I am running i3 mainly, and was previously using "kicker" from KDE Plasma to list applications installed for convenience. After a recent upgrade (around 2016/10/20), the "plasmawindowed" command in Debian does no longer work; it opens an KDE applet but clicking it does nothing. Right clicking shows options "Forget recent" etc. Sometimes, nothing shows up with an error about "dbus". Please see below: ~ $ plasmawindowed org.kde.plasma.kicker org.kde.plasma: requesting config for "Application Menu" without a containment! KActivities: Database connection: "kactivities_db_resources_140303298124032_readonly" query_only: QVariant(qlonglong, 1) journal_mode: QVariant(QString, "wal") wal_autocheckpoint: QVariant(qlonglong, 100) synchronous: QVariant(qlonglong, 0) file:///usr/share/plasma/plasmoids/org.kde.plasma.kicker/contents/ui/MenuRepresentation.qml:119: TypeError: Cannot read property 'count' of null file:///usr/share/plasma/plasmoids/org.kde.plasma.kicker/contents/ui/SideBarSection.qml:33: TypeError: Cannot read property 'count' of null trying to show an empty dialog libpng warning: iCCP: known incorrect sRGB profile ^C⏎ ~ $ plasmawindowed org.kde.plasma.kickoff org.kde.plasma: requesting config for "Application Launcher" without a containment! KCrash: crashing... crashRecursionCounter = 2 KCrash: Application Name = plasmawindowed path = /usr/bin pid = 5684 KCrash: Arguments: /usr/bin/plasmawindowed org.kde.plasma.kickoff KCrash: Attempting to start /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libexec/drkonqi from kdeinit sock_file=/run/user/1000/kdeinit5__0 ^C⏎ ~ $ plasmawindowed org.kde.plasma.kicker "Session bus not found\nTo circumvent this problem try the following command (with Linux and bash)\nexport $(dbus-launch)" Linux version 4.7.0-1-amd64 (debian-kernel@lists.debian.org) (gcc version 5.4.1 20160904 (Debian 5.4.1-2) ) #1 SMP Debian 4.7.8-1 (2016-10-19) ~ $ grep plasma ~/.i3/config exec_always --no-startup-id plasmawindowed org.kde.plasma.kicker #plasmawindowed org.kde.plasma.kickerdash ~ $ grep DESKTOP .profile DESKTOP_SESSION=kde Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Set DESKTOP_SESSION=kde in ~/.profie, install i3wm, and login to i3 through SDDM. 2. Open terminal, and run `plasmawindowed org.kde.plasma.kicker` 3. The kicker will either open mulfunctioning, or will not open at all. Actual Results: not open or open in a state that does not respond to clicks. Expected Results: Correctly responds to left-click and lists the application (menu).
Can you post the backtrace from that crash window?
crash reports need a backtrace produces with debug symbols installed (at least of qt, plasma-framework, plasma-workspace)
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So, to grab that backtrace, I would need to compile qt, plasma-framework, plasma-workspace with debug symbols enabled, then do a backtrace, right?
That sounds correct, although you may be able to install debug packages in debian. I'll admit I'm not familiar.
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Works in Debian Testing with plasmawindowed 1.0, plasma-desktop-data 4:5.17.5-3.