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neelo

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Registered: 2007-11-27

Posts: 2

kdemod broken; menu not populated, kcontrol not functioning properly

Hello everyone, I just did a ftp iso install of Arch today and decided to try kdemod-complete, following the kdemod installation guide.  When I started X, I was suprised to find my kde menu was not populated, and only contained Settings -> Control Center, which does nothing when clicked, and the System Menu with my devices/home folder etc, which bring up the 'open with' dialog when clicked. 

When I run kcontrol, the left pane is completely blank, so I am unable to customize KDE. 

Additionally, the theme looks exactly like a vanilla KDE installation, and doesn't show the new eyecandy (except for the new splash at startup and the 'pop and fade' effect when I click desktop icons).

When I run kcontrol I get:

WARNING: No K menu group with X-KDE-BaseGroup=settings found ! Defaulting to Settings/

When I run kbuildsycoca:

bash-3.2$ kbuildsycoca
kbuildsycoca running...
Reusing existing ksycoca
kbuildsycoca: ERROR: kde-applications.menu not found in (/home/neelo/.config/menus/)
kio (KService*): WARNING: The desktop entry file .hidden/dirfilterplugin.desktop has Type=Service but is located under "apps" instead of "services"
kio (KService*): WARNING: Invalid Service : .hidden/dirfilterplugin.desktop
kbuildsycoca: WARNING: 'ark_part.desktop' specifies undefined mimetype/servicetype 'application/x-tbz2'
kbuildsycoca: WARNING: 'kmplayer_part.desktop' specifies undefined mimetype/servicetype 'application/xspf+xml'
kbuildsycoca: WARNING: 'kmplayer_part.desktop' specifies undefined mimetype/servicetype 'audio/m3u'
kbuildsycoca: WARNING: 'kmplayer_part.desktop' specifies undefined mimetype/servicetype 'audio/x-m3u'
kbuildsycoca: WARNING: 'kmplayer_part.desktop' specifies undefined mimetype/servicetype 'video/mediaplayer'
kbuildsycoca: WARNING: 'kmplayer_part.desktop' specifies undefined mimetype/servicetype 'video/x-avi'
kbuildsycoca: WARNING: 'kmplayer_part.desktop' specifies undefined mimetype/servicetype 'video/x-ms-wvx'
kbuildsycoca: WARNING: 'xine_part.desktop' specifies undefined mimetype/servicetype 'KaffeinePart'
kbuildsycoca: WARNING: 'xine_part.desktop' specifies undefined mimetype/servicetype 'audio/x-mpeg'
kbuildsycoca: WARNING: 'xine_part.desktop' specifies undefined mimetype/servicetype 'audio/x-ogg'
kbuildsycoca: WARNING: 'xine_part.desktop' specifies undefined mimetype/servicetype 'video/msvideo'
kbuildsycoca: WARNING: 'xine_part.desktop' specifies undefined mimetype/servicetype 'video/x-avi'
kbuildsycoca: WARNING: 'xine_part.desktop' specifies undefined mimetype/servicetype 'video/x-fli'
kbuildsycoca: WARNING: 'xine_part.desktop' specifies undefined mimetype/servicetype 'video/x-ms-asf-plugin'
kbuildsycoca: WARNING: 'klinkstatus_part.desktop' specifies undefined mimetype/servicetype 'text/english'
kbuildsycoca: WARNING: 'klinkstatus_part.desktop' specifies undefined mimetype/servicetype 'text/x-c'
kbuildsycoca: WARNING: 'klinkstatus_part.desktop' specifies undefined mimetype/servicetype 'text/x-c++'
kbuildsycoca: WARNING: 'gstreamer_part.desktop' specifies undefined mimetype/servicetype 'KaffeinePart'
kbuildsycoca: WARNING: 'gstreamer_part.desktop' specifies undefined mimetype/servicetype 'audio/x-mpeg'
kbuildsycoca: WARNING: 'gstreamer_part.desktop' specifies undefined mimetype/servicetype 'audio/x-ogg'
kbuildsycoca: WARNING: 'gstreamer_part.desktop' specifies undefined mimetype/servicetype 'video/msvideo'
kbuildsycoca: WARNING: 'gstreamer_part.desktop' specifies undefined mimetype/servicetype 'video/x-avi'
kbuildsycoca: WARNING: 'gstreamer_part.desktop' specifies undefined mimetype/servicetype 'video/x-fli'
kbuildsycoca: WARNING: 'kcertpart.desktop' specifies undefined mimetype/servicetype 'application/binary-certificate'
kbuildsycoca: WARNING: 'kaddressbook/gmx_xxport.desktop' specifies undefined mimetype/servicetype 'KAddressBook/XXPort'
kbuildsycoca: WARNING: 'kxsldbg_part.desktop' specifies undefined mimetype/servicetype 'text/english'
kbuildsycoca: WARNING: 'kxsldbg_part.desktop' specifies undefined mimetype/servicetype 'text/x-c'
kbuildsycoca: WARNING: 'kxsldbg_part.desktop' specifies undefined mimetype/servicetype 'text/x-c++'
kbuildsycoca: WARNING: 'kaddressbook/geo_xxport.desktop' specifies undefined mimetype/servicetype 'KAddressBook/XXPort'
kbuildsycoca: WARNING: 'knotify.desktop' specifies undefined mimetype/servicetype 'KNotify'
kbuildsycoca: WARNING: 'ksvgplugin.desktop' specifies undefined mimetype/servicetype 'image/svg'
bash-3.2$

