Bug 286901

Version:           4.7 (using KDE 4.7.2) 
OS:                Linux

I have a laptop which frequently (as in always) experiences crashes when I shut down the computer. As if the crashes aren't annoying enough, the crash report window that pops up actually stops the shutdown process. I have to close the bug report window manually for the computer to continue shutting down. There may well be a way for me to disable these crash reports but I actually want them, just not this one which happens every time I shut down my computer.

Another problem is that after I choose shutdown, I often close my laptope immediately. This seems to result in it going into hibernation mode before it has actually finished the shutdown process. So when I open my laptop again, it's actually hibernated but when I wake it up it continues with the shutdown process so I have to start it up again.

I propose that shutdown should set some global flag immediately after it's been selected. If this flag is set, KDE should not try to go into hibernation/suspension nor should it display any blocking windows, or for that matter do anything that cause the shutdown process to be suspended.

In my opinion, this should be the default behavior. In some very rare cases, there may be a reason for halting the shutdown process but that should then have to be explicitly stated by the programmer.

A nice implementation of this would be to log any "disabled" events and then display them on the next boot up. Then I would see a display telling me that "Application X crashed during your last shutdown" or something like that.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
Not really applicable since this is more of a feature request.

However, on a laptop set to hibernate when it's closed, you can press Ctrl+Alt+Delete and choose shutdown, then immediately close the laptop screen and it should hibernate before finishing the shutdown process.


Expected Results:  
After choosing shutdown, I should not see any crash results that come up and the laptop should not hibernate if I close it immediately after choosing shutdown.