[Bug 2115149] [NEW] KDE Connect fails on Ubuntu 24.10: broken D-Bus service file and subsequent QML error

[hery huemt]

Public bug reported:

[Problem Description]
On a clean install of Ubuntu 24.10, the "kdeconnect-app" fails to launch. Core functionalities like clipboard sharing are also not working. The daemon does not seem to start correctly due to packaging issues.

[Initial Error]
When trying to launch the app, the primary error is a D-Bus activation failure:
"error activating kdeconnectd: QDBusError("org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.Spawn.ExecFailed", "Failed to execute program org.kde.kdeconnect: No such file or directory")"

[Troubleshooting and Analysis]
1. The root cause of the D-Bus error is a broken service file. The file at "/usr/share/dbus-1/services/org.kde.kdeconnect.service" incorrectly contains "Exec=kdeconnectd" instead of the full path "Exec=/usr/bin/kdeconnectd".

2. Manually editing this file to use the correct path resolves the D-Bus
error.

3. However, after fixing the service file, "kdeconnect-app" still fails to launch with a fatal QML error:
"qrc:/qt/qml/org/kde/kdeconnect/app/FindDevicesPage.qml:13:1: QML FindDevicesPage: Created graphical object was not placed in the graphics scene."

[Conclusion]
There appear to be two separate bugs in the current version of the kdeconnect package for Ubuntu 24.10:
- Bug 1: The D-Bus service file is shipped with an incorrect Exec path.
- Bug 2: A deeper QML/Kirigami library incompatibility prevents the UI from rendering even after the first bug is manually fixed.

** Affects: kdeconnect (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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  KDE Connect fails on Ubuntu 24.10: broken D-Bus service file and
  subsequent QML error

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