Version: unspecified (using KDE 1.2) OS: FreeBSD I'm running PC-BSD 8.0, which comes with KDE 4.3. I'm running Firefox from the PC-BSD supplied PBI install file. I tried to drag and drop the Firefox icon from the applications list to the desktop, but when I did, KDE crashed and disappeared: no tool bar, no icons, no wallpaper, only the original KDE theme. I used Alt-f2 to open Konsole, and typed: move .kde4 .kde4-backup and rebooted, which gave me a desktop back, although without the PC-BSD splash screen after login. I have reproduced this bug three times now; it is consistent. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: I used Firefox, but pick any application icon from the KDE start menu, and try to drag it onto the desktop in file folder mode. Actual Results: See above Expected Results: KDE crashes and the desktop disappears. I get a dialog box that asks me to file a bug report. When performing this icon, I should get a dialog box that asks if I want to copy the icon to the desktop in the manner of an alias. That desired behavior is documented on the PC-BSD forum.
please add on this bugreport the backtraces of this crash. Please be sure that debuginfo are activated ( or packages installed )
(In reply to comment #0) > Version: unspecified (using KDE 1.2) > OS: FreeBSD > > I'm running PC-BSD 8.0, which comes with KDE 4.3. I'm running Firefox from the > PC-BSD supplied PBI install file. I tried to drag and drop the Firefox icon > from the applications list to the desktop, but when I did, KDE crashed and > disappeared: no tool bar, no icons, no wallpaper, only the original KDE theme. > I used Alt-f2 to open Konsole, and typed: > > move .kde4 .kde4-backup > > and rebooted, which gave me a desktop back, although without the PC-BSD splash > screen after login. I have reproduced this bug three times now; it is > consistent. > > Reproducible: Always > > Steps to Reproduce: > I used Firefox, but pick any application icon from the KDE start menu, and try > to drag it onto the desktop in file folder mode. > > Actual Results: > See above > > Expected Results: > KDE crashes and the desktop disappears. I get a dialog box that asks me to file > a bug report. > > When performing this icon, I should get a dialog box that asks if I want to > copy the icon to the desktop in the manner of an alias. That desired behavior > is documented on the PC-BSD forum. Nicolas: thanks for your quick response! The backtrace information generated by the KDE bug application was as follows: executable: plasma-desktop PID: 2251 Signal: 11 (Segmentation Fault: 11) Plasma Workspace closed unexpectedly. This information was labeled as "insufficient" by the KDE bug program, and so I have posted a request on the PC-BSD forum to find out how to generate a better report. FreeBSD needs to have the tools included in the initial compilation and installation of KDE; I'm unaware of how to do this in PC-BSD, which is based on FreeBSD but comes pre-compiled, and so will pursue that issue. I duplicated the crash three times, so given the correct tools should be able to generate the information required.
If the GNU debugger 'gdb' works on PC-BSD, then you can get a better backtrace by running this in Konsole: kquitapp plasma-desktop && gdb --args plasma-desktop --nofork Then try to reproduce the bug. When the crash happens, type 'bt' in gdb. Also see http://techbase.kde.org/Development/Tutorials/Debugging/How_to_create_useful_crash_reports
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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!