[Konsole-devel] [konsole] [Bug 347008] New: Konsole does not start, process list shows several konsole instances as "defunct".

[E. Mark Anderson]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=347008

            Bug ID: 347008
           Summary: Konsole does not start, process list shows several
                    konsole instances as "defunct".
           Product: konsole
           Version: 3.0.1
          Platform: Archlinux Packages
                OS: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: minor
          Priority: NOR
         Component: general
          Assignee: konsole-devel at kde.org
          Reporter: kd0bpv at gmail.com

I have not managed to find a pattern yet, but occasionally, when I try to start
konsole, nothing appears to happen; launch feedback occurs, but no window
opens, and no error messages are displayed. This occurs if I tried to start
Konsole via a launcher or the Run Command dialog (Alt+F2).  However, if I start
Konsole from a shell in xterm, it works fine.

When this occurs, "$ ps -e | grep -i konsole" shows several instances of
Konsole, most of which (IE: at least half) are defunct. After "$ killall
konsole", I can start Konsole from the launchers again. 

"# journalctl -f /usr/bin/konsole" only shows the following: 
May 01 07:00:17 ares konsole[22752]: QCoreApplication::arguments: Please
instantiate the QApplication object first
May 01 07:00:17 ares konsole[22753]: QDBusConnection: session D-Bus connection
created before QCoreApplication. Application may misbehave.
May 01 07:00:17 ares konsole[22752]: QDBusConnection: session D-Bus connection
created before QCoreApplication. Application may misbehave.
This seems unrelated as it occurs every time I start konsole, successfully or
not. This message also shows in the shell if I start konsole via xterm.

Reproducible: Sometimes

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Start Konsole via a launcher (Kickoff, desktop icon, panel launcher, etc) or
Run Command dialog. Conditions causing/triggering bug are unknown as of this
report.

Actual Results:  
Launch feedback occurs, no window is opened, no error messages displayed.
Effectively, nothing seems to happen.

Expected Results:  
Konsole should start normally.

Version 3.0.1
Using KDE Frameworks 5.9.0

BASH v4.3.033

Plasma Desktop version is 5.2.2

In the off chance it matters, $ uname -a : Linux ares 3.18.11-1-MANJARO #1 SMP
PREEMPT Sat Apr 4 21:48:56 UTC 2015 x86_64 GNU/Linux

Listing bug as "Minor" due to ease of "killall" work-around and obviousness of
incorrect behavior.

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