By replacing debconf-kde-helper with a shell script, I logged its
environment, which contains only:
DEBCONF_DB_REPLACE=configdb
DEBCONF_DB_OVERRIDE=Pipe{infd:none outfd:none}
DISPLAY=:0
DEBIAN_FRONTEND=kde
This small environment is apparently set up by
pk_client_create_helper_argv_envp() in packagekit. You can reproduce the
error dialog by just running
env -i DISPLAY=:0 /usr/bin/debconf-kde-helper
With strace you can see a lot of attempted access to //.config,
//.local, etc. I collected a backtrace for the access to
//.config/debconf-kde-helperrc. It comes from the KSharedConfig
constructor. The error dialog is shown by KConfig::isConfigWritable().
The HOME environment variable is read by QFileSystemEngine::homePath().
There is no easy way for an application to prevent it from being read.
So it seems like the simplest solution is to patch packagekit.
--
You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu
Studio Bugs, which is subscribed to kde-runtime in Ubuntu.
Matching subscriptions: Ubuntu Studio Bugs
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1851573
Title:
configuration file //.config/debconf-kde-helperrc not writable
Status in KDE Base Runtime:
New
Status in kde-runtime package in Ubuntu:
Confirmed
Bug description:
Running ubuntu 19.10 with plasma 5.17 backport. When I run Configure -
system settings module from bluetooth icon on icon tray it displays
the error:
debconf-kde-helper - KDialog
Configuration file "//.config/debconf-kde-helperrc" not writable.
Please contact your system administrator.
To manage notifications about this bug go to:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/kde-runtime/+bug/1851573/+subscriptions
--
Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntustudio-bugs
Post to : ubuntustudio-bugs@lists.launchpad.net
Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntustudio-bugs
More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
