Krusader is missing its dialog box

ToddAndMargo ToddAndMargo at zoho.com
Fri Mar 18 22:22:08 CET 2016


On 03/18/2016 02:18 PM, ToddAndMargo wrote:
> On 03/16/2016 09:22 AM, Olivier Fourdan wrote:
>> A simple test you could do is to try within KDE to see if the dialog
>> shows. I reckon you don;t even need a full KDE session, simply replace
>> the WM like this:
>>
>> $ kwin --replace
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Oliver.
>>
>> On 16 March 2016 at 17:05, ToddAndMargo <ToddAndMargo at zoho.com
>> <mailto:ToddAndMargo at zoho.com>> wrote:
>>
>>     On 03/15/2016 12:54 PM, Petter Adsen wrote:
>>
>>         On Tue, 15 Mar 2016 11:16:24 -0700
>>         ToddAndMargo <ToddAndMargo at zoho.com
>>         <mailto:ToddAndMargo at zoho.com>> wrote:
>>
>>             On 03/15/2016 09:28 AM, Petter Adsen wrote:
>>
>>                 On Sun, 13 Mar 2016 06:00:15 -0700
>>                 ToddAndMargo <ToddAndMargo at zoho.com
>>                 <mailto:ToddAndMargo at zoho.com>> wrote:
>>
>>                     Hi All,
>>
>>                     Maybe you guys know the answer to this one?
>>
>>                     Krusader 2.4.0-beta3  (both machines)
>>
>>                     On my Scientific Linux 7.2 x64 machine (Xfce 4.10),
>>                     when I copy
>>                     or move or delete a large file, I get a progress
>>                     dialog box.
>>
>>
>>                     On my Fedora Core 23, x64 machine (Xfce 4.12), I
>> do not.
>>
>>                     Any idea how do I get my copy dialog box back?
>>
>>
>>                 Krusader is a KDE application AFAIK, so this is probably
>>                 the wrong
>>                 place to ask. Sorry.
>>
>>             Hi Peter,
>>
>>             If I ask the KDE group, they have no clue about Xfce.
>>
>>
>>         But the dialog box provided by Krusader is part of the KDE
>> libraries
>>         or Krusader itself, it has nothing at all to do with Xfce. As
>>         you say,
>>         if you use Thunar you will see the dialog box that Thunar
>>         provides, Xfce
>>         is not involved in whether or not Krusader displays a dialog. The
>>         problem lies either in Krusader or one of the many KDE libraries.
>>
>>         You are probably running an older version on the machine where
>>         you get
>>         the dialog, you could try downgrading to the same version on the
>>         other
>>         machine. There could also be a configuration setting, maybe a
>> hidden
>>         one, for
>>
>>
>>     See above:
>>      >>>> Krusader 2.4.0-beta3  (both machines)
>>
>>     The only difference is the OS: FC23 and SL7.2
>>
>>
>>         whether a dialog is displayed or not.
>>
>>             I can't be the only one using Krusader on Xfce.  It is
>>             ugly, but the most supremely useful file manager I have
>>             ever one across.  I can't live without it.
>>
>>
>>         Most people who use Xfce probably tries to stay with GTK
>>         applications,
>>         to avoid dragging in the whole KDE stack.
>>
>>
>>     Too late for me.  I love K3B and KPat.  Can't stand KDE.
>>
>>         Sure, some of us use KDE
>>         applications, but this is in general not the best place to ask
>>         for help
>>         that is specific to them. I didn't mean to be rude by pointing
>> this
>>         out, I'm simply saying that there are other places where you are
>>         more
>>         likely to find people who can actually help you :)
>>
>>
>>     I asked on Krusaders list first.  They drew a blank.
>>
>>
>>         As an aside, I can recommend SpaceFM as a GTK file manager - I
>>         find it
>>         very useful. Easy to customize and extend, it has extensive
>>         capabilities for adding custom scripts etc. It isn't as pretty or
>>         tightly integrated as some other file managers, but it's very
>>         powerful.
>>
>>         Petter
>>
>>
>>     I will take a look at it.
>>
>>     Thank you for helping me with this!
>>
>>     -T
>>
> Hi Oliver,
> kwin is not installed.  I can install it, but I am concerned as
> to what the ramifications to Xfce would be?  From the man page,
> it sounds like I'd be stuck with KDE after that.
>
> -T
I forgot who asked me for this:

$ rpm -qa xorg-x11-server-common
Xorg-x11-server-common-1.18.1-3.fc23.x86_64



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