Bug#550174: kmail: blocks at startup because 'Communication problem with "kmail" , it probably crashed.'
Package: kmail
Version: 4:4.3.1-2
Severity: important
Hi,
I'm having a small issue with kmail but it's getting annoying.
I don't run KDE, I use gdm as a login manager, and an awesome session. When I log on, I start kmail, and it has started to fail systematically a few weeks ago. The following is displayed in the terminal:
alf@lacapelle:~$ kmail
kdeinit4: preparing to launch /usr/lib/libkdeinit4_klauncher.so
kdeinit4: preparing to launch /usr/lib/libkdeinit4_kded4.so
kdeinit4: preparing to launch /usr/lib/libkdeinit4_kbuildsycoca4.so
kbuildsycoca4 running...
kbuildsycoca4(18377) KBuildSycoca::checkDirTimestamps: timestamp changed: "/etc/xdg/menus/debian-menu.menu"
<unknown program name>(18365)/: Communication problem with "kmail" , it probably crashed.
Error message was: "org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.NoReply" : " "Did not receive a reply. Possible causes include: the remote application did not send a reply, the message bus security policy blocked the reply, the reply timeout expired, or the network connection was broken." "
I have to relaunch kmail to get a window. On the second launch, I get the following messages:
alf@lacapelle:~$ kmail
alf@lacapelle:~$ kdeinit4: preparing to launch /usr/lib/kde4/kio_imap4.so
<unknown program name>(18502)/ kdemain: IMAP4::kdemain
kdeinit4: preparing to launch /usr/lib/kde4/kio_imap4.so
<unknown program name>(18503)/ kdemain: IMAP4::kdemain
kdeinit4: preparing to launch /usr/lib/kde4/kio_file.so
kdeinit4: preparing to launch /usr/bin/knotify4
A possible cause for this could be a timeout set to someting too small, which
could go unnoticed for people using KDE because they already have a number of
KDE-related processes running. Since I'm not using that environment, launching
these extra processes takes some extra time and causes the timeout to occur.
I'll be happy to help reproduce and fix this.
Thanks for your time.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'unstable'), (70, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.30-1-686 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Versions of packages kmail depends on:
ii kdebase-runtime 4:4.3.1-1 runtime components from the offici
ii kdelibs5 4:4.3.1-1 core libraries for all KDE 4 appli
ii kdepimlibs5 4:4.3.1-1 core libraries for KDE PIM 4 appli
ii libc6 2.9-25 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii libgcc1 1:4.4.1-4 GCC support library
ii libkdepim4 4:4.3.1-2 KDE PIM library
ii libkleo4 4:4.3.1-2 certificate based crypto library f
ii libkontactinterfaces4 4:4.3.1-2 KDE Kontact interface library
ii libkpgp4 4:4.3.1-2 gpg based crypto library for KDE
ii libksieve4 4:4.3.1-2 KDE mail/news message filtering li
ii libmimelib4 4:4.3.1-2 KDE mime library
ii libphonon4 4:4.5.2-2 Qt 4 Phonon module
ii libqt4-dbus 4:4.5.2-2 Qt 4 D-Bus module
ii libqt4-network 4:4.5.2-2 Qt 4 network module
ii libqt4-qt3support 4:4.5.2-2 Qt 3 compatibility library for Qt
ii libqt4-xml 4:4.5.2-2 Qt 4 XML module
ii libqtcore4 4:4.5.2-2 Qt 4 core module
ii libqtgui4 4:4.5.2-2 Qt 4 GUI module
ii libstdc++6 4.4.1-4 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3
ii perl 5.10.0-25 Larry Wall's Practical Extraction
ii phonon 4:4.5.2-2 Qt 4 Phonon module metapackage
Versions of packages kmail recommends:
ii procmail 3.22-17 Versatile e-mail processor
Versions of packages kmail suggests:
ii bogofilter 1.2.0-1 a fast Bayesian spam filter (dummy
pn clamav | f-prot-installer <none> (no description available)
ii gnupg 1.4.10-2 GNU privacy guard - a free PGP rep
ii gnupg-agent 2.0.13-1 GNU privacy guard - password agent
ii kaddressbook 4:4.3.1-2 KDE address book
ii kleopatra 4:4.3.1-2 KDE Certificate Manager
ii pinentry-gtk2 [pinentry-x11] 0.7.6-1+b1 GTK+-2-based PIN or pass-phrase en
ii spamassassin 3.2.5-5 Perl-based spam filter using text
ii spambayes 1.0.4-5.1 Python-based spam filter using sta
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