Bug 470213

Summary:	Choosing another wallpaper using right click on desktop makes whole plasmashell crash
Product:	[Plasma] plasmashell	Reporter:	PK <pieterkristensen>
Component:	Image & Slideshow wallpaper plugins	Assignee:	Plasma Bugs List <plasma-bugs-null>
Status:	RESOLVED WORKSFORME
Severity:	crash	CC:	notmart, p.r.worrall, qydwhotmail
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	5.27.5
Target Milestone:	1.0
Platform:	Other
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
Sentry Crash Report:

Description PK 2023-05-24 13:31:11 UTC

SUMMARY
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After I right-clicked on my desktop the wallpaper picker appears. There I can choose my new wallpaper. Only very often the wallpaper picker quickly becomes non responding and then takes the whole plasmashell system with it in it's fall. This happens on both the computer where I work on.
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STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Right-click on desktop
2. Select wallpaper and
3. Try another wallpaper

OBSERVED RESULT
I could change my wallpaper

EXPECTED RESULT
Plasmashell crashes

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Operating System: KDE neon 5.27
KDE Plasma Version: 5.27.5
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.106.0
Qt Version: 5.15.9
Kernel Version: 5.19.0-42-generic (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: Wayland
Processors: 4 × Intel® Celeron® J4105 CPU @ 1.50GHz
Memory: 7.4 GiB of RAM
Graphics Processor: Mesa Intel® UHD Graphics 600

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Comment 1 Paul Worrall 2023-05-24 15:11:42 UTC

I can't reproduce this.  If you could attach a backtrace with debug symbols someone may be able to investigate further.
See https://community.kde.org/Guidelines_and_HOWTOs/Debugging/How_to_create_useful_crash_reports

Comment 2 PK 2023-05-25 05:00:26 UTC

When I have time I will try to get output of the bug. It would be possible that I came to ask one or two things... To start I need to know the name of the desktop configuring application. Do you happen to know how that is called?

Comment 3 Paul Worrall 2023-05-26 07:15:14 UTC

Try using the instructions under "Retrieving a backtrace using coredumpctl" to identify the process that crashed.

Comment 4 Bug Janitor Service 2023-06-10 03:45:32 UTC

Dear Bug Submitter,

This bug has been in NEEDSINFO status with no change for at least
15 days. Please provide the requested information as soon as
possible and set the bug status as REPORTED. Due to regular bug
tracker maintenance, if the bug is still in NEEDSINFO status with
no change in 30 days the bug will be closed as RESOLVED > WORKSFORME
due to lack of needed information.

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Comment 5 Bug Janitor Service 2023-06-25 03:45:14 UTC

This bug has been in NEEDSINFO status with no change for at least
30 days. The bug is now closed as RESOLVED > WORKSFORME
due to lack of needed information.

For more information about our bug triaging procedures please read the
wiki located here:
https://community.kde.org/Guidelines_and_HOWTOs/Bug_triaging

Thank you for helping us make KDE software even better for everyone!

Comment 6 PK 2023-09-25 05:33:10 UTC

I find these https://community.kde.org/Guidelines_and_HOWTOs/Bug_triaging instructions way too difficult. You see, I am a really enthusiastic KDE/Plasma user but by no means  technical.
Can someone tell me how to start the desktopconfiguration-module from the konsole? Perhaps the konsole gives me already useful information. I looked at the list of kcm modules but I doubt if it is one of them.
Thank you.