Bug 426397

Summary:	kdialog error "The Window Switcher installation is broken ..."
Product:	[Plasma] kwin	Reporter:	Andrei Rybak <rybak.a.v>
Component:	tabbox	Assignee:	KWin default assignee <kwin-bugs-null>
Status:	RESOLVED NOT A BUG
Severity:	minor	CC:	johnnyl33, kde
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	5.18.8
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Ubuntu
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Description Andrei Rybak 2020-09-11 10:03:20 UTC

Error notifications are shown for "kdialog". With the following message
"The Window Switcher installation is broken, resources are missing. Contact your distribution about this."

The error notification appeared around 5-10 times. I wasn't able to pinpoint exact steps to reproduce this error.


SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Operating System: KDE neon 5.19
KDE Plasma Version: 5.19.5
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.73.0
Qt Version: 5.15.0
Kernel Version: 5.3.0-51-generic
OS Type: 64-bit
Processors: 8 × Intel® Core™ i5-8250U CPU @ 1.60GHz
Memory: 7.7 GiB of RAM
Graphics Processor: Mesa Intel® UHD Graphics 620

Comment 1 Andrei Rybak 2020-09-11 11:06:50 UTC

It seems that the error appears on some of the Alt-Tabs, which is bound to "Walt Through Windows" in System Settings > Shortcuts > System Services > Kwin.

Comment 2 Christoph Feck 2020-09-11 14:20:52 UTC

kdialog is only the external tool to allow kwin to display non-blocking dialogs.

Comment 3 Andrei Rybak 2021-07-30 14:46:06 UTC

Haven't encountered this error since, so closing the ticket.