I am facing some issues with my system tray. Please see the problem details here - http://forums.opensuse.org/opensuseforums/english/get-technical-help-here/applications/479825-system-tray-not-showing-dropbox-clementine-skype-kazam-etc.html#post2498355. (I am moving the discussion here because it was apparently the wrong forum for my thread.)
Solution(s)?
On 10/24/2012 09:26 AM, missingfaktor wrote:
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> Solution(s)?
in the old thread (in the applications forum) when asked if you had
tested a new user you wrote: “Yes, I did. This problem is not present
for other user.”
which, in Linux means that somewhere in your /home there is a
configuration file which has somehow been corrupted and is the cause
of the problem you see…
once that is known there are several ways to proceed, i don’t know which
is the best or easiest for you…
one approach is to rename the most likely configuration file(s) and then
restart the desktop environment…because doing that will automatically
generate new configuration files exactly like the ones in your test
user’s account (which you just reported works ok)…
NOTE: read my sig’s caveat prior to proceeding:
if you want to try that, just open Dolphin and navigate to the directory
in your home named /.kde4 [NOTE: by default Dolphin will not show you
the “hidden” files or directories…that is those whose name begins
with a dot, like .kde4 so, if you don’t see .kde4 you need to go in
Dolphin’s menu to View, find the setting “Show hidden files” and left
click on that to place a check mark therein]
once you can see .kde4, right click on it and select “Rename” and a new
window pops up where you need to change the name…personally i usually
use tack on ‘BAK’ at the end of the existing name, like i would change
…kde4 to .kde4BAK
when you have changed the name then close all programs, and log out of
the session–NOT shutdown and reboot because that is not required–just
right click on the Desktop, select “Leave” then on the new page select
“Logout” and KDE will shut down completely and show you a log in page,
just log in again and see if your new desktop is correctly configured…
CAUTION: all kde customizations, background changes, everything will go
back to their default…i’d suggest that the configure file corruption
you just fixed was caused by something you did–either due to something
you installed from all those repos or just something you did
accidentally while tweaking–SO i’d suggest you move more slowly and
carefully as you tune your KDE to your likes…by that i mean: make one
change and use it a while…does that change still look good tomorrow?
does stuff NOT work tomorrow? if what you did broke your KDE then undo
it…
the problem with spending hours making changes is then tomorrow if it is
broken you really have zero idea what you did which broke it, so since
you can’t change one thing to know you might have to start over, again.
FINAL NOTE: the reason Carl suggested you do a fresh install is exactly
because a ‘zypper dup’ will leave all the files corrupted by
incompatible software from too many repos in your /home (AND other
places), and you could spend years trying to find and correct them all…
…and most importantly (at least in some cases), don’t forget your amarok podcasts are probably in that folder…
On 10/26/2012 08:26 AM, Nikos78 wrote:
> …and most importantly (at least in some cases), don’t forget your
> amarok podcasts are probably in that folder…
right!! which is why i recommend renaming the directory, rather than
deleting/removing (which could offer very little chance of recovering
podcasts or any of thousands of other things which might be destroyed by
other than renaming…)
ymmv
note: “folder” is the term some other operating systems use for a
‘directory’
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dd
Come on, that’s ages ago. Just open Dolphin, right click, Create New …- that’s where it says “Folder” not “directory”.
IMHO throwing away ~/.kde4 for solving issues like this is not the way to go. There’s not just configs in the .kde4 folder, but data as well.
@OP: right click in the system tray, in such a way that you can access the systray’s settings. Go to “Items”, then set the ones you want to see to “Always visible”.
On 10/26/2012 11:16 AM, Knurpht wrote:
> that’s where it says “Folder” not “directory”.
wow, i had no idea the Dolphin developers succumbed to to windowish…
i do see that a right click on .kde icon (which looks like a file folder
in my Dolphin) offers “Rename”
> IMHO throwing away ~/.kde4 for solving issues like this is not the way
> to go. There’s not just configs in the .kde4 folder, but data as well.
i don’t disagree with that, at all…which is why i wrote “there are
several ways to proceed, i don’t know which is the best or easiest for
you…one approach is to rename the most likely configuration file(s)”
my main point being: rename is far superior to remove/delete (which is
what some cautious folks recommend)
of course, it would be even better to actually know exactly which
configuration file is the culprit, but i decided not to use my time to
explain diff, again…knowing that if my advice were taken and the
situation solved it is not so onerous a task to reclaim data from a
renamed directory…
so, “Come on” ?
–
dd
Did you ever give this a try? Please do so, and see what happens. Shouldn’t be a problem if you keep a copy, or do this in a fresh account.
Come on?
Like writen, there’s an explanation and a solution for the phenomenon, completely through the systray’s settings. Removing ~/.kde4 (or renaming it) should not be the first option offered. I for one would not be happy to see my Kontact suite go back to blank
“folder” is the term some other operating systems use for a’directory’
:shame:…
Even after five years of GNU/Linux, some habits remain…