Hi, sorry for the long post...

This refers to 4.10 and 4.11 versions on OpenSuse 12.3, 13.1, and Tumbleweed (I prefer
to have the latest stable versions).

Ever since I copied my partition to a new machine (using rsync) activities management
has been broken. It looks as if something has been damaged, I can't find any other references
to this problem.

I prefer the Folder View with lots of icons on the desktop and a non-default wallpaper.
Every time the machine is rebooted I get the default desktop with the default wallpaper. KDE
has apparently created a New Activity, because it's the only one on the manager's panel.
I made sure to give my folder view a new name, but it's gone. I also created an activity
with a Launch view and its own name, but that one is gone as well.

After about a dozen reboots, suddenly the whole list of activities appears, including the named
ones. Selecting the Folder View brings back the icons, but not the wallpaper. After a reboot,
it's back to same problem as before.

Even though just a single activity is shown, the activity* files in .kde4/share/apps have the
complete list, including the named ones. I have edited these files (outside KDE) but this makes
no difference.

I have also deleted the KDE cache and the .kde4 folder, but this makes no difference. Creating a
new user shows the same problem. It looks as if some global configuration setting is messed up.

Here's the relevant section of the activitymanagerrc file. The named ones at the top and the bottom
were originally created by me, the other ones were created by the system after each reboot.
As I said, after a dozen reboots the whole list suddenly becomes visible, I can then delete some
of them (but not all, they don't have a remove button).

[activities]
12cfba6b-afdb-4db4-a496-c89b04ccde10=launch
c3b6d187-6d27-4a4d-bf09-a3f00d3104f5=New Activity
cc21cca1-eff0-48ae-a45f-a57c2ed9100e=New Activity
ce748057-0209-41cc-871d-3cc20d457cdf=New Activity
e1e1a470-109a-46da-8eb4-d70578cf44ab=New Activity
e3e783c8-e40a-4508-b043-1adab302aa5b=New Activity
e61e9315-d8ee-4533-bdaa-5f5b76ec39df=New Activity
f16d5dbd-eeb8-4147-ae75-b30f19a3abcc=Icons

This is a major irritation, although it does not prevent me from using the system of course. Any
suggestions about what I can do would be very welcome!

Many thanks,

Albert

Does anything in ~/.xsession-errors indicate any issues with regards to loading of plugins or parsing data?
Also, can you ask your system's package manager to verify the packages to verify all permissions, file ownership, etc is correct? Certain bits such as setsuid and numeric ID vs. name based ID can lead to these being treated incorrectly when using rsync to transfer a system over.

Hi, thanks for the reply.

Output from rpm -Va shows nothing that looks like KDE related, except for a different size for kdmrc.

I have .xsession-errors which is empty, and .xsession-errors-:0 which contains the following (edited to remove duplications and obvious irrelevant stuff).

Thanks,
Albert

startkde: Starting up...
Connecting to deprecated signal QDBusConnectionInterface::serviceOwnerChanged(QString,QString,QString)
kbuildsycoca4 running...
QDBusObjectPath: invalid path ""
QDBusArgument: read from a write-only object
QDBusArgument: read from a write-only object
QDBusArgument: read from a write-only object
QObject::connect: Cannot connect (null)::deviceFound(Device*) to BlueDevilDaemon::deviceFound(Device*)
QObject::connect: Cannot connect QTimer::timeout() to (null)::stopDiscovery()
QDBusConnection: name 'org.kde.kglobalaccel' had owner '' but we thought it was ':1.5'
QDBusConnection: name 'org.freedesktop.UDisks2' had owner '' but we thought it was ':1.23'
kwin(2179): ""fsrestore1" - conversion of "0,0,0,0" to QRect failed"
kwin(2179): ""fsrestore2" - conversion of "0,0,0,0" to QRect failed"
kwin(2179): ""fsrestore3" - conversion of "0,0,0,0" to QRect failed"
QDBusObjectPath: invalid path ""
QDBusObjectPath: invalid path ""
QFileSystemWatcher: failed to add paths: /home/namk/.kde4/share/config/activitymanager-pluginsrc
trying to alter state of unknown activity!!
plasma-desktop(2190)/libplasma Plasma::isPluginVersionCompatible: unversioned plugin detected, may result in instability
========================> 7 0
static bool QDeclarativeMetaType::isModule(const QByteArray&, int, int) Qt 4.7 import detected; please note that Qt 4.7 is directly reusable as QtQuick 1.x with no code changes. Continuing, but startup time will be slower.
file:///usr/lib64/kde4/imports/org/kde/plasma/components/SectionScroller.qml:103: TypeError: Result of expression 'listView' [null] is not an object.
file:///usr/lib64/kde4/imports/org/kde/plasma/components/SectionScroller.qml:175: ReferenceError: Can't find variable: sectionsRepeater
file:///usr/lib64/kde4/imports/org/kde/plasma/components/SectionScroller.qml:103: Error: Cannot assign [undefined] to QString
file:///usr/share/kde4/apps/plasma/plasmoids/notifier/contents/ui/devicenotifier.qml:224:13: QML QDeclarativeListView_QML_98: Possible anchor loop detected on fill.
link XMLID_34_ hasn't been detected!
link XMLID_36_ hasn't been detected!
I/O warning : failed to load external entity "/usr/share/qalculate/prefixes.xml"
QPainter::begin: Paint device returned engine == 0, type: 2
QPainter::setCompositionMode: Painter not active
QPainter::end: Painter not active, aborted
QPainter::end: Painter not active, aborted
X Error: BadPixmap (invalid Pixmap parameter) 4
Major opcode: 54 (X_FreePixmap)
Resource id: 0x2200177
plasmapackage:/ui/NotificationDelegate/NotificationDelegate.qml:208:21: QML TextEdit: Possible anchor loop detected on fill.
plasmapackage:/ui/NotificationDelegate/NotificationDelegate.qml:162:13: QML Item: Binding loop detected for property "height"
file:///usr/lib64/kde4/imports/org/kde/plasma/components/TabButton.qml:111:5: QML QObject_QML_154: Binding loop detected for property "portrait"
file:///usr/share/kde4/apps/plasma/plasmoids/org.kde.notifications/contents/ui/Notifications.qml:213:17: QML TabButton: Binding loop detected for property "implicitHeight"
file:///usr/share/kde4/apps/plasma/plasmoids/org.kde.notifications/contents/ui/Notifications.qml:213:17: QML TabButton: Binding loop detected for property "implicitHeight"

plasma-desktop(2190)/plasma StatusNotifierItemSource::refreshCallback: DBusMenu disabled for this application
New PolkitAgentListener 0x725c20
Adding new listener PolkitQt1::Agent::Listener(0x8bd860) for 0x725c20
plasma-desktop(2190)/plasma StatusNotifierItemSource::refreshCallback: DBusMenu disabled for this application

kbuildsycoca4 running...

If you create a new user, does activities work properly there?

No, a new user shows the same problem (I actually said so in my first post).

Cheers
Albert

Is Nepomuk able to start on your system?

yes, it starts. I've kept it disabled for a long time.

Albert

Nepomuk is now started at boot time, but it makes no difference.

Albert