Re: [kde] akonadi suddenly won't start

2013-08-19 Thread Kevin Krammer 
On Monday, 2013-08-19, D. R. Evans wrote:
> Kevin Krammer said the following at 08/19/2013 09:09 AM :
> > No idea why that suddenly changed for you, but try this:
> > edit $HOME/.config/akonadiserverrc so that it has
> > StartServer=true
> > 
> > And then try running
> > akonadictl restart
> 
> Oh, I know what happened :-(
> 
> I got so frustrated with akonadi a while back that I made the inverse edit
> to that file.
> 
> But even though that was ages ago, I hadn't logged out and back in until
> this morning, which is when I got bitten. And in the meantime I'd
> completely forgotten that I had touched that file.
> 
> I also didn't realise that by making that change, it meant that I couldn't
> simply start the server from akonaditray if I wanted to do so. The naming
> of the entry seems to suggest merely "I don't want to start akonadi at
> start-up", rather than "I don't ever want to start akonadi".

Actually it doesn't mean either thing :)
I.e.it is not part of the general server settings, which directly govern 
Akonadi Server. It is part of the MySQL settings, determining whether Akonadi 
will use its own MySQL instance (StartServer = true) or re-use one started 
elsewhere (StartServer = false).

The PostgreSQL backend has a similar setting, the SQLite one doesn't (there is 
no SQLite daemon option).

Changing the setting did not result in Akoandi server not starting, but it 
failing when trying to do so.

Akonadi doesn't have a setting that means "do not start", because it is by 
default never started just for itself, it only ever starts as a reaction to an 
Akonadi client needing it.

It can appear to be starting at start-up if an Akonadi client is launched at 
start-up.

Cheers,
Kevin

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Re: [kde] akonadi suddenly won't start

2013-08-19 Thread D. R. Evans 
Kevin Krammer said the following at 08/19/2013 09:09 AM :

> 
> No idea why that suddenly changed for you, but try this:
> edit $HOME/.config/akonadiserverrc so that it has
> StartServer=true
> 
> And then try running
> akonadictl restart
> 

Oh, I know what happened :-(

I got so frustrated with akonadi a while back that I made the inverse edit to
that file.

But even though that was ages ago, I hadn't logged out and back in until this
morning, which is when I got bitten. And in the meantime I'd completely
forgotten that I had touched that file.

I also didn't realise that by making that change, it meant that I couldn't
simply start the server from akonaditray if I wanted to do so. The naming of
the entry seems to suggest merely "I don't want to start akonadi at start-up",
rather than "I don't ever want to start akonadi".

Thanks muchly.

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Re: [kde] Introduction + create a custom user profile for KDE 4.10.5

2013-08-19 Thread Felix Miata 

On 2013-08-19 11:37 (GMT+0200) Niki Kovacs composed:


* Deactivate all graphical effects. [1]

...

[1] It's not that I don't like these. It's just that sometimes I have to
install desktops on relatively low-spec hardware, and this is just to be
on the safe side.


One can do virtually all bling disabling globally (even on faster systems), 
instead of within KDE, thus:


# /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/70-extensions.conf
Section "Extensions"
Option  "Composite" "Disable"
EndSection
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Re: [kde] akonadi suddenly won't start

2013-08-19 Thread Kevin Krammer 
On Monday, 2013-08-19, D. R. Evans wrote:
> Running 64-bit Kubuntu 13.04, completely up-to-date.
> 
> Suddenly this morning akonadi won't start. It worked fine yesterday.
> akonaditray says:

> Database driver found.
> Details: The QtSQL driver 'QMYSQL' is required by your current Akonadi
> server configuration and was found on your system.
> 
> File content of '/home/n7dr/.config/akonadi/akonadiserverrc':
> [%General]
> Driver=QMYSQL
> 
> [QMYSQL]
> Name=akonadi
> Host=
> Options="UNIX_SOCKET=/home/n7dr/.local/share/akonadi/socket-homebrew/mysql.
> socket" ServerPath=/usr/sbin/mysqld-akonadi
> StartServer=false

This looks wrong.
Basically it says that it is expecting a systemwide MySQL instance but the 
path in OPTIONS indicate a local setup (default).

No idea why that suddenly changed for you, but try this:
edit $HOME/.config/akonadiserverrc so that it has
StartServer=true

And then try running
akonadictl restart

Cheers,
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[kde] akonadi suddenly won't start

2013-08-19 Thread D. R. Evans 
Running 64-bit Kubuntu 13.04, completely up-to-date.

