Bug 517778 - jpegthumbnail makes gwenview crash on start and causes crashes in dolphin too
Summary: jpegthumbnail makes gwenview crash on start and causes crashes in dolphin too
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 517733
Alias: None
Product: gwenview
Classification: Applications
Component: general (other bugs)
Version First Reported In: 23.08.5
Platform: Other Linux
: NOR crash
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Gwenview Bugs
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Reported: 2026-03-18 17:59 UTC by Davide Coppola
Modified: 2026-03-18 18:19 UTC (History)
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crash log generated by gwenview at some point (1.71 KB, text/plain)
2026-03-18 17:59 UTC, Davide Coppola
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Description Davide Coppola 2026-03-18 17:59:43 UTC
Created attachment 190777 [details]
crash log generated by gwenview at some point

SUMMARY
Something is making gwenview crash on open and it's causing many crashes in dolphin when opening a directory with JPG files.

I started to experience this today, even if I don't recall any software upgrade in the last 24 hours.

The crash is related to kioslave5 and probably caused by jpegthumbnail.so which is part of kio5-extras. If you remove that package it will stop generating crashes in dolphin as image preview are disabled, but no luck with making gwenview work.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Launch gwenview or open dolphin in a directory with JPG files while the file preview is enabled

OBSERVED RESULT
Crash

EXPECTED RESULT
Not a crash

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Operating System: Kubuntu 24.04
KDE Plasma Version: 5.27.12
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.115.0
Qt Version: 5.15.13
Kernel Version: 6.17.0-14-generic (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: offscreen
Processors: 16 × AMD Ryzen 7 5825U with Radeon Graphics
Memory: 30.7 GiB of RAM
Graphics Processor: AMD Radeon Graphics

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Others are experiencing the same crashes: https://www.reddit.com/r/linux4noobs/comments/1rx7sp0/gwenview_and_dolphin_randomly_broke_on_kubuntu/
Comment 1 Antonio Rojas 2026-03-18 18:19:25 UTC

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 517733 ***