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    [SOLVED] Klipper aborts when I run it, how can I clear old data and start fresh?

    I love me some Klipper, but recently it stopped working. It seemed to be okay until one login when it started aborting (SIGABRT).

    I tried starting it from a console window and got this error:

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    Error: "/var/tmp/kdecache-cdupree" is owned by uid 1000 instead of uid 0.
    terminate called after throwing an instance of 'std::bad_alloc'
    what(): std::bad_alloc
    KCrash: Application 'klipper' crashing...
    ERROR: Communication problem with klipper, it probably crashed.
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    Just to see what would happen I changed the owner and group of the directory ...kdecache-cdupree to 0, and tried again. This time I got:

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    terminate called after throwing an instance of 'std::bad_alloc'
    what(): std::bad_alloc
    ERROR: Communication problem with klipper, it probably crashed.
    _________________________________________________

    Are there files with Klipper data from previous sessions that I can clear to get rid of this problem?

    Or in general, any suggestions? I really, really miss Klipper...
    Kubuntu #19517 (but of course I am not a number, I am a free man!)

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    Re: Klipper aborts when I run it, how can I clear old data and start fresh?

    Hi

    You can start by moving the cache folder out of the way, from konsole:

    Code:
    sudo mv /var/tmp/kdecache-cdupree /var/tmp/kdecache-cdupree-backup
    Now log out and in, that might do. Otherwise, you can open dolphin and go to /home/username/.kde (or just browse Home, and allow to display hidden folders). Once there, either search or browse for anything *klipper*, and simply remove it, it can't hurt. Then, logout and in.

    Good luck!

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      #3
      Re: Klipper aborts when I run it, how can I clear old data and start fresh?

      Probably there was a file somewhere with illegal data, because once I did a

      find . -name "*klipper*"

      and deleted everything that looked relevant, the next reboot fixed it.

      Many thanks!!
      Kubuntu #19517 (but of course I am not a number, I am a free man!)

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        #4
        Re: Klipper aborts when I run it, how can I clear old data and start fresh?

        Excellent, could you please edit the original post and add [SOLVED] to the title? Thanks!

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