KDE's Kinfocenter and Kcontrol empty in Feisty Herd 2

[Petri Helin]

In herd 2 (clean installation from alternative cd) of Kubuntu both the kInfocenter and kControl have no entries. Their entries seem to have ended up in "Lost & Found" category, and I have no idea how to fix this. I have already tried rebuilding the ksycoca db which didn't have any effect. There are also two categories labeled "Settings" in the KDE menu.

Maybe this shows the situation:

# sudo kbuildsycoca --menutest

kbuildsycoca running...
Reusing existing ksycoca
kio (KService*): WARNING: Invalid Service : /usr/share/applications/kde/kmyfirewall.desktop
Settings/Peripherals/ kde-obex.desktop /usr/share/applnk/Settings/Peripherals/obex.desktop
System/ kde-hwdb-kde.desktop /usr/share/applications/kde/hwdb-kde.desktop
System/ kde-adept_manager.desktop /usr/share/applications/kde/adept_manager.desktop
System/ kde-kcron.desktop /usr/share/applications/kde/kcron.desktop
System/ kde-ksystemlog.desktop /usr/share/applications/kde/ksystemlog.desktop
System/ kde-kinfocenter.desktop /usr/share/applications/kde/kinfocenter.desktop
System/ hplip-kubuntu.desktop /usr/share/applications/hplip-kubuntu.desktop
System/ kde-keep.desktop /usr/share/applications/kde/keep.desktop
System/ kde-konsole.desktop /usr/share/applications/kde/konsole.desktop
System/ kde-ksysguard.desktop /usr/share/applications/kde/ksysguard.desktop
Lost & Found/ kde-kcmkrfb.desktop /usr/share/applications/kde/kcmkrfb.desktop
Lost & Found/ kde-wineconfig.desktop /usr/share/applications/kde/wineconfig.desktop
Lost & Found/ kde-xserver.desktop /usr/share/applications/kde/xserver.desktop
Lost & Found/ kde-khtml_filter.desktop /usr/share/applications/kde/khtml_filter.desktop
Lost & Found/ kde-kcmhistory.desktop /usr/share/applications/kde/kcmhistory.desktop
Lost & Found/ kde-audiocd.desktop /usr/share/applications/kde/audiocd.desktop
Lost & Found/ kde-cache.desktop /usr/share/applications/kde/cache.desktop
Lost & Found/ kcmgtk-xdg.desktop /usr/share/applications/kcmgtk-xdg.desktop
Lost & Found/ kde-scsi.desktop /usr/share/applications/kde/scsi.desktop
Lost & Found/ kde-filebrowser.desktop /usr/share/applications/kde/filebrowser.desktop
Lost & Found/ kde-cookies.desktop /usr/share/applications/kde/cookies.desktop
Lost & Found/ kde-khtml_behavior.desktop /usr/share/applications/kde/khtml_behavior.desktop
Lost & Found/ kde-partitions.desktop /usr/share/applications/kde/partitions.desktop
Lost & Found/ kde-dma.desktop /usr/share/applications/kde/dma.desktop
Lost & Found/ kde-kcmusb.desktop /usr/share/applications/kde/kcmusb.desktop
Lost & Found/ kde-khtml_java_js.desktop /usr/share/applications/kde/khtml_java_js.desktop
Lost & Found/ kde-ioports.desktop /usr/share/applications/kde/ioports.desktop
Lost & Found/ kde-media.desktop /usr/share/applications/kde/media.desktop
Lost & Found/ kde-opengl.desktop /usr/share/applications/kde/opengl.desktop
Lost & Found/ kde-processor.desktop /usr/share/applications/kde/processor.desktop
Lost & Found/ kde-cdinfo.desktop /usr/share/applications/kde/cdinfo.desktop
Lost & Found/ kde-kcmtaskbar.desktop /usr/share/applications/kde/kcmtaskbar.desktop
Lost & Found/ kde-kthememanager.desktop /usr/share/applications/kde/kthememanager.desktop
Lost & Found/ kde-kwalletconfig.desktop /usr/share/applications/kde/kwalletconfig.desktop
Lost & Found/ kde-smbstatus.desktop /usr/share/applications/kde/smbstatus.desktop
Lost & Found/ kde-memory.desktop /usr/share/applications/kde/memory.desktop
Lost & Found/ kde-ebrowsing.desktop /usr/share/applications/kde/ebrowsing.desktop
Lost & Found/ kde-kcmcss.desktop /usr/share/applications/kde/kcmcss.desktop
Lost & Found/ kde-devices.desktop /usr/share/applications/kde/devices.desktop
Lost & Found/ kde-kcmcgi.desktop /usr/share/applications/kde/kcmcgi.desktop
Lost & Found/ kde-kcmview1394.desktop /usr/share/applications/kde/kcmview1394.desktop
Lost & Found/ kde-privacy.desktop /usr/share/applications/kde/privacy.desktop
Lost & Found/ kde-kcmsambaconf.desktop /usr/share/applications/kde/kcmsambaconf.desktop
Lost & Found/ kde-nic.desktop /usr/share/applications/kde/nic.desktop
Lost & Found/ kde-kcmperformance.desktop /usr/share/applications/kde/kcmperformance.desktop
Lost & Found/ kde-crypto.desktop /usr/share/applications/kde/crypto.desktop
Lost & Found/ kde-sound.desktop /usr/share/applications/kde/sound.desktop
