[rekonq] crash when a new tab is opened

[Panagiotis Papadopoulos]

On Friday 09 October 2009 00:28:33 Ronny Scholz wrote:
> Am Donnerstag 08 Oktober 2009 23:52:17 schrieb Andrea Diamantini:
> > On Thursday 08 October 2009 18:42:30 Ronny Scholz wrote:
> > > Am Donnerstag 08 Oktober 2009 01:44:42 schrieb Andrea Diamantini:
> > > > On Thursday 08 October 2009 00:13:48 Ronny Scholz wrote:
> > > > > Recently I introduced the possibility to open a new tab via double
> > > > > click on the tabbar. This was just about connecting the
> > > > > newTabRequest() signal to the newTab() slot. There is a strange issue
> > > > > I've discovered now.
> > > > >
> > > > > If the double click is done inside the region where the new tab will
> > > > > be shown, rekonq crashes. Pano was so kind and provided me a
> > > > > backtrace, which I have attached to this mail.
> > > > > It seems like the tabbar is immediately trying to move the added tab
> > > > > and crashes. This may be caused by faulty mouse management, but
> > > > > perfectly explains why the bug appears only if the mouse is under the
> > > > > new tab to be created. If the movable property of the tabbar is set
> > > > > to false, the bug disappears.
> > > > >
> > > > > However, aurora also has movable tabs but does not have this issue.
> > > > > Either the bug lies in the internal workings of our code, or in the
> > > > > usage of KDE instead of plain Qt. Unfortunately, I was not able step
> > > > > into this issue deeply enough
> > > > >
> > > > > :(
> > > >
> > > > I'm double clicking really "near" the new tab page, to be sure I'm in
> > > > the place where the new tab will appear, but I cannot reproduce this
> > > > issue :(
> > > >
> > > > It definitely works here.
> > > >
> > > > rekonq 0.2.64
> > > > Qt 4.5.3
> > > > KDE 4.3.2
> > >
> > > The latest commits seem to have reduced the occurrence of the issue, but
> > > it is still there for me. Pano also has the issue, so it may not be due
> > > to the latest versions of qt and KDE. Maybe you cannot reproduce it
> > > because you do not have a real mouse.
> > > Can somebody else confirm this bug?
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> > 
> > Are you on Arch Linux, like Pano? Did they patch kde source? From what I
> >  see from the backtrace the problem is not rekonq but kde related.
> > 
> 
> No, I use the development version of kubuntu. I don't know whether they patch 
> the kde source.
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I yesterday upgraded to Qt 4.5.3 and since then I cannot reproduce it with rekonq anymore (no matter which version).

I also compile my KDE myself and I keep it "Vanilla", so no modifications from me at all :-P