Hello, I'm running kde 4.6.2 and my krunner stopped working when I updated to that version. The box comes up, and the plugins are selected, but nothing beyond that works. I can get the options box and have tried doing different combinations of the plugins and the task manager works, but I can't run programs by hitting enter.

Does anyone know what might cause this? Does it sound like a problem with the plugins?

Thanks.

I tried this with another user account and it works fine, so my guess is it has something to do with my configuration.

Try removing ~/.kde4/share/config/krunnerrc and running "kbuildsycoca4 --noincremental". Both these steps should be performed without KRunner running on the system.

That gives me this:

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$ kbuildsycoca4
kbuildsycoca4 running...
kbuildsycoca4(12877) parseLayoutNode: The menu spec file contains a Layout or DefaultLayout tag without the mandatory Merge tag inside. Please fix your file.


I've grepped through all of the files in .kde4 and I only get this:

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~/.kde4/share/config $ grep Layout *
amarokrc:LayoutFileDeleted=true
device_automounter_kcmrc:[Layout]
kglobalshortcutsrc:[KDE Keyboard Layout Switcher]
kglobalshortcutsrc:Switch to Next Keyboard Layout=,Ctrl+Alt+K,Switch to Next Keyboard Layout
kglobalshortcutsrc:_k_friendly_name=KDE Keyboard Layout Switcher
kglobalshortcutsrc:Next Layout=Meta+PgDown,Meta+PgDown,Next Layout
kglobalshortcutsrc:Previous Layout=Meta+PgUp,Meta+PgUp,Previous Layout
kglobalshortcutsrc:Switch to Next Keyboard Layout=Ctrl+Alt+K,Ctrl+Alt+K,Switch to Next Keyboard Layout
kwinrc:CustomLayoutRows=2
kwinrc:LayoutMode=0
kwinrc:LayoutMode=0
kxkbrc:[Layout]
kxkbrc:LayoutList=us,us(dvorak)
plasma-desktop-appletsrc:[Containments][3][Applets][4][LayoutInformation]
plasma-desktop-appletsrc:[Containments][3][Applets][6][LayoutInformation]
plasma-desktop-appletsrc:[Containments][3][Applets][7][LayoutInformation]
plasma-desktop-appletsrc:[Containments][3][Applets][8][LayoutInformation]
plasma-desktop-appletsrc:[Containments][3][Applets][9][LayoutInformation]


Removing the kxkbrc and device_automounter_kcmrc didn't seem to solve the problem. Though I did notice that one of my other plugins was working after rebuilding with this.

Where is this "menu spec file"?

The messages given out by kbuildsycoca4 are usually fairly harmless and can be ignored. A menu spec file will have no relevance to the operation of KRunner.

Does it work under a new user?
If it does, what is the output of the following command?

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find ~/.local/ ~/.kde* ~/.config -name "*.desktop"

It does work under a new user account.

