KGet in xfce4: why doesn't it do anything, not even the downloads?

stf92 · 01-31-2011, 09:10 PM

Kernel 2.6.21.5, GNU/Linux (Slackware 12.0)
xfce 4.4
Qt 3.3.8
KDE 3.5.7
KGet v. 0.8.5

Hi:
I've just installed all of the packages in disks 1 and 2 of the slack 12.0 distro so, among them, I have the slack series kde/ installed. I run xfce as the desktop environment, which is able to run KDE apps. In main menu>Network there is kget, a download manager and also supposedly a p2p client. I ran it and it said "It is the 1st time you run kget. Do you want to make the default download manager?". I replied "No". As nothing happened I restarted X (the startx command ends up running xfce), ran kget again, and it made the same question, which this time I answered in the affirmative.

Again nothing happened. So I tried to download some file from the web, in the hope that a kget window would open. But no window opened nor anything else happened! In the console, I did 'ps -e' and there it was, however. So I began the search for help/documentation.

First I ran khelpcenter, and was presented with the kget help. It was all about menus. Then I searched within kde.org, but I did not find a clue to my problem. And the usual googling, of course.

However, typing kget --help-all in a console, gives almost two screens of information. And I tried several commands, from the GUI, following the syntax displayed by this command, but it was no use. So, I finally had to fall back on LQ, like so many times, in the hope that some of you guys can give me a hand. Regards.

seanaustin · 02-04-2011, 01:59 PM

make sure that Xfce is launching KDE services at startup - in the settings menu, go to sessions and startup, then make sure that you have the appropriate checkbox marked.

hope this helps!

stf92 · 02-04-2011, 03:53 PM

Hi:
And thanks for your reply. I did exactly what you pointed out. Then I exited xfce, which in turn makes X to exit and restarted. But no use.

Xfce 4.4.1
Qt 3.3.8
KDE 3.5.7
KGet v0.8.5

These are the version numbers, if it can help. On the other hand, the software in my hard disk the result of a full slack 12.0 installation and nothing else, except some auxiliary programs. Regards.

rmjohnso · 02-05-2011, 10:31 AM

What happens when you run just kget from a terminal?

stf92 · 02-06-2011, 05:41 PM

Sorry for the delay. I ran kget from an xterm and the same thing: it just gave me the prompt back. I already mentioned in post #1 that running in a terminal (tty or xterm) 'kget --help-all' gives two screens of syntax:

Code:

semoi@darkstar:~$ kget --help-all
Usage: kget [Qt-options] [KDE-options] [options] [URL(s)]

An advanced download manager for KDE

Generic options:
  --help                    Show help about options
  --help-qt                 Show Qt specific options
  --help-kde                Show KDE specific options
  --help-all                Show all options
  --author                  Show author information
  -v, --version             Show version information
  --license                 Show license information
  --                        End of options

Qt options:
  --display <displayname>   Use the X-server display 'displayname'
  --session <sessionId>     Restore the application for the given 'sessionId'
  --cmap                    Causes the application to install a private color
                            map on an 8-bit display
  --ncols <count>           Limits the number of colors allocated in the color
                            cube on an 8-bit display, if the application is
                            using the QApplication::ManyColor color
                            specification
  --nograb                  tells Qt to never grab the mouse or the keyboard
  --dograb                  running under a debugger can cause an implicit
                            -nograb, use -dograb to override
  --sync                    switches to synchronous mode for debugging
  --fn, --font <fontname>   defines the application font
  --bg, --background <color> sets the default background color and an
                            application palette (light and dark shades are
                            calculated)
  --fg, --foreground <color> sets the default foreground color
  --btn, --button <color>   sets the default button color
  --name <name>             sets the application name
  --title <title>           sets the application title (caption)
  --visual TrueColor        forces the application to use a TrueColor visual on
                            an 8-bit display
  --inputstyle <inputstyle> sets XIM (X Input Method) input style. Possible
                            values are onthespot, overthespot, offthespot and
                            root
  --im <XIM server>         set XIM server
  --noxim                   disable XIM
  --reverse                 mirrors the whole layout of widgets

KDE options:
  --caption <caption>       Use 'caption' as name in the titlebar
  --icon <icon>             Use 'icon' as the application icon
  --miniicon <icon>         Use 'icon' as the icon in the titlebar
  --config <filename>       Use alternative configuration file
  --dcopserver <server>     Use the DCOP Server specified by 'server'
  --nocrashhandler          Disable crash handler, to get core dumps
  --waitforwm               Waits for a WM_NET compatible windowmanager
  --style <style>           sets the application GUI style
  --geometry <geometry>     sets the client geometry of the main widget - see man X for the argument format
  --nofork                  Don't run in the background.

Options:
  --showDropTarget          Start KGet with drop target

Arguments:
  URL(s)                    URL(s) to download
semoi@darkstar:~$

Every parameter is optional so, invoking as 'kget' should be enough. I tried 'kget some_URL' and several other combinations, but in vein. It's a pity, because it is a lot fancier than the default Xfce4 download manager.

But perhaps "default" is the key word. For maybe there is an option, in Xfce4, to change the default. If so, I do not find it. Regards.

vulcan59 · 02-06-2011, 06:22 PM

Are you sure nothing happens when you run it. In KDE it starts minimised and places an icon in the system tray which you then click on to get the main kget window. Never used xfce so I don't know if it does the same there.

stf92 · 02-06-2011, 07:02 PM

Quite sure, invisible in the GUI. ps however reveals it's running.

JZL240I-U · 02-22-2011, 01:41 AM

I noticed that wget starts Kget on my machine. Maybe it would help if you downloaded somthing with wget, broke the download off and then started Kget. You have wget installed, haven't you? "man wget"

. Kget is only a graphical front-end for wget...