systemsettings does not work unless executed at least once by root

Bug #490773 reported by Mikko Rantalainen
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kdebase-workspace (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: systemsettings

Steps to reproduce:
$ sudo aptitude install systemsettings
$ systemsettings

Actual results:
System settings application opens without any options.

Expected results:
System settings application opens and includes among other tools the "appearance" icon that allows me to change the kde widget theme to GTK+.

Workaround:
Execute the systemsettings once as root. I don't have a clue why this fixes the problem but the package installation scripts should take the required steps to make stuff work without this workaround:
$ gksudo systemsettings
(close the System settings application immediately)

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: amd64
CheckboxSubmission: f0bf0101e3df07a87acfbc156f0db03d
CheckboxSystem: b5acb6c9ca4017b1d44043910f45329d
Date: Tue Dec 1 12:06:49 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release Candidate amd64 (20091020.3)
Package: systemsettings 4:4.3.2-0ubuntu7.1
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-9.152-rt
SourcePackage: kdebase-workspace
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-9-rt x86_64

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Mikko Rantalainen (mira) wrote :
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Mikko Rantalainen (mira) wrote :
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Harald Sitter (apachelogger) wrote :

You are lacking a cache of systemsettings views, there is a one in a billion chance that this happens, so we cant really do anything about that.

Thanks for the report anyway.

Changed in kdebase-workspace (Ubuntu):
status: New → Invalid
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