kubuntu 13.10 errors

[Bumpalot]

Problem 1: Muon Updates Notification:
March 5 to today: Software update screen: after clicking Updates notification;
Window is blank for at least 6-10 seconds, then screenshot appears.

Clicking More button – drop down menu inactive. But several seconds later Options suddenly appears – was able to start bug report, but was interrupted as System Updates finally completed.
Is there a bug here?

Problem 2: kdesudo dolphin command
On initial reinstall of kubuntu 13.10 a month ago, the command kdesudo dolphin did what was expected,with no errors. Now I am getting:

bumpy@bumpyputer:~$ sudo -s
[sudo] password for bumpy: 
root@bumpyputer:~# kdesudo dolphin
Fontconfig warning: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/50-user.conf", line 14: reading configurations from ~/.fonts.conf is deprecated.
Error: "/var/tmp/kdecache-bumpy" is owned by uid 1000 instead of uid 0.
Object::connect: No such signal org::freedesktop::UPower::DeviceAdded(QDBusObjectPath)
Object::connect: No such signal org::freedesktop::UPower::DeviceRemoved(QDBusObjectPath)
QInotifyFileSystemWatcherEngine::addPaths: inotify_add_watch failed: No such file or directory
QFileSystemWatcher: failed to add paths: /root/.config/ibus/bus
QPixmap::scaled: Pixmap is a null pixmap
root@bumpyputer:~#

What can I do to fix this.

Problem 3:

bumpy@bumpyputer:~$ sudo auto-apt update
[sudo] password for bumpy: 
dpkg: warning: obsolete option '--print-installation-architecture'; please use '--print-architecture' instead
put: 0 files,  0 entries done (0 sec)
bumpy@bumpyputer:~$
sudo auto-apt update --print-architecture
dpkg: warning: obsolete option '--print-installation-architecture'; please use '--print-architecture' instead
/usr/lib/auto-apt/auto-apt-pkgcdb: invalid option -- '-'
usage: /usr/lib/auto-apt/auto-apt-pkgcdb [option] [command ...]
command:
        put
        get filename
        list
        del package
option:
        -v      verbose
        -q      quiet
        -p      profile
        -d      debug
        -f dbfile
        -P paths.list
bumpy@bumpyputer:~$

[SteveRiley]

Problem 1
I gave up on Muon a long time ago. Sorry I can't be helpful here.


Problem 2
The clue is here:

Error: "/var/tmp/kdecache-bumpy" is owned by uid 1000 instead of uid 0.

That's because you're invoking an unnecessary elevation:

bumpy@bumpyputer:~$ sudo -s
[sudo] password for bumpy: 
root@bumpyputer:~# kdesudo dolphin

You can omit the sudo -s here. You only need kdesudo dolphin.


Problem 3
Why are you using auto-apt? That is not the standard APT package installer.

[jlittle]

Problem 1: Muon Updates Notification:

Yes, I've been getting that, but much more briefly, then the wait cursor shows. Just tried it now and it was less than a second.

Regards, John Little