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From: Francesco Pietra (chiendarret_at_gmail.com)
Date: Thu Nov 11 2010 - 02:10:36 CST

k3b brings problems with debian. While reporting the bug below to
debian, I removed everything from k3b and kde.

francesco

On Wed, Nov 10, 2010 at 8:33 PM, Francesco Pietra <chiendarret_at_gmail.com> wrote:
> Very little in my .bashrc in this computer ssh linked to computing
> machines. Other that the standard scripts, there is:
>
> # enable color support of ls and also add handy aliases
> if [ -x /usr/bin/dircolors ]; then
>    eval "`dircolors -b`"
>    alias ls='ls --color=auto'
>    #alias dir='dir --color=auto'
>    #alias vdir='vdir --color=auto'
>
>    #alias grep='grep --color=auto'
>    #alias fgrep='fgrep --color=auto'
>    #alias egrep='egrep --color=auto'
> fi
>
> # some more ls aliases
> #alias ll='ls -l'
> #alias la='ls -A'
> #alias l='ls -CF'
>
> alias rm='rm -i'
> alias wx='wxmacmolplt'
>
>
> # enable programmable completion features (you don't need to enable
> # this, if it's already enabled in /etc/bash.bashrc and /etc/profile
> # sources /etc/bash.bashrc).
> if [ -f /etc/bash_completion ]; then
>    . /etc/bash_completion
> fi
>
> PCM_DIR="/home/francesco/pcm91"
> export PCM_DIR
> PATH="/home/francesco/pcm91:$PATH"; export PATH
>
> PATH="/usr/local/chimera/bin:$PATH"; export PATH
>
> PATH="/usr/local/bin/vmd:$PATH"; export PATH
>
>
> #For hole
>
> PATH=$PATH:~francesco/hole2/exe
>
>
> VEGADIR=/usr/local/bin/Vega
> LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/bin/Vega
> export VEGADIR
> export LD_LIBRARY_PATH
> *****
> ********
>
> There are in /usr/bin many kde-related executables that should have
> been installed with k3b. One serves to launch kde outside its
> environment (i use gnome but now neither the gnome baker nor brasero
> work for me, while k3b works fine). I noticed this script only now,
> following your input. Probably it is the key to the issue (hidden key
> - if at all - not popularized):
>
> #!/bin/sh
> #
> #  Script for launching KDE4 applications from outside of the KDE4 desktop
> #
> #  Modify this to match your specific needs, such as setting up needed
> env. variables,
> #  and make sure this script is in $PATH (e.g. make a symlink if necessary).
> #
>
> exec "$@"
> *******************
>
> k3bsetup reads:
>
> #!/usr/bin/sh
> kcmshell4 k3bsetup
> *******************
>
> Thanks
> francesco
>
> On Wed, Nov 10, 2010 at 5:47 PM, John Stone <johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu> wrote:
>>
>> To me, it sounds like some startup script in the "k3b" package you're
>> using is launching VMD, do you have any VMD stuff in your .bashrc that
>> might cause this if it were sourced or executed by the "k3b" startup?
>>
>> Cheers,
>>  John Stone
>>  vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu
>>
>> On Wed, Nov 10, 2010 at 10:05:03AM +0100, Francesco Pietra wrote:
>>> hello:
>>> on my system (debian i386 squeeze, gnome) i have just installed the
>>> cd/dvd burner k3b. Launching it also launches vmd. The latter has to
>>> be closed twice in order that it disappears leaving place to k3b to
>>> work properly. Is that an issue of having gnome instead of kde (k3b is
>>> kde native)?
>>>
>>> francesco_at_deb32:~$ k3b
>>> francesco_at_deb32:~$ k3b(5656)/kdeui (kdelibs): Attempt to use QAction
>>> "view_projects" with KXMLGUIFactory!
>>> k3b(5656)/kdeui (kdelibs): Attempt to use QAction "view_dir_tree" with
>>> KXMLGUIFactory!
>>> k3b(5656)/kdeui (kdelibs): Attempt to use QAction "view_contents" with
>>> KXMLGUIFactory!
>>> k3b(5656)/kdeui (kdelibs): Attempt to use QAction "location_bar" with
>>> KXMLGUIFactory!
>>> francesco_at_deb32:~$
>>>
>>> Per se, vmd launches regularly.
>>>
>>>
>>> thanks
>>> francesco pietra
>>
>> --
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>> University of Illinois, 405 N. Mathews Ave, Urbana, IL 61801
>> Email: johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu                 Phone: 217-244-3349
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>>
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