Bug 176659

Summary: WISH: Error message instead of Launch feedback with timeout
Product: [I don't know] kde Reporter: Roland Leißa <roland.leissa>
Component: generalAssignee: Unassigned bugs mailing-list <unassigned-bugs>
Status: RESOLVED FIXED    
Severity: wishlist CC: bugseforuns, nate, notuxius
Priority: NOR    
Version: unspecified   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: Gentoo Packages   
OS: Unspecified   
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Description Roland Leißa 2008-12-02 00:05:29 UTC 
Version:            (using KDE 4.1.3)
Installed from:    Gentoo Packages

An application which couldn't be launched because of an error should give the user a proper error message instead of annnoying the user with 30 seconds (or whatever your timeout is) of launch feedback.

Examples:

running amule in the cmd-line when amule is already running results in:

$ amule
Initialising aMule
Checking if there is an instance already running...
There is an instance of aMule already running
Raising current running instance.

This message should see the user.

A wrongly linked app results in:
Could not find libxxx.so

Could be useful for the user, too.
Comment 1 Roland Leißa 2010-09-03 14:17:29 UTC 
still there in KDE 4.5.1. I find the current behaviour very annoying.
Comment 2 Alexander Mentyu 2018-03-27 16:06:04 UTC 
Lauch feedback has no timeout for failed app and disappears almost instantly - and there is no error message

Plasma: 5.12.3
Apps: 17.12.3
Frameworks: 5.44.0
Qt: 5.10.1
Kernel: 4.14.27-1-MANJARO
OS: Netrunner Rolling
Comment 3 Nate Graham 2020-09-29 04:13:51 UTC 
Yep.