#944863 plasma-discover times out when fcitx is installed

Package:
plasma-discover
Source:
plasma-discover
Description:
Discover software management suite
Submitter:
Arjen Balfoort
Date:
2019-11-16 16:03:05 UTC
Severity:
normal
#944863#5
Date:
2019-11-16 15:58:54 UTC
From:
To:
Dear Maintainer,

   * What led up to the situation?
After installation of fcitx (apt-get install fcitx fcitx-mozc kde-config-fcitx) Plasma Discover takes a long time to enable the fetching and update all buttons. When it times out, the buttons are enabled.

   * What exactly did you do (or not do) that was effective (or
     ineffective)?
I started PD in update mode from the terminal: plasma-discover --mode update

   * What was the outcome of this action?
file:///usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/qt5/qml/org/kde/kirigami.2/ScrollablePage.qml:182: TypeError: Cannot assign to read-only property "parent"
file:///usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/qt5/qml/org/kde/kirigami.2/ScrollablePage.qml:182: TypeError: Cannot assign to read-only property "parent"
file:///usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/qt5/qml/org/kde/kirigami.2/ScrollablePage.qml:182: TypeError: Cannot assign to read-only property "parent"
file:///usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/qt5/qml/org/kde/kirigami.2/ScrollablePage.qml:182: TypeError: Cannot assign to read-only property "parent"
adding empty sources model QStandardItemModel(0x5646e40543b0)
no packages for "org.kde.plasma.activitybar"
no packages for "org.kde.plasma.systemloadviewer"
no packages for "io.devdocs.webapp"
no packages for "org.kde.plasma.showActivityManager"
no packages for "org.kde.plasma.grouping"
no packages for "org.kde.plasma.binaryclock"
no packages for "org.kde.plasma.diskquota"
no packages for "org.kde.kscreen"
no packages for "libgphoto2"
no packages for "org.debian.debian"
no packages for "org.kde.plasma.kimpanel"
no packages for "org.kde.plasma.timer"
no packages for "im.riot.webapp"
no packages for "org.kde.plasma.appmenu"
no packages for "org.kde.plasma.quicklaunch"
invalid kns backend! "/etc/xdg/ksysguard.knsrc" because: "Config group not found! Check your KNS3 installation."
invalid kns backend! "/etc/xdg/servicemenu.knsrc" because: "Config group not found! Check your KNS3 installation."
org.kde.plasma.discover: couldn't open file "/home/solydxk/.cache/discover/featured-5.9.json" "No such file or directory"
org.kde.plasma.discover: couldn't open file "/home/solydxk/.cache/discover/featured-5.9.json" "No such file or directory"
org.kde.plasma.discover: couldn't open file "/home/solydxk/.cache/discover/featured-5.9.json" "No such file or directory"
org.kde.plasma.libdiscover: Failed to fetch ratings  "Timeout on server\nodrs.gnome.org: Socket operation timed out"
org.kde.knewstuff.core: Could not find category "Fcitx Theme"
invalid kns backend! "/etc/xdg/fcitx-skin.knsrc" because: "Backend Fcitx-skin took too long to initialize"
org.kde.plasma.libdiscover: Discarding invalid backend "fcitx-skin.knsrc"

PD times out on the second last line.

Content of /etc/xdg/fcitx-skin.knsrc
[KNewStuff3]
Categories=Fcitx Theme
InstallPath=.config/fcitx/skin
Uncompress=archive

   * What outcome did you expect instead?
I do not know why PD needs these knsrc files but if it does, it should not take so long to continue and enable the top right buttons.