Bug 354740

Summary:	Dolphin freezes when showing hidden files (Alt+.)
Product:	[Applications] dolphin	Reporter:	Syiad <syiad.al-duri>
Component:	general	Assignee:	Dolphin Bug Assignee <dolphin-bugs-null>
Status:	RESOLVED DUPLICATE
Severity:	grave	CC:	emmanuelpescosta099
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	16.12.2
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Kubuntu
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Description Syiad 2015-11-02 16:58:28 UTC

When I press Alt+. to show the hidden files in my home directory, dolphin shows them and then freezes. The window become unresponsive (menu, toolbar, places, main window all dead).

If I minimise and restore the window, it comes back with a grey transparent background but otherwise completely empty.

The real bad thing now is that I cannot use dolphin anymore. If I kill it and start it again, it shows the hidden files in my home directory and is frozen immediately.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Start dolphin
2. Press <Alt+.>


Actual Results:  
Hidden files are displayed. Dolphin freezes.

Expected Results:  
Hidden files are displayed. Dolphin remains usable.

Comment 1 Syiad 2015-11-02 17:01:06 UTC

Sorry, should have said that this is a fresh install of Kubuntu 15.10.
Plasma 5.4.2
Qt 5.4.2
dolphin version - can't check because I can't get it to work. It's the one that comes with Kubuntu 15.10.

Comment 2 Emmanuel Pescosta 2015-11-02 17:08:30 UTC

Thanks for the bug report!

Hidden symlinks in your home folder?

Comment 3 Syiad 2015-11-02 20:25:11 UTC

I just saw that kile has created two links:
.lyxpipe.in
.lyxpipe.out
They're pointing to files in my kde subdirectory  in /tmp

Comment 4 Syiad 2015-11-02 20:35:04 UTC

Renaming the two files by removing the leading dot has made dolphin responsive again. However, to not disturb kile, I have afterwards renamed them back to their initial names.

I still consider this a grave bug, because this workaround to unfreeze dolphin is not straightforward. Dolphin becomes unusable to a user who doesn't get pointed to this behaviour. Even if I now know how to get dolphin back, it is a major issue that I can't switch it to show hidden files, which I consider an important feature.

Comment 5 Emmanuel Pescosta 2015-11-05 11:21:51 UTC

Thanks for the additional information!

This bug had been reported already.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 352828 ***