Bug 507205 - Whenever i try seeing About this system, systemsettings crashes
Summary: Whenever i try seeing About this system, systemsettings crashes
Status: RESOLVED DOWNSTREAM
Alias: None
Product: systemsettings
Classification: Applications
Component: generic-crash (other bugs)
Version First Reported In: 6.4.3
Platform: Other Linux
: NOR crash
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Plasma Bugs List
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Keywords:
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
Reported: 2025-07-18 17:17 UTC by jhiorp
Modified: 2025-07-21 14:12 UTC (History)
1 user (show)

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Attachments
this file contains the backtrace information upon replicating the bug (185.97 KB, text/plain)
2025-07-18 17:17 UTC, jhiorp
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Description jhiorp 2025-07-18 17:17:32 UTC
Created attachment 183327 [details]
this file contains the backtrace information upon replicating the bug

SUMMARY


STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. open systemsettings
2. go to About this System
3. crashed

OBSERVED RESULT
the systemsettings app would freeze for a second, and then close on its own

EXPECTED RESULT
it should have gone to the About this System page to show me my system information along with the OS information

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Windows: 
macOS: 
(available in the Info Center app, or by running `kinfo` in a terminal window)
Linux/KDE Plasma: Garuda Linux Wayland
KDE Plasma Version: 6.4.3
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.16.0 (at least what it says for frameworkintegration, running kinfo causes segmentation fault too)
Qt Version: 6.9.1 (qt6-base)

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
gdb.txt contains backtrace information of doing this bug
Comment 1 Harald Sitter 2025-07-21 05:24:25 UTC
Your distro has broken info extensions.
Comment 2 jhiorp 2025-07-21 13:58:40 UTC
(In reply to Harald Sitter from comment #1)
> Your distro has broken info extensions.

any possible way it can get fixed?
Comment 3 Harald Sitter 2025-07-21 14:05:41 UTC
Sure, by not setting a bad ThirdPartyEntry in kcm-about-distrorc
Comment 4 jhiorp 2025-07-21 14:09:20 UTC
(In reply to Harald Sitter from comment #3)
> Sure, by not setting a bad ThirdPartyEntry in kcm-about-distrorc

this is all what i see in the file:

  GNU nano 8.5                                            kcm-about-distrorc                                                      
[General]
ShowBuild=True
ExtraSoftwareData=/usr/bin/steamos-partition
Comment 5 jhiorp 2025-07-21 14:11:43 UTC
removing that ExtraSoftwareData fixed it
Comment 6 jhiorp 2025-07-21 14:12:09 UTC
(In reply to jhiorp from comment #5)
> removing that ExtraSoftwareData fixed it

idk why it was in there, i never even added that in there in the first place