hardy, krita-kde4 doesn't start, complains about .desktop files not found

[Alexander Rødseth]

Binary package hint: krita-kde4

I have installed a package named "krita-kde4" version: 1:1.9.96.0~svn757194-1ubuntu2

I could find two associated executable files:
~% dpkg -L krita-kde4 | grep bin/
/usr/lib/kde4/bin/krita
/usr/bin/krita-kde4

Where only krita-kde4 is in the path:
~% which krita-kde4
/usr/bin/krita-kde4
~% which krita
/usr/bin/krita

Here's my kernel:
 ~% uname -r
2.6.24-4-generic

When I start krita-kde4, I get this:
~% krita-kde4
findServiceByDesktopPath: kritapart.desktop not found
findServiceByDesktopPath: Office/krita.desktop not found

I have no idea what it's looking for and why.

Expected behavior is to start up, regardless of any desktop icons/launchers.

[Alexander Rødseth (alexanro)]

Yay! Krita starts up now! :-)

[Leonardo Gastón De Luca (leorockway)]

This is not working in Gutsy. I get the same error.

[Alexander Rødseth (alexanro)]

This should be marked as confirmed for Gutsy and Hardy then, not "invalid". I don't even see why this was marked as invalid in the first place - why was it, Harald?

[echoes (echoes-deactivatedaccount)]

i have the same problem with all of my koffice2 apps. i don't understand why this was marked invalid either.
i suppose that koffice2 is looking for the *.desktop files in a certain place and they aren't there. however, for me with kword for instance:
kword-kde4
bash: kword-kde4: command not found
(^ don't know if this matters, but included it any way)

i know the "real" path to the binary, which is /usr/lib/kde4/bin/, so:
/usr/lib/kde4/bin/kword
findServiceByDesktopPath: kwordpart.desktop not found
findServiceByDesktopPath: Office/kword.desktop not foun

so:
mlocate kword.desktop && mlocate kwordpart.desktop
/home/echoes/.local/share/applications/kde4-kword.desktop
/usr/lib/kde4/share/kde4/services/krossmodulekword.desktop
/usr/share/app-install/desktop/kde4-kword.desktop
/usr/share/app-install/desktop/kword.desktop
/usr/share/applications/kde4/kword.desktop
/usr/share/mimelnk/application/x-kword.desktop
/usr/lib/kde4/share/kde4/services/kwordpart.desktop

so the files are there, but koffice2 can't find them. i don't know where specifically it is looking for those desktop files, but i assume a symlink would suffice, if someone could tell me where it is looking for those desktop files i could possibly solve this.

[Christian Schürer-Waldheim (quincunx)]

I can confirm that this problem exists.

krita-kde4:
  Installed: 1:1.9.96.0~that.is.really.1.9.95.3-1ubuntu3
  Candidate: 1:1.9.96.0~that.is.really.1.9.95.3-1ubuntu3

[Christian Schürer-Waldheim (quincunx)]

Some more information on this bug.

I installed krita-kde4 and tried to start it in my kde3-session, which leads to the above stated error message. If I open an kde4-session, krita-kde4 starts without any problem. When I switch back to the kde3-session, I can start krita-kde4 without any error message.

So I think there are some processes not running or some initialisation is missing if you try to run krita-kde4 within a kde3 session.

Could anyone verify if this is the same behaviour on other computers too, please?

[Karolus (masked-mail)]

This bug disappears (for me) after I've deleted
/var/tmp/kdecache-kstanisl/ksycoca4

[Tomi Kyöstilä (tomi-kyostila)]

I had a similar problem with kspread-kde4 (.desktop files not found) and removing /var/tmp/kdecache-tomik/ksycoca4 fixed it.

[Leonardo Gastón De Luca (leorockway)]

If I remember correctly you only had to kbuildsycoca (or the KDE4 equivalent... maybe kbuildsycoca4?).
The problem is solved.

[Adrien Cordonnier (adrien-cordonnier)]

I have had the same bug after installing Koffice 2 beta 3 on Intrepid (package koffice-kde4 from backport repositories). No Koffice application could start. Executing "rm /var/tmp/kdecache-$USER/ksycoca4" fixed the problem. I think this command should be run for every user in the installation process.

[Kai Schroeder (kai-schroeder)]

I can confirm both the bug and the workaround for jaunty.