Bug 498747 - introduce a logfile / logfolder where logs are stored to review a crash, i.e. what happened and if there is something to report as a bug
Summary: introduce a logfile / logfolder where logs are stored to review a crash, i.e....
Status: CONFIRMED
Alias: None
Product: kdenlive
Classification: Applications
Component: Setup & Installation (show other bugs)
Version: git-master
Platform: Other Linux
: NOR wishlist
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Jean-Baptiste Mardelle
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Keywords: triaged
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Reported: 2025-01-16 15:45 UTC by Karina Shoelove
Modified: 2025-01-16 19:15 UTC (History)
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Description Karina Shoelove 2025-01-16 15:45:06 UTC
SUMMARY
Sometimes kdenlive crashes and I have to terminate the $PID of the appimage via a konsole. After that it is not possible to find out what caused the crash or if a resource was maxed out.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. kdenlive crashes - how can a standard kdenlive user find out afterwards what happened to possibly report a bug?

OBSERVED RESULT
* atm I have not clue where to look to or how to find out something

EXPECTED RESULT
* maybe a folder where logfiles on the important tasks are written i.e. proxy file creation, rendering, runtime events

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Operating System: Debian GNU/Linux 12
KDE Plasma Version: 5.27.5
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.103.0
Qt Version: 5.15.8
Kernel Version: 6.1.0-27-amd64 (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: offscreen
Processors: 12 × 13th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-1370P
Memory: 62.5 GiB of RAM
Graphics Processor: Mesa Intel® Graphics
Comment 1 emohr 2025-01-16 19:04:39 UTC
Thank you for reporting. If you don’t mind, I change the bug to wishlist.
Yes, the idea of a crash logger is on our to-do list. It’s difficult to implement such logger without hitting the performance too much.

Maybe we can run a “hidden” terminal to log all actions which could help to find the bug. But this is not the same as running a debugger when the crash has happened.

Important are the steps you have made leading to the crash.
Comment 2 Karina Shoelove 2025-01-16 19:15:24 UTC
(In reply to emohr from comment #1)
> Thank you for reporting. If you don’t mind, I change the bug to wishlist.
> Yes, the idea of a crash logger is on our to-do list. It’s difficult to
> implement such logger without hitting the performance too much.
> 
> Maybe we can run a “hidden” terminal to log all actions which could help to
> find the bug. But this is not the same as running a debugger when the crash
> has happened.
> 
> Important are the steps you have made leading to the crash.

maybe it would also be an option, to enable / disable this logging so that if a project leads repeatedly to a crash, you can switch it on and try to "catch" the issue.. I agree it is just a "wish" with low prio for me and maybe most users too..