Falkon web browser [SOLVED]

ron9 · 2021-06-01 13:59:20

I like this browser. It is fast and not bloated. And its working in pure Wayland
But Falkon does not save settings from preferences or history. It has not created a config file. Not in /home/.config or in /etc.
When I start Falkon via terminal I get a long list, but the first lines show:
Falkon: Creating new profile directory QIODevice::write (QFile, "~/.config/falkon/version"): device not open QIODevice::write (QFile, "~/.config/falkon/profiles/default/version"): device not open
Someone who knows what is wrong or can explain to me what I have done wrong?

Last edited by ron9 (2021-06-04 08:29:34)

NoSavvy · 2021-06-01 14:44:26

It appears that profiles are not supported but sessions are. Save a session through the session manager and name it, and then you can choose which session you want to run.

ron9 · 2021-06-01 16:43:50

Thanks for the suggestion .. but Falkon will not save the session either.
Session manager> New session> save
Falcon restarts .. under sessions nothing

NoSavvy · 2021-06-01 17:26:48

Puzzled by it not working. I've just installed Falkon in a new arch installation and it is working perfectly. Open Falkon, choose "new session" from session manager, Name it and then save some web pages to a few tabs. Go back to sessions and open the default session and do the same there. Then you can switch between the two.
I've created 3 sessions named tom,dick and harry. I can switch to either from the session chooser. They are still there after a restart.
Good luck.

Slithery · 2021-06-01 17:56:30

What's the output of...

