
lsb >= 3.2
/bin/sh
/bin/sh
/bin/sh|

and

epson-inkjet-printer-201212w - WF-3010/WF-3520/WF-3530/WF-3540 Series - Epson Inkjet Printer Driver

 

 || Alternate Version| Installed Version|
|---|---|---|
| Version:| 1.0.0-1lsb3.2| 1.0.0-1lsb3.2|
| Provides:| epson-inkjet-printer-201212w = 1.0.0-1lsb3.2| epson-inkjet-printer-201212w = 1.0.0-1lsb3.2|
| Prerequires:| /bin/sh
/bin/sh
/bin/sh| /bin/sh
/bin/sh
/bin/sh|
| Requires:| rpmlib(PayloadFilesHavePrefix) <= 4.0-1
rpmlib(CompressedFileNames) <= 3.0.4-1
lsb >= 3.2
/bin/sh
/bin/sh
/bin/sh| rpmlib(CompressedFileNames) <= 3.0.4-1
rpmlib(PayloadFilesHavePrefix) <= 4.0-1
lsb >= 3.2
/bin/sh
/bin/sh
/bin/sh|

@PrakashC:
I just downloaded the driver from the Epson site and didn’t have to rename anything. Maybe something went wrong then already? Just to make sure, you downloaded the “ESC/P Driver (full feature)” not just the printer utility?
Here:

**~ #** zypper se -is lsb 
Loading repository data... 
Reading installed packages... 

S | Name        | Type    | Version              | Arch   | Repository 
--+-------------+---------+----------------------+--------+-------------------------------- 
i | lsb         | package | 4.0.fake-lp153.2.3.1 | x86_64 | Haupt-Repository (OSS) 
i | lsb         | package | 4.0.fake-lp153.2.3.1 | x86_64 | Hauptaktualisierungs-Repository 
i | lsb-release | package | 3.1-1.16             | noarch | Haupt-Repository (OSS)

You said “All I can find is lsb4Fake which won’t work.” But it works fine here. In order to help people here need to see what actually went wrong. Considering your initial problem I’d suggest to start all over again. Remove all packages involved, install lsb (maybe also lsb-release, I don’t know). Download the ESC/P driver and the printer utility.
You can add a local directory as repository (I did it via YaST) and put the packages there. Then use zypper to install them and show everything from the beginning to the end in code tags here. You will have to ignore an “error” about missing signature but that’s fine with local directories.
If you get error messages people here may be able to make suggestions.

kasi

Edit: To install anything better use either zypper or YaST. Discover is a KDE tool, some here have reported issues. I can’t comment on that but using the “official” tools should rule out any external effects.

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Let me digest that info and try it out. Re renaming of file, the problem is with Firefox, it changes “rpm” to" rmp" while saving the download (at least from the Epson website). The tip re creating a local directory as a repository through Yast makes good sense. Just where should one place it - under root? Thanks.

PrakashC

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I’d say you can just create it in your home folder. I have mine on my home server in a folder which is mounted via NFS to my homes so I can access it from anywhere. But I think it’s up to you. You’ll need root permissions just for the installation procedure.

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Thanks, let me try. I have a separate partition where I keep my data plus working files. I mount it under root. I think putting a local repo folder on it should work.

PrakashC

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Finally managed to install the printer software. Steps:
a) Opted to open the downloaded driver with Yast. That presented the Yast menu to install it.
b) Accepted the install.
c) Got an error message saying driver is broken.
d) So checked for details. It said the driver was not signed.
e) Opted to ignore. The driver got installed.

Whew!

Now hope someone comes up with the problem that Icons on the Desktop for ‘Trash’ and ‘Home’ are not working!

Thanks.

PrakashC

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Hi PrakashC,

I’m glad it worked. About your icon issue:

Right click does open the menu but correcting the URL from the “properties” does not work.

As you said “does not work” - what happened? What URL did the properties show?
What permissions do you find when right clicking on it?

