Bug 307508

Summary:	"The process for the file protocol died unexpectedly". I suddenly can't write ANYWHERE!!!
Product:	[Plasma] Active	Reporter:	Rob <schabertrobbinger>
Component:	General	Assignee:	active
Status:	RESOLVED NOT A BUG
Severity:	critical
Priority:	NOR
Version:	PA 3
Target Milestone:	unscheduled
Platform:	unspecified
OS:	Linux
URL:	https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/kdebase/+bug/70240
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:

Description Rob 2012-09-28 01:43:46 UTC

I believe that I am a victim bug similar to what is described in the link above. I opened the lid and tried to sign on to Skype before my internet connection was established. First Skype went crazy and hung. Then everything else went to hell. The Dropbox daemon said that there was no tmp-like folder any longer and quit with an error. Most frustratingly the file system seems to be compromised and I am unable to save...period. I will probably lose a quarter of a day's work because of this. The OS keeps popping up an error message that says /<my_home_folder>/.kde/share/config/ApperSharedrc (or something like that, going from memory here) is not writable so I should talk to the administrator. This is the worst bug I have ever, ever experienced in KDE because it has effectively rendered my system read-only (which, for me, is useless).

Reproducible: Didn't try

Comment 1 Aaron J. Seigo 2012-09-28 11:27:13 UTC

That sounds utterly horrible. However, neither Skype nor dropbox are KDE applications, and it sounds like it is a problem elsewhere rather than something in the layers we currently maintain.

p.s. "Active" is a specific application set, rather than a general bug depot for any/all vaguely/possibly KDE related bugs.

Comment 2 Rob 2012-09-28 22:35:57 UTC

Well, I don't see what good an OS is if you can't safely run software on it : )

Are you saying that I was supposed to complain to someone else about this particular bug?

At any rate, I guess I don't care anymore since I was easily able to fix the problem by booting in recovery mode and in the future I can easily avoid the actions that led to the glitch. 

Sent from my iPhone

On Sep 28, 2012, at 1:27 PM, Aaron J. Seigo <aseigo@kde.org> wrote:

> https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=307508
> 
> Aaron J. Seigo <aseigo@kde.org> changed:
> 
>           What    |Removed                     |Added
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
>             Status|UNCONFIRMED                 |RESOLVED
>         Resolution|---                         |INVALID
> 
> --- Comment #1 from Aaron J. Seigo <aseigo@kde.org> ---
> That sounds utterly horrible. However, neither Skype nor dropbox are KDE
> applications, and it sounds like it is a problem elsewhere rather than
> something in the layers we currently maintain.
> 
> p.s. "Active" is a specific application set, rather than a general bug depot
> for any/all vaguely/possibly KDE related bugs.
> 
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