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YellowSnowIsBad

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From: /dev/null

Registered: 2010-06-11

Posts: 46

KDE write daemon, KDE4

Hey, this is more of an issue with KDE4 but here goes.

I am being spammed by the kde write daemon when i set my system to shutdown from the terminal. i usually watch something at night on my computer, so its annoying for a message to appear every 10 minutes.

i had a look in the kde service system config, advanced > system services. but i can't see anythign in there.

YellowSnowIsBad

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From: /dev/null

Registered: 2010-06-11

Posts: 46

Re: KDE write daemon, KDE4

bump.

skunktrader

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From: Brisbane, Australia

Registered: 2010-02-14

Posts: 1,543

Re: KDE write daemon, KDE4

When I used to run KDE I used to just disable the daemon completely

You can either just delete /usr/share/autostart/kwrited-autostart.desktop or you can be a bit more creative.

Create a file called ~/.kde4/share/config/kwritedrc containing the following

[General]
Autostart=false

Then edit /usr/share/autostart/kwrited-autostart.desktop and add the line

X-KDE-autostart-condition=kwritedrc:General:Autostart:true

This would leave the daemon enabled by default, but allow for it to be disabled on a user by user basis using the kwritedrc file above.

kwrited used to also consume a login entry in utmp (run users and/or w to verify) Does it still do that?

Edit: fixed bad path

Last edited by skunktrader (2010-07-05 22:50:19)

YellowSnowIsBad

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From: /dev/null

Registered: 2010-06-11

Posts: 46

Re: KDE write daemon, KDE4

The first suggestion is a lot simpler, and it works too. thanks.