Re: [gentoo-user] KDE 3.5 and desktop links not working

[Paul Hartman]

On Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 5:34 PM, Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com> wrote:
> Paul Hartman wrote:
>> On Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 4:12 PM, Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Paul Hartman wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 3:10 PM, Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Well, that started something.  I'll post the output here.
>>>>>
>>>>> kbuildsycoca running...
>>>>> Reusing existing ksycoca
>>>>> 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: '/usr/kde/3.5/share/applications/kde/ark.desktop'
>>>>> specifies undefined mimetype/servicetype 'application/x-tbz2'
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>  (etc)
>>>>
>>>> Maybe same as this? http://bugs.gentoo.org/165586
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>> Maybe.  I dunno.  I don't think the people in the bug know what to do
>>> either.  May try to re-emerge KDE 3.5 and see what happens.
>>>
>>> Open to other ideas tho.
>>>
>>
>> My idea is to take the plunge and unmerge everything related to KDE3. :)
>>
>>
>>
>
> YEPPIE !!!  To think I did a emerge -ev world a week or so ago.  < sighs
>>  I did just re-emerge kdelibs and it is really screwed up now.  I just
> thought it was annoying earlier.  ;-)  It's really on my nerves now.
> Almost NOTHING works.  :-(
>
> Open to ideas if anyone has any.

Did you try kbuildsycoca4 in addition to kbuildsycoca?

I had an empty K-menu recently (on an all-KDE4 system)... recompiling
kdelibs fixed it in that case. I think kbuildsycoca fixes it in most
general cases though.