Bug 487143

Summary:	Spectacle doesn't start after plasmashell crashed or restarted
Product:	[Applications] Spectacle	Reporter:	Holmes <social.calamari468>
Component:	General	Assignee:	Noah Davis <noahadvs>
Status:	CONFIRMED ---
Severity:	crash	CC:	kde
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	24.04.90
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Arch Linux
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:
Sentry Crash Report:

Description Holmes 2024-05-17 10:36:47 UTC

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SUMMARY
When the plasmashell crashed or restarted, Spectacle does not run anymore. Pressing the hotkeys or launching Spectacle directly does not do anything.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Let plasmashell crash or restart
2. Run Spectacle after the crash or restart
3. Nothing will happen. Neither when pressing any hotkeys nor when launching Spectacle directly.

OBSERVED RESULT


EXPECTED RESULT


SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Windows: 
macOS: 
Linux/KDE Plasmarch Linux x86_64  
(available in About System)
KDE Plasma Version: 6.0.4
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.2.0
Qt Version: 6.7.0

Comment 1 Noah Davis 2024-05-17 16:53:53 UTC

How are you crashing or restarting plasmashell? I cannot reproduce this with `systemctl --user restart plasma-plasmashell.service` or `plasmashell --replace`.

Comment 2 Holmes 2024-05-19 15:15:23 UTC

(In reply to Noah Davis from comment #1)
> How are you crashing or restarting plasmashell? I cannot reproduce this with
> `systemctl --user restart plasma-plasmashell.service` or `plasmashell
> --replace`.

The crash is related to the Bug #487076 where I sent a full log using DrKonqi.

On my Arch Linux installation "plasmashell" sometimes just crashes after the system rebooted.
After plasmashell crashed and restarted itself I noticed that I couldn't make any screenshots anymore. As if Spectacle has completely locked up.

I tried to kill Spectacle using "sudo pkill spectacle" and made sure no processes are running anymore.

Either when I press the "PrntScr" key or launch Spectacle directly, nothing happens. I see the process running in "htop" but it doesn't do anything.

I have to completely reboot my Arch Linux to make Spectacle work again.

Comment 3 Bug Janitor Service 2024-06-03 03:45:50 UTC

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Comment 4 Noah Davis 2024-06-05 18:50:16 UTC

Perhaps this is actually a symptom of bug 483137?

Comment 5 Holmes 2024-07-24 06:13:17 UTC

(In reply to Noah Davis from comment #4)
> Perhaps this is actually a symptom of bug 483137?

Perhaps, I'm using Pipewire. So that would make sense. I have no idea how to confirm this bug is related though.