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This is what happens:

a) A left click on the trash can brings up a message saying “Malformed URL trash:/”. The heading on the pop up is “Error - KIOExec ?”
b) Right click brings up the menu with the standard options starting with Open with Dolphin (after I changed it to Dolphin), Open with … that is the standard menu. Under properties the URL shows “trash:/”.
c) A left click on the Home icon shows a flash of Yast icon on the panel and nothing else happens.
d) Right click brings up the standard menu with options to open the file with various apps. I have set it up for Dolphin which works. The properties URL shows /home/“user”/

PrakashC

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“Malformed URL” sounds strange. I have no idea…

What about the permissions? Are you the owner of all files and folders involved? In the properties after right click, what is in “file type options”? As “filename patterns” I have got
*.desktop
*.kdelnk

About the trash, does the target actually exist? You should have a folder ~/.local/share/Trash/
In there I have two subfolders: /files/ and /info/
(Permissions ok?)

My right-click - “open with” shows “kwrite” as the first application. I assume it’s because *.desktop files are not just simple links but description files (I don’t know if that’s the proper term). So changing the preferred application may not be required but shouldn’t do any harm.

What do you get if you open it with an editor? Here, after many translations of the name, I am getting the last four lines as:

Icon=user-trash-full
EmptyIcon=user-trash
Type=Link
URL=trash:/
OnlyShowIn=KDE;

As for home, here I get:

URL$e]=$HOME
Icon=user-home
Type=Link
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{*What about the permissions? Are you the owner of all files and folders involved? In the properties after right click, what is in “file type options”? As “filename patterns” I have got
*.desktop
.kdelnk}

No problem till this point

*{About the trash, does the target actually exist? You should have a folder ~/.local/share/Trash/
In there I have two subfolders: /files/ and /info/}
*

*(Permissions ok?)
*
This could be the problem point. I can find trash only as “trash/Desktop”

*My right-click - “open with” shows “kwrite” as the first application. I assume it’s because *.desktop files are not just simple links but description files (I don’t know if that’s the proper term). So changing the preferred application may not be required but shouldn’t do any harm.

*Thats OK.

*What do you get if you open it with an editor? Here, after many translations of the name, I am getting the last four lines as:
*
Opening trash with Kate I get same output, so no problem.

As for home, here I get:
“=file:$HOME”

However changing it does not have any effect.

I have created another user and will compare the two. Of course an easy way out, if the problems do not appear with the new user, would be to shift the essential files and delete the old! But I do wish to find out what had gone wrong.

PrakashC

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I compared the directory structure of the affected user and the new user. I find that the affected user shows folder named “wastebin” while the fresh one shows folder named “trash”. So I checked it on SU Dolphin. The root has folder named “Wastebin”, the OK user has folder under desktop named “trash.desktop” while for the affected user the folder is named only “trash”. Further opening the new user “trash” opens trash folder whichever way it is opened that is left click or open with Dolphin. The affected user folder does not open on left click and on opening with Dolphin goes to “Wastebin”!

What I can make out is that the folder “trash” under user’s desktop only keeps record of files sent to the main wastebin and is a medium or intermediate only. Am I right?

Problem of trash could be solved if the entry of “trash” folder in the desktop can be corrected. If so how can I do it?

The problem with Home icon in all probability is similar and correctable through Desktop configuration.

PrakashC

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Replace your bad versions by copying these:

**erlangen:~ #** find /usr/share/kio_desktop/ -type f 
/usr/share/kio_desktop/DesktopLinks/Home.desktop 
/usr/share/kio_desktop/directory.desktop 
/usr/share/kio_desktop/directory.trash 
**erlangen:~ #**
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Sorry, did not work. I get message Permission denied even as root.

PrakashC

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I wish someone would clarity the difference in use of terms “Wastebin” and “Trash”. There is a folder or entry parallel to the entry for root in the main partition called “Wastebin”. The term “Trash” appears in the Desktop folder(s), even for root as a user. Obviously files deleted by one user cannot be emptied from the “Wastebin” by another user and there is only one Wastebin.

PrakashC