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#1 2018-08-24 22:37:58
- ad4ms3
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~/.profile (Dolphin, pixmap error and missing icons)
Hi all,
I ran into problem, which there is a solution to but I am not too sure how to execute this.
Problem is trivial. I installed dolphin that can be ran as root from AUR. Now, when I run it, terminal displays Pixmap error and icons are missing, which is covered by wiki.
I am being asked to enter line into ~/.profile
The problem is.... ~/.profile does not exists and I am not sure what it is exactly, how to create it. Any clues / ideas much appreciated. Thank you
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#2 2018-08-24 22:42:30
- jasonwryan
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Re: ~/.profile (Dolphin, pixmap error and missing icons)
Assuming your shell is bash, read this: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Ba … tion_files
You just create the file. Note that this may or may not be read, depending on how you login and the order in which bash reads those files (see above).
A better solution would be for you to describe your setup (DE/WM, DM if any etc) and then people here can make the best recommedation for adding a variable to your environment.
Final note: if you don't understand any of this stuff, runnning graphical applications as root is a very bad idea. You don't need an AUR package to do that either.
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#3 2018-08-24 23:35:14
- ad4ms3
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Re: ~/.profile (Dolphin, pixmap error and missing icons)
I thought solution to this was easy. Yes, I do not understand bash, however I may try to give it a go in virtual env. I do not like to be spoon-fed. For now I stick to terminal.
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#4 2018-08-25 06:23:07
- seth
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Re: ~/.profile (Dolphin, pixmap error and missing icons)
Dolphin (and some other GUI clients) will refuse to run as root so you would "need" some patched version.
However, they do so because running a big, fat, buggy filebrowser as root is beyond stupid. Also it should™ not be necessary. I've not tried, but dolphin could™ of course just elevate rights for particular actions whenever it runs into a permission issue.
The line in the wiki will btw. rather not fix anything, notably if you don't have qt5ct installed.
@ad4ms3, whatever itch you long to scratch here, drop this dolphin-root approach at once - it's the wrong one and you're just wasting time.
Rather seek help to fix your actual problem than to fix your problems with a really bad pseudo-solution.
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