[kdepim-users] strange and reproducible kde freeze somehow associated with kmail

[Anne Wilson]

On Friday 14 March 2008 22:39:56 E. Hakan Duran wrote:
> Here is how it happens:
>
> As I noted before, kmail starts automatically when I login to kde,
> secondary to KOrganizer Reminder Deamon triggering its launch, as Ingo
> pointed. If I close kmail and push the kde menu button, to start any
> program for example, kmail re-launches as soon as I click the menu button.
> This opens the kwallet dialog asking for my kwallet password (which is
> normal behavior), but then whole kde freezes. I can not type anything
> (including kwallet password), I can not switch virtual desktops, clicking
> and moving the mouse cursor does not have any effect on anything. I can
> switch to console by Ctrl+Alt+F1-6, and I can kill the xserver with
> Ctrl+Alt+Backspace, but that's about it. To prevent this happening, I close
> kmail first, then start Kontact, but not via kde menu button, maybe with a
> desktop shortcut. After this, even if you close Kontact, kde menu button
> continues to function normally.
>
Only the usual test ones.

1 - create a new user and see if that user has the problem.

2 - back in the original user, rename ~/.kde and see if that cures it.  If so, 
you have a corruption somewhere in that folder.  Add things back one at a 
time to find the problem.

HTH

Anne

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