On 10/12/2011 04:39 PM, Kevin Krammer wrote: > > On Wednesday, 2011-10-12, Török Edwin wrote: >> On 10/12/2011 04:29 PM, Kevin Krammer wrote: >>> On Wednesday, 2011-10-12, Török Edwin wrote: >>>> I tried moving kde to .kde-old, and logging in again but that didn't >>>> help. >>>> >>>> I finally tracked down the problem: XDG_DATA_DIRS environment variable >>>> was empty which caused a number of applications to not function >>>> correctly in KDE (pidgin not finding its icons, openbox not findings >>>> the themes, etc.). I removed >>>> /var/cache/desktop-profiles/activated-profiles, and run >>>> update-profile-cache as root. >>>> >>>> Now when I login all the icons show up in the tray as they are supposed >>>> to, because XDG_DATA_DIRS is no longer empty! >>> >>> Can you try unsetting XDG_DATA_DIRS and see if the problem shows up >>> again? >> >> This makes the problem show up again >> export XDG_DATA_DIRS= >> pidgin > > This should work. > The spec [1] section "environment variables" says: "If $XDG_DATA_DIRS is > either not set or empty, a value equal to /usr/local/share/:/usr/share/ > should > be used." > > This is the case "empty" > > You might want to report this as a bug against pidgin.
Done. > >> So does this: >> export XDG_DATA_DIRS=: >> pidgin >> >> This works correctly >> unset XDG_DATA_DIRS >> pidgin > > The "not set" case of the spec seems to be done correctly. > >> And this is what I actually had (sorry missed the :) when I wrote my >> previous reply: >> >> XDG_DATA_DIRS=: > > Ah. I think this is correct, if annoying, behavior in this case. I couldn't figure out how to reproduce the XDG_DATA_DIRS=: case, unless it was a corrupted /var/cache/desktop-profiles/activated_profiles file (the file is 0 sized now, don't know if it contained anything before). Should there be some sanity checks in KDE / desktop-profiles scripts to check that XDG_DATA_DIRS make sense? i.e. that it refers to at least one directory that exists. Best regards, --Edwin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-qt-kde-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4e95a12b.9070...@gmail.com
