Bug 330623

Summary:	Kate crashes when clicking the "close" button in Help \| About menu
Product:	[Applications] kate	Reporter:	citizen.internet.4077 <citizen.internet.4077>
Component:	application	Assignee:	KWrite Developers <kwrite-bugs-null>
Status:	RESOLVED DUPLICATE
Severity:	crash
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Ubuntu
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
Sentry Crash Report:

Description citizen.internet.4077 2014-02-01 03:13:41 UTC

I launched Kate, clicked Help->About Kate. The "About Kate" dialog pops up. I then click the close button in the dialog and Kate crashes.
I am using Kate version is 3.8.5 on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. I installed Kate via Ubuntu repo. I am using KDE platform 4.8.5.
I don't know if I am using Ubuntu or Kubuntu packages (how would I determine that?). I assume I am using Ubuntu packages, because I installed the kate-dbg package and the crash report still said the backtrace contained no usefui info. Perhaps the  kate-dbg package is not working?

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. launched Kate,. 
2.  clicked Help->About Kate
3. The "About Kate" dialog pops up. Click the close button in the dialog and Kate crashes.
Actual Results:  
Kate crashes and the KDE Crash Handler dialog appears with the following details:
Executable: kate PID: 27484 Signal: Segmentation fault (11)

Expected Results:  
Kate should not crash

Any text entered between last save and Help->About Kate & and clicking close button is lost. BTW, it also happens when clicking the "x" in the upper left corner instead of the close button

Comment 1 Christoph Feck 2014-02-01 22:15:06 UTC


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 305931 ***