SUMMARY Editing the system monitor applets to, for example, show text instead of a graph causes the desktop to crash and restart. STEPS TO REPRODUCE 1. Enter edit mode by right clicking on desktop 2. Edit a system monitor applet by clicking on the settings icon when hovering over it in edit mode 3. Change look in the settings [for example to text mode] 4. Press OK OBSERVED RESULT Desktop crashes and restarts, still saving changes EXPECTED RESULT The system just saves changes to the applet SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS Linux/KDE Plasma: Arch Linux KDE Plasma Version: 5.23.2 KDE Frameworks Version: 5.87.0 Qt Version: 5.12.2 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Trying to report via DrKonqi causes it to just show the desktop before the crash and remain unresponsive unless logging out
Can you please attach a backtrace of the plasmashell crash? See https://community.kde.org/Guidelines_and_HOWTOs/Debugging/How_to_create_useful_crash_reports
possibly dupllicate of bug 436664
Could be, but we need a backtrace to be sure.
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This bug has been in NEEDSINFO status with no change for at least 30 days. The bug is now closed as RESOLVED > WORKSFORME due to lack of needed information. For more information about our bug triaging procedures please read the wiki located here: https://community.kde.org/Guidelines_and_HOWTOs/Bug_triaging Thank you for helping us make KDE software even better for everyone!