If I type

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konsole --new-tab

from within Konsole window the new Konsole window is being opened instead of new tab in current window.
Btw, if there were two or more Konsole windows opened which one is chosen to host new tab?

My environment:

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[piotr@demon ~]$ type -a konsole
konsole is /usr/bin/konsole
konsole is /bin/konsole


Konsole Version 2.14.2
Using KDE Development Platform 4.14.3
OS Fedora 21

UPDATE
The problem is when I type `konsole --new-tab` from within specific Konsole's window which I had opened in the past. If I type the same in newly opened window the new tab is being opened as it should. It works also if I open new Konsole's window from Kickoff menu and type it there. It looks like there's something specific to this particular Konsole's window what causes this behavior. I keep it open so that we could try to find out what it is



Regards,
Piotr Dobrogost

works as expected for me, opens in new tab

can you try as a different user

could there be an alias for konsole?

does it help if you use the full path to the binary: /usr/bin/konsole --new-tab

A terminal in a Konsole session should have the following environment variables.
Does the shells which you can reproduce this issue in have these environment variables set?

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$KONSOLE_DBUS_SERVICE  $KONSOLE_DBUS_SESSION  $KONSOLE_DBUS_WINDOW   $KONSOLE_PROFILE_NAME

google01103 wrote:can you try as a different user

After `su root` followed by `konsole --new-tab` I get

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unnamed app(15017): KUniqueApplication: Cannot find the D-Bus session server:  "Did not receive a reply. Possible causes include: the remote application did not send a reply, the message bus security policy blocked the reply, the reply timeout expired, or the network connection was broken."

unnamed app(15016): KUniqueApplication: Pipe closed unexpectedly.


could there be an alias for konsole?

I thought the output from `type -a konsole` which I posted shows it's not the case, doesn't it?

does it help if you use the full path to the binary: /usr/bin/konsole --new-tab

No, it does not.

Also, please see additional information which I added to my question.

bcooksley wrote:A terminal in a Konsole session should have the following environment variables.
Does the shells which you can reproduce this issue in have these environment variables set?

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$KONSOLE_DBUS_SERVICE  $KONSOLE_DBUS_SESSION  $KONSOLE_DBUS_WINDOW   $KONSOLE_PROFILE_NAME

I guess so:

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[piotr@demon /]$ env | grep KONSOLE
KONSOLE_DBUS_SERVICE=:1.39
KONSOLE_PROFILE_NAME=Shell
KONSOLE_DBUS_WINDOW=/Windows/1
KONSOLE_DBUS_SESSION=/Sessions/8

Also, please see additional information which I added to my question.

Piotr Dobrogost wrote:

google01103 wrote:can you try as a different user

After `su root` followed by `konsole --new-tab` I get

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unnamed app(15017): KUniqueApplication: Cannot find the D-Bus session server:  "Did not receive a reply. Possible causes include: the remote application did not send a reply, the message bus security policy blocked the reply, the reply timeout expired, or the network connection was broken."

unnamed app(15016): KUniqueApplication: Pipe closed unexpectedly.


could there be an alias for konsole?

I thought the output from `type -a konsole` which I posted shows it's not the case, doesn't it?

does it help if you use the full path to the binary: /usr/bin/konsole --new-tab

No, it does not.

Also, please see additional information which I added to my question.

you should use kdesu (or kdesudo depending on distro) for gui apps, su for command line - either way for this kind of test you should login as the different user

you're right type should display all aliases, I never use the command so was unfamiliar with it

how had you opened the original/prolematic konsole window

in ksysguard what is the command shown, add the command field if needed

google01103 wrote:you should use kdesu (or kdesudo depending on distro) for gui apps, su for command line - either way for this kind of test you should login as the different user

Thanks for info. However now, that we know this option works for all Konsole windows except for this particular one I guess there's no point in testing this for different user.

google01103 wrote:how had you opened the original/prolematic konsole window

Heh, I don't remember.

google01103 wrote:in ksysguard what is the command shown, add the command field if needed

It looks like there's no way to copy information being displayed in ksysguard. Should I file a feature request?
Anyway, using ps I got this:

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/usr/bin/konsole -session 101c71df1b01b9000141640347500000014470027_1416834465_272528

I don't think there's enough interest to file a request and since (yes now I think of it) the following should show same

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 ps aux | grep konsole

google01103 wrote:I don't think there's enough interest to file a request and since (yes now I think of it) the following should show same

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 ps aux | grep konsole

What about this '--session' parameter — is it ok?

no idea about "-session parameter", I don't see one - would guess it's a unique identifier but that's just a guess, are using the "save previous session" option when starting KDE?

google01103 wrote:no idea about "-session parameter", I don't see one - would guess it's a unique identifier but that's just a guess, are using the "save previous session" option when starting KDE?

If you mean 'Restore previous session' from System Settings/Startup and Shutdown/Session Management then I have it enabled.

From what I can say, "konsole --new-tab" opens the tab in the first opened window.
If you want to add a tab to a window, FROM THAT VERY WINDOW, just bypass the executable and run

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qdbus $KONSOLE_DBUS_SERVICE $KONSOLE_DBUS_WINDOW newSession

Those variables look correct - I would recommend using the invocation provided by luebking.

Please note that you can't use KDE applications from a su terminal, as they will not be able to interact with your D-Bus session. You need to run them using kdesu as mentioned above.