KDE 'low disk space warning' needs a 'suppress for X time' option (and/or a GUI to re-enable the warning if I disabled it)

Bug #382402 reported by Craig Fowler
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kdebase-workspace (Ubuntu)
Invalid
Wishlist
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Bug Description

[This is a Feature Request]
[Kubuntu Jaunty/KDE 4.2.2 - repository installs]

The 'KDE Dæmon' "Running out of diskspace" warning dialog presently has three options available:

* Open Konqueror (presumably so I can delete some stuff and free up disk space)
* Ignore this warning
* Disable this warning

I would like a fourth capability here, possibly as a sub-option within the 'Ignore this Warning' option:

* Ignore/Suppress this warning for [insert time period]

Use case:
I am seeing that warning message repeatedly during the course of today. This evening when I would shut down/reboot the machine anyway I will extend the partition that contains my home directory. During the day though I would like it if my laptop stopped continually bugging me for something I already know about and plan to fix.

I do not want to 'Disable this Warning' since that would mean that (after today, after I have extended the partition and solved the problem) I won't see the warning should I begin running out of space again (say a few months down the line). I just want to suppress the warning for 24 hours.

Current workaround:
I found on this thread:
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/susenovell-60/low-disk-space-kde-daemon-keeps-popping-up-484422/

that this warning is configured in:

/home/craig/.kde/share/config/kdedrc

I will hit the 'disable this warning' option for now and then (this evening) remove the line in that config file that recorded that I disabled the warning. It would be nice if there was a GUI for this though - I certainly can't find one.

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Craig Fowler (craig-craigfowler) wrote :
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Craig Fowler (craig-craigfowler) wrote :

Update: when I said it was configured in:

~/.kde/share/config/kdedrc

I lied! It appears that the config is elsewhere in Jaunty/KDE4 (the KDE folk I am speaking to on IRC say that it's a distro-specific thing and that vanilla KDE4 doesn't have that dialog). Anyway, the config is actually located at:

~/.kde/share/config/lowspaceuse

I believe that the workaround stands though, I can delete that file when I want to re-enable the warnings.

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Jonathan Thomas (echidnaman) wrote :

You can enable/disable this and any other KDE daemon from the service manager in the advanced tab of System Settings. :)

affects: ubuntu → kdebase-workspace (Ubuntu)
Changed in kdebase-workspace (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Wishlist
status: New → Invalid
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