[Bug 185407] New: No warning when systemsettings can't write config files

[Markus Strobl]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=185407

           Summary: No warning when systemsettings can't write config
                    files
           Product: systemsettings
           Version: 4.2.0
          Platform: Gentoo Packages
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: NOR
         Component: general
        AssignedTo: unassigned-bugs at kde.org
        ReportedBy: mstrobl2 at yahoo.com


Version:            (using KDE 4.2.0)
OS:                Linux
Installed from:    Gentoo Packages

For some unknown reason some of the files in .kde/share/config were not
writable by the kde user. When changing various settings in systemsettings
(screen saver, key bindings, etc), everything seemed normal even though the new
config could not be written to disk. In some cases (key bindings) the current
session used the updated config until a system restart. In other cases (screen
saver), systemsettings would show the new config, but it never took effect. 

Correcting the ownership problem on the config files fixed the problem, but
systemsettings should have displayed a warning when it could not write the new
config to disk.

How to reproduce:
Write protect the config files in .kde/share/config. Change config in
systemsettings. Press "apply". Everything looks normal (no warnings), but
config is never changed.

Expected behavior:
Warning message displayed that configuration could not be saved including
config file in question.

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