When clicking on the Help button from kde3 apps (k3b, kaffeine, and so on), I only get "khelpcenter service is not available". When starting khelpcenter and clicking on the name of the kde3 programs, I only get errors like "The file or folder help:/kaffeine/index.html does not exist". # emerge -vp kaffeine These are the packages that would be merged, in order: Calculating dependencies... done! [ebuild R ] media-video/kaffeine-0.8.7-r1 USE="dvb encode gstreamer vorbis -debug -xcb -xinerama" 0 kB ############### # equery f kaffeine * Searching for kaffeine ... * Contents of media-video/kaffeine-0.8.7-r1: /usr /usr/kde /usr/kde/3.5 /usr/kde/3.5/bin /usr/kde/3.5/bin/kaffeine /usr/kde/3.5/include /usr/kde/3.5/include/kaffeine /usr/kde/3.5/include/kaffeine/... ... /usr/kde/3.5/lib64 /usr/kde/3.5/lib64/kde3 /usr/kde/3.5/lib64/kde3/... ... /usr/kde/3.5/share /usr/kde/3.5/share/applications /usr/kde/3.5/share/applications/kde /usr/kde/3.5/share/applications/kde/kaffeine.desktop /usr/kde/3.5/share/apps /usr/kde/3.5/share/apps/gstreamerpart /usr/kde/3.5/share/apps/gstreamerpart/gstreamer_part.rc /usr/kde/3.5/share/apps/kaffeine /usr/kde/3.5/share/apps/kaffeine/dvbdata.tar.gz /usr/kde/3.5/share/apps/kaffeine/kaffeinedisc.rc /usr/kde/3.5/share/apps/kaffeine/kaffeinedvb.rc /usr/kde/3.5/share/apps/kaffeine/kaffeineplaylist.rc /usr/kde/3.5/share/apps/kaffeine/kaffeineui.rc /usr/kde/3.5/share/apps/kaffeine/logo /usr/kde/3.5/share/apps/kaffeine/logo.avi /usr/kde/3.5/share/apps/kaffeine/logo.mpg /usr/kde/3.5/share/apps/kaffeine/mms.protocol /usr/kde/3.5/share/apps/kaffeine/nocover.png /usr/kde/3.5/share/apps/kaffeine/pics /usr/kde/3.5/share/apps/kaffeine/pics/playing.png /usr/kde/3.5/share/apps/kaffeine/rtsp.protocol /usr/kde/3.5/share/apps/kaffeine/xine_part.rc /usr/kde/3.5/share/apps/konqueror /usr/kde/3.5/share/apps/konqueror/servicemenus /usr/kde/3.5/share/apps/konqueror/servicemenus/kaffeine_append_file.desktop /usr/kde/3.5/share/apps/konqueror/servicemenus/kaffeine_open_directory.desktop /usr/kde/3.5/share/apps/konqueror/servicemenus/kaffeine_play_audiocd.desktop /usr/kde/3.5/share/apps/konqueror/servicemenus/kaffeine_play_dvd.desktop /usr/kde/3.5/share/apps/konqueror/servicemenus/kaffeine_play_vcd.desktop /usr/kde/3.5/share/apps/profiles /usr/kde/3.5/share/apps/profiles/kaffeine.profile.xml /usr/kde/3.5/share/doc /usr/kde/3.5/share/doc/HTML /usr/kde/3.5/share/doc/HTML/en /usr/kde/3.5/share/doc/HTML/en/kaffeine /usr/kde/3.5/share/doc/HTML/en/kaffeine/common -> /usr/kde/3.5/share/doc/HTML/en/common /usr/kde/3.5/share/doc/HTML/en/kaffeine/discwindow.png /usr/kde/3.5/share/doc/HTML/en/kaffeine/dvbbroadcast.png /usr/kde/3.5/share/doc/HTML/en/kaffeine/dvbclient.png /usr/kde/3.5/share/doc/HTML/en/kaffeine/dvbconfig.png /usr/kde/3.5/share/doc/HTML/en/kaffeine/dvbepg.png /usr/kde/3.5/share/doc/HTML/en/kaffeine/dvblive.jpg /usr/kde/3.5/share/doc/HTML/en/kaffeine/dvbscan.png /usr/kde/3.5/share/doc/HTML/en/kaffeine/dvbtimers.png /usr/kde/3.5/share/doc/HTML/en/kaffeine/dvbwin.png /usr/kde/3.5/share/doc/HTML/en/kaffeine/gstpart.png /usr/kde/3.5/share/doc/HTML/en/kaffeine/index.cache.bz2 /usr/kde/3.5/share/doc/HTML/en/kaffeine/index.docbook /usr/kde/3.5/share/doc/HTML/en/kaffeine/kaffeinepart.png /usr/kde/3.5/share/doc/HTML/en/kaffeine/playlistwin.png /usr/kde/3.5/share/doc/HTML/en/kaffeine/startwindow.png /usr/kde/3.5/share/icons /usr/kde/3.5/share/icons/hicolor/.. ... /usr/kde/3.5/share/locale/... ... usr/kde/3.5/share/mimelnk /usr/kde/3.5/share/mimelnk/application /usr/kde/3.5/share/mimelnk/application/x-kaffeine.desktop /usr/kde/3.5/share/services /usr/kde/3.5/share/services/gstreamer_part.desktop /usr/kde/3.5/share/services/kaffeinemp3lame.desktop /usr/kde/3.5/share/services/kaffeineoggvorbis.desktop /usr/kde/3.5/share/services/xine_part.desktop /usr/kde/3.5/share/servicetypes /usr/kde/3.5/share/servicetypes/kaffeineaudioencoder.desktop /usr/kde/3.5/share/servicetypes/kaffeinedvbplugin.desktop /usr/kde/3.5/share/servicetypes/kaffeineepgplugin.desktop /usr/share /usr/share/doc /usr/share/doc/kaffeine-0.8.7-r1 /usr/share/doc/kaffeine-0.8.7-r1/AUTHORS.bz2 /usr/share/doc/kaffeine-0.8.7-r1/ChangeLog.bz2 /usr/share/doc/kaffeine-0.8.7-r1/README.bz2 /usr/share/doc/kaffeine-0.8.7-r1/TODO.bz2 ######################### # emerge -vp khelpcenter These are the packages that would be merged, in order: Calculating dependencies... done! [ebuild R ] kde-base/khelpcenter-4.2.3 USE="doc -debug -kdeprefix" 0 kB # emerge -vp kdelibs These are the packages that would be merged, in order: Calculating dependencies... done! [ebuild R ] kde-base/kdelibs-4.2.3 USE="3dnow acl alsa bzip2 fam jpeg2k kerberos mmx nls openexr opengl semantic-desktop spell sse sse2 ssl zeroconf (-altivec) -bindist -debug -doc -kdeprefix -test" 0 kB # khelpcenter khelpcenter(14400) KHC::Formatter::readTemplates: Main template file name is empty. khelpcenter(14400) KHC::View::View: Unable to read Formatter templates. khelpcenter(14400) KHC::DocMetaInfo::DocMetaInfo: DocMetaInfo() khelpcenter(14400) KHC::DocMetaInfo::languageName: -- langcode: "en_US" cfgfile: "/usr/share/locale/en_US/entry.desktop" khelpcenter(14400) KHC::DocMetaInfo::scanMetaInfo: DocMetaInfo::scanMetaInfo(): scanning "/usr/share/apps/khelpcenter/plugins/" OMF category 'GNOME|Office' not recognised, ignoring. khelpcenter(14400) KHC::SearchEngine::initSearchHandlers: SearchEngine::initSearchHandlers(): "/usr/share/apps/khelpcenter/searchhandlers/man.desktop" khelpcenter(14400) KHC::SearchEngine::initSearchHandlers: SearchEngine::initSearchHandlers(): "/usr/share/apps/khelpcenter/searchhandlers/htdig.desktop" khelpcenter(14400) KHC::SearchEngine::initSearchHandlers: SearchEngine::initSearchHandlers(): "/usr/share/apps/khelpcenter/searchhandlers/docbook.desktop" khelpcenter(14400) KHC::MainWindow::stop: khelpcenter(14400) KHC::History::createEntry: History::createEntry() ############# And a windows with "The file or folder help:/kaffeine/index.html does not exist" Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. put ~amd64 in make.conf 2. update the system 3. Actual Results: kde3 apps cannot find khelpcenter-4.2.3 and khelpcenter-4.2.3 cannot find the help for kde3 apps. Expected Results: That khelpcenter-4.2.3 find the help for kde3 apps and that kde3 apps find khelpcenter-4.2.3. According to http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=6953325, it is possible to make sone symlinks, but this is just a workaround, not a real fix. I also found this: http://www.linux-archive.org/debian-kde/289802-kde3-apps-kde4-khelpcenter-kfmclient.html so ubuntu seam to have a patch against kdelibs for this issue.
Sorry we are not fixing kde3 bugs anymore. KDE3 is on its way of the tree and it would be pointless to patch it further. You might try to get it to kde-sunset, but it is not official overlay.
