After upgrade to KDE 4.4 beta in Lucid, no KDE applications will start.
Bug #494027 reported by
Michael Marley
This bug affects 4 people
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| kde4libs (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Critical
|
Jonathan Riddell | ||
Bug Description
I recently upgraded my Lucid test box and downloaded the KDE 4.4 beta packages. However, after I have done this, all KDE applications refuse to start. When the system boots, instead of displaying KDM, it just sits there with a spinning cursor. If I switch to a VT, stop KDM, and start X manually with xinit, an xterm window comes up. If I attempt to launch any KDE application with that terminal, it chews on the HDD for just a second and then sits there doing nothing until I kill it. No output is produced on the console or in the logs. Some of the apps I have tried are kwin, dolphin, konsole, kate, and systemsettings. All have the above behavior. Applications that use only Qt, however, such as qtconfig and speedcrunch, work properly.
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| Jonathan Thomas (echidnaman) wrote | #1 |
| Changed in kde4libs (Ubuntu): | |
| importance: | Undecided → Critical |
| milestone: | none → lucid-alpha-1 |
| status: | New → Confirmed |
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| Jonathan Thomas (echidnaman) wrote | #2 |
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| Jonathan Thomas (echidnaman) wrote | #3 |
| Changed in kde4libs (Ubuntu): | |
| assignee: | nobody → Jonathan Riddell (jr) |
| status: | Confirmed → In Progress |
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| Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote | #4 |
| Changed in kde4libs (Ubuntu): | |
| status: | In Progress → Fix Released |
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| Jonathan Thomas (echidnaman) wrote | #5 |
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Confirming this. All KDE apps seem to hang, and judging from an strace I ran on them they seem to over and over be querying for locale information. Will attach it in a second.