Lost & Found/ kde-useragent.desktop /usr/share/applications/kde/useragent.desktop
Lost & Found/ kde-panel.desktop /usr/share/applications/kde/panel.desktop
Lost & Found/ kde-kcmlaunch.desktop /usr/share/applications/kde/kcmlaunch.desktop
Lost & Found/ kde-filetypes.desktop /usr/share/applications/kde/filetypes.desktop
Lost & Found/ kde-kamera.desktop /usr/share/applications/kde/kamera.desktop
Lost & Found/ kde-kcm_knetworkconfmodule.desktop /usr/share/applications/kde/kcm_knetworkconfmodule.desktop
Lost & Found/ kde-interrupts.desktop /usr/share/applications/kde/interrupts.desktop
Lost & Found/ kde-ioslaveinfo.desktop /usr/share/applications/kde/ioslaveinfo.desktop
Lost & Found/ kde-khtml_plugins.desktop /usr/share/applications/kde/khtml_plugins.desktop
Lost & Found/ kde-khtml_fonts.desktop /usr/share/applications/kde/khtml_fonts.desktop
Lost & Found/ kde-pci.desktop /usr/share/applications/kde/pci.desktop
Development/ MySQLAdministrator.desktop /usr/share/applications/MySQLAdministrator.desktop
Graphics/ kde-ksnapshot.desktop /usr/share/applications/kde/ksnapshot.desktop
Graphics/ kde-gwenview.desktop /usr/share/applications/kde/gwenview.desktop
Graphics/ kde-kooka.desktop /usr/share/applications/kde/kooka.desktop
Graphics/ kde-digikam.desktop /usr/share/applications/kde/digikam.desktop
Graphics/ kde-kpdf.desktop /usr/share/applications/kde/kpdf.desktop
Internet/ kde-konqbrowser.desktop /usr/share/applications/kde/konqbrowser.desktop
Internet/ kde-kopete.desktop /usr/share/applications/kde/kopete.desktop
Internet/ kde-krfb.desktop /usr/share/applications/kde/krfb.desktop
Internet/ kde-kbtobexclient.desktop /usr/share/applications/kde/kbtobexclient.desktop
Internet/ kde-kbtserialchat.desktop /usr/share/applications/kde/kbtserialchat.desktop
Internet/ kde-konversation.desktop /usr/share/applications/kde/konversation.desktop
Internet/ mozilla-thunderbird.desktop /usr/share/applications/mozilla-thunderbird.desktop
Internet/ amule.desktop /usr/share/applications/amule.desktop
Internet/ kde-knetworkmanager.desktop /usr/share/applications/kde/knetworkmanager.desktop
Internet/ kde-ktorrent.desktop /usr/share/applications/kde/ktorrent.desktop
Internet/ firefox.desktop /usr/share/applications/firefox.desktop
Internet/ kde-krdc.desktop /usr/share/applications/kde/krdc.desktop
Internet/ kde-akregator.desktop /usr/share/applications/kde/akregator.desktop
Internet/ kde-Kppp.desktop /usr/share/applications/kde/Kppp.desktop
Multimedia/ vlc.desktop /usr/share/applications/vlc.desktop
Multimedia/ kde-k3b.desktop /usr/share/applications/kde/k3b.desktop
Multimedia/ kde-amarok.desktop /usr/share/applications/kde/amarok.desktop
Multimedia/ kde-kmix.desktop /usr/share/applications/kde/kmix.desktop
Multimedia/ kde-kaffeine.desktop /usr/share/applications/kde/kaffeine.desktop
Office/ kde-Kontact.desktop /usr/share/applications/kde/Kontact.desktop
Office/ ooo-calc.desktop /usr/share/applications/ooo-calc.desktop
Office/ ooo-impress.desktop /usr/share/applications/ooo-impress.desktop
Office/ kde-kexi.desktop /usr/share/applnk/Office/kexi.desktop
Office/ ooo-writer.desktop /usr/share/applications/ooo-writer.desktop
Utilities/ kde-skim.desktop /usr/share/applnk/Utilities/skim.desktop
Utilities/ kde-ark.desktop /usr/share/applications/kde/ark.desktop
Utilities/ kde-kate.desktop /usr/share/applications/kde/kate.desktop
Utilities/ kde-karm.desktop /usr/share/applications/kde/karm.desktop
Utilities/ kde-katapult.desktop /usr/share/applications/kde/katapult.desktop
Utilities/ kde-kmag.desktop /usr/share/applnk/Applications/kmag.desktop
Utilities/ kde-groupwarewizard.desktop /usr/share/applications/kde/groupwarewizard.desktop
Utilities/ kde-kjobviewer.desktop /usr/share/applications/kde/kjobviewer.desktop
Utilities/ kde-knotes.desktop /usr/share/applications/kde/knotes.desktop
Utilities/ kde-kmousetool.desktop /usr/share/applnk/Applications/kmousetool.desktop
Utilities/ speedcrunch.desktop /usr/share/applications/speedcrunch.desktop
/ kde-adept_installer.desktop /usr/share/applications/kde/adept_installer.desktop
/ kde-systemsettings.desktop /usr/share/applications/kde/systemsettings.desktop
/ kde-Kfind.desktop /usr/share/applications/kde/Kfind.desktop
/ kde-Help.desktop /usr/share/applications/kde/Help.desktop
kio (KSycoca): ERROR: No database available!