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$ find ~/.local/ ~/.kde* ~/.config -name "*.desktop"
/home/gmalecha/.local/share/applications/wine/Programs/Maxis/SimCity 4 Deluxe/EASy Info.desktop
/home/gmalecha/.local/share/applications/wine/Programs/Maxis/SimCity 4 Deluxe/Electronic Registration.desktop
/home/gmalecha/.local/share/applications/wine/Programs/Maxis/SimCity 4 Deluxe/Read Me.desktop
/home/gmalecha/.local/share/applications/wine/Programs/Maxis/SimCity 4 Deluxe/Technical Support.desktop
/home/gmalecha/.local/share/applications/wine/Programs/Maxis/SimCity 4 Deluxe/Check For Update.desktop
/home/gmalecha/.local/share/applications/wine/Programs/Maxis/SimCity 4 Deluxe/SimCity 4 Deluxe.desktop
/home/gmalecha/.local/share/applications/wine/Programs/Maxis/SimCity 4 Deluxe/SimCity.com.desktop
/home/gmalecha/.local/share/applications/wine/Programs/Maxis/SimCity 4 Deluxe/Uninstall SimCity 4 Deluxe.desktop
/home/gmalecha/.local/share/applications/wine-extension-chm.desktop
/home/gmalecha/.local/share/applications/wine-extension-rtf.desktop
/home/gmalecha/.local/share/applications/wine-extension-jfif.desktop
/home/gmalecha/.local/share/applications/wine-extension-xml.desktop
/home/gmalecha/.local/share/applications/Hibernate.desktop
/home/gmalecha/.local/share/applications/Sim City 4 Deluxe.desktop
/home/gmalecha/.local/share/applications/wine-extension-gif.desktop
/home/gmalecha/.local/share/applications/wine-extension-html.desktop
/home/gmalecha/.local/share/applications/wpa_gui-wpa_supplicant.desktop
/home/gmalecha/.local/share/applications/wine-extension-hlp.desktop
/home/gmalecha/.local/share/applications/xbomb.desktop
/home/gmalecha/.local/share/applications/kde4-dragonplayer.desktop
/home/gmalecha/.local/share/applications/wine-extension-png.desktop
/home/gmalecha/.local/share/applications/wine-extension-txt.desktop
/home/gmalecha/.local/share/applications/kde-amarok.desktop
/home/gmalecha/.local/share/applications/wine-extension-ini.desktop
/home/gmalecha/.local/share/applications/wine-extension-jpe.desktop
/home/gmalecha/.local/share/applications/wine-extension-htm.desktop
/home/gmalecha/.local/share/applications/wine-extension-jpg.desktop
/home/gmalecha/.local/share/applications/wine-extension-jpeg.desktop
/home/gmalecha/.local/share/applications/IntelliJ Idea.desktop
/home/gmalecha/.local/share/applications/vlc.desktop
/home/gmalecha/.local/share/applications/wine-extension-wri.desktop
/home/gmalecha/.local/share/applications/smplayer.desktop
/home/gmalecha/.local/share/applications/Dragon Player.desktop
/home/gmalecha/.kde3.5/share/apps/RecentDocuments/random.desktop
/home/gmalecha/.kde3.5/share/apps/RecentDocuments/AAAI06.pdf.desktop
/home/gmalecha/.kde3.5/share/apps/RecentDocuments/papers.desktop
/home/gmalecha/.kde3.5/share/apps/RecentDocuments/submit.pdf[2].desktop
/home/gmalecha/.kde3.5/share/apps/RecentDocuments/p1011.pdf.desktop
/home/gmalecha/.kde3.5/share/apps/RecentDocuments/ubuntu-9.04-desktop-i386.iso.desktop
/home/gmalecha/.kde3.5/share/apps/RecentDocuments/selftrained.tar.gz.desktop
/home/gmalecha/.kde3.5/share/apps/RecentDocuments/submit.pdf.desktop
/home/gmalecha/.kde3.5/share/apps/RecentDocuments/blog-05-08-2009.xml.desktop
/home/gmalecha/.kde3.5/share/apps/RecentDocuments/dependencies_manual.pdf.desktop
/home/gmalecha/.kde3.5/share/apps/konqsidebartng/filemanagement/entries/history.desktop
/home/gmalecha/.kde3.5/share/apps/konqsidebartng/filemanagement/entries/amarok.desktop
/home/gmalecha/.kde3.5/share/apps/konqsidebartng/filemanagement/entries/root.desktop
/home/gmalecha/.kde3.5/share/apps/konqsidebartng/filemanagement/entries/bookmarks.desktop
/home/gmalecha/.kde3.5/share/apps/konqsidebartng/filemanagement/entries/home.desktop
/home/gmalecha/.kde3.5/share/apps/konqsidebartng/filemanagement/entries/remote.desktop
/home/gmalecha/.kde3.5/share/apps/konqsidebartng/filemanagement/entries/system.desktop
/home/gmalecha/.kde3.5/share/apps/konqsidebartng/filemanagement/entries/services.desktop
/home/gmalecha/.kde4/share/apps/konqsidebartng/entries/history.desktop
/home/gmalecha/.kde4/share/apps/konqsidebartng/entries/root.desktop
/home/gmalecha/.kde4/share/apps/konqsidebartng/entries/bookmarks.desktop
/home/gmalecha/.kde4/share/apps/konqsidebartng/entries/home.desktop
/home/gmalecha/.kde4/share/apps/konqsidebartng/entries/remote.desktop
/home/gmalecha/.kde4/share/apps/konqsidebartng/entries/services.desktop
/home/gmalecha/.kde4/share/apps/plasma/comics/xkcd/metadata.desktop
/home/gmalecha/.kde4/share/apps/plasma/comics/8-bittheater/metadata.desktop
/home/gmalecha/.kde4/share/apps/plasma/comics/cheezburger/metadata.desktop
/home/gmalecha/.kde4/share/apps/desktoptheme/glowglass/metadata.desktop
/home/gmalecha/.kde4/share/apps/desktoptheme/Oxyzone/metadata.desktop
/home/gmalecha/.kde4/share/apps/desktoptheme/.customized1/metadata.desktop
/home/gmalecha/.kde4/share/kde4/services/plasma-comic-cheezburger.desktop
/home/gmalecha/.kde4/share/kde4/services/plasma-comic-xkcd.desktop
/home/gmalecha/.kde4/share/kde4/services/plasma-comic-8-bittheater.desktop
/home/gmalecha/.config/autostart/plasma-netbook.desktop
/home/gmalecha/.config/autostart/plasma-desktop.desktop


