Bleachbit as root fails to launch

[Qqmike]

Would KDE updates through Muon then work OK?

[Snowhog]

KDE 4.14 went Final and was Released August 20, 2014.

Schedules/KDE4/4.14 Release Schedule

[Qqmike]

I'll think about it :-) ; 4.14.1 is still not final, right?

[Snowhog]

I do nearly all my package management from the console. To update to KDE 4.14.1 just add the Kubuntu Backports PPA.

Doing so from the console is easy.

sudo add-apt-repository [B]ppa:kubuntu-ppa/backports[/B]

Then:

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

[Qqmike]

Thanks for running it.

[Qqmike]

I've never upgraded my KDE in place; I guess that can be done harmlessly; I usually use Muon for almost everything, and it's not there yet ... (lack of experience here speaking).

[Snowhog]

I'll post this, too. Running Bleachbit as user from Konsole, there is this message that pops up prior to clicking on Clean:

~$ bleachbit
info: starting BleachBit version 1.4
/usr/share/bleachbit/Unix.py:44: ImportWarning: Not importing directory '/usr/share/gnome': missing __init__.py
import gnome.vfs

(Then, of course, it does proceed to clean as user OK. The error message for admin has been posted above.)

No such error running it from console.

[Snowhog]

I'm running KDE 14.14.1. You 'might' want to upgrade.

[Qqmike]

I'll post this, too. Running Bleachbit as user from Konsole, there is this message that pops up prior to clicking on Clean:

~$ bleachbit
info: starting BleachBit version 1.4
/usr/share/bleachbit/Unix.py:44: ImportWarning: Not importing directory '/usr/share/gnome': missing __init__.py
import gnome.vfs

(Then, of course, it does proceed to clean as user OK. The error message for admin has been posted above.)

[Qqmike]

32-bit
KDE 4.13.3

[Snowhog]

Ref: https://www.kubuntuforums.net/showth...ails-to-launch

Just installed 14.04 and having the same problem described in OP.

32- or 64-bit? What version of KDE?

[Qqmike]

Thanks for the input. The fact that at least two others have the problem suggests to me it is not simply something wrong with my specific install of 14.04 (wild, renegate damaged bytes ...). My error message (above) should be the clue (to someone expert in these matters, having to do with X).

[Snowhog]

For what it's worth, I am not having the problem described. I can run Bleachbit either as root or user just fine. I just ran it as root and cleaned my system. Exited and reran as user and cleaned my system. Reran as root no problem.

[Qqmike]

Thanks, Snowhog.

I'm curious about how many people may be having this issue in 14.04. There must be more! I did not have it in 12.04. As I say, I filed a bug report. People who re-boot all the time may not notice this so much or might not care so much. But if you keep your machine running days and days without re-boot, it is a bit of a hassle, though one could also do a quicker Ctrl-Alt-Del to run Bleachbit as admin after running it as user, now and then ...

[Snowhog]

Moved.