Dolphin Starts Twice

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#1

Running 12.3 with KDE desktop on 32 bit laptop. I have a Dolphin launcher in the system tray, bottom left of screen. When I click on it to start Dolphin not only do I get the dolphin screen but also another dolphin icon in the system tray bottom right and an indication that there are 2 instances of dolphin running. Also the bouncing icon continues to bounce for a minute or so even though the dolphin screen has opened.

If I right click on the new icon which sits bottom right of screen I see “KSysTrayCmd” and menu options to Hide, Undock or Quit. If I select either Undock or Quit Dolphin closes. I can never get only one instance of dolphin. What is going on here please and how do I restore normal functioning?

#2

Do you need to do this ? https://www.suse.com/releasenotes/x86_64/openSUSE/12.3/#idm47354348624624

#3

That dolphin icon is it the one that comes with KDE panel by default? That one with Activities next to it?
If so you might try this:

  1. set dolphin to view hidden folders
    2)find /home/yourname/.kde4
  2. got to /home/yourname/.kde4/share/config in that folder
  3. look for & open with Kwrite plasma-desktop-appletsrc
  4. look for & then delete these lines:
    browser=preferred://browser, , ,\s
    filemanager=preferred://filemanager, , ,\s

Now if you’re using the default Kicker(not Lancelot like me) find Dolphin in Kicker rclick dolphin & select Add to Panel.
Logout then Login in this might end your problem.
Let us know if that works for you OK?

#4

This takes me to a para on nvidia but as far as I am aware this machine does not have an nvidia display chip. How can I check?
Regards,
Budgie2

#5

Hi, I found and deleted the browser= line but couldn’t find the filemanager= line.
Will try again.

#6

It’s OK if you didn’t find it. It tells me a little bit more than I had the last time. Did you try this part yet?

Kicker(not Lancelot like me) find Dolphin in Kicker rclick dolphin & select Add to Panel.
Logout then Login in this might end your problem.

That’ll get you a filing cabinet like icon depending on what icon set you’re using on your panel. Once you have that does the problem persist?

#7

Hi,
I have a filing cabinet icon on left next to desktop and activity manager icons. If I Lclick I get dolphin twice and when dolphin starts the bouncing ball continues for a while and I get a filing cabinet icon on the right. No change from original reported problem symptoms.
Budgie2

#8

Well time for last resort that I know of rename ~/.kde4 to old.kde4 then reboot.
If that doesn’t fix it then I don’t know.

#9

Hi and thanks for the suggestion. Tried it. A small improvement as now I still get a second dolphin trying to open with the bouncing ball for about 20 seconds and then it gives up and the second instance vanishes.

I thought the problem might have something to do with a network NFS share which is not reconnected when I reboot so I deleted that but no change so that wasn’t it, although the error messages have gone from the startup scripts.

Thanks again,
Budgie2