Clearing out klipper history allows dolphin to start immediately. Not doing this means gwenview stays frozen forever. 0x00007ffff32ba743 in select () at ../sysdeps/unix/syscall-template.S:81 81 ../sysdeps/unix/syscall-template.S: No such file or directory. (gdb) bt #0 0x00007ffff32ba743 in select () at ../sysdeps/unix/syscall-template.S:81 #1 0x00007fffe537f7f0 in ?? () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/qt5/plugins/platforms/libqxcb.so #2 0x00007fffe537fe0f in ?? () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/qt5/plugins/platforms/libqxcb.so #3 0x00007fffe53817a0 in ?? () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/qt5/plugins/platforms/libqxcb.so #4 0x00007ffff4370aa9 in QInternalMimeData::formats() const () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQt5Gui.so.5 #5 0x00007ffff6a4adda in ?? () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libKF5KIOWidgets.so.5 #6 0x00007ffff6a4b0b2 in KIO::canPasteMimeData(QMimeData const*) () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libKF5KIOWidgets.so.5 #7 0x00007ffff6a4c72b in KIO::pasteActionText(QMimeData const*, bool*, KFileItem const&) () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libKF5KIOWidgets.so.5 #8 0x000000000045f447 in Gwenview::FileOpsContextManagerItem::updatePasteAction() () #9 0x00007ffff3bba30a in QMetaObject::activate(QObject*, int, int, void**) () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQt5Core.so.5 #10 0x00007ffff436d599 in QClipboard::emitChanged(QClipboard::Mode) () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQt5Gui.so.5 #11 0x00007fffe5380039 in ?? () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/qt5/plugins/platforms/libqxcb.so ---Type <return> to continue, or q <return> to quit--- #12 0x00007fffe5386645 in ?? () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/qt5/plugins/platforms/libqxcb.so #13 0x00007fffe5387363 in ?? () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/qt5/plugins/platforms/libqxcb.so #14 0x00007ffff3bbb1d1 in QObject::event(QEvent*) () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQt5Core.so.5 #15 0x00007ffff490eb8c in QApplicationPrivate::notify_helper(QObject*, QEvent*) () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQt5Widgets.so.5 #16 0x00007ffff4914230 in QApplication::notify(QObject*, QEvent*) () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQt5Widgets.so.5 #17 0x00007ffff3b89a9b in QCoreApplication::notifyInternal(QObject*, QEvent*) () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQt5Core.so.5 #18 0x00007ffff3b8bbd7 in QCoreApplicationPrivate::sendPostedEvents(QObject*, int, QThreadData*) () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQt5Core.so.5 #19 0x00007ffff3be09f3 in ?? () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQt5Core.so.5 #20 0x00007fffee4bc037 in g_main_context_dispatch () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0 #21 0x00007fffee4bc290 in ?? () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0 #22 0x00007fffee4bc33c in g_main_context_iteration () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0 #23 0x00007ffff3be0dff in QEventDispatcherGlib::processEvents(QFlags<QEventLoop::ProcessEventsFlag>) () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQt5Core.so.5 #24 0x00007ffff3b872da in QEventLoop::exec(QFlags<QEventLoop::ProcessEventsFlag>---Type <return> to continue, or q <return> to quit--- ) () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQt5Core.so.5 #25 0x00007ffff3b8ee4c in QCoreApplication::exec() () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libQt5Core.so.5 #26 0x000000000043eea0 in main () Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: Start the redundant klipper process (plasma also has its own clipboard widget/process? by default). Enable Synchronize contents of the clipboard and selection Copy text such as 日本語 Start gwenview Actual Results: hangs Expected Results: starts dolphin has the same bug as reported here -> https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=352052
Also, when I run klipper in the background I'm spammed with this after starting gwenview: QXcbClipboard: SelectionRequest too old QXcbClipboard: SelectionRequest too old QXcbClipboard: SelectionRequest too old Disable "Synchronize contents of the clipboard and selection" and it goes away
This is exactly the same bug, probably in Qt. There is no need to report it for every application separately. *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 352052 ***