Bug 419894

Summary: Gwenview slow startup
Product: [Applications] gwenview Reporter: David <kitt997>
Component: generalAssignee: Gwenview Bugs <gwenview-bugs-null>
Status: RESOLVED FIXED    
Severity: normal    
Priority: NOR    
Version First Reported In: 18.12.2   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: Fedora RPMs   
OS: Linux   
Latest Commit: Version Fixed/Implemented In:
Sentry Crash Report:

Description David 2020-04-09 22:26:40 UTC
SUMMARY
Gwenview suddenly takes ages to show up.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Open any image | launch gwenview from command line
2. Wait 20 to 30 secs


OBSERVED RESULT
Hopefully see gwenview showing up, a frozen screen if launched with no image to open.

EXPECTED RESULT
Gwenview on same hardware took 1 to 2.5 secs to start up normally. Home screen immediately loaded up when started with no image to open.

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Windows: 
macOS: 
Linux/KDE Plasma: 5.5.10-fc30
(available in About System)
KDE Plasma Version: 5.15.5
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.64.0
Qt Version: 5.12.5

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
When launched from command line, shows no error but:
Invalid url QUrl("")

I've already tried deleting .local/share/gwenview/* with no luck.
Comment 1 David 2020-04-11 11:37:41 UTC
Last update to kf5-5.68.0 solved the problem.