khotkeys does not start

Bug #23194 reported by Francis
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
kdebase (Ubuntu)
Invalid
Medium
Kubuntu Bugs

Bug Description

Experienced on multiple computers, as well as Hoary and Breezy.

dw@kubuntu:~$ khotkeys
ERROR: Communication problem with khotkeys, it probably crashed.
dw@kubuntu:~$

I cannot get it to work properly from KControl, as well.

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drizek (dimitrirz) wrote :

i have the same problem in dapper, breezy and hoary on three different computers...

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Rocco Stanzione (trappist) wrote :

Does this problem still occur? I can't reproduce it in kde 3.5.2.

Changed in kdebase:
status: Unconfirmed → Needs Info
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Jack Wasey (jackwasey) wrote :
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I also have this problem on Breezy:
jack@antibes:~$ strace khotkeys
execve("/usr/bin/khotkeys", ["khotkeys"], [/* 29 vars */]) = 0
uname({sys="Linux", node="antibes", ...}) = 0
brk(0) = 0x804a000
access("/etc/ld.so.nohwcap", F_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
old_mmap(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0xb7fe4000
access("/etc/ld.so.preload", R_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
old_mmap(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0xb7fe3000
open("/etc/ld.so.cache", O_RDONLY) = 3
fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=88433, ...}) = 0
old_mmap(NULL, 88433, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) = 0xb7fcd000
close(3) = 0
access("/etc/ld.so.nohwcap", F_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/usr/lib/libkdeinit_khotkeys.so", O_RDONLY) = 3
read(3, "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\3\0\1\0\0\0pA\0\000"..., 512) = 512
fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=27248, ...}) = 0
old_mmap(NULL, 26124, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) = 0xb7fc6000
old_mmap(0xb7fcc000, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x6000) = 0xb7fcc000
close(3) = 0
access("/etc/ld.so.nohwcap", F_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6", O_RDONLY) = 3
read(3, "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\3\0\1\0\0\0\240\304"..., 512) = 512
fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=919540, ...}) = 0
old_mmap(NULL, 941944, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) = 0xb7ee0000
old_mmap(0xb7fbc000, 20480, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0xdc000) = 0xb7fbc000
old_mmap(0xb7fc1000, 20344, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0xb7fc1000
close(3) = 0
access("/etc/ld.so.nohwcap", F_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/lib/tls/i686/cmov/libm.so.6", O_RDONLY) = 3
read(3, "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\3\0\1\0\0\0`3\0\000"..., 512) = 512
fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=136976, ...}) = 0
old_mmap(NULL, 139424, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) = 0xb7ebd000
old_mmap(0xb7ede000, 8192, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x20000) = 0xb7ede000
close(3) = 0
access("/etc/ld.so.nohwcap", F_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/lib/libgcc_s.so.1", O_RDONLY) = 3
read(3, "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\3\0\1\0\0\0000\30\0"..., 512) = 512
fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=40764, ...}) = 0
old_mmap(NULL, 43912, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) = 0xb7eb2000
old_mmap(0xb7ebc000, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x9000) = 0xb7ebc000
close(3) = 0
access("/etc/ld.so.nohwcap", F_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6", O_RDONLY) = 3
read(3, "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\3\0\1\0\0\0\260O\1"..., 512) = 512
fs...

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Frode M. Døving (frode) wrote :

Confirmed on current dapper/powerpc.
khotkeys can not be started from konsole or Run command dialog.

Changed in kdebase:
assignee: jr → kubuntu-team
status: Needs Info → Confirmed
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Francis (francis) wrote :

Error message is bogus, it's not meant to be run that way.
http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=119438

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Barry deFreese (bddebian) wrote :

Can someone please verify whether this is truly fixed or not? Thank you.

Changed in kdebase:
status: Confirmed → Needs Info
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Francis (francis) wrote :

It was an INVALID. Khotkeys is only meant to be run from inside kcontrol, and the output from terminal itself is invalid. An upstream fix could perhaps be posted for it to no longer give that message.

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Barry deFreese (bddebian) wrote :

Won't be fixed in Ubuntu. Please see upstream bug report if you feel this needs resolution. Thank you.

Changed in kdebase:
status: Needs Info → Rejected
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