Created attachment 58411 [details] desktop file, created using Dolphin GUI Version: 4.6 (using KDE 4.6.1) OS: Linux This bug is about the "Starting response" - the bouncing icon next to the cursor then application is started. In some cases KDE fails to know the sate of started application and tends to show bouncing icon until it timeouts. It creates an impression that KDE is super slow, while its obviously no true. When such behavior was noticed: Starting an application with desktop file like Net Beans. Starting from bin file works OK (see attachment). Clicking the links outside the browser, while Firefox is default browser. If FF was open at the time link was pressed, it will be opened in existing window. Opening applications with problems like with missing dependencies. Starting such application from CLI immediately gives error about missing dep and exits. However doing it in a GUI way, it looks like it dies silently after timeout. Try setting up Skype on fresh instal. Reproducible: Always Expected Results: KDE should do a extra check each e.g 3-5 seconds, if application/thread s still running. If not, kill the animation and give error message, if possible.
Netbeans and Firefox are no KDE applications, so I doubt they support the freedesktop startup nofification protocol.
Probably not, but there are too many apps that don't follow free desktop, that it would be not wise to ignore them. At least it should be possible to check if app don't support startup notifications and then reduce timeout to 5-10 seconds max
Its also broken with Amarok. Try to add files from Dolphin, while Amarok is running. So its more likely a bug with KDE, not only within implementation of startup notification protocol.
Dear Bug Submitter, This bug has been stagnant for a long time. Could you help us out and re-test if the bug is valid in the latest version? I am setting the status to NEEDSINFO pending your response, please change the Status back to REPORTED when you respond. Thank you for helping us make KDE software even better for everyone!
Dear Bug Submitter, This is a reminder that this bug has been stagnant for a long time. Could you help us out and re-test if the bug is valid in the latest version? Thank you for helping us make KDE software even better for everyone!
No response; assuming it was fixed since then.