Slackware 15

remcoluit · 02-08-2022, 04:32 PM

See this KDE bug https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=449685

Unable to edit kate/kwrite/libreoffice files opened from Dolphin or Krusader. Thunar file manager works as expected though.
Tried this with different computers and multiple Samba shares.

I know this is a KDE problem, but i think this is a problem since it is not working in stable 15 now.

chrisretusn · 02-09-2022, 03:47 AM

I do not have this problem with Dolphin. Tried Krusader too. I have been doing this (opening, editing) those type of files since the "Wed Feb 2 22:22:22 UTC 2022 Slackware 15.0 x86_64 stable is released!" update on February 3. Works on all of my computers and via LAN shares (NFS). I use KDE.

remcoluit · 02-09-2022, 03:52 AM

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Originally Posted by chrisretusn

I do not have this problem with Dolphin. Tried Krusader too. I have been doing this (opening, editing) those type of files since the "Wed Feb 2 22:22:22 UTC 2022 Slackware 15.0 x86_64 stable is released!" update on February 3. Works on all of my computers and via LAN shares (NFS). I use KDE.

Good to know NFS is working. I am connecting with SMB protocol.

remcoluit · 02-11-2022, 11:15 AM

Slackware-current is now on KDE 21.12.2 and it seems to be working again as expected. I think that Slackware 15 should be updated with KDE 21.12.2, so that is working on stable also.

enorbet · 02-11-2022, 02:59 PM

I have no idea if the only edit problem I've had for a very long time is KDE related or Slackware related since it has occurred over many versions and a few distros, including Slackware, but for the life of me I can't figure out why attempting to do "root stuff" from User Dolphin doesn't always prompt for password and just do it. I find myself resorting to "kdesu dolphin" rather constantly and it gripes me that both of them show up in my Taskbar as minimized under the same User icon. It would surely be great to never have to launch a second root enabled instance ever again.

remcoluit · 02-14-2022, 04:18 PM

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Originally Posted by enorbet

I have no idea if the only edit problem I've had for a very long time is KDE related or Slackware related since it has occurred over many versions and a few distros, including Slackware, but for the life of me I can't figure out why attempting to do "root stuff" from User Dolphin doesn't always prompt for password and just do it. I find myself resorting to "kdesu dolphin" rather constantly and it gripes me that both of them show up in my Taskbar as minimized under the same User icon. It would surely be great to never have to launch a second root enabled instance ever again.

Interesting, i have never felt the need to open Dolphin as root or do things that require root permission. I am mainly using it to browse Samba shares and that is not working in the Stable release. Therefore i think Slackware stable should get KDE 21.12.2 packages as soon as possible so this issue is fixed.
It seems that i am one of the few using Slackware to edit files on a smb:/ share and therefore annoyed by this problem. This is a small scratch on my experience with Slackware, because always everything works or can be configured to work. Absolutely the best Linux distribution i know.