Suddenly this morning akonadi won't start. It worked fine yesterday.
akonaditray says:



Akonadi Server Self-Test Report
===

Test 1:  SUCCESS


Database driver found.
Details: The QtSQL driver 'QMYSQL' is required by your current Akonadi server
configuration and was found on your system.

File content of '/home/n7dr/.config/akonadi/akonadiserverrc':
[%General]
Driver=QMYSQL

[QMYSQL]
Name=akonadi
Host=
Options="UNIX_SOCKET=/home/n7dr/.local/share/akonadi/socket-homebrew/mysql.socket"
ServerPath=/usr/sbin/mysqld-akonadi
StartServer=false

[Debug]
Tracer=null


Test 2:  SUCCESS


Akonadi is not running as root
Details: Akonadi is not running as a root/administrator user, which is the
recommended setup for a secure system.

Test 3:  SKIP


MySQL server executable not tested.
Details: The current configuration does not require an internal MySQL server.

Test 4:  SKIP


MySQL server error log not tested.
Details: The current configuration does not require an internal MySQL server.

Test 5:  SKIP


MySQL server configuration not tested.
Details: The current configuration does not require an internal MySQL server.

Test 6:  SUCCESS


akonadictl found and usable
Details: The program '/usr/bin/akonadictl' to control the Akonadi server was
found and could be executed successfully.
Result:
Akonadi 1.9.1


Test 7:  ERROR


Akonadi control process not registered at D-Bus.
Details: The Akonadi control process is not registered at D-Bus which
typically means it was not started or encountered a fatal error during startup.

Test 8:  ERROR


Akonadi server process not registered at D-Bus.
Details: The Akonadi server process is not registered at D-Bus which typically
means it was not started or encountered a fatal error during startup.

Test 9:  ERROR


Nepomuk search service not registered at D-Bus.
Details: The Nepomuk search service is not registered at D-Bus which typically
means it was not started or encountered a fatal error during startup.

Test 10:  SKIP


Protocol version check not possible.
Details: Without a connection to the server it is not possible to check if the
protocol version meets the requirements.

Test 11:  ERROR


No resource agents found.
Details: No resource agents have been found, Akonadi is not usable without at
least one. This usually means that no resource agents are installed or that
there is a setup problem. The following paths have been searched:
'/usr/share/akonadi/agents'. The XDG_DATA_DIRS environment variable is set to
'/usr/share:/usr/share/kde-plasma:/usr/local/share/:/usr/share/'; make sure
this includes all paths where Akonadi agents are installed.

Directory listing of '/usr/share/akonadi/agents':
akonadinepomukfeederagent.desktop
akonotesresource.desktop
archivemailagent.desktop
birthdaysresource.desktop
contactsresource.desktop
davgroupwareresource.desktop
facebookresource.desktop
googlecalendarresource.desktop
googlecontactsresource.desktop
icaldirresource.desktop
icalresource.desktop
imapresource.desktop
invitationsagent.desktop
kabcresource.desktop
kalarmdirresource.desktop
kalarmresource.desktop
kcalresource.desktop
kdeaccountsresource.desktop
knutresource.desktop
kolabproxyresource.desktop
localbookmarksresource.desktop
maildirresource.desktop
maildispatcheragent.desktop
mailfilteragent.desktop
mboxresource.desktop
microblog.desktop
mixedmaildirresource.desktop
mtdummyresource.desktop
nepomuktagresource.desktop
nntpresource.desktop
notesresource.desktop
openxchangeresource.desktop
pop3resource.desktop
vcarddirresource.desktop
vcardresource.desktop

Environment variable XDG_DATA_DIRS is set to
'/usr/share:/usr/share/kde-plasma:/usr/local/share/:/usr/share/'

Test 12:  ERROR


Current Akonadi server error log found.
Details: The Akonadi server reported errors during its current startup. The
log can be found in /home/n7dr/.local/share/akonadi/akonadiserver.error.

