[opensuse-kde] Problem opening Kontact
In opensuse 13.1, KDE 4.11.2, when I attempt tp open kontact it segfaults. Background: Due to a compromised file(s) in the ~/.kde4 folder kontact had to be removed and re-installed. I first used Yast2 for the re-install. Upon attempting to open kontact it displayed a segfault message. I then deleted kontact and re-installed through the online search (http://software.opensuse.org/search) system but had the same results. During both install sessions I also performed a system restart to avoid any other problems. I also logged out and back in of KDE several times. Segfault bug has been reported to bugzilla as bug 861725. Any suggestions or ideas why this is happening? Thanks, Tom -- Never be ashamed to ask for information. The ignorant man will always be ignorant if he fears that by asking he will display ignorance - Booker T Washington ^^ --... ...-- / -.- --. --... -.-. ..-. -.-. ^^^^ Tom Taylor - retired penguin - KG7CFC AMD Phenom II x4 955 -- 4GB RAM -- 2x1.5TB sata2 openSUSE 13.1_RC2-x86_64 KDE 4.11.12, FF 24.0, claws-mail 3.9.2 registered linux user 263467 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-kde+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-kde+owner@opensuse.org
* Thomas Taylor <linxt@comcast.net> [02-01-14 15:03]: [...]
Any suggestions or ideas why this is happening?
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On Saturday, February 01, 2014 12:01:50 PM Thomas Taylor wrote:
In opensuse 13.1, KDE 4.11.2, when I attempt tp open kontact it segfaults.
Background: Due to a compromised file(s) in the ~/.kde4 folder kontact had to be removed and re-installed. I first used Yast2 for the re-install. Upon attempting to open kontact it displayed a segfault message. I then deleted kontact and re-installed through the online search (http://software.opensuse.org/search) system but had the same results.
During both install sessions I also performed a system restart to avoid any other problems. I also logged out and back in of KDE several times.
Segfault bug has been reported to bugzilla as bug 861725.
Any suggestions or ideas why this is happening?
Thanks, Tom Tom have a look at bug I reported on Tuesday against Kontact. Maybe related to your problem. I am on later version of KDE from what I can make out.
If kontact is all ready running as process, kontact will not start again under certain conditions. Not sure if this will help you. Russ -- openSUSE 13.1(Linux 3.11.6-4-desktop x86_64| Intel(R) Quad Core(TM) i5-4440 CPU @ 3.10GHz|8GB DDR3| GeForce 8400GS (NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-331.38)|KDE 4.12.1 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-kde+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-kde+owner@opensuse.org
Lørdag den 1. februar 2014 12:01:50 skrev Thomas Taylor:
In opensuse 13.1, KDE 4.11.2, when I attempt tp open kontact it segfaults.
Background: Due to a compromised file(s) in the ~/.kde4 folder kontact had to be removed and re-installed. I first used Yast2 for the re-install. Upon attempting to open kontact it displayed a segfault message. I then deleted kontact and re-installed through the online search (http://software.opensuse.org/search) system but had the same results.
Reinstalling stuff doesn't fix anything. And reinstalling using software.o.o/search is an exceptionally bad idea, if you're not careful, you might have installed kontact and related packages from an incompatible repo. Why on earth didn't you just (re)install the package with zypper or yast? Besides that you might have messed up your system with incompatible repos/packages. Kontact/akonadi stores a lot of data outside of ~/.kde4/ (~/.local/share/ and ~/.config/akonadi/). If this data is somehow corrupted that could also cause Kontact to crash on startup. Review your configured repositories. And check if Kontact will start for a new user. If it works for a new user, then your settings/data are bad for the first user. If Kontact crashes for the new user also, then you've messed up your installation. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-kde+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-kde+owner@opensuse.org
On Sun, 02 Feb 2014 13:14:08 +0100 Martin Schlander <martin.schlander@gmail.com> wrote:
Lørdag den 1. februar 2014 12:01:50 skrev Thomas Taylor:
In opensuse 13.1, KDE 4.11.2, when I attempt tp open kontact it segfaults.
Background: Due to a compromised file(s) in the ~/.kde4 folder kontact had to be removed and re-installed. I first used Yast2 for the re-install. Upon attempting to open kontact it displayed a segfault message. I then deleted kontact and re-installed through the online search (http://software.opensuse.org/search) system but had the same results.
Reinstalling stuff doesn't fix anything. And reinstalling using software.o.o/search is an exceptionally bad idea, if you're not careful, you might have installed kontact and related packages from an incompatible repo.
Why on earth didn't you just (re)install the package with zypper or yast?
As stated in my original post (above) I did use Yast2 but it didn't solve the problem.
Besides that you might have messed up your system with incompatible repos/packages. Kontact/akonadi stores a lot of data outside of ~/.kde4/ (~/.local/share/ and ~/.config/akonadi/). If this data is somehow corrupted that could also cause Kontact to crash on startup.
Review your configured repositories. And check if Kontact will start for a new user. If it works for a new user, then your settings/data are bad for the first user. If Kontact crashes for the new user also, then you've messed up your installation.
Tom -- Never be ashamed to ask for information. The ignorant man will always be ignorant if he fears that by asking he will display ignorance - Booker T Washington ^^ --... ...-- / -.- --. --... -.-. ..-. -.-. ^^^^ Tom Taylor - retired penguin - KG7CFC AMD Phenom II x4 955 -- 4GB RAM -- 2x1.5TB sata2 openSUSE 13.1_RC2-x86_64 KDE 4.12.1, FF 24.0, claws-mail 3.9.2 registered linux user 263467 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-kde+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-kde+owner@opensuse.org
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