KnetworkManager cannot start - installation mis-configured

[John Vader-Smith]

Hi,

I'm using the 32 bit KDE version of Linux Mint 9. KNetworkManager no longer works. When I started up Linux the following error message appeared:

> Installation problem - KNetworkManager
>
> KNetworkManager cannot start because the installation is mis-configured.
> System DBUS policy does not allow it to provide user settings;
> contact your system administrator or distribution.
> KNetworkManager will not start automatically in future.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[phd7]

had this recently. cant remember exactly how I solved it but 1st try in a terminal (without sudo and then with)

knetwork manager
I want to see if you have the same output

my results were:
Typing without the sudo gives me:

mint@dell ~ $ knetworkmanager
mint@dell ~ $ knetworkmanager(2751)/kdecore (KConfigSkeleton) KCoreConfigSkeleton::writeConfig:
knetworkmanager(2751)/kdecore (KLibrary) kde4Factory: The library "/usr/lib/kde4/solid_networkmanager07.so" does not offer a qt_plugin_instance function.

Connecting to deprecated signal QDBusConnectionInterface::serviceOwnerChanged(QString,QString,QString)



QLayout: Attempting to add QLayout "" to InterfaceConnectionItem "", which already has a layout
QLayout: Attempting to add QLayout "" to InterfaceConnectionItem "", which already has a layout
QLayout: Attempting to add QLayout "" to InterfaceConnectionItem "", which already has a layout
QLayout: Attempting to add QLayout "" to InterfaceConnectionItem "", which already has a layout

DIDNT OPEN
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With sudo (before activating dongle):

mint@dell ~ $ sudo knetworkmanager
[sudo] password for mint:
Error: "/var/tmp/kdecache-mint" is owned by uid 1000 instead of uid 0.
Error: "/tmp/kde-mint" is owned by uid 1000 instead of uid 0.
knetworkmanager(2784)/kdecore (KLibrary) kde4Factory: The library "/usr/lib/kde4/solid_networkmanager07.so" does not offer a qt_plugin_instance function.

Connecting to deprecated signal QDBusConnectionInterface::serviceOwnerChanged(QString,QString,QString)

[John Vader-Smith]

Typing knetworkmanager without sudo gave this plus the same error message as before:


knetworkmanager(2281)/kdecore (KConfigSkeleton) KCoreConfigSkeleton::writeConfig:
knetworkmanager(2281)/kdecore (KLibrary) kde4Factory: The library "/usr/lib/kde4/solid_networkmanager07.so" does not offer a qt_plugin_instance function.

Connecting to deprecated signal QDBusConnectionInterface::serviceOwnerChanged(QString,QString,QString)



QLayout: Attempting to add QLayout "" to InterfaceConnectionItem "", which already has a layout

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Typing sudo knetworkmanager actually got it working, but I have to do that every time, it still won't open automatically like it used to. Here's what came up:

Error: "/var/tmp/kdecache-richard" is owned by uid 1000 instead of uid 0.
Error: "/tmp/kde-richard" is owned by uid 1000 instead of uid 0.
Error: "/tmp/kde-richard" is owned by uid 1000 instead of uid 0.
Error: "/tmp/ksocket-richard" is owned by uid 1000 instead of uid 0.
kdeinit4: Shutting down running client.
kdeinit4: preparing to launch /usr/lib/libkdeinit4_klauncher.so
Connecting to deprecated signal QDBusConnectionInterface::serviceOwnerChanged(QString,QString,QString)
Error: "/tmp/ksocket-richard" is owned by uid 1000 instead of uid 0.
Error: "/tmp/kde-richard" is owned by uid 1000 instead of uid 0.
kdeinit4: preparing to launch /usr/lib/libkdeinit4_kded4.so
Error: "/var/tmp/kdecache-richard" is owned by uid 1000 instead of uid 0.
Error: "/tmp/kde-richard" is owned by uid 1000 instead of uid 0.
kdeinit4: preparing to launch /usr/lib/libkdeinit4_kbuildsycoca4.so
kbuildsycoca4 running...
Error: "/var/tmp/kdecache-richard" is owned by uid 1000 instead of uid 0.
Error: "/var/tmp/kdecache-richard" is owned by uid 1000 instead of uid 0.
kdeinit4: preparing to launch /usr/lib/libkdeinit4_kconf_update.so
Connecting to deprecated signal QDBusConnectionInterface::serviceOwnerChanged(QString,QString,QString)
kdeinit4: preparing to launch /usr/lib/libkdeinit4_kwalletd.so
Error: "/var/tmp/kdecache-richard" is owned by uid 1000 instead of uid 0.
Error: "/tmp/kde-richard" is owned by uid 1000 instead of uid 0.
Connecting to deprecated signal QDBusConnectionInterface::serviceOwnerChanged(QString,QString,QString)
knetworkmanager(2354)/kdecore (KLibrary) kde4Factory: The library "/usr/lib/kde4/solid_networkmanager07.so" does not offer a qt_plugin_instance function.

Connecting to deprecated signal QDBusConnectionInterface::serviceOwnerChanged(QString,QString,QString)



QSystemTrayIcon::setVisible: No Icon set
QLayout: Attempting to add QLayout "" to InterfaceConnectionItem "", which already has a layout
richard@richard-laptop ~ $ kdeinit4: preparing to launch /usr/bin/knotify4
Error: "/var/tmp/kdecache-richard" is owned by uid 1000 instead of uid 0.
Error: "/tmp/kde-richard" is owned by uid 1000 instead of uid 0.
Connecting to deprecated signal QDBusConnectionInterface::serviceOwnerChanged(QString,QString,QString)
Object::disconnect: Unexpected null parameter
QDBusConnection: name 'org.kde.knotify' had owner '' but we thought it was ':1.9'
knotify(2403) KNotify::event: 1 ref= 0
kwalletd(2394) KWalletD::setupDialog: Application ' "KNetworkManager" ' using kwallet without parent window!
QInotifyFileSystemWatcherEngine::addPaths: inotify_add_watch failed: No such file or directory
QFileSystemWatcher: failed to add paths: /home/richard/.config/ibus/bus
Bus::open: Can not get ibus-daemon's address.
IBusInputContext::createInputContext: no connection to ibus-daemon
kwalletd(2394) KWalletD::setupDialog: Application ' "KNetworkManager" ' using kwallet without parent window!
knotify(2403) KNotify::event: 2 ref= 0
knotify(2403) KNotify::event: 3 ref= 0
knotify(2403) KNotify::event: 4 ref= 0

[phd7]

same thing happened with me with these 2 commands

These files changed ownership to root from richard

Error: "/var/tmp/kdecache-richard" is owned by uid 1000 instead of uid 0.
Error: "/tmp/kde-richard" is owned by uid 1000 instead of uid 0.
Error: "/tmp/kde-richard" is owned by uid 1000 instead of uid 0.
Error: "/tmp/ksocket-richard" is owned by uid 1000 instead of uid 0.

for the 1st one Type
sudo chown -R richard:richard /var/tmp/kdecache-richard
(you will need your root password)

then do the same for the others

that worked for me although I only had 2 folders to change ownership of

I think the problem occured with me when I tried to connect to a LAN ethernet computer before the connection was open or something. I unticked "connect automatically" an just connect when I need to