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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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