Bug#473182: kdebase: KDE applications waste minutes in launching
Package: kdebase
Version: 4:3.5.8.dfsg.1-7
Severity: important
Sometimes KDE turns into a state in which some KDE applications as like as D3lphin, Kate, kaffeine, amarok, k3b... take over minutes to load.
Sorry but i don't completly know what causes this, it some times happens when I have been playing multiple small videos with Kaffeine.
I am experimenting the problem right now, today I have had KDE all day working since 8:00 am, to 1:20 am (many hours), just using boinc-client, kget, amule, and
Ares emulated with wine. All applications are pasive, processing and downloading. When i have came from work, i have tested a downloaded video, and following I
have found that multiple KDE applications take minutes
for launch, some of them may be never start (kaffeine for example).
I have seen this problem more times before, in other installations of Debian lenny + KDE, but in this same computer.
I have passed a memtest86+ without finding error in RAM.
It is possible this bug to have relationship with #461636 and #405965 bugs.
If i run 'ps aux | grep "appname"' i can see the program in execution:
rafael@rafadeb:~$ ps aux | grep amarok
rafael 4937 0.0 0.9 23012 9996 ? S 01:56 0:00 amarok
rafael 4939 1.0 2.6 71564 27184 ? Sl 01:56 0:01 amarokapp
rafael@rafadeb:~$ ps aux | grep kaffeine
rafael 2779 0.0 1.0 30252 10748 ? S 01:45 0:00 kaffeine
rafael 2780 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? Z 01:45 0:00 [kaffeine] <defunct>
rafael 5366 0.0 0.0 3888 748 pts/2 R+ 01:58 0:00 grep kaffeine
rafael 28346 0.1 3.1 97052 32488 ? S Mar28 0:37 kaffeine /home/rafael/Recibidos/Ares/peliculas los 300 (2007).avi
rafael 31796 0.0 1.0 30248 10744 ? S 01:27 0:00 kaffeine
rafael 31797 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? Z 01:27 0:00 [kaffeine] <defunct>
rafael@rafadeb:~
You can see kaffeine, but i closed it before. Interesting..
I try to kill kaffeine (main possible cause):
rafael@rafadeb:~$ kill 28346
rafael@rafadeb:~$ ps aux | grep kaffeine
rafael 5922 0.0 0.0 3888 748 pts/2 R+ 02:01 0:00 grep kaffeine
rafael@rafadeb:~$
Now it is killed.
But problem persists:
I run again kaffeine and d3lphin, but after one minute they are not launched.
I see 'ps aux' again:
rafael@rafadeb:~$ ps aux | grep kaffeine
rafael 6311 0.4 1.0 30248 10740 pts/2 S+ 02:03 0:00 kaffeine
rafael 6312 1.8 1.4 36976 14732 pts/2 S+ 02:03 0:00 kaffeine
rafael 6379 0.0 0.0 3888 748 pts/3 R+ 02:03 0:00 grep kaffeine
rafael@rafadeb:~$ ps aux | grep d3lphin
rafael 6154 0.3 1.4 30528 14984 ? S 02:02 0:00 d3lphin
rafael 6285 0.7 1.4 30528 14980 ? S 02:03 0:00 d3lphin
rafael 6405 0.0 0.0 3884 748 pts/3 R+ 02:03 0:00 grep d3lphin
rafael 28260 0.0 1.9 32088 19748 ? S Mar28 0:01 d3lphin
They continue without launch after two munites.
A few seconds later d3lphin appears, it has been launched.
Around 15 seconds later other d3lphin appears (may be I started two d3lphins?).
Around 10-15 seconds later, kaffeine also appears.
They have taked around two minutes for launch.
Lets see now ps aux output:
rafael@rafadeb:~$ ps aux | grep d3lphin
rafael 6154 0.1 1.7 31436 18500 ? S 02:02 0:00 d3lphin
rafael 6285 0.1 1.7 31480 18488 ? S 02:03 0:00 d3lphin
rafael 7375 0.0 0.0 3884 748 pts/3 R+ 02:09 0:00 grep d3lphin
rafael 28260 0.0 1.9 32088 19748 ? S Mar28 0:01 d3lphin
rafael@rafadeb:~$ ps aux | grep kaffeine
rafael 6312 0.1 1.8 39960 19220 pts/2 S 02:03 0:00 kaffeine
rafael 7383 0.0 0.0 3884 748 pts/3 R+ 02:09 0:00 grep kaffeine
If you need more information, tell me.
Do you think that kaffeine could be the cause of all this?
See that in the first 'ps aux | grep kaffeine' execution, it seems to be locked or frozen, because i previously closed it, but it still appears in ps aux.
In addiction i have said that other times this started playing small videos with kaffeine. Interesting..
Sorry for this BIG report, you must be tired for reading, i hope for it to be useful. THANKS FOR YOUR WORK.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.22-3-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=es_ES.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=es_ES.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Versions of packages kdebase depends on:
ii hal 0.5.10+git20080301-1 Hardware Abstraction Layer
ii kappfinder 4:3.5.8.dfsg.1-7 non-KDE application finder for KDE
ii kate 4:3.5.8.dfsg.1-7 advanced text editor for KDE
ii kcontrol 4:3.5.8.dfsg.1-7 control center for KDE
ii kdebase-bi 4:3.5.8.dfsg.1-7 core binaries for the KDE base mod
ii kdebase-da 4:3.5.8.dfsg.1-7 shared data files for the KDE base
ii kdebase-ki 4:3.5.8.dfsg.1-7 core I/O slaves for KDE
ii kdepasswd 4:3.5.8.dfsg.1-7 password changer for KDE
ii kdeprint 4:3.5.8.dfsg.1-7 print system for KDE
ii kdesktop 4:3.5.8.dfsg.1-7 miscellaneous binaries and files f
ii kfind 4:3.5.8.dfsg.1-7 file-find utility for KDE
ii khelpcente 4:4.0.0.really.3.5.8.dfsg.1-7 help center for KDE
ii kicker 4:3.5.8.dfsg.1-7 desktop panel for KDE
ii klipper 4:3.5.8.dfsg.1-7 clipboard utility for KDE
ii kmenuedit 4:3.5.8.dfsg.1-7 menu editor for KDE
ii konqueror 4:3.5.8.dfsg.1-7 KDE's advanced file manager, web b
ii konqueror- 4:3.5.8.dfsg.1-7 Netscape plugin support for Konque
ii konsole 4:3.5.8.dfsg.1-7 X terminal emulator for KDE
ii kpager 4:3.5.8.dfsg.1-7 desktop pager for KDE
ii kpersonali 4:3.5.8.dfsg.1-7 installation personalizer for KDE
ii ksmserver 4:3.5.8.dfsg.1-7 session manager for KDE
ii ksplash 4:3.5.8.dfsg.1-7 the KDE splash screen
ii ksysguard 4:3.5.8.dfsg.1-7 system guard for KDE
ii ktip 4:3.5.8.dfsg.1-7 useful tips for KDE
ii kwin 4:3.5.8.dfsg.1-7 the KDE window manager
ii libkonq4 4:3.5.8.dfsg.1-7 core libraries for Konqueror
ii pmount 0.9.17-2 mount removable devices as normal
Versions of packages kdebase recommends:
ii kdm 4:3.5.8.dfsg.1-7 X display manager for KDE
-- no debconf information
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