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mcloaked

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From: Yorkshire, UK

Registered: 2012-02-02

Posts: 1,371

[SOLVED] Journal log error messages with updated kde4 desktop

I have several systems running kde4 for a few years. After recent kde updates I am seeing errors in the log files though the desktop has continued to work without apparent problems.  However I am wondering if the log errors may be indicative of incompatibilities with the kf5 compatible packages that may lead to future crashes or problems. I have not explicitly installed plasma next packages but simply updated with the existing kde4 desktop environment.

The kind of error I am seeing is :

Feb 09 10:00:26 lenovo1 kactivitymanagerd[573]: kf5.kservice.sycoca: Trying to open ksycoca from "/home/mike/.cach
Feb 09 10:00:26 lenovo1 kactivitymanagerd[573]: org.kde.kactivities.application: [   OK   ] loaded:   "Activity Te
Feb 09 10:00:26 lenovo1 kactivitymanagerd[573]: org.kde.kactivities.application: [   OK   ] loaded:   "Share-Like-
Feb 09 10:00:26 lenovo1 kactivitymanagerd[573]: Creating directory:  "/home/mike/.local/share/kactivitymanagerd/re
Feb 09 10:00:26 lenovo1 kactivitymanagerd[573]: org.kde.kactivities.application: [   OK   ] loaded:   "Sqlite Feed
Feb 09 10:00:26 lenovo1 dbus[358]: [system] Activating via systemd: service name='org.freedesktop.UPower' unit='up
Feb 09 10:00:26 lenovo1 systemd[1]: Starting Daemon for power management...
Feb 09 10:00:26 lenovo1 dbus[358]: [system] Successfully activated service 'org.freedesktop.UPower'
Feb 09 10:00:26 lenovo1 systemd[1]: Started Daemon for power management.
Feb 09 10:00:26 lenovo1 kactivitymanagerd[593]: Qt: Session management error: networkIdsList argument is NULL

and

Feb 09 10:00:25 lenovo1 kbuildsycoca5[590]: Could not find drkonqi at /usr/lib/drkonqi
Feb 09 10:00:25 lenovo1 org.kde.kded5[512]: kbuildsycoca5 running...
Feb 09 10:00:25 lenovo1 kbuildsycoca5[590]: kf5.kservice.sycoca: Trying to open ksycoca from "/home/mike/.cache/ks
Feb 09 10:00:25 lenovo1 kbuildsycoca5[590]: Reusing existing ksycoca
Feb 09 10:00:25 lenovo1 kbuildsycoca5[590]: Recreating ksycoca file ("/home/mike/.cache/ksycoca5", version 300)
Feb 09 10:00:25 lenovo1 kbuildsycoca5[590]: Still in the time dict (i.e. deleted files) ("apps")
Feb 09 10:00:25 lenovo1 kbuildsycoca5[590]: Parse error in  "/home/mike/.config/menus/applications-merged/xdg-desk
Feb 09 10:00:26 lenovo1 kbuildsycoca5[590]: Saving
Feb 09 10:00:26 lenovo1 kbuildsycoca5[590]: Emitting notifyDatabaseChanged ("apps")

Are these errors significant?  Are they likely to be resolved as the kf5 codebase gets refined in the coming months?

Just thought I would ask in case others have similar issues. By the way I did not install drkonqi since it was incompatible with kdebase-workspace, so that can't be installed until a full conversion to plasma next.

Edit: I just rechecked drkonqi and found that the conflict with kdebase-workspace has been fixed so it is now possible to install it even if the system is still running kde4

Last edited by mcloaked (2015-02-10 21:55:37)

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Mike C

V1del

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Registered: 2012-10-16

Posts: 25,435

Re: [SOLVED] Journal log error messages with updated kde4 desktop

Some errors for a variety of reasons are pretty normal, as long as your system still works you don't have to fear. These errors you most likely already had with KDE4, you just see them now because kf5 components are aware of logind and will write to the systemd journal instead of other logs. (The xdg-merged one you most likely already had, wine does create a merged directory, which wasn't supported for the lifetime of KDE4, a reflection of which you see in this message)

Last edited by V1del (2015-02-09 10:19:14)

mcloaked

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From: Yorkshire, UK

Registered: 2012-02-02

Posts: 1,371

Re: [SOLVED] Journal log error messages with updated kde4 desktop

Some errors for a variety of reasons are pretty normal, as long as your system still works you don't have to fear. These errors you most likely already had with KDE4, you just see them now because kf5 components are aware of logind and will write to the systemd journal instead of other logs. (The xdg-merged one you most likely already had, wine does create a merged directory, which wasn't supported for the lifetime of KDE4, a reflection of which you see in this message)

Thanks for the extra info. One thing about your last comment concerning wine is that I don't have wine running on any of my machines, so maybe that error message relates to other issues.

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Mike C

V1del

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Registered: 2012-10-16

Posts: 25,435

Re: [SOLVED] Journal log error messages with updated kde4 desktop

There are other apps that create a combined menu, wine is just the most obvious example that came to mind, however all these errors you posted here are pretty much "informal side info" that doesn't necessarily point to any issues that could cause instability down the line

mcloaked

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From: Yorkshire, UK

Registered: 2012-02-02

Posts: 1,371

Re: [SOLVED] Journal log error messages with updated kde4 desktop

Thanks for the re-assurance.  Yes the system and desktop is working without error even with those warnings in the logs.

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Mike C