File content of '/home/n7dr/.local/share/akonadi/akonadiserver.error':
Database error: Cannot open database.
  Last driver error: "QMYSQL: Unable to connect"
  Last database error: "Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket
'/home/n7dr/.local/share/akonadi/socket-homebrew/mysql.socket' (2)"
Unable to open database "Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket
'/home/n7dr/.local/share/akonadi/socket-homebrew/mysql.socket' (2) QMYSQL:
Unable to connect"
"[
0: akonadiserver() [0x418114]
1: akonadiserver() [0x418541]
2: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6(+0x370b0) [0x7fea6ba980b0]
3: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6(gsignal+0x37) [0x7fea6ba98037]
4: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6(abort+0x148) [0x7fea6ba9b698]
5:
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQtCore.so.4(_Z17qt_message_output9QtMsgTypePKc+0x122)
[0x7fea6d54b5c2]
6: akonadiserver() [0x41a3eb]
7: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQtCore.so.4(_ZN9QIODevice5writeEPKcx+0xb4)
[0x7fea6d5e59f4]
8:

Re: [kde] Introduction + create a custom user profile for KDE 4.10.5

2013-08-19 Thread Niki Kovacs 

Le 19/08/2013 15:21, Nowardev-Team a écrit :


I've looked at the desktop scripting page in TechBase and it
says there should
be a global property named "locked" that is read-/writable.

Try something like

locked = true;

in you script.


Kevin! It worked! You're a star!



The german philosopher Georg Christoph Lichtenberg once said something 
like you often have to do things in a very complicated way before being 
able to do them in a simple way. Now here's an illustration of that 
principle.


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Re: [kde] Introduction + create a custom user profile for KDE 4.10.5

2013-08-19 Thread Nowardev-Team 
lol i didn't read that thank you too kevin


2013/8/19 Niki Kovacs 

> Le 19/08/2013 14:22, Kevin Krammer a écrit :
>
>  I've looked at the desktop scripting page in TechBase and it says there
>> should
>> be a global property named "locked" that is read-/writable.
>>
>> Try something like
>>
>> locked = true;
>>
>> in you script.
>>
>
> Kevin! It worked! You're a star!
>
> Thanks very much.
>
>
> Niki
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Re: [kde] Introduction + create a custom user profile for KDE 4.10.5

2013-08-19 Thread Niki Kovacs 

Le 19/08/2013 14:22, Kevin Krammer a écrit :

I've looked at the desktop scripting page in TechBase and it says there should
be a global property named "locked" that is read-/writable.

Try something like

locked = true;

in you script.


Kevin! It worked! You're a star!

Thanks very much.

Niki

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Re: [kde] Introduction + create a custom user profile for KDE 4.10.5

2013-08-19 Thread Kevin Krammer 
On Monday, 2013-08-19, Niki Kovacs wrote:
> OK, I managed to go further in my default configuration. I edited a
> series of small files in /etc/skel/.kde/share/config to alter KDE's
> default configuration.

Just as an additional data point:
you can also add the config into the directory hierarchy, e.g. any path in 
kde4-config --path config

(list can be expanded by environment variable $KDEDIRS)

> How can I have widgets default to locked? Users *can* unlock them
> afterwards eventually, though I'd like to know how I can theoretically
> lock everything down for good.

I've looked at the desktop scripting page in TechBase and it says there should 
be a global property named "locked" that is read-/writable.

Try something like

locked = true;

in you script.

Cheers,
Kevin

P.S.: it would be great if you could document your setup somewhere once you 
are satisfied and link to it from the documentation on TechBase.
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Re: [kde] Introduction + create a custom user profile for KDE 4.10.5

2013-08-19 Thread Niki Kovacs 

Le 19/08/2013 12:55, Nowardev-Team a écrit :

in that configs there are no destkop effects no nepomuck lighter krunner
etc ... just read , there is even a nice feature in kate that can help
you ...

just open every configs file on ~/.kde and then you can modify your
settigs  kate will warn you if a file has been modified ,... anyway
there is already that project that can help you. it has a wallpaper
customize icons colors and of course nepo and desktop effects turned
off. even the kickoffrc file should be there where you can define your
prefered applications  just download that project and look around at the
files


Thanks again. I already looked at your project, and it helped me advance 
a little bit. On the other hand, I use Slackware (not Kubuntu).


I tried the panel lockdown as suggested, put a line in layout.js, but it 
doesn't seem to have any effect. The new user can still shoot himself in 
the foot and erase the panel.