Hm, that looks okay.

Try running the following:

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kquitapp krunner && sleep 5s && rm -f $(kde4-config --localprefix)/share/config/krunnerc && krunner &

This looks bad:

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krunner(13134)/libplasma Plasma::isPluginVersionCompatible: unversioned plugin detected, may result in instability
krunner(13134)/libplasma Plasma::isPluginVersionCompatible: unversioned plugin detected, may result in instability
krunner(13134)/libplasma Plasma::isPluginVersionCompatible: unversioned plugin detected, may result in instability
krunner(13134)/libplasma Plasma::isPluginVersionCompatible: unversioned plugin detected, may result in instability
krunner(13134)/libplasma Plasma::isPluginVersionCompatible: unversioned plugin detected, may result in instability
krunner(13134)/libplasma Plasma::isPluginVersionCompatible: unversioned plugin detected, may result in instability
krunner(13134)/libplasma Plasma::isPluginVersionCompatible: unversioned plugin detected, may result in instability
krunner(13134)/kio (KDirWatch) KDirWatchPrivate::removeEntry: doesn't know "/home/gmalecha/.kde4/share/apps/kabc"
krunner(13134)/libplasma Plasma::isPluginVersionCompatible: unversioned plugin detected, may result in instability
krunner(13134)/libplasma Plasma::isPluginVersionCompatible: unversioned plugin detected, may result in instability
krunner(13134)/libplasma Plasma::isPluginVersionCompatible: unversioned plugin detected, may result in instability
krunner(13134)/libplasma Plasma::isPluginVersionCompatible: unversioned plugin detected, may result in instability
krunner(13134)/libplasma Plasma::isPluginVersionCompatible: unversioned plugin detected, may result in instability
krunner(13134)/libplasma Plasma::isPluginVersionCompatible: unversioned plugin detected, may result in instability


Do I need to rebuild my plugins somehow? Or my plasma?

That probably means that you rebuilt either kdelibs or kde-workspace without rebuilding other KRunner components. They are usually resident in kdeplasma-addons, kde-workspace and other such modules.

Yup, that did it. Thanks for your help.