https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=492887
Bug ID: 492887
Summary: The `Configuration file "/root/.config/kreadconfig5rc"
not writable` error appears every 10-20 minutes on the
Plasma Desktop
Classification: I don't know
Product: kde
Version: unspecified
Platform: Other
OS: Linux
Status: REPORTED
Severity: normal
Priority: NOR
Component: general
Assignee: unassigned-b...@kde.org
Reporter: mur...@gmail.com
Target Milestone: ---
SUMMARY
Around 3 months ago on my Kubuntu 24.04 Linux I started to get a popup window
with the error:
---
Title: kreadconfig5
Configuration file "/root/.config/kreadconfig5rc" not writable.
Please contact your system administrator.
---
And I can't find a source of this message, but it is very annoying! It starts
to appear even with an empty session, when no apps are running!
Maybe it's related to some updates of some packages, or some other activities,
but I didn't do any specific that can trigger this error.
Here is the process tree of these messages:
```
/sbin/init splash
└─ /bin/sh /usr/bin/xdg-settings get default-web-browser
└─ kreadconfig5 --file kdeglobals --group General --key BrowserApplication
└─ /usr/bin/kdialog --title kreadconfig5 --msgbox Configuration file
"/root/.config/kreadconfig5rc" not writable. Please contact your system
administrator.
├─ /usr/bin/kdialog --title kreadconfig5 --msgbox Configuration file
"/root/.config/kreadconfig5rc" not writable. Please contact your system
administrator.
├─ /usr/bin/kdialog --title kreadconfig5 --msgbox Configuration file
"/root/.config/kreadconfig5rc" not writable. Please contact your system
administrator.
├─ /usr/bin/kdialog --title kreadconfig5 --msgbox Configuration file
"/root/.config/kreadconfig5rc" not writable. Please contact your system
administrator.
└─ /usr/bin/kdialog --title kreadconfig5 --msgbox Configuration file
"/root/.config/kreadconfig5rc" not writable. Please contact your system
administrator.
```
STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Log in as a user.
2. Do some work - open apps, do some activitiy. Or even do nothing, keep the
session just idle for several hours.
3. See around 3-20 error messages.
OBSERVED RESULT
There should be no error messages like this!
EXPECTED RESULT
SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Operating System: Kubuntu 24.04
KDE Plasma Version: 5.27.11
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.115.0
Qt Version: 5.15.13
Kernel Version: 6.8.0-41-generic (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: X11
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
I have found a similar bug report here
https://github.com/Octachron/olivine/issues/4 but it didn't helped with finding
out the root source of this error.
So, if someone started to receive the same problem - let's join forces! And if
someone has an idea on how to debug this - please share!
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