Cheers,

Niki

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Re: [kde] Introduction + create a custom user profile for KDE 4.10.5

2013-08-19 Thread Nowardev-Team 
look at this 
http://kde-apps.org/content/show.php/kde+Customization+kit?content=148430

in that configs there are no destkop effects no nepomuck lighter krunner
etc ... just read , there is even a nice feature in kate that can help you
...

just open every configs file on ~/.kde and then you can modify your settigs
 kate will warn you if a file has been modified ,... anyway there is
already that project that can help you. it has a wallpaper customize icons
colors and of course nepo and desktop effects turned off. even the
kickoffrc file should be there where you can define your prefered
applications  just download that project and look around at the files

for folderview there is no way to script it ... at least on 4.10 i guess

you need to tweak some config files

for panels height   as you can see in the kate snippets

and there is no way to lock wiget i guess via javascript maybe aseigo can
confirm this


var screenrect = screenGeometry(0); // get information about your screen h w

var panel = new Panel
if (panelIds.length == 1) {
panel.location = 'bottom'
//panel.location = 'top'
//panel.hiding= 'autohide' //"windowscover" or "windowsbelow"
//panel.length = (screenrect.width/2)-(screenrect.width/16);

panel.height = screenrect.height/30;   //
<=
THIS ONE


//panel.alignment = "left" "right" "center"
//panel.locked = false true
}




2013/8/19 Niki Kovacs 

> Le 18/08/2013 15:06, Kevin Krammer a écrit :
>
>> I think in case of Plasma the only viable approach is scripting.
>>
>
> Hi again,
>
> I did a lot of experimenting yesterday evening and this morning. So far I
> have a quite usable default configuration. Here's my 00-defaultLayout.js:
>
> loadTemplate("org.kde.plasma-**desktop.defaultPanel")
>
> for (var i = 0; i < screenCount; ++i) {
> var desktop = new Activity
> desktop.name = i18n("Workstation")
> desktop.screen = i
> desktop.wallpaperPlugin = 'image'
> desktop.wallpaperMode = 'SingleImage'
> var wallpaper = "Ethais"
> desktop.currentConfigGroup = new Array("Wallpaper", "image")
> desktop.writeConfig("**wallpaper", wallpaper)
> desktop.writeConfig("**userswallpaper", wallpaper)
>
> //Create more panels for other screens
> if (i > 0){
>
> var panel = new Panel
> panel.screen = i
> panel.location = 'bottom'
> panel.height = panels()[i].height = screenGeometry(0).height >
> 1024 ? 35 : 27
> var tasks = panel.addWidget("tasks")
> tasks.writeConfig("**showOnlyCurrentScreen", true);
> }
> }
>
> And here's the corresponding layout.js:
>
>
> var panel = new Panel
> if (panelIds.length == 1) {
> // we are the only panel, so set the location for the user
> panel.location = 'bottom'
> }
>
> panel.height = screenGeometry(panel.screen).**height > 1024 ? 70 : 54
> panel.addWidget("launcher")
> tasks = panel.addWidget("tasks")
> panel.addWidget("systemtray")
> panel.addWidget("digital-**clock")
> panel.addWidget("lockout")
>
>
> tasks.currentConfigGroup = new Array("Launchers")
> tasks.writeConfig("browser", "preferred://browser, , , ")
> tasks.writeConfig("**filemanager", "preferred://filemanager, , , ")
>
> What I could manage so far:
>
> * Have a bigger panel (some of the users complain about small icons)
> * Don't show the activity button next to the Kickoff menu
> * Define a more "corporate" default wallpaper (Ethais is perfect)
> * Add a default shutdown button on the lower right side of the panel
>
> I did this mainly by looking at other folks' mods on the web, and trying
> to figure out how I can adapt them for my own needs. I'm moving in very
> small steps, with a lot of trial and error.
>
> Now here's some more things I'd like to do this way (e. g. by scripting),
> but I don't know how to go about it, in terms of mere syntax. I'll describe
> them in plain english:
>
> * Add some custom launchers to the Kickoff menu ("Favoris").
> * Deactivate all graphical effects. [1]
> * Deactivate the semantic desktop and file indexation. [1]
> * Change mouse cursor to Whiteglass theme
> * Default to double click.
> * Default the desktop to "Folder View" for ~/Desktop.
> * Define Firefox as the default web browser.
> * Define Thunderbird as the default mail client.
> * Plasma widget are locked by default.
> * Kiosk mode would be even better, e. g. most things are immutable.
>
> [1] It's not that I don't like these. It's just that sometimes I have to
> install desktops on relatively low-spec hardware, and this is just to be on
> the safe side.
>
> If you have one or more suggestions for any of the points above, I'd be
> grateful. For now, "I've reached the end of my latin", as we say in my
> native Austria.
>
>
> Cheers from the sunny South of France,
>
> Niki Kovacs
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Re: [kde] Introduction + create a custom user profile for KDE 4.10.5

2013-08-19 Thread Niki Kovacs 
OK, I managed to go further in my default configuration. I edited a 
series of small files in /etc/skel/.kde/share/config to alter KDE's 
default configuration.


