Bug 18226 – kmail attachment freeze

• Status: RESOLVED FIXED
• Product: Gentoo Linux

[Description jim 2003-03-26 11:16:38 UTC]

When attempting to attach a file to a kmail email composition, kmail freezes and must 
be shut down.  I have attempted restarting X as well as my computer, and the same 
error still occurs.  This may be due to the KDE 3.1.1 upgrade, as it is the first time I 
have attempted to attach a file in kmail since the upgrade. 

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1.Compose a new email in Kmail	 
2.Click attach file 
3.Kmail freezes 
Actual Results:  
kmail freezes and must be killed. 

Expected Results:  
bring up the file attachment dialogue and allow me to attach a file 

Portage 2.0.47-r10 (default-x86-1.4, gcc-3.2.2, glibc-2.3.1-r4) 
================================================================= 
System uname: 2.4.19-gentoo-r10 i686 Intel(R) Pentium(R) III Mobile CPU      1133MHz 
GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://csociety-ftp.ecn.purdue.edu/pub/gentoo/ 
http://ftp.easynet.nl/mirror/gentoo/ 
http://www.mirror.ac.uk/sites/www.ibiblio.org/gentoo/  
http://gentoo.oregonstate.edu/ http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/distributions/gentoo" 
CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /var/qmail/control /usr/kde/2/share/config 
/usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb /usr/kde/3.1/share/config 
/usr/share/config" 
CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/env.d" 
PORTDIR="/usr/portage" 
DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" 
PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" 
PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" 
PORTDIR_OVERLAY="" 
USE="oss 3dnow avi crypt cups encode gif gpm jpeg libg++ libwww mikmod mmx mpeg 
ncurses nls png spell truetype xml2 xv zlib gdbm berkdb slang readline arts guile sdl 
tcpd pam ssl perl python esd imlib oggvorbis motif X gtk kde xmms dvd 3dfx x86 
-gnome alsa apm cdr java jikes pcmcia opengl pdflib qt quicktime sse svga usb" 
COMPILER="gcc3" 
CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" 
CFLAGS="-march=pentium3 -O3 -mmmx -msse -mfpmath=sse -pipe 
-fomit-frame-pointer -funroll-loops -funroll-all-loops -fthread-jumps -fforce-addr 
-frerun-cse-after-loop -frerun-loop-opt -fexpensive-optimizations -falign-functions=4 
-falign-jumps=4" 
CXXFLAGS="-march=pentium3 -O3 -mmmx -msse -mfpmath=sse -pipe 
-fomit-frame-pointer -funroll-loops -funroll-all-loops -fthread-jumps -fforce-addr 
-frerun-cse-after-loop -frerun-loop-opt -fexpensive-optimizations -falign-functions=4 
-falign-jumps=4" 
ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86" 
MAKEOPTS="-j2" 
AUTOCLEAN="yes" 
SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" 
FEATURES="sandbox ccache"

[Comment 1 Neil Watson 2003-03-26 11:46:33 UTC]

Try starting Kmail from a terminal (e.g. xterm).  When Kmail freezes is anything 
interesting logged to the terminal? 

[Comment 2 jim 2003-03-26 11:54:11 UTC]

here is what i got: 
  
kio (KDirWatch): WARNING: KDirWatch::removeDir can't handle '' 
 

[Comment 3 jim 2003-03-26 12:02:21 UTC]

another interesting side effect is that prior to the error, access to my NTFS 
partition works fine (from both CL, console, and KDE) but after the error when i 
try to browse the NTFS partition it stalls. 

[Comment 4 Neil Watson 2003-03-26 18:39:22 UTC]

Are you trying to attach a file that is on an NTFS partition? 

[Comment 5 jim 2003-03-26 19:10:57 UTC]

well yes...but it doesnt even get that far (i.e. i couldnt attach a linux partition file 
if i wanted) because the little file selection screen never shows up before it 
crashes. 

[Comment 6 Neil Watson 2003-03-27 08:21:16 UTC]

Try unmounting the NTFS partition and running without it.  Does the problem 
persist? 

[Comment 7 jim 2003-03-27 18:12:24 UTC]

mysteriously, the problem doesnt happen anymore, with or without NTFS 
mounted.  i havent changed any settings though so im not sure if it will come 
back... 

[Comment 8 Hannes Mehnert (RETIRED) 2003-03-27 21:19:27 UTC]

ok, marking as fixed, cause it is fixed for reporter :)