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kde4-config -v
Qt: 4.4.3
KDE: 4.1.3 (KDE 4.1.3) "release 8.13"
kde4-config: 1.0

OS = SLES 11.0

I'm manually creating plasma-appletsrc which seems to function as I see the expected icons in the expected places though I'm thinking this is the cause of my problems. I don't have a consistent way of causing the crash though I have some that work some times though they take time to set up.

Any idea of the cause, what to look for or how to approach debugging these?

Unfortunately I can't upgrade but I would like to hear if these kind of failures will be fixed in a more current version of KDE4.

Thank you .



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[KCrash handler]
#6 0xb66ba55d in QMetaObject::activate(QObject*, int, int, void**) ()
from /usr/lib/libQtCore.so.4
#7 0xb66ba980 in QMetaObject::activate(QObject*, QMetaObject const*, int, int, void**) () from /usr/lib/libQtCore.so.4
#8 0xb66baa0b in QObject::destroyed(QObject*) () from /usr/lib/libQtCore.so.4
#9 0xb66bc4c9 in QObject::~QObject() () from /usr/lib/libQtCore.so.4
#10 0xb62d2c4a in QGraphicsWidget::~QGraphicsWidget() ()
from /usr/lib/libQtGui.so.4
#11 0xb3c0c63a in ?? () from /usr/lib/kde4/plasma_applet_systemtray.so
#12 0xb62970f8 in QGraphicsItem::~QGraphicsItem() ()
from /usr/lib/libQtGui.so.4
#13 0xb62d2c42 in QGraphicsWidget::~QGraphicsWidget() ()
from /usr/lib/libQtGui.so.4
#14 0xb3c155b9 in ?? () from /usr/lib/kde4/plasma_applet_systemtray.so
#15 0xb62970f8 in QGraphicsItem::~QGraphicsItem() ()
from /usr/lib/libQtGui.so.4
#16 0xb62d2c42 in QGraphicsWidget::~QGraphicsWidget() ()
from /usr/lib/libQtGui.so.4
#17 0xb7df381e in Plasma::Applet::~Applet() () from /usr/lib/libplasma.so.2
#18 0xb3c11678 in ?? () from /usr/lib/kde4/plasma_applet_systemtray.so
#19 0xb7e17a96 in Plasma::Containment::~Containment() ()
from /usr/lib/libplasma.so.2
#20 0xb3d3228b in ?? () from /usr/lib/kde4/plasma_containment_panel.so
#21 0xb7e220fe in Plasma::Corona::~Corona() () from /usr/lib/libplasma.so.2
#22 0xb7f316ca in ?? () from /usr/lib/libkdeinit4_plasma.so
#23 0xb7f42ec7 in ?? () from /usr/lib/libkdeinit4_plasma.so
#24 0xb7f44143 in ?? () from /usr/lib/libkdeinit4_plasma.so
#25 0xb66ba580 in QMetaObject::activate(QObject*, int, int, void**) ()
from /usr/lib/libQtCore.so.4
#26 0xb66bb302 in QMetaObject::activate(QObject*, QMetaObject const*, int, void**) () from /usr/lib/libQtCore.so.4
#27 0xb66f51e7 in QCoreApplication::aboutToQuit() ()
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#28 0xb66a68b7 in QCoreApplication::exec() () from /usr/lib/libQtCore.so.4
#29 0xb5d15777 in QApplication::exec() () from /usr/lib/libQtGui.so.4
#30 0xb7f34991 in kdemain () from /usr/lib/libkdeinit4_plasma.so
#31 0x08048852 in _start ()

You should be able to use packages from the openSUSE OBS to upgrade to KDE 4.2+.

bcooksley wrote:You should be able to use packages from the openSUSE OBS to upgrade to KDE 4.2+.

Thank you for the response.

Unfortunately I must stick with what comes with SLES 11.0.
At some point I will be able to move on from 11.0 to something greater e.g. 11.1
so it would be good to know that these kind of problems will be fixed with newer versions of KDE4.

Outside of upgrading KDE4 do you have any other suggestions ?
Possible to correct by tweaking the contents of plasma-appletsrc and if
so how to approach debugging short of hit and miss of removing/adding entries ?

Here is an example entry :

[Containments][3][Applets][6]
geometry=80,2,36,36
immutability=1
plugin=icon
zvalue=0

[Containments][3][Applets][6][Configuration]
Url=file:///usr/share/applications/MozillaFirefox.desktop


Even some documentation out there would be helpful but that doesn't appear to be available either.

Again thank you.

Try checking on a fresh, new user to see if you can reproduce the crash reliably. In may be possible that your custom plasma-appletsrc may be corrupt.

bcooksley wrote:Try checking on a fresh, new user to see if you can reproduce the crash reliably. In may be possible that your custom plasma-appletsrc may be corrupt.

Again thank you.

I have also tried creating plasma-appletsrc using the logged in interface. In other words

1) kquitapp plasma
2) Deleted plasma-appletsrc and plasmarc
3) Logged out/in to freshen up
4) Used the desktop interface to tweak the desktop to my liking.
5) Logged out/in again which created new plasma-appletsrc and plasmarc files
6) Reloaded the OS and this time used those just created plasma-appletsrc and plasmarc files to create the desktop with my desired settings (kquitapp plasma, copied files in place, execute plasma and then shutdown -r) and though it didn't crash the same way immediately it did crash once and once a GUI 'logout' resulted in coming to a green screen log in prompt. It does appear that things eventually stablize with use but it would much nicer to not get these crashes.

Anything else to try short of an upgrade ?