Bug 477864

Summary:	Pressing the Print Screen button causes too many Spectacle windows, which eventually causes KWin to crash
Product:	[Applications] Spectacle	Reporter:	Жора Змейкин <katze_942>
Component:	General	Assignee:	Noah Davis <noahadvs>
Status:	RESOLVED DUPLICATE
Severity:	crash	CC:	kde, nate, putr4.s
Priority:	NOR	Keywords:	qt6
Version:	git-master
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Neon
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:
Attachments:	Dump

Description Жора Змейкин 2023-12-01 20:30:21 UTC

Accidentally pressed the Print Screen button and it caused the system to crash.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Open Spectacle and set "Use last-user capture mode" when you start Spectacle. Also set "Take a new screenshot" when the Print Screen button is pressed.
2. Use "Active Window" as the last shooting mode.
3. In any program, just press Print Screen and depending on how lucky you are, you'll get a system crash.

OBSERVED RESULT
Shell crash 

EXPECTED RESULT
Normal screenshot processing

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Linux/KDE Plasma: KDE Neon (Unstable), Wayland
KDE Plasma Version: 5.90.0
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.246.0
Qt Version: 6.6.0

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
The bug may seem insignificant, but you can lose important data because of it. If the bug persists, try holding down the Print Screen key for a longer time

Comment 1 Жора Змейкин 2023-12-05 14:04:43 UTC

Created attachment 163904 [details]
Dump

If it helps, here's the dump file

Comment 2 Prajna Sariputra 2023-12-05 16:04:44 UTC

After following the given reproduction steps I can also get KWin to crash if I hold down the print screen key for a bit.

Comment 3 Nate Graham 2023-12-05 16:53:13 UTC


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 141968 ***