10-18-2011
You should not be running large graphical applications as root. Many will actually refuse to do so.
Root likely operates in that limited environment intentionally. They assume you'd be logging into root for emergency recovery purposes, so the usual bells&whistles aren't assumed to be available.
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kbuildsycoca4
KBUILDSYCOCA4(8) KDE User's Manual KBUILDSYCOCA4(8)
NAME
kbuildsycoca4 - Rebuilds the system configuration cache.
SYNOPSIS
kbuildsycoca4 [--nosignal | --noincremental | --checkstamps | --nocheckfiles | --global | --menutest | --track menu-id | --help | --help-qt
| --help-kde | --help-all | --author | -v, --version | --license]
DESCRIPTION
kbuildsycoca4, as part of the KDE command line tools ensures the proper operation of KDE by reading in all the .desktop, .xml, and .proto-
col files to construct a binary database.
KDE itself accesses this database during operation to provide configuration information a program needs to run.
This tool is part of ksycoca4, which stands for KDE System Configuration Cache
OPTIONS
--nosignal
Do not signal applications to update
--noincremental
Disable incremental update, re-read everything
--checkstamps
Check file timestamps
--nocheckfiles
Disable checking files (dangerous)
--global
Create global database
--menutest
Perform menu generation test run only
--track menu-id
Track menu id for debug purposes
--help Show help about options
--help-qt
Show Qt specific options
--help-kde
Show KDE specific options
--help-all
Show all options
--author
Show author information
-v , --version
Show version information
--license
Show license information
USAGE
A standard way to run this program is by simply specifying the following command at the prompt kbuildsycoca4
FILES
/var/tmp/kde-$USER/ksycoca4
The default directory where the cache files are stored.
ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
$KDEDIRS
Specifies which directories are part of the KDE installations
SEE ALSO
kdeinit4
BUGS
There are probably tons of bugs. Use bugs.kde.org: http://bugs.kde.org to report them.
AUTHOR
Darian Lanx <content@openprojects.net>.
2010-01-04 KBUILDSYCOCA4(8)