Bug 368153 - Plasma freeze when external device is added
Summary: Plasma freeze when external device is added
Status: RESOLVED NOT A BUG
Alias: None
Product: plasmashell
Classification: Plasma
Component: Disks & Devices widget (other bugs)
Version First Reported In: 5.7.3
Platform: Fedora RPMs Linux
: NOR normal
Target Milestone: 1.0
Assignee: Plasma Bugs List
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Reported: 2016-09-02 13:52 UTC by mhruscak
Modified: 2018-01-04 17:28 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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Description mhruscak 2016-09-02 13:52:21 UTC
Plasma is unable to handle when new device is connected - USB or CDROM.
After plasma reset with
p=`ps aux | grep shut-up | grep -v grep | awk '{print $2}'`
for a in $p
do
    kill "$a"
done
sleep 2
/usr/bin/plasmashell --shut-up 2>/dev/null &

there is need only for clicking on Most recent Device notifier and Plasma will crash again.


Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. insert USB device
or
1. click on Device Notifier

Actual Results:  
Plasma freezes

Expected Results:  
Plasma should proceed
Comment 1 Alexander Mentyu 2017-12-09 14:47:01 UTC
Is it still actual after updates?
Comment 2 mhruscak 2017-12-11 08:10:35 UTC
Unfortunately, I am unable to verify this, because I switched to RHEL 7 Workstation in the meantime.
Comment 3 Kai Uwe Broulik 2018-01-04 17:28:47 UTC
No backtrace, cannot reproduce.