Bug 185869

Summary:	File Open->Save As Dialogues locks up Plasma kded4
Product:	[Unmaintained] kdelibs	Reporter:	Marc Jeffrey Driftmeyer <mjd>
Component:	general	Assignee:	kdelibs bugs <kdelibs-bugs>
Status:	RESOLVED WORKSFORME
Severity:	crash	CC:	cfeck, faure
Priority:	NOR
Version:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Debian testing
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:
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Description Marc Jeffrey Driftmeyer 2009-03-01 12:02:33 UTC

Version:            (using KDE 4.2.0)
Compiler:          gcc (Debian 4.3.3-4) 4.3.3 
OS:                Linux
Installed from:    Debian testing/unstable Packages

Tested on Kile SVN, Kate, and any application that requires lock files and editing contexts.

.kde4/share/apps/RecentDocuments gets populated with .lock files resulting in plasma shutting down, the entire dock being useless and kded4 being locked up.

This becomes a recursive state which never resolves itself.

If one minimizes their konsole [terminal] instance(s) they become useless.

Killing X and restarting it via the KDM login is useless as there now are zombie processes that don't get killed and restarted, leaving one to a broken login desktop environment.

Ultimate workaround [not really a workaround as it is forces one to move to gtk+ editors and more while in KDE4.2] is to sudo reboot.

There is something fundamentally wrong in the FileDialog class that is not allowing for these locks to clean up and release objects.

Comment 1 Marc Jeffrey Driftmeyer 2009-03-01 12:03:56 UTC

Since you don't have a Debian Experimental, you might want to add this into your Platform options.

This has been an issue since Debian Experimental has built KDE4 packages.

Each revision has become more and more stable, but this is a show stopper.

Comment 2 Christoph Feck 2011-07-28 16:55:11 UTC

What is the status of this bug in recent KDE versions (4.6.5 or 4.7)? Please add a comment.

I have never heard of this issue before. Does Kate still create those .lock files?

Comment 3 Marc Jeffrey Driftmeyer 2011-08-02 01:09:45 UTC

Let me read up on the bug and verify if it still displays itself against 
Debian 4.6.5.

Sincerely,

Marc J. Driftmeyer

On 07/28/2011 09:55 AM, Christoph Feck wrote:
> https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=185869
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> --- Comment #2 from Christoph Feck<christoph maxiom de>   2011-07-28 16:55:11 ---
> What is the status of this bug in recent KDE versions (4.6.5 or 4.7)? Please
> add a comment.
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> I have never heard of this issue before. Does Kate still create those .lock
> files?
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Comment 4 David Faure 2013-07-15 21:11:30 UTC

Does this still happen?

Comment 5 Andrew Crouthamel 2018-10-30 00:03:56 UTC

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!

Comment 6 Bug Janitor Service 2018-11-14 11:24:43 UTC

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
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If you have already provided the requested information, please
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ready to be confirmed.

Thank you for helping us make KDE software even better for everyone!

Comment 7 Bug Janitor Service 2018-11-29 04:45:57 UTC

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!