Bug 199633

Summary:	Modal dialog about error for GHNS when the user do not have internet connection blocks Plasma
Product:	[Frameworks and Libraries] kdelibs	Reporter:	SlashDevDsp <slashdevdsp>
Component:	knewstuff	Assignee:	Plasma Bugs List <plasma-bugs>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	normal	CC:	asraniel, echidnaman, gladhorn, jpwhiting
Priority:	NOR
Version:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Compiled Sources
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:

Description SlashDevDsp 2009-07-10 03:55:37 UTC

Version:            (using Devel)
Compiler:          g++ 4.3 
OS:                Linux
Installed from:    Compiled sources

when the network is offline and I try
right click->Desktop settings -> get new wallpapers or New Theme
I get the get hot new stuff window with a error dialog 'cannot connect to data sources', this dialog disables the panel and plasma widgets (meaning I can't click on the panel kmenu/taskbar etc) - greyed out, this should not be the desired behaviour when network is offline. The error dialog should not disable input to panel or other widgets

Comment 1 Jonathan Thomas 2009-12-26 04:45:13 UTC

Would be a bug with KNS itself, I would think, since the only dialog that Plasma explicitly makes is the KNS dialog itself. (That dialog makes the modal error dialog)

Comment 2 Frederik Gladhorn 2010-03-23 11:46:59 UTC

fixed in KDE 4.5 by not showing the error message as dialog any more but in the dialog itself in the status area

Comment 3 SlashDevDsp 2010-03-23 12:21:50 UTC

wow, I totally forgot about this, luckily there is bko and thanks for the fix. I will check it out :)