Version: (using KDE KDE 3.3.0) Installed from: RedHat RPMs Compiler: gcc version 3.3.2 20031022 (Red Hat Linux 3.3.2-1) OS: Linux When KDE_FORK_SLAVES=1 is set, kmail freezes when clicking on (external) links.
Confirmed on FreeBSD.
This also happens when clicking on links in kopete and basket
Updating summary/product as it seems KDE_FORK_SLAVES is inherently broken (at least in kde 3.3.0).
I can confirm this bug under KDE3.3
This bug is still present in kmail 1.9.7 / KDE 3.5.8 (tested on Debian unstable). It seems to block on a socket read: strace: 10261 read(3, "\1\0\0\0", 4) = 4 10261 read(3, "\0\0\0\vDCOPServer\0\0\0\0\1\0\0\0\0\1\0\0\0\0\35app"..., 83) = 83 10261 read(3,
For giggles, tried to reproduce on kde.4.3.0. kmail/kontact does still block on opening http links, but only a short time, 10-20 seconds (or so), then konq pops open and things return to normal. All other uses *seem* to be ok so far.
Can this ticket get closed then since you stated that it worked okay when tested in KDE 4.3.0 ? It should work even better in KDE 4.5.0 since the new scheduler was merged in that release.
OK, stick a fork in it.