Re: quanta won't start

This has been happening again.  After working in Quanta for a while, 
editing files, etc. I ran the link checker plugin.  After trying to fix 
some broken links, Quanta froze, and I had to close it via the close 
button.  Now it won't start again.

Following your suggestion, I looked in /tmp and found many .tmp files
under /tmp/kde-friendly/quanta:

# cd /tmp
euclid: /tmp # ll -t
total 924
drwx------ 3 friendly staff        300 2009-08-24 17:19 ksocket-friendly
drwx------ 3 friendly staff         80 2009-08-24 17:19 kde-friendly
...

/tmp # ll kde-friendly/
total 0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 friendly staff  34 2009-08-24 09:38 ksycoca -> 
/var/tmp/kdecache-friendly/ksycoca
drwxr-xr-x 2 friendly staff 780 2009-08-24 17:19 quanta
euclid: /tmp # ll kde-friendly/quanta/
total 148
-rw-r--r-- 1 friendly staff 145 2005-09-10 04:22 info.css
-rw------- 1 friendly staff 673 2009-08-17 14:28 quanta5kv6tb.tmp
-rw------- 1 friendly staff 468 2009-08-24 09:35 quanta6rfYkc.tmp
-rw------- 1 friendly staff 656 2009-08-17 14:28 quanta7OVgyb.tmp
-rw------- 1 friendly staff 673 2009-08-24 09:40 quanta9RNVoa.tmp
-rw------- 1 friendly staff 931 2009-08-24 17:19 quantaa3HxRa.tmp
  ...
# cd kde-friendly/
euclid: /tmp/kde-friendly # ll
total 0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 friendly staff  34 2009-08-24 09:38 ksycoca -> 
/var/tmp/kdecache-friendly/ksycoca
drwxr-xr-x 2 friendly staff 780 2009-08-24 17:19 quanta
euclid: /tmp/kde-friendly # rm -rf quanta/

OK, so I removed them all, but I still have the same problem ---

If I try to start Quanta from konsole or xterm, nothing happens -- no 
errors reported, just sits there until ^C

OK, so I check whether there are any Quanta processes running (yes) and
kill them:
euclid: /tmp/kde-friendly # ps aux |grep quanta
friendly 18170  0.0  1.6  40852 17592 ?        S    Aug24   0:00 quanta
friendly 23093  0.0  1.6  40848 17584 ?        S    09:20   0:00 quanta
root     23269  0.0  0.0   2052   636 pts/1    R+   09:39   0:00 grep 
--color=auto quanta
euclid: /tmp/kde-friendly # kill 18170
euclid: /tmp/kde-friendly # kill 23093

But still no joy in Mudville.  Mighty Quanta still strikes out.
Same, even if I logout of my session and restart.

Any ideas on how to resolve this?


[email protected] wrote:
> I don't know why this is on my phone and not my PC. Try running it in konsole and look for errors. If it is trying to open something broken look in your /tmp or wipe it. 
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> 
> Installs will not touch any broken data in /tmp or .kde. 
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> 
> 
> Eric
> 
> ------Original Message------
> 
> From: Michael Friendly
> 
> To: [email protected]
> 
> ReplyTo: Quanta users list
> 
> Subject: [Quanta] quanta won't start
> 
> Sent: Aug 14, 2009 1:59 PM
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> 
> 
> On debian /stable, with
> 
> # quanta --version
> 
> Qt: 3.3.8b
> 
> KDE: 3.5.10
> 
> Quanta: 3.5.9
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> 
> 
> If I try
> 
> % quanta index.html
> 
> nothing happens, until I give up with ^C
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> 
> 
> If I try to run Quanta Plus from the KDE menu, I get the little bouncing 
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>   "I'm starting icon" but then it just goes away.
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> 
> 
> I tried looking at upgrading,
> 
> # wajig showinstall quanta
> 
> Reading package lists... Done
> 
> Building dependency tree
> 
> Reading state information... Done
> 
> quanta is already the newest version.
> 
> quanta set to manually installed.
> 
> 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 985 not upgraded.
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> 
> 
> and aptitude says
> 
> # aptitude search quanta
> 
> iBA quanta                                        - web development 
> 
> environment for KDE
> 
> i A quanta-data                                   - data files for 
> 
> Quanta Plus web development environment
> 
> 
> 
> What's wrong?  How can I fix it?
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> 
> 
> 


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