[hardy] Problem launching Kate by choosing a textfile from Dolphin

[Jonas Thorell]

When I try to launch Kate from dolphin (KDE4) by clicking on a textfile, Kate does pop up with the file in question.

However, a few seconds later I get an error message claiming:

"Klauncher could not be reached by D-bus, error when calling start_service_by_desktop_path: empty"

I haven't run into any other problems with the program though.

[mark ferguson (alchimera)]

Same here. running Kubuntu(hardy):kde4:beta freshly installed and updated.

When text doc is opened through service menu (both Kate and Kword) Dolphin/Konqueror goes mainly blank for about 30 seconds, and re-appears with the error message above. The document itself is opened without delay or problem.

[Ralph Janke (txwikinger)]

Thanks for reporting this problem and helping to make ubuntu better.

I can confirm this behaviour on hardy BETA. The error message pops up after kate is closed. it seems to be only a wrong error message given by dolphin. Therefore, I have set it only to wishlist as a usability issue.

I have mostly the same error messages in the terminal, however, no error message or printout appears after kate is closed. Therefore, I would think that all the out put in the terminal is unrelated.

[Jonas Thorell (jthorell)]

For me it doesn't happen when Kate is closed - only when I launch it. I agree it is not a showstopper though, and a temporary workaround is to set KWrite as the default application instead of Kate. I prefer Kate, but this way I at least won't be bothered by what seems to be an erroneous error message.

[kgoeser (kevin-kevin-online)]

This seems to be the same like bug #204728 - isn't it?

[Jonas Thorell (jthorell)]

Certainly looks like it's the same bug, yes.

[Michael Ummels (urmel291)]

In my opinion, the reason for this behaviour is a wrong file association. If you open System Settings and choose "File Associations" from the Advanced tab and look at the entry for text/plain for example (select "Kate" and click on "Edit..."), you will see that the command to open Kate is "/usr/lib/kde4/bin/kate %U". I changed %U into %u, and everything works fine.

[Jonas Thorell (jthorell)]

@Michael,

Now THAT is what I call an easy fix! Worked great, and I just wonder why I didn't think of that myself...thanks!

[dan_linder (dan-linder)]

I think there is more to it than this. I found bug #204728 first by searching for the error message ("KLauncher could not be reached via D-Bus, error when calling start_service_by_desktop_path: empty").

Unfortunately, my error occurs right as KDE4 is starting up, not when starting Kate. If I click on the Ok button in the error window, the entire desktop crashes and I have to reboot (Ctrl-Alt-Backspace won't even kill X, and Ctrl-Alt-F1 won't go to the first console).

If I leave the error window on screen I can work well enough -- I haven't dived in to many other apps to see what else might be broken though.

What information do I need to gather to determine what program is calling KLauncher or D-Bus and causing the problem?

Dan

[kiev1 (sys-sys-admin)]

KLauncher недоступен через D-Bus, ошибка вызова start_service_by_desktop_path:
empty
Heelp!!!

[Oliver Jensen (ojensen)]

Thanks Michael, your solution worked for me. I was surprised since fixing the settings for text/plain fixed the problem even when opening php files for example, but it works fabulously now. Thanks again! That was the last thing that was -really- annoying left for me... except for the stupid clock not resizing to smaller panel sizes, but *sigh* there'll be a fix for that eventually, too =)

[Yuriy Kozlov (yuriy-kozlov)]

Fixed in trunk, should be in Intrepid soon.

[Götz Christ (g-christ)]

That is great!
Does this mean that this fix will be in KDE 4.1 or 4.2? If it is in 4.2 will be it back ported to Intrepid?

[alepac (alessandro-pacifici)]

This didn't solve the problem. I think it should be related to the fact that closing kate with the X on the top-right corner dosn't close the application (ps aux | grep kate) shows the first call to kate. Calling kate, with the --use option, try to reuse the same session without success. If you call kate without the --use option you will have one session of the application per file. The only way to close correctly kate is with the File->Exit command.

[Harald Sitter (apachelogger)]

Fixed in Intrepid.