How to get rid of KDE error messages.

evoweiss

Hi all,

While I love KDE, one thing that annoys me is its tendency to throw up error messages in konsole, say, when running konqueror if it is executed from the command line. I know there's a way to go throw and stop it from outputting these errors, but it requires one to go through the tons of error types given that it's not clear what errors you want to shut down. Also, in the event of something really serious happening, I would like there to be error messages!

Does anybody have their system set up in such a way, and, if so, how did you get it working in said manner?

Best,

Alex

!equilibrium · Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2006 5:37 pm Post subject:

don't run konqueror in console, launch it from a desktop icon

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evoweiss · Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2006 6:08 pm Post subject:

Unfortunately, that's not always possible as it will sometimes be launched from pine which I use as a mail reader (don't get on my case about that

). However, the thing is, konqueror will still spit out errors if this is done, just not to the console.

Thanks anyway!

Alex

evoweiss · Posted: Fri Jan 20, 2006 1:18 pm Post subject:

So, here's an attempt to bump the topic. I have a computer that I use at work, also a gentoo system which I personally set up.

Anyway, on that system I don't get the error messages when running konqueror or other kde apps via the console. If memory serves me, there's a program that is used to set the error messages one gets from various apps in kde. What is that app again and what is the config file associated with said app so that I can potentially just copy it from the machine without the troubles to the machine with the troubles?

Alex

evoweiss · Posted: Fri Jan 20, 2006 3:20 pm Post subject:

Hi all,

I tried the strategy described in my previous message and it didn't work. Launching from the icon is OK, though not if you're logged in remotely, so that's not a real choice.

Might it have something to do with the fact that I am running ck-sources and not gentoo-sources?

Just grasping in the dark at this point.

Alex

evoweiss · Posted: Fri Jan 20, 2006 4:52 pm Post subject:

Yet another piece of information. The errors I am getting are the same errors that are dumped into .xsession-errors. I am guessing that on my other system some flag has been set so that the warnings or whatever only get dumped into said file and not onto the console. Anybody know what this might be?

Best,

Alex

BitJam · Posted: Sun Jan 22, 2006 12:07 am Post subject:

I run Konqueror from the command line a lot. I've got the following function defined in my .bashrc file which takes care of the error messages:

evoweiss · Posted: Sun Jan 22, 2006 1:27 am Post subject:

Thanks kindly. I'll give that a shot!

Best,

Alex

evoweiss · Posted: Sun Jan 22, 2006 2:49 am Post subject:

Sorry to say that trick didn't work. I still get the same error messages output into the terminal window.

Alex

BitJam · Posted: Sun Jan 22, 2006 5:39 am Post subject:

That is very strange. It certainly works for me and I use it a lot. It works for other folks too. You can do a search here for "disown" to see what others have to say about it.

I looked up "disown" and found it is part of the bash shell. If you are using a shell other than bash then it probably won't do what you want. But if you are using bash then disown after launching a job in the background should do exactly what you are asking for.

evoweiss · Posted: Sun Jan 22, 2006 8:31 am Post subject:

Hi,

rteichmann · n00b Joined: 02 Feb 2004 Posts: 20 Location: Germany

You can control KDE's error messages output with the tool "kdebugdialog". "kdebugdialog --fullmode" might also be useful (kde-base/kdebugdialog)

evoweiss · Posted: Sun Jan 22, 2006 3:32 pm Post subject:

BitJam · Posted: Sun Jan 22, 2006 4:52 pm Post subject:

evoweiss · Posted: Sun Jan 22, 2006 5:01 pm Post subject:

Hi,

BitJam · Posted: Sun Jan 22, 2006 5:54 pm Post subject:

I read through this thread again and now I pretty certain that this is a problem with ssh X forwarding (which I assume you are doing since you said you're "logged in remotely"). A Google(badwindow ssh) gave some interesting results.

The standard fix for this problem is:

evoweiss · Posted: Sun Jan 22, 2006 7:57 pm Post subject:

Hi,

I will try that out as I am sure that will fix things when I do it remotely, but it still doesn't address why I am having this problem when I am not working remotely, but on my home computer and launching konqueror and other apps locally.

Any suggestions would be appreciated and I am learning a lot as I usually do when I try to tackle some kind of problem!

Best,

Alex

BitJam · Posted: Sun Jan 22, 2006 8:29 pm Post subject:

I am puzzled that disown does not solve the problem locally.

The only thing I can think of is to try different combinations of things and see if there is anything that makes the problem go away. For example try launching Konq. from an aterm or xterm and see if you still have the problem. Then maybe even try using Fluxbox or some other desktop manager and see if the problem persists.

Another thing to try is to close the konsole window that you used to launch Konq. If disown is working properly then the Konq. window should stay open even though the konsole window closes.

Are you running KDE as root by any chance?

evoweiss · Posted: Sun Jan 22, 2006 8:45 pm Post subject:

Hi,

BitJam · Posted: Sun Jan 22, 2006 9:17 pm Post subject:

evoweiss · Posted: Sun Jan 22, 2006 9:22 pm Post subject:

BitJam · Posted: Sun Jan 22, 2006 10:20 pm Post subject:

evoweiss · Posted: Sun Jan 22, 2006 10:35 pm Post subject:

Hi,

evoweiss · Posted: Sun Jan 22, 2006 10:49 pm Post subject:

Hi,

Given that the problem seems specific to yahoo and a few other websites, I imagine it's an example of bad coding that somehow plays havoc with konqueror. There are some other buggy things about their website, too, i.e., not letting me just hit the reply button when I want to reply to an email. I've sent a complaint in and will see whether I hear any news back from them. Until then, any other suggestions would be cool!

Alex

BitJam · Posted: Sun Jan 22, 2006 11:59 pm Post subject:

Did the redirection to a test file work? You indicated that error messages got into the test file. Did they stop appearing in the konsole window or did they end up in both the konsole and the test file?