Bug 209600

Summary:	Taskbar shows phantom tasks which do not exist.
Product:	[Plasma] plasma4	Reporter:	bonne
Component:	widget-taskbar	Assignee:	Plasma Bugs List <plasma-bugs>
Status:	RESOLVED DUPLICATE
Severity:	normal
Priority:	NOR
Version:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	unspecified
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:

Description bonne 2009-10-06 06:26:23 UTC

Version:           unknown (using 4.3.1 (KDE 4.3.1), Gentoo)
Compiler:          i686-pc-linux-gnu-gcc
OS:                Linux (i686) release 2.6.29-gentoo-r5

Occasionally the taskbar shows tasks which do not exist anymore. I have noticed this with firefox and amarok, but it can probably occur with any program. Usually the "phantom" tasks are present once an application has crashed. The application's taskbar entry does not go away. 
Further these phantom tasks appear on all desktops (I have my taskbar set to only show apps on the current desktop). 
They cannot be closed by way or right click -> close. 
They usually appear on the far left of the taskbar. 
They go away after logging out and back in again, or after removing the taskbar from the panel and readding it. 

I have triple checked that there is no real application running that corresponds to these phantom entries. I'm happy to provide any more information as required.

Comment 1 Christoph Feck 2009-10-07 00:24:50 UTC


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 202199 ***