Bug#851216: plasma-workspace: Freezes for long periods of time or indefinitely
Package: plasma-workspace
Version: 4:5.8.2-1
Severity: important
Tags: upstream
>From time to time the entire workspace will freeze, without apparent
cause. In earlier versions it would take something around 5 minutes
for it to get back to normal (after that time the menus, tray icons,
desktop, etc would resume working, often carrying out the actions
executed in the meantime). The current version seems to be worse:
the workspace will halt indefintely.
Thinks like global shortcut keys and application shortcuts still
work, as do other KDE applications and functionality like moving
windows between virtual desktops, the task switcher (alt+tab) and
others like window actions. Taskbars and icons do not respond.
There is no CPU activity while the workspace is frozen.
Logging the user out and in again will solve the issue but this
includes closing all applications, etc as normal, which is not
at all an optimal workaround - but necessary since just waiting
doesn't help. The log out takