Version: (using KDE 4.1.0) Installed from: Debian testing/unstable Packages At least I suppose it is a crash... Since KDE 4.1.00 it isn't possible to start kmail or kontact again after I have closed it. I have to leave KDE and log in again to be able to start kmail or kontact again. Trying to start it again from console after quitting it gives no output at all, it just does not start.
I can confirm that behaviour with KDE4.1 from Kubuntu packages. This only occurs if i run KMail seperately (not within kontact). "ps aux" clearly shows that kmail is running, but neither the window nor the systray icon is shown.
I can't reproduce this. I am using KDE 4.1 on debian too, but although kmail does not quit correctly as Dominik said due to bug 167826, I can start it again just fine. It just reopens the main window in the same kmail instance that did not previously quit. So, this is probably something else in combination with bug 167826. PS: and kontact works fine for me. Unlike kmail, that quits too...
I too am using Debian with KDE 4.1 and neither kmail nor kontact works for me. One KDE startup, kmail autostarts. Then I quit kmail. But the kmail process never dies. And then kontact can start, but I cannot open the kmail module in the kontact shell. It will always open externally. Only option left is to exit both kmail and kontact, and then manually pkill the kmail pid and then start kontact.
This behavior that Ritesh describes is confirmed here. This is due to bug 167826. The original description by the reporter is still different though.
Ok, confirmed. This only happens when the composer was open. It is a kdelibs bug, and I've sent a mail to k-c-d with a patch which fixes it. Should be committed soon if there is nothing wrong with the patch.
Re #5: I don't agree. It does not only happen, when the composer was open. I don't have the problem with kmail, even when the composer was used. KMail always starts. Except when I use kontact. It doesn't matter what I do - once I have startet kontact I have to do a "killall kontact" to be able to use kmail or kontact again (even if I just opened kontact and immediately close it).
SVN commit 842134 by tmcguire: Make sure KGlobal::deref() is always called, even when s subclass overrides closeEvent(). This fixes KMail not exiting when, for example, the composer was opened. BUG: 167745 M +4 -8 kmainwindow.cpp WebSVN link: http://websvn.kde.org/?view=rev&revision=842134
SVN commit 842176 by tmcguire: Backport r842134 by tmcguire to the 4.1 branch: Make sure KGlobal::deref() is always called, even when s subclass overrides closeEvent(). This fixes KMail not exiting when, for example, the composer was opened. CCBUG: 167745 M +1 -4 kmainwindow.cpp WebSVN link: http://websvn.kde.org/?view=rev&revision=842176