https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=372994
Bug ID: 372994
Summary: opening menu in file chooser dialogue causes system to
become unresponsive
Product: dolphin
Version: unspecified
Platform: Kubuntu Packages
OS: Linux
Status: UNCONFIRMED
Severity: crash
Priority: NOR
Component: general
Assignee: [email protected]
Reporter: [email protected]
Target Milestone: ---
I was trying to make a script automatically start on system bootup using the
autostart module of the system settings menu. I clicked 'add script', which
opened a dialogue that asked for a path to the script file, along with a button
to open dolphin's file chooser dialogue box. However, the script I wanted to
use was hidden (started with a .) and so it didn't show in the file list. Upon
opening the mini settings dropdown with the button in the top right, the
dropdown menu appeared, but the entire system became unresponsive.
I haven't seen anything like this before. The system didn't actually lock up.
Programs and widgets kept running in the background, the youtube video I had
playing kept playing, at the full 60fps, no audio or video stuttering or
cutouts. I could move the mouse cursor, too. But buttons didn't glow when I
hovered over them, clicking had absolutely no response, I couldn't scroll, the
caps and num lock buttons wouldn't toggle the lights on the keyboard (even
after moving it to a different USB port), and F2 wouldn't open my Guake
terminal. I couldn't even open the logout countdown with control-alt-delete.
There was only one thing that worked (sort of): control-alt-F# to switch to a
console. The audio from the youtube video would cut out, the video would
'pause', and the screen would cut out entirely. There wasn't even a signal, so
my monitor decided to go to sleep. But after desperately flipping between
consoles and the F7 graphical environment, eventually a dialogue popped up
asking to update the SMART data on my secondary hard drive, which wasn't in
use. This popup made everything start working again, so after I typed in my
password, I could click on things and move windows.
But if I clicked inside the file chooser dialogue, the system would become
unresponsive again, and I would have to switch between terminals until the
SMART dialogue popped up again (which it did, every time). I tried the entire
thing 3 times, and this happened every single one until I gave up and typed in
the file path manually.
TL;DR: Don't touch the menu button in the file chooser dialogue, it's cursed
with an evil black magic.
Plasma 5.3 on Kubuntu 16.10.
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