[kde-linux] Klauncher keeps spawning konqueror

[david]

AG wrote:
>   david wrote:
>> Does problem go away if you create a new user or rename your ~/.kde 
>> folder? If so, might be something mangled in settings or config ...
>>
>> AG wrote:
>>   
>>> Hello
>>>
>>> Is it just me, or have others noticed that when a link is followed from 
>>> within Kmail, konqueror is spawned repeatedly and then finally crashes, 
>>> only to restart and crash, seemingly ad infinitum?  This happened 
>>> regardless of whether I logged into Gnome, KDE or Xfce4 - the panel 
>>> would become filled with icons of klauncher trying to open the link in 
>>> konqueror.  Unfortunately, attempting to set the system default browser 
>>> to open the Kmail links didn't work.  It keeps on invoking klauncher for 
>>> konqueror.  The only work around at this point seems to be to copy and 
>>> paste the URL into Opera or Iceweasel.
>>>
>>> This is so bad that the only way to stop it is to log out and back in again.
>>>
>>> I am using Debian Squeeze.
>>>
>>> Anyone got any ideas?  I can't seem to see any bugs registered.
>>>
>>> Cheers.
>>>
>>> AG
>>   
> Hello David
> 
> Thanks for getting back to me so quickly.  I'm sorry, I was under the 
> impression that if one renames the ~/.kde folder then the system will 
> not know where to store/load files.  This could merely be an error in my 
> thinking though.  I haven't created a new user to test it, but that 
> shouldn't be too difficult to do.  I'll give that a go and see what 
> happens and report back.

If you rename the ~/.kde folder (for example, when logged in as root), 
then login as yourself, the system should create a new .kde folder for you.

-- 
David
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