Bug#576605: kmail pop up two dialog boxes that obscure each other
Package: kmail
Version: 4:4.3.4-1
Severity: normal
When I started up kmail for the first time, I got two dialog boxes
on top of each other. (Using dialogs to deliver messages to the user
is bad UI design, but that is not the bug here)
The visible one was just the "tip of the day" box. It could not be closed,
because a modal box with an error message was beneath it. (No hostname
specified.)
Yes, I understand I need to set up kmail before it will work.
It should not obscure the error message with the "tip of the day" box
though. Better show only one box at a time. For example, drop the
silly "tip of the day" if there is an error already...
The workaround is simple - move the "tip box" to one side,
revealing the other box in order to dismiss it. Guessing that
there is another box on the screen is not easy thoughj, it
was not obvious.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (900, 'testing'), (800, 'unstable'), (700, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.33.1 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=nb_NO.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=nb_NO.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Versions of packages kmail depends on:
ii kdebase-runtime 4:4.3.2-1 runtime components from the offici
ii kdelibs5 4:4.3.4-1 core libraries for all KDE 4 appli
ii kdepimlibs5 4:4.3.4-1 core libraries for KDE PIM 4 appli
ii libc6 2.10.2-2 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii libgcc1 1:4.4.2-9 GCC support library
ii libkdepim4 4:4.3.4-1 KDE PIM library
ii libkleo4 4:4.3.4-1 certificate based crypto library f
ii libkontactinterfaces4 4:4.3.4-1 KDE Kontact interface library
ii libkpgp4 4:4.3.4-1 gpg based crypto library for KDE
ii libksieve4 4:4.3.4-1 KDE mail/news message filtering li
ii libmimelib4 4:4.3.4-1 KDE mime library
ii libphonon4 4:4.5.3-4 Qt 4 Phonon module
ii libqt4-dbus 4:4.5.3-4 Qt 4 D-Bus module
ii libqt4-network 4:4.5.3-4 Qt 4 network module
ii libqt4-qt3support 4:4.5.3-4 Qt 3 compatibility library for Qt
ii libqt4-xml 4:4.5.3-4 Qt 4 XML module
ii libqtcore4 4:4.5.3-4 Qt 4 core module
ii libqtgui4 4:4.5.3-4 Qt 4 GUI module
ii libstdc++6 4.4.2-9 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3
ii perl 5.10.1-9 Larry Wall's Practical Extraction
ii phonon 4:4.5.3-4 Qt 4 Phonon module metapackage
Versions of packages kmail recommends:
ii procmail 3.22-18 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
pn gnupg-agent <none> (no description available)
pn kaddressbook <none> (no description available)
pn kleopatra <none> (no description available)
pn pinentry-qt4 | pinentry-x11 <none> (no description available)
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