KDE 4.5 Get New Stuff not working all the time

[Peterson Silva]

In Kubuntu Maverick, sometimes the "Get New Stuff" functionality simply doesn't work. I was able to install an icon set, for instance, but no "installed" (KDE tells me they are installed) comic strip sets can actually be chosen and used.

The same happens when trying to install KDM themes. They show up as installed (in the Get New Stuff dialog) but they don't appear in the KDM themes list.

[koso (koso)]

Same here. I think problem is with access rights. Many of "new staff" downloads needs to be extracted to /usr, but there is no "kdesu" dialog. In my case, only downloads which are extracted to my profile are working. Others are marked as installed, but downloaded archive is not extracted ...

Example of not functional "new stuff": dolphin servicemenu rootactions.
Example of functional: color profiles

[José Tomás Atria (jtatria)]

+1.

KDM themes are "installed" but not saved in the usual /usr/share/kde4/apps/kdm/themes/

so they don't show up in the theme selection screen in system settings.

[slavo (slavokrivak)]

same problem here

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Harald Sitter (apachelogger)]

Thanks for taking the time to report this bug. 10.10 reached end of life on April 10, 2012.
Please see this document for currently supported Kubuntu releases:
https://wiki.kubuntu.org/Releases

Unfortunately this means that there will be no more bugfixes for 10.10. It is also recommended that you upgrade, if you have not already.

Please feel free to report any other bugs you may find, and thanks for your understanding.