[Bug 126073] drkonqi blocks logout if some application crashes

[arne anka]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=126073

--- Comment #41 from arne anka <kde-bugs at ginguppin.de> ---
i am not quite sure if i understand the description correctly -- but the issue
is that drkonqi _blocks_ logout.
while a crash of any application upon logout is nasty and possibly deserves
research, the core issue is the failing logout/shutdown -- thus, a timeout of
15 _minutes_ waiting for any response to drkonqi is not a solution.

imo drkonqi should do nothing at all:
- usually there are no debug libs installed, hence there will be no usable
stacktrace anyway
- user wants to logout/shutdown -- that's most likely not the time for
prolonged waiting or activities

instead, a check for a usable stacktrace should be performed (or when possible
a check for debugging facilities) -- if unavailable skip the whole drkonqi
stuff. 

if necessary/desired (conf option, env var) display a short notice that
something crashed (but not like some shutdown kernel messages appearing and
disappearing so fast that you never can read them and only are left with the
feeling of impending doom).

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