Version: (using KDE KDE 3.5.2) Installed from: Mandriva RPMs OS: Linux On my system, ksnapshot starts whenever I press PrintScreen button on the keyboard. Unfortunately, if the PrintScreen button is pressed and not released, new instances of ksnapshot will start again and again. The system will try to start dozens of ksnapshot processes every second, and, as a result, your system will be very slow or even freeze. This can happen on several occasions: 1) if you accidentally press ksnapshot (you put a book on a keayboard) 2) if your system is slow, one presses PrintScreen to make a snapshot, and sees no immediate result (as ksnapshot is still starting), presses PrintScreen again, and again, or doesn't release it IMO, ksnapshot, by default: - shouldn't be allowed to start more than once at a time, or, - start only once every few seconds, or, - allow a maximum of 5 instances. Perhaps the above values should be configurable. I'm not sure if it's a bug or a feature request. As I froze my system several times with ksnapshot started via PrintScreen, I'll post it as bug.
PrintScreen invoking ksnapshot is a modification done by your distribution.
for me this is a Ksnapshot bug anyway, because i have not to open multiple sessions of it, it have t work like Kontact, konversation like Kunique Application ( i hope that i use the good words :) ) WDYT ?
Still a won't fix
Perhaps not a "WONTFIX", but a "WISHLIST" then. IMHO attaching ksnapshot to PrintScreen key is quite useful.
On 15 Jun 2006 22:53:02 -0000, Tomasz Chmielewski <mangoo@interia.pl> wrote: > ------- Additional Comments From mangoo interia pl 2006-06-16 00:53 ------- > Perhaps not a "WONTFIX", but a "WISHLIST" then. > > IMHO attaching ksnapshot to PrintScreen key is quite useful. > The trouble is that I use that to launch multiple snapshots for different things, so a KUniqueApplication won't do it. In fact I think it's one of those things where there isn't a right answer. What I could see, is some sort of limit on the rate with which things would get launched by global shortcuts. Either way, I don't see a bug in ksnapshot here. Cheers Rich.
> Either way, I don't see a bug in ksnapshot here. It really depends on the user's perspective. From your point of view it's a feature, as you're able to launch multiple instances of ksnapshot. From my point of view (and Nicolas Lécureuil's) it's a bug, because it's too easy to break the system.
This bug MUST be reopened, I have exactly the same behavior under Gentoo