[jc (songochain)]

Same here. I've tried to uninstall kdecontrol and reinstall it then but that hasnt fixed the problem.

[Hans Zangger (h-zangger)]

jc wrote:
> Same here. I've tried to uninstall kdecontrol and reinstall it then but
> that hasnt fixed the problem.
>
>
hi jc,
 I had some success with the following:
this error message brought me on the right track:

 >Setting up kdebase-data (3.5.6-0ubuntu4) ...
 >dpkg: kdebase-data: warning - conffile
 >`/etc/xdg/menus/kde-applications-merged/kde-essential.menu/kde-essential.menu'
is not a plain file or >symlink (=
`/etc/xdg/menus/kde-applications-menu/kde-applications-merged

I then renamed /etc/xdg/etc/xdg/menus/kde-applications-merged/ to
something like
etc/xdg/menus/kde-applications-merged/kde-essential.menu1 and moved the
file kde-essential.menu to /etc/xdg/menus/kde-applications-merged/ ,
then deleted the directory
/etc/xdg/menus/kde-applications-merged/kde-essential.menu1

and presto, all entries are where they are supposed to be, even in the
taskba-applet

HTH
_Hans

[Matt Sicker (jvz)]

This is due to how KControl and KInfoCenter work: via the .desktop files. Dupe of Bug #80630.

[Montblanc (montblanc)]

Hans Zagger wrote:
>I then renamed /etc/xdg/etc/xdg/menus/kde-applications-merged/ to
>something like
>etc/xdg/menus/kde-applications-merged/kde-essential.menu1 and moved the
>file kde-essential.menu to /etc/xdg/menus/kde-applications-merged/ ,
>then deleted the directory
>/etc/xdg/menus/kde-applications-merged/kde-essential.menu1

Well, actually I just needed to symlink the applications-merged folder to kde-applications-merged:

sudo ln -s /etc/xdg/menus/applications-merged /etc/xdg/menus/kde-applications-merged