emaildefaults:

[Defaults]
Profile=Default

[PROFILE_Default]
EmailClient[$e]=thunderbird


kcminputrc:

[Mouse]
cursorTheme=whiteglass


kdeglobals:

[KDE]
SingleClick=false

[General]
BrowserApplication[$e]=mozilla-firefox.desktop
EmailClient[$e]=thunderbird


kickoffrc:

[Favorites]
FavoriteURLs=/usr/share/applications/mozilla-firefox.desktop,/usr/share/applications/mozilla-thunderbird.desktop,/opt/openoffice4/share/xdg/startcenter.desktop,/usr/share/applications/audacious.desktop,/usr/share/applications/kde4/dolphin.desktop


kwinrc:

[Compositing]
Enabled=false


nepomukserverrc:

[Basic Settings]
Start Nepomuk=false

[Service-nepomukfileindexer]
autostart=false


Everything works now as expected (again, after lots of trial & error). 
Which means I only have one last thing to configure, and I don't know 
how to figure that out:


How can I have widgets default to locked? Users *can* unlock them 
afterwards eventually, though I'd like to know how I can theoretically 
lock everything down for good.


Cheers,

Niki


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Re: [kde] Introduction + create a custom user profile for KDE 4.10.5

2013-08-19 Thread Niki Kovacs 

Le 18/08/2013 15:06, Kevin Krammer a écrit :

I think in case of Plasma the only viable approach is scripting.


Hi again,

I did a lot of experimenting yesterday evening and this morning. So far 
I have a quite usable default configuration. Here's my 00-defaultLayout.js:


loadTemplate("org.kde.plasma-desktop.defaultPanel")

for (var i = 0; i < screenCount; ++i) {
var desktop = new Activity
desktop.name = i18n("Workstation")
desktop.screen = i
desktop.wallpaperPlugin = 'image'
desktop.wallpaperMode = 'SingleImage'
var wallpaper = "Ethais"
desktop.currentConfigGroup = new Array("Wallpaper", "image")
desktop.writeConfig("wallpaper", wallpaper)
desktop.writeConfig("userswallpaper", wallpaper)

//Create more panels for other screens
if (i > 0){
var panel = new Panel
panel.screen = i
panel.location = 'bottom'
panel.height = panels()[i].height = screenGeometry(0).height > 
1024 ? 35 : 27

var tasks = panel.addWidget("tasks")
tasks.writeConfig("showOnlyCurrentScreen", true);
}
}

And here's the corresponding layout.js:

var panel = new Panel
if (panelIds.length == 1) {
// we are the only panel, so set the location for the user
panel.location = 'bottom'
}

panel.height = screenGeometry(panel.screen).height > 1024 ? 70 : 54
panel.addWidget("launcher")
tasks = panel.addWidget("tasks")
panel.addWidget("systemtray")
panel.addWidget("digital-clock")
panel.addWidget("lockout")

tasks.currentConfigGroup = new Array("Launchers")
tasks.writeConfig("browser", "preferred://browser, , , ")
tasks.writeConfig("filemanager", "preferred://filemanager, , , ")

What I could manage so far:

* Have a bigger panel (some of the users complain about small icons)
* Don't show the activity button next to the Kickoff menu
* Define a more "corporate" default wallpaper (Ethais is perfect)
* Add a default shutdown button on the lower right side of the panel

I did this mainly by looking at other folks' mods on the web, and trying 
to figure out how I can adapt them for my own needs. I'm moving in very 
small steps, with a lot of trial and error.


Now here's some more things I'd like to do this way (e. g. by 
scripting), but I don't know how to go about it, in terms of mere 
syntax. I'll describe them in plain english:


* Add some custom launchers to the Kickoff menu ("Favoris").
* Deactivate all graphical effects. [1]
* Deactivate the semantic desktop and file indexation. [1]
* Change mouse cursor to Whiteglass theme
* Default to double click.
* Default the desktop to "Folder View" for ~/Desktop.
* Define Firefox as the default web browser.
* Define Thunderbird as the default mail client.
* Plasma widget are locked by default.
* Kiosk mode would be even better, e. g. most things are immutable.

[1] It's not that I don't like these. It's just that sometimes I have to 
install desktops on relatively low-spec hardware, and this is just to be 
on the safe side.


If you have one or more suggestions for any of the points above, I'd be 
grateful. For now, "I've reached the end of my latin", as we say in my 
native Austria.


Cheers from the sunny South of France,

Niki Kovacs
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