This is only an issue with the kde3 version of khotnewstuff.
If you run khotnewstuff4 from the console, you'll be told that you need to have a .knsrc file as an argument. The reason you get this error with khotnewstuff is that it will start even if you don't give a providers list.
This is only an issue with the kde3 version of khotnewstuff.
If you run khotnewstuff4 from the console, you'll be told that you need to have a .knsrc file as an argument. The reason you get this error with khotnewstuff is that it will start even if you don't give a providers list.