problems

[rymar]

So here I am several days after my upgrade to version 13.10. To be honest I should have waited as past experience has shown that there's always issues. The one that I've got now is with cut and paste. Cut works fine paste gives me "paste content of clipboard" which is not what I want. In fact there is no paste option at all. I would also like to add this only happens with file managers. What has gone wrong? Using Dolphin but tried Thunar same results. Arggh

Finally gave up on the upgraded version did a fresh install and the Cut and Paste problems have gone away. Still experience an issue with Muon Discovery crashes occasionally and some other apps. Hopeful that some of these issues will be addressed with patches. I don't think I'm going to do another upgrade so soon after its release.

[mastablasta]

uf, this post makes me think i should do the upgrade yet.

[rymar]

Yes I do believe it was only specific to my installation. With the reinstall of fresh version that issue went away.

[rymar]

Well my paste option problem is back. In file manger (any file manager) I have Cut and Paste Clipboard contents only no just paste. It's getting be a really annoying problem. Anyone have any ideas? I use the mouse right click to access this function. I go through Dolphin's available actions and just paste is not listed.

[Buddlespit]

I suddenly started having the same issues. I can't C&P using the service menu, either, to move/copy files, without getting the 'paste clipboard contents' and blank URL window. I have to now open two dolphin windows to move/copy. I don't think it's a permissions problem, because I can't move/copy inside of '~/' (my own files). I've enabled to 'Move to' and 'Copy to' commands in the service menu, which appears to work.

[rymar]

I'm baffled. Can't paste into any folder or drive. I don't believe it's a permission problem. Paste doesn't show in the Configure Toolbar menu. For now I'll use move or copy.

[rymar]

Solved it. The culprit was an app called KDE Connect. When I paired it with my computer it killed the paste function. All is well again. I suppose if a person looks hard enough a solution is usually to be found.

[rymar]

OK new Dolphin problem. No keyboard shortcuts. If I try to use any shortcuts nothing happens. I go to configure shortcuts I can manually enter them there but they don't stay. If I use konqueror all is well. Anyone?

[claydoh]

OK new Dolphin problem. No keyboard shortcuts. If I try to use any shortcuts nothing happens. I go to configure shortcuts I can manually enter them there but they don't stay. If I use konqueror all is well. Anyone?

It might be worthwhile to create a new user account to log in to and see if these symptoms are system wide, or just specific to your main user account. Sometimes one's user config files can get corrupted, or change permissions if one runs GUI programs using 'sudo' . The "but they won't stay" might be a clue to that.

[rymar]

OK new account doesn't have this issue. Question now is how do I fix that? I'm reasonably proficient with Linux but this i may need a bit of coaching with. Anyone?

[claydoh]

One can rename your ~/.kde dir from the terminal, while KDE is not running. New config files well be created one you log back in, all your settings will be reverted to stock, but the data will still be in the old folder if you need it.

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[rymar]

OK I renamed ~./kde to kde-old and restarted that definitely fixed it thanks.

[claydoh]

Just note that this is a bit overkill, as it likely was only one, or just a few, bad files in that folder that went askew. Finding the right one can often be time consuming.

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[rymar]

It was nothing too time consuming. Lost some settings but have since restored them. All is well (for now anyway). I do have to say that the upgrade from 13.04 to 13.10 was far from painless. I thinks I'll wait a moth or so next time. Thanks for the help. Solved for now.

[mastablasta]

the less one customizes their desktop the smoother the upgrade. same thing in stock ubuntu/xubuntu etc. upgrades simply can not be tested against every user esepcially if you want to make it so one can keep their settings.

so avoiding pimping up the desktop or adding plenty of PPA will make the upgrade smoother it seems. otherwise it's better to just do a fresh install. have data on separate partition. it will also be faster (install took close to 30 minutes on mine, while upgrade took almost 3 hours) and less painful only you would need to recofigure it back (unless if you prepare a script for that...).