Bug 162841

Summary:	Kontact crashes during its startup - caused by KOrganizer
Product:	[Applications] kontact	Reporter:	Mr. Wep <porscher14>
Component:	general	Assignee:	kdepim bugs <pim-bugs-null>
Status:	RESOLVED WORKSFORME
Severity:	crash
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Ubuntu
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:
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Description Mr. Wep 2008-05-29 23:27:59 UTC

Version:           Who knows, I probably can't get to that as it crashes, it must be something designed primarily for KDE 3.5, it's a stable release, probably latest ubuntu package. (using KDE 4.0.3)
Installed from:    Ubuntu Packages
Compiler:          I thought packages were precompiled 
OS:                Linux

First of all, I'm sorry to have stated the bug is in Kontact - the problem is probably in KOrganizer. During the wizard I tried several things and came to this conclusion.
I've been using Kontact for a few months now and everything seemed fine. One day, all of a sudden, when I wanted to start it, it just crashed. And wouldn't start again.
Other applications worked seperatly - e.g. Kmail, Basket.
I tried reinstalling - no difference, then I tried removing the ~/.kde/share/apps/korganizer directory and - heureka! - Kontact (and KOrganizer) would start again. But unfortunately this is not a solution - I  do not have all my calendar data in KOrganizer.
I then tried just copying the backup instead of the default *.ics file = crash on startup, importing using the GUI = crash on startup, and only ToDos were imported.
Adding events in the clean calendar seems to work.
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[KCrash handler]
#6  0xb5f69283 in strlen () from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6
#7  0xb6a8d79c in QString::fromUtf8 () from /usr/lib/libqt-mt.so.3
#8  0xb78d6b31 in KCal::Attachment::Attachment () from /usr/lib/libkcal.so.2
#9  0xb78ff670 in KCal::ICalFormatImpl::readAttachment ()
   from /usr/lib/libkcal.so.2
#10 0xb7905b03 in KCal::ICalFormatImpl::readIncidence ()
   from /usr/lib/libkcal.so.2
#11 0xb79063fe in KCal::ICalFormatImpl::readTodo () from /usr/lib/libkcal.so.2
#12 0xb7906b1f in KCal::ICalFormatImpl::populate () from /usr/lib/libkcal.so.2
#13 0xb78fbcfa in KCal::ICalFormat::fromRawString ()
   from /usr/lib/libkcal.so.2
#14 0xb78fc337 in KCal::ICalFormat::load () from /usr/lib/libkcal.so.2
#15 0xb7926bf6 in KCal::FileStorage::load () from /usr/lib/libkcal.so.2
#16 0xb78edff4 in KCal::CalendarLocal::load () from /usr/lib/libkcal.so.2
#17 0xb792a49d in KCal::ResourceLocal::doLoad () from /usr/lib/libkcal.so.2
#18 0xb792958b in KCal::ResourceCalendar::load () from /usr/lib/libkcal.so.2
#19 0xb7937e7e in KCal::CalendarResources::load () from /usr/lib/libkcal.so.2
#20 0x0805266c in ?? ()
#21 0x08052b74 in ?? ()
#22 0xb6e8dab6 in KUniqueApplication::processDelayed ()
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#23 0xb6ea7e63 in KUniqueApplication::qt_invoke ()
   from /usr/lib/libkdecore.so.4
#24 0x0805233f in ?? ()
#25 0xb6771704 in QObject::activate_signal () from /usr/lib/libqt-mt.so.3
#26 0xb6b00aba in QSignal::signal () from /usr/lib/libqt-mt.so.3
#27 0xb67907b2 in QSignal::activate () from /usr/lib/libqt-mt.so.3
#28 0xb6798936 in QSingleShotTimer::event () from /usr/lib/libqt-mt.so.3
#29 0xb6705c36 in QApplication::internalNotify () from /usr/lib/libqt-mt.so.3
#30 0xb6707a5f in QApplication::notify () from /usr/lib/libqt-mt.so.3
#31 0xb6ec6672 in KApplication::notify () from /usr/lib/libkdecore.so.4
#32 0xb669628d in QApplication::sendEvent () from /usr/lib/libqt-mt.so.3
#33 0xb66f8b19 in QEventLoop::activateTimers () from /usr/lib/libqt-mt.so.3
#34 0xb66ab64b in QEventLoop::processEvents () from /usr/lib/libqt-mt.so.3
#35 0xb6720f90 in QEventLoop::enterLoop () from /usr/lib/libqt-mt.so.3
#36 0xb6720c8e in QEventLoop::exec () from /usr/lib/libqt-mt.so.3
#37 0xb67077df in QApplication::exec () from /usr/lib/libqt-mt.so.3
#38 0x08050ae4 in ?? ()
#39 0xb5f0d450 in __libc_start_main () from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6
#40 0x080508c1 in ?? ()

If you need anything more, please ask. I'd love to get back to my nicely organised calendar...

Regards,
Mr. Wep

Comment 1 Allen Winter 2008-05-30 02:36:14 UTC

this is probably the binary attachment bug in the 3rd party ical library.

search in your calendar for an event or to-do with a binary attachment
and remove that attachment.  hope that helps

Comment 2 Mr. Wep 2008-05-30 15:28:33 UTC

OK, thanks for the tip, I imported the calendar into Sunbird which seems not to handle attachments, exported back and it works again. Although I don't remember adding attachments to my events, probably I just wanted to try it out to see what it does at the beginning, but why would have this occurred now? Well it works for now and I don't really need attachments. Looking forward to see what the new Kontact in KDE 4.1 will have to offer.
Thanks once more,
Mr. Wep