[Solved] KStars Ubuntu File Open dialogs empty

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Hi,
Lately I’m encountering permission issues (I suspect) with either the stable 3.6.4 or bleeding edge 3.6.7 Kstars and ubuntumate 22.04.3 LTS on a Mele Quieter 3C.
File dialogs e.g. File → Open Image or Analyze → Read From File show a dialog window in which the Places list is populated but no files are shown.

In contrast, it appears to work normally if I launch Kstars using sudo (no issue here: noting that upon which it asks for the initialization data setup, having not found it’s default data under the sudo launch).

I suspect it’s a system update that did something, but does anyone have suggestions on what to check / fix the issue?

Thanks

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I fixed this problem by completely reinstalling Unbuntumate and starting over from scratch using the Rob Lancaster’s AstroPi3 setup environment. Whatever was messed up, was undoubtably something I did.