[SOLVED] cannot run Conky on KDE4

Question

I cannot start Conky on KDE4.
Arch Linux Conky Manual says FEH must be installed and ~/.kde/share/autostart/fehconky must be created as follows:
#!/bin/bash
feh --bg-scale `dcop kdesktop KBackgroundIface currentWallpaper 1`
I have installed FEH. Then I have created the links into .kde4 directory, because KDE4 supports this one. However Arch Linux installation with KDE4 does not include dcop but dbus. And there is no web link / information I could find, which states that how dbus must be started accordingly.
I have also created a symlink (as stated in the page above):
ln -s /usr/bin/conky ~/.kde4/share/autostart/conkylink
, however when I reboot or relogin, KDE does not seem to start these programs. As a root I have not found any log file in /var/log containing why these programs cannot be started.
For experiment, I have copied both files into ~/.kde4/Autostart, but in this case KDE4 cannot find dcop and Desktop Environment aborts to login prompt again.
How can I start feh? Do I need it in KDE4? DBUS daemons seem to be running
[arutku@hostarchlinux ~]$ ps -ef | grep dbus
dbus 2999 1 0 Sep05 ? 00:00:01 /usr/bin/dbus-daemon --system
root 3715 1 0 Sep05 ? 00:00:00 /usr/bin/dbus-daemon --fork --print-pid 5 --print-address 7 --session
root 3716 1 0 Sep05 ? 00:00:00 dbus-launch --autolaunch 559d1c801aa546c24bf5f91048c00573 --binary-syntax --close-stderr
arutku 3764 1 0 Sep05 ? 00:00:00 /usr/bin/dbus-daemon --fork --print-pid 5 --print-address 7 --session
arutku 3765 1 0 Sep05 ? 00:00:00 dbus-launch --sh-syntax --exit-with-session
arutku 4104 3870 0 00:29 pts/1 00:00:00 grep dbus
[arutku@hostarchlinux ~]$
Do I really need to start FEH then?
Any help appreciated because there is no information in web I could find.
dbus is not in DAEMONS list in /etc/rc.conf. And, maybe it helps:
[arutku@hostarchlinux ~]$ uname -a
Linux hostarchlinux 2.6.26-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Tue Aug 26 21:15:43 UTC 2008 i686 AMD Athlon(tm) XP 2800+ AuthenticAMD GNU/Linux
EDIT: Fixed typos
Last edited by pencuse (2008-09-06 00:07:07)

Answer 1

I have solved the problem by running
update-desktop-database
both for the user and the root. I don't know for which user solved this utility the problem but it solved. I think it corrected MIME settings of the operating system. Before I had run this utility, icons for the files could not be shown, files could not be associated and KDE complained inode/* MIME types in /usr/share/packages/kde.xml.
However this utility solved the problems. Without any FEH installation/scripting stated in Conky Wiki of Arch Linux, Conky runs automatically now.
~/.kde4/Autostart for KDE4 is the correct directory now to autostart Conky or any other application.
HTH.