Can't open Dolphin file manager?

[w__k]

Hi All,

I have problem in opening Dolphin, it just appear then disappear immediately after I launched it from kmenu.

But it works find if I launched it from console by typing 'sudo dolphin'.

It seems like privileges problem, how to solve it

Here is the output from console to execute dolphin:
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notroot@kubuntu01:~$ dolphin
dolphin(8231) MetaDataWidget::setFile: KUrl("file:///home/notroot")
wallace.kuo@kubuntu01:~$ dolphin(8231) MetaDataWidget::setFile: KUrl("file:///home/notroot")
dolphin: symbol lookup error: dolphin: undefined symbol: _ZN24KonqFileItemCapabilitiesC1ERK13KFileItemList
================================================== ======

I searched Google, but can't find useful solution, and also tried to remove and reinstall, but the symptom still exist.


thanks,

[jankushka]

Re: Can't open Dolphin file manager?

the easiest/fastest thing that comes to mind
is to check ownership of files and dirs in your home dir.

pls, open a konsole and enter the following (harmless/read-only) command:

find . ! -user your_username_here -exec ls -ld {} \;

things are ok if this command yields no output.
each line printed by this command, on the contrary, indicates a file/dir not belonging to you.

pls, post the output of the command...

also...
by looking at your post you seem to have 2 different users (notroot and wallace.kuo)
with the same home dir /home/notroot?
this wouldn't be a particularly good thing...


hth

[w__k]

Re: Can't open Dolphin file manager?

the easiest/fastest thing that comes to mind
is to check ownership of files and dirs in your home dir.

pls, open a konsole and enter the following (harmless/read-only) command:

find . ! -user your_username_here -exec ls -ld {} \;

things are ok if this command yields no output.
each line printed by this command, on the contrary, indicates a file/dir not belonging to you.

pls, post the output of the command...

also...
by looking at your post you seem to have 2 different users (notroot and wallace.kuo)
with the same home dir /home/notroot?
this wouldn't be a particularly good thing...


hth

I have checked the permission of the home dir too, but shouldn't have problem. Below is the output:

wallace.kuo@kubuntu01:~$ find . ! -user wallace.kuo -exec ls -ld {} \;
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2082 2008-07-06 00:22 ./.asoundrc.asoundconf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 146 2008-07-04 23:18 ./madwifi-ng-r2756+ar5007/.tmp_versions/wlan_acl.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 152 2008-07-04 23:18 ./madwifi-ng-r2756+ar5007/.tmp_versions/ath_rate_amrr.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 152 2008-07-04 23:18 ./madwifi-ng-r2756+ar5007/.tmp_versions/ath_rate_onoe.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 155 2008-07-04 23:18 ./madwifi-ng-r2756+ar5007/.tmp_versions/wlan_tkip.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 168 2008-07-04 23:18 ./madwifi-ng-r2756+ar5007/.tmp_versions/ath_rate_minstrel.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 160 2008-07-04 23:18 ./madwifi-ng-r2756+ar5007/.tmp_versions/ath_rate_sample.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 156 2008-07-04 23:18 ./madwifi-ng-r2756+ar5007/.tmp_versions/wlan_scan_sta.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 208 2008-07-04 23:18 ./madwifi-ng-r2756+ar5007/.tmp_versions/ath_hal.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 154 2008-07-04 23:18 ./madwifi-ng-r2756+ar5007/.tmp_versions/wlan_scan_ap.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1220 2008-07-04 23:18 ./madwifi-ng-r2756+ar5007/.tmp_versions/wlan.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 153 2008-07-04 23:18 ./madwifi-ng-r2756+ar5007/.tmp_versions/wlan_wep.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 195 2008-07-04 23:18 ./madwifi-ng-r2756+ar5007/.tmp_versions/ath_pci.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 150 2008-07-04 23:18 ./madwifi-ng-r2756+ar5007/.tmp_versions/wlan_xauth.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 155 2008-07-04 23:18 ./madwifi-ng-r2756+ar5007/.tmp_versions/wlan_ccmp.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1134 2008-08-25 22:30 ./.kde/share/apps/d3lphin/bookmarks.xml
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1134 2008-08-25 22:30 ./.kde/share/apps/d3lphin/bookmarks.xml.bak
-rw------- 1 root root 123 2008-08-25 22:10 ./.kde/share/apps/RecentDocuments/14290.sh.desktop
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 195 2008-07-06 00:22 ./.asoundrc
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 35 2008-08-25 16:25 ./minicom.log

wallace.kuo@kubuntu01:~$

[jankushka]

Re: Can't open Dolphin file manager?

-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1134 2008-08-25 22:30 ./.kde/share/apps/d3lphin/bookmarks.xml
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1134 2008-08-25 22:30 ./.kde/share/apps/d3lphin/bookmarks.xml.bak
-rw------- 1 root root 123 2008-08-25 22:10 ./.kde/share/apps/RecentDocuments/14290.sh.desktop

these files should belong to your user and group.
their beloging to root user and group is however the result of your having started dolphin with sudo.
it's not the cause of your problem.
but they should be set back to their original ownership.

-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2082 2008-07-06 00:22 ./.asoundrc.asoundconf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 195 2008-07-06 00:22 ./.asoundrc

these two files shouldn't belong to root either.
they should be set to your user and group.

all of this is not going to fix your problems.
though, there isn't much else we can check.

how long have you been working with user "wallace.kuo"... ?!?
'cause "." (dot) characters are invalid for usernames...
don't know if this might have something to do with your problems...

[w__k]

Re: Can't open Dolphin file manager?

I used the name "wallace.kuo" for a while, not only used in kubuntu, but also used in other Linux dist.

Any way, thank you very much. Maybe I have to reinstall it again.


thanks,
Wallace.