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I am looking into this one, which fortunately I am still
able to replicate
on the older machine I mentioned earlier. Something
is messed up with the
XDG desktop paths; on my system "kde-config --userpath
desktop" returns
"/".
Confirmed here.
On my virtual machine running Trinity I get "/" for both root and normal
user.
On my 3.5.10 machine I get the correct location for the Desktop directory
for both root and normal user.
That probably confirms why the original desktop icons are missing.
That bug probably exlains why a new .directory files is being created in
the root level of the files system when I run as root, and why I receive
the error message trying to create that same file when running as normal
user.
OK, try kdelibs and kdebase with SVN revision 1176194 or later. Most of
the issues you posted earlier should be resolved, with the exception of
the Qt connection error messages. I have also incorporated the majority
of your startkde script changes as they should not interfere with Debian
and add significant functionality.
Thanks!
Tim