digiKam problem side effect - or maybe not

[rikona]

Hello Liam,

Wednesday, February 12, 2014, 5:03:45 PM, Liam wrote:

> On 13 February 2014 00:33, rikona <rikona at sonic.net> wrote:
>> I'd really like to again be able to run konq temporarily as root...

> Silly suggestions.

Not so silly - I've considered them....

> Possibly ones to try in VMs with test installs of Ubuntu.

An interesting thought..

> [1] If you really like KDE apps, try Kubuntu.

I like some kde apps, but now that I've gotten used to Ubuntu, I
rather like it overall. And, like digikam, there is no Ubuntu app like
that in non-kde form AFAIK. What I REALLY like is to use both
together!

> [2] Failing that, or instead, try installing the whole kubuntu-desktop
> package, starting a KDE session & seeing if it works in there.

I was considering that but don't see a way of working both together
that way. If I install the whole thing, can I still use any kde app
while in Ubuntu, just like I do now with konq etc? If so, I might try
this fix.

> I'm wondering if this stuff is happening because important parts of
> the KDE environment are missing,

That is my best current theory - I DID remove a bunch of stuff in my
abortive attempt to fix digikam.

> or because `gksu` -- which is after all a GNOME-family tool -- is
> not properly doing something KDE apps need.

Before the 'removal' I used to run gksu konq all the time with no
problem.That pair seems to work together quite well.

> And Konqueror is a huge part of KDE -- it's almost the bulk of the
> desktop.

I noticed that when I installed konq. :-) And that was why I was in
great despair in hoping to fix the konq problem - LOTS of things can
go wrong...

I'm also considering an uninstall/reinstall of konq - likely using
your thorough procedure :-) - a good idea?

Thanks for the help and advice - much appreciated!

-- 

 rikona