Bug#39899: file protocol died unexpectedly, rational clearcase

[Joe.Longson at disney.com]

Package: kdevelop
Version: KDE 2.2.2 
Severity: normal
Installed from:    RedHat RPMs
Compiler:          g++ 2.9.5??
OS:                Linux
OS/Compiler notes: Using semi-modified Red 7.2 OS on Dual Pentium Xeon, with Rational Clearcase 4.x

I'm wondering if you have had trouble with Rational's Clearcase version 4.1 on Red Hat Linux 7.2, when trying to the the KDE applications (KDevelop, Kate, KWord, etc).  

I'm trying to use the clearcase command: "ct setview=joe" to attach to my Clearcase View for software development.  

Once I attach to my Clearcase View, I can no longer use the File/Open Dialog in the KDE applications.  I start one of the applications (Kdevelop specifically), and then do a File/Open.  The application hangs for about 10-20 seconds, and then I get the following error: "The process for the file protocol died unexpectedly".  I then can no longer interact with the dialog.

If I do not attach to my clearcase view, then everything works as expected.

Here is my machine info:

OS: Red Had Linux 7.2
KDE: 2.2.2
Qt lib:  2.3.1
CPU: Hewlett Packard Dual P4 Xeon 1.8ghz, 2GB Memory, Fire GL 4 graphics card.

I have narrowed down the problem to the one step above (removing any changes to my LD_LIBRARY_PATH, and PATH variables thinking that those may be causing it).  I do know that Clearcase seems to be causing a problem with the "df -k" application on linux, so it might be related to that.

If you have any suggestions or solutions, please email them to me directly (mailto:Joe.Longson at disney.com) If nothing else, could you tell me the basics of what the file/open dialog is doing when it is starting up. (ie what libraries it interacts with, what system calls it makes, etc)  That would greatly help me in my debugging.


Thanks in advance,

Joe Longson
Senior Software Engineer
Walt Disney Feature Animation

(Submitted via bugs.kde.org)