Version: (using KDE 4.2.0) OS: Linux Installed from: Gentoo Packages Trying to launch a browser from a link, (Say for example, clicking "Open in new browser" on a link in Xchat), caused an uncountable amount of the application /usr/bin/kfmclient trying to access that url. The task bar was flooded with Konqueror applications and icons, clipping each other until KDE became unresponsive. After 20 seconds or so, they all disappeared, but I could not launch any new applications, with the error: Maximum number of clients reachedError: cannot open display: :0 xrestop showed that there were many "unknown" applications taking client slots, with very small memory usage, as seen in the next post. I encountered this after setting the default browser to mozilla firefox, after installing mozilla-firefox-bin from portage, then removing that with emerge -C, and installing mozilla-firefox. This left the Default Browser field blank, which led to a flood of konquerors. This is always reproducible.
xrestop - Display: localhost:0 Monitoring 236 clients. XErrors: 0 Pixmaps: 122586K total, Other: 146K total, All: 122732K total res-base Wins GCs Fnts Pxms Misc Pxm mem Other Total PID Identifier 3200000 545 126 0 186 157 81414K 19K 81433K 876 kpdf 11600000 27 1 0 719 811 17340K 19K 17359K 1509 Qt-subapplication 4000000 56 1 1 5 1199 6594K 30K 6625K ? compiz 1d600000 132 65 1 431 92 5373K 7K 5381K 1648 codeblocks 0c00000 178 44 1 99 172 4197K 10K 4207K 924 emerald 2e00000 5 1 0 92 135 3840K 3K 3843K 869 Qt-subapplication 1800000 3 1 0 66 134 1621K 3K 1624K 818 1e00000 302 84 1 336 142 1114K 13K 1127K 2146 Vuze 2a00000 3 1 0 80 96 761K 2K 763K 854 Nepomuk Strigi File Indexing - Nepomuk Service Stub 3a00000 6 1 0 18 31 124K 912B 125K 917 klipper 2c00000 5 1 0 27 38 111K 1K 112K 867 Intel ICH 3400000 69 29 1 17 78 40K 5K 45K 897 Pidgin 3c00000 2 1 0 7 16 29K 456B 30K 925 0000000 2 0 2 0 128 0B 5K 5K ? <unknown> 0a00000 0 1 0 0 115 0B 2K 2K ? <unknown> 3800000 2 1 0 0 6 0B 216B 216B 906 kded 0e00000 1 1 0 0 5 0B 168B 168B ? <unknown> 2800000 0 1 0 0 3 0B 96B 96B ? <unknown> 2600000 0 1 0 0 3 0B 96B 96B ? <unknown> 2200000 0 1 0 0 3 0B 96B 96B ? <unknown> 2000000 0 1 0 0 3 0B 96B 96B ? <unknown> 1a00000 0 1 0 0 3 0B 96B 96B ? <unknown> 1400000 0 1 0 0 3 0B 96B 96B ? <unknown> 1200000 0 1 0 0 3 0B 96B 96B ? <unknown> 0400000 0 1 0 0 3 0B 96B 96B ? <unknown> 1d400000 0 1 0 0 2 0B 72B 72B ? <unknown> 1d200000 0 1 0 0 2 0B 72B 72B ? <unknown> 1d000000 0 1 0 0 2 0B 72B 72B ? <unknown> 1ce00000 0 1 0 0 2 0B 72B 72B ? <unknown> 1cc00000 0 1 0 0 2 0B 72B 72B ? <unknown> 1ca00000 0 1 0 0 2 0B 72B 72B ? <unknown> 1c800000 0 1 0 0 2 0B 72B 72B ? <unknown> 1c600000 0 1 0 0 2 0B 72B 72B ? <unknown> 1c400000 0 1 0 0 2 0B 72B 72B ? <unknown> 1c200000 0 1 0 0 2 0B 72B 72B ? <unknown> 1c000000 0 1 0 0 2 0B 72B 72B ? <unknown> 1be00000 0 1 0 0 2 0B 72B 72B ? <unknown> 1bc00000 0 1 0 0 2 0B 72B 72B ? <unknown> 1ba00000 0 1 0 0 2 0B 72B 72B ? <unknown> 1b800000 0 1 0 0 2 0B 72B 72B ? <unknown> 1b600000 0 1 0 0 2 0B 72B 72B ? <unknown> 1b400000 0 1 0 0 2 0B 72B 72B ? <unknown> 1b200000 0 1 0 0 2 0B 72B 72B ? <unknown> 1b000000 0 1 0 0 2 0B 72B 72B ? <unknown> 1ae00000 0 1 0 0 2 0B 72B 72B ? <unknown> 1ac00000 0 1 0 0 2 0B 72B 72B ? <unknown> 1aa00000 0 1 0 0 2 0B 72B 72B ? <unknown> 1a800000 0 1 0 0 2 0B 72B 72B ? <unknown> 1a600000 0 1 0 0 2 0B 72B 72B ? <unknown>
I can confirm it bug on kubuntu 9.04 with KDE4.2.2. The problem also exist is the alternative browser isn't valid (doesn't exist)
I, too, can confirm this on Kubuntu 9.04, KDE 4.3.00. The browser command blanked itself out when switching from Firefox 3.0 to Firefox 3.5 on Kubuntu, so this can happen to a lot of people. Always reproducible and makes the session unusable to less knowledgeable people. I propose moving this up in severity (since clicking a link may force a user to log out). Platform can also be changed from Gentoo Packages. IMO, a dialog should pop up saying "Cannot find your specified browser: 'xxxx'. [ Try again ] [ Open in Konqueror ] [ Don't open ]"
What's the status of this bug? It's still unconfirmed
Dear Bug Submitter, This bug has been stagnant for a long time. Could you help us out and re-test if the bug is valid in the latest version? I am setting the status to NEEDSINFO pending your response, please change the Status back to REPORTED when you respond. Thank you for helping us make KDE software even better for everyone!
Dear Bug Submitter, This is a reminder that this bug has been stagnant for a long time. Could you help us out and re-test if the bug is valid in the latest version? Thank you for helping us make KDE software even better for everyone!
I've just hit this issue. KDE Frameworks 5.54.0 Qt 5.12.0 (built against 5.12.0) The xcb windowing system Built from sources.
Can you provide clear steps to reproduce so we can see how you hit this bug?
Dear Bug Submitter, This bug has been in NEEDSINFO status with no change for at least 15 days. Please provide the requested information as soon as possible and set the bug status as REPORTED. Due to regular bug tracker maintenance, if the bug is still in NEEDSINFO status with no change in 30 days the bug will be closed as RESOLVED > WORKSFORME due to lack of needed information. For more information about our bug triaging procedures please read the wiki located here: https://community.kde.org/Guidelines_and_HOWTOs/Bug_triaging If you have already provided the requested information, please mark the bug as REPORTED so that the KDE team knows that the bug is ready to be confirmed. Thank you for helping us make KDE software even better for everyone!
This bug has been in NEEDSINFO status with no change for at least 30 days. The bug is now closed as RESOLVED > WORKSFORME due to lack of needed information. For more information about our bug triaging procedures please read the wiki located here: https://community.kde.org/Guidelines_and_HOWTOs/Bug_triaging Thank you for helping us make KDE software even better for everyone!