Window Decorations Disappearing / Ibus error messages

[fw0804]

I'm having a few different issues which may or may not be related.

1) if I use a different window decoration other than the defaults in Kubuntu 10.10 the titlebar starts disappearing and apps stop responding after some time. If I run kwin --replace & it fixes the problem temporarily but it doesn't release control of the terminal back to me (unless I type &). Window effects are turned off.

2) I'm seeing ibus error messages when I run kdesudo kate <path>.
Connecting to deprecated signal QDBusConnectionInterface::serviceOwnerChanged(QStr ing,QString,QString)
QMetaObject::invokeMethod: No such method KUniqueApplication::loadCommandLineOptionsForNewIn stance()
kbuildsycoca4 running...
kate(2040)/kdecore (services) KMimeTypeFactory:arseMagic: Now parsing "/usr/share/mime/magic"
QInotifyFileSystemWatcherEngine::addPaths: inotify_add_watch failed: No such file or directory
QFileSystemWatcher: failed to add paths: /root/.config/ibus/bus
Bus:pen: Can not get ibus-daemon's address.
IBusInputContext::createInputContext: no connection to ibus-daemon
If I run ibus-setup it prompts me to start the ibus daemon so I click yes. Shouldn't this be running all the time automatically?

3) If I run sudo kate /etc/fstab (instead of kdesudo) for example, I get some weird output in terminal. and it doesn't release control back to me.
Error: "/tmp/kde-fw" is owned by uid 1000 instead of uid 0.
Error: "/tmp/ksocket-fw" is owned by uid 1000 instead of uid 0.
klauncher(2057)/kio (KLauncher): SlavePool: No communication with slave.


I'm not sure if any of these are related but I do know that I did not have these issues using the GNOME window manager...I'd like to continue using KDE if I can get these issues worked out.

I'm a windows convert with quite a few years of network administration / troubleshooting in a MS environment. If there's a problem I know exactly where to go but with Ubuntu/Linux I'm not sure where to start troubleshooting and gathering information. Can someone point me to a good resource? (Doesn't necessarily need to be using GUI tools)

[fw0804]

Re: Window Decorations Disappearing / Ibus error messages

Ok I fixed window decorations (#1). I stumbled upon this fix while researching a 4th problem not listed on this post. I'll be descriptive here in case anyone else runs into the same thing.

I received the following error message every time I logged in (there were other apps start as well even though I completely shut off my computer)

No command arguments supplied!
Usage: kdesudo [-u <runas>] <command>
KdeSudo will now exit...

So I did a search on this and found that you can go into Session Management and change is to "Start with an empty session " under the Upon Login session.

This fixed the KDESUDO error AND the window decorations...something was hosed up and since it was restoring the previous session doing a restart was ineffective as it left me with the same settings/issues I had prior to reboot. This doesn't shed any light as to the root cause of the kdesudo/window decorations issue but at least it provides a workaround.

Problems #2 and #3 persist.

[vinnywright]

Re: Window Decorations Disappearing / Ibus error messages

3) If I run sudo kate /etc/fstab (instead of kdesudo)

runing sudo (any GUI app) instead of kdesudo is one of the quickest ways to hose your /home acct.

it can (and will) cause eney number of problems including and not limited to locking you out of your acct.

VINNY

[Snowhog]

Re: Window Decorations Disappearing / Ibus error messages

Problems #2 and #3 persist.

You will always see the output in a console when you launch a GUI application with kdesudo. It's normal and not to be worried about.

The errors reported when you lanched kate using sudo are also normal, but take note: DO NOT LAUNCH A GUI APPLICATION FROM THE CONSOLE USING SUDO. THAT IS THE SUREST WAY TO BORK YOUR SYSTEM!

When you launch and run a GUI application from the console using sudo, you risk changing ownership on files within your users /home directory to that of root - NOT A GOOD THING!

Do your self a favor and read the following:
RootSudo
Running Sudo Graphically

If you have to run a GUI application 'as root', then launch it using kdesudo. Doing so protects your users /home directory.

[fw0804]

Re: Window Decorations Disappearing / Ibus error messages

Cool thanks, I've seen people use gk/kdesudo in forums but never knew why. I thought it was just preference but thank you for providing that information.