I've found a few threads on the forum with similar problems, but none of the solutions seem to work for me.    Any suggestions?

Mr. Ego

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Registered: 2007-12-04

Posts: 20

Re: kdemod broken; menu not populated, kcontrol not functioning properly

Hello,
this same thing happened to me, too. It is possible, that i had an existing .kde configuration directory, try to check that. Then I installed some packages from kdemod-complete and everything worked fine.

My kdemod installed package list looks so:

kdemod-arts 1.5.8-1
kdemod-gtk-qt-engine 0.8-3
kdemod-icons-tango 1.2.4-1
kdemod-kde-common 3.5.8-1
kdemod-kde-i18n-cs 3.5.8-1
kdemod-kdeaddons-base 3.5.8-3
kdemod-kdeadmin 3.5.8-1
kdemod-kdeartwork 3.5.8-1
kdemod-kdebase-kickoff 3.5.8-4
kdemod-kdebindings 3.5.8-1
kdemod-kdegraphics-base 3.5.8-1
kdemod-kdegraphics-kamera 3.5.8-1
kdemod-kdegraphics-kcoloredit 3.5.8-1
kdemod-kdegraphics-kpdf 3.5.8-1
kdemod-kdelibs 3.5.8-2
kdemod-kdemultimedia-base 3.5.8-2
kdemod-kdemultimedia-kaudiocreator 3.5.8-2
kdemod-kdenetwork-base 3.5.8-4
kdemod-kdenetwork-kopete 3.5.8-3
kdemod-kdenetwork-krdc 3.5.8-4
kdemod-kdenetwork-krfb 3.5.8-4
kdemod-kdenetwork-wifi 3.5.8-4
kdemod-kdepim-base 3.5.8-3
kdemod-kdepim-kaddressbook 3.5.8-3
kdemod-kdepim-kmail 3.5.8-3
kdemod-kdepim-ktnef 3.5.8-3
kdemod-kdesdk-base 3.5.8-1
kdemod-kdesdk-kompare 3.5.8-1
kdemod-kdesdk-umbrello 3.5.8-1
kdemod-kdeutils-ark 3.5.8-1
kdemod-kdeutils-base 3.5.8-2
kdemod-kdeutils-charselectapplet 3.5.8-2
kdemod-kdeutils-kcalc 3.5.8-2
kdemod-kdeutils-kcharselect 3.5.8-2
kdemod-kdeutils-khexedit 3.5.8-2
kdemod-kdeutils-klaptopdaemon 3.5.8-2
kdemod-kdeutils-kregexpeditor 3.5.8-2
kdemod-kdeutils-superkaramba 3.5.8-2
kdemod-ksplash-engine-flexible 0.3-2
kdemod-theme 3.5.8-4
kdemod-ui-kdemod 3.5.8-2

I don't know which package did it, but now this problem is solved.

scarecrow

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From: Greece

Registered: 2004-11-18

Posts: 715

Re: kdemod broken; menu not populated, kcontrol not functioning properly

Kdemod has its own dedicated forum, in case you didn't notice.

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dunkelstern

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From: Augsburg, Germany

Registered: 2007-02-08

Posts: 68

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Re: kdemod broken; menu not populated, kcontrol not functioning properly

Install "extra/libx11" instead of libxcb fixed this for some people.
Please see the kdemod forum, the issue popped up there more than one time.

praxis

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Registered: 2008-01-30

Posts: 16

Re: kdemod broken; menu not populated, kcontrol not functioning properly

copying `/etc/xdg/menus` files to `~/.config/menus` solved the problem for me.

enderst

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Registered: 2004-06-28

Posts: 69

Re: kdemod broken; menu not populated, kcontrol not functioning properly

i just ran into the same issue.
funny stuff, the files in /etc/xdg/menus/ belong to gnome-menus

alanhaggai

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From: World Wide Web

Registered: 2008-08-15

Posts: 25

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Re: kdemod broken; menu not populated, kcontrol not functioning properly

copying `/etc/xdg/menus` files to `~/.config/menus` solved the problem for me.

Worked for me! Thank you. :-)

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