[kde-freebsd] KMail crashes

[David Southwell]

On Wednesday 25 April 2007 11:14:22 Michael Nottebrock wrote:
> On Tuesday, 24. April 2007, David Southwell wrote:
> > On Tuesday 24 April 2007 08:44:14 Michael Nottebrock wrote:
> > > On Tuesday, 24. April 2007, David Southwell wrote:
> > > > On Monday 23 April 2007 12:17:14 Michael Nottebrock wrote:
> > > > > On Monday, 23. April 2007, David Southwell wrote:
> > > > > > Hi
> > > > > >
> > > > > > A couple of us have posted reports to the kde-pim list about
> > > > > > peculiar kmail crashes and not received any replies.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > The crashes are frequent and peculiar resulting in a total freeze
> > > > > > of the X-window and necessitating ctl-alt-backspace to force
> > > > > > logout In my case the crashes seem to be occuring more frequently
> > > > > > in particular folders e.g. on that carries traffic from
> > > > > > apache-users at apache.org.  I am wondering if there is a bug in
> > > > > > filter system that results in lack of syncronicity mails listed
> > > > > > as present in a folder and those actually accesible from the
> > > > > > folder.
> > > > >
> > > > > Could it be http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=126715? The current
> > > > > kdepim3 ports doesn't include the patches referenced in this bug
> > > > > report.
> > > > >
> > > > > Cheers,
> > > >
> > > > Thanks for getting back to me. From reading that bug report it looks
> > > > as though this is the same bug.
> > > >
> > > > Is there any likliehood of kdepim3 be upgraded to include the fix or
> > > > should I try and apply the patch. If the latter I need some detailed
> > > > instructions as I am not familiar with the process.
> > >
> > > I will try and prepare a patchset for you to check out, but it might
> > > take another day or two before I get around to do it.
> > >
> > > Cheers,
> >
> > Thank you so much ..
> >
> > Whenever it works for you will be appreciated by me.
>
> Save the file attached to this email into
> /usr/ports/deskutils/kdepim3/files, then recompile and reinstall the
> kdepim3 port.
>
> Dmitry, I'm cc'ing you since you originally reported the bug
> (http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=143718) - let me know if the patch
> works for you.

I am sorry to say that it does not entirely work. The crashes are much more 
infrequent -- gone for over 24 hours without a crash of kmail - that compares 
with crashes every 3 or 4 hours previously. Also it did not totally freeze 
the whole screen or require a ctrl>alt>backspace to get out of the problem 
but I did have to log out of the kde session.  

Is there anything I can do to help trace the cause.

Thanks again

david