ls -lh ~/.config{,/}

ron9 · 2021-06-04 07:43:59

ls -lh ~/.config{,/}
/home/ronn/.config/:
total 220K
drwxr-xr-x  2 ronn ronn 3.5K Mar  8 10:43 alacritty
drwx------  2 ronn ronn 3.5K Oct 25  2018 autostart
-rw-------  1 ronn ronn  551 May 29 00:42 baloofileinformationrc
drwx------ 31 ronn ronn 3.5K May 19 10:17 chromium
drwx------ 31 ronn ronn 3.5K May 19 10:17 chromium-back-ovfs
drwxr-xr-x  2 ronn ronn 4.0K May 28 16:59 dconf
drwxr-xr-x  3 ronn ronn 4.0K Jun  1 22:55 deadbeef
-rw-------  1 ronn ronn 1.3K May 29 00:42 dolphinrc
drwxr-xr-x  2 ronn ronn 4.0K Apr 30  2016 DUI
drwx------  2 ronn ronn 3.5K May  8  2017 Electron
lrwxrwxrwx  1 ronn ronn   26 May 19 17:53 falkon -> /run/user/1000/ronn-falkon
drwxr-xr-x  2 ronn ronn 3.5K Jun  1 07:50 featherpad
drwxr-xr-x  2 ronn ronn 3.5K May  7  2017 fontconfig
drwx------  3 ronn ronn 4.0K May 20 12:29 gconf
drwxr-xr-x  3 ronn ronn 3.5K Mar 30  2019 ghb
drwxr-xr-x  3 ronn ronn 4.0K Apr 13  2016 gnome-session
drwx------  4 ronn ronn 3.5K Feb 19  2020 google-chrome
drwx------  2 ronn ronn 4.0K May 18 11:20 gtk-2.0
drwx------  2 ronn ronn 4.0K May 19 22:16 gtk-3.0
drwxr-xr-x  2 ronn ronn 3.5K Jun  9  2019 guake
drwx------  2 ronn ronn 3.5K May 17 19:28 htop
drwxr-xr-x  3 ronn ronn 3.5K May 20  2020 i3
drwxr-xr-x  3 ronn ronn 3.5K May 20  2020 i3blocks
-rw-------  1 ronn ronn   98 May 28 17:28 kconf_updaterc
-rw-------  1 ronn ronn   75 May 28 17:28 kdeglobals
drwxr-xr-x  2 ronn ronn 3.5K May 29 00:42 kde.org
drwxr-xr-x  6 ronn ronn 3.5K Jun  1 14:40 Kvantum
drwx------  2 ronn ronn 4.0K Apr 20  2016 leafpad
drwxr-xr-x  2 ronn ronn 3.5K May 28 17:09 libaccounts-glib
drwx------  2 ronn ronn 3.5K Jan 28 16:25 libfm
drwxr-xr-x  3 ronn ronn 3.5K Dec 31  2019 libreoffice
drwxr-xr-x  2 ronn ronn 3.5K Oct 24  2017 marlin
drwxr-xr-x  2 ronn ronn 3.5K May 11  2020 Meltytech
drwx------  3 ronn ronn 3.5K Mar 15  2017 menus
-rw-------  1 ronn ronn 2.1K May 18 12:42 mimeapps.list
drwx------ 10 ronn ronn 4.0K Apr 12  2017 Min
drwxr-xr-x  2 ronn ronn 3.5K Apr 30  2020 nemo
drwx------  2 ronn ronn 4.0K Oct 15  2017 openbox
lrwxrwxrwx  1 ronn ronn   25 Jun  4 09:19 opera -> /run/user/1000/ronn-opera
drwx------ 41 ronn ronn 8.0K Jun  2 08:57 opera-back-ovfs
drwx------ 41 ronn ronn 8.0K Jun  2 08:57 opera-backup
drwx------  3 ronn ronn 3.5K Jan 28 16:25 pcmanfm
drwxr-xr-x  3 ronn ronn 3.5K May 20 16:11 pcmanfm-qt
drwx------  2 ronn ronn 3.5K Jan 26 21:22 procps
drwxr-xr-x  2 ronn ronn 4.0K Jun  4 09:19 psd
drwx------  2 ronn ronn 4.0K Apr 13  2016 pulse
drwxr-xr-x  4 ronn ronn 3.5K May 19 21:24 qt5ct
drwxr-xr-x  2 ronn ronn 4.0K Jan 28 15:56 qtfm
-rw-r--r--  1 ronn ronn  585 Jun  1 17:56 QtProject.conf
drwxr-xr-x  2 ronn ronn 3.5K Jun  2 08:55 rclone
drwxr-xr-x  2 ronn ronn 3.5K May 29 00:42 session
drwxr-xr-x  2 ronn ronn 3.5K May 19 21:11 sink
drwxr-xr-x  2 ronn ronn 3.5K Mar  9 18:06 sway
drwxr-xr-x  3 ronn ronn 4.0K Jul 24  2016 systemd
drwx------  2 ronn ronn 4.0K Apr 30  2016 tint2
drwxr-xr-x  2 ronn ronn 3.5K Feb 17  2020 Trolltech
-rw-r--r--  1 ronn ronn 3.6K Feb 17  2020 Trolltech.conf
-rw-------  1 ronn ronn  635 Jan 16  2020 user-dirs.dirs
-rw-r--r--  1 ronn ronn    5 Jan 16  2020 user-dirs.locale
drwxr-xr-x  4 ronn ronn 3.5K May 23 22:04 Vaccarelli
lrwxrwxrwx  1 ronn ronn   27 Jun  4 09:19 vivaldi -> /run/user/1000/ronn-vivaldi
drwx------ 25 ronn ronn 3.5K Jun  2 08:55 vivaldi-back-ovfs
drwx------ 25 ronn ronn 3.5K Jun  2 08:55 vivaldi-backup
drwx------  2 ronn ronn 3.5K Jun  1 23:12 vlc
drwxr-xr-x  2 ronn ronn 3.5K Mar 24 15:16 waybar
drwxr-xr-x  3 ronn ronn 3.5K Apr 27  2020 xfce4
=-->^C

ron9 · 2021-06-04 08:22:12

I made a mistake when I previously manually created a folder called Falkon in ~ / home / .config. It made no change to data storage. When I went through the folders later in .config I saw the mistake: ((
I then changed the name of the folder from Falcon to falcon and then it created a session and stores everything as it should.

The solution is to manually create a falcon folder in ~ / home / .config

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#1 2021-06-01 13:59:20

Falkon web browser [SOLVED]

#2 2021-06-01 14:44:26

Re: Falkon web browser [SOLVED]

#3 2021-06-01 16:43:50

Re: Falkon web browser [SOLVED]

#4 2021-06-01 17:26:48

Re: Falkon web browser [SOLVED]

#5 2021-06-01 17:56:30

Re: Falkon web browser [SOLVED]

#6 2021-06-04 07:43:59

Re: Falkon web browser [SOLVED]

#7 2021-06-04 08:22:12

Re: Falkon web browser [SOLVED]

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