Bug 367663 - Adding a web browser widget screenlocks the desktop forever.
Summary: Adding a web browser widget screenlocks the desktop forever.
Status: RESOLVED UNMAINTAINED
Alias: None
Product: kdeplasma-addons
Classification: Plasma
Component: Web Browser (show other bugs)
Version: 5.7.3
Platform: Fedora RPMs Linux
: NOR normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Plasma Bugs List
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Reported: 2016-08-22 02:59 UTC by PhillB
Modified: 2018-03-26 15:09 UTC (History)
3 users (show)

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2016-08-22 03:12 UTC, PhillB 		Details
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Description PhillB 2016-08-22 02:59:25 UTC 
Right click desktop. Select "Add Widgets". Scroll down to "Web Browser". Click to select.

End of system.

Work around to recover:

1) cd .config
2) mv plasma-org.kde.plasma.desktop-appletsrc plasma-org.kde.plasma.desktop-appletsrc.bak
3) log out - login. log out - login (twice).
4) rebuild your desktop again.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Right click desktop.
2. Select "Add Widgets".
3. Scroll down to "Web Browser".
4. Click to select.

End of desktop.

Actual Results:  
Screen locked forever. No unlock window ever presented (at least I couldn't get it to appear).

Expected Results:  
Web browser widget appears on desktop ready to be configured.
Comment 1 PhillB 2016-08-22 03:12:20 UTC 
Created attachment 100705 [details]
Screenshot prior to screenlock of death.

Screen capture showing windget selection.

Note dual screen operation. Left screen rotated 90degrees. Main screen is laptop screen.
Comment 2 Bhushan Shah 2016-08-22 03:18:40 UTC 
Are you sure its just screen locking and not plasmashell crashing? Verify by trying to open KRunner, press Alt+Space.
Comment 3 PhillB 2016-08-22 03:34:43 UTC 
Hi,

I was able to press ctrl-alt-delete which produced the logout dialog. I took that to mean my desktop was operating normally, but just not accessible. I could log out too. When I logged in again the desktop appeared but soon locked again. It was never responsive to input after the first (screen?)lock.

Do you still want me to try Alt+Space? I'd have to trash my desktop again :-(

P
Comment 4 Kai Uwe Broulik 2018-03-26 15:09:48 UTC 
The web browser plasmoid has been ported from QtWebKit to QtWebEngine so it is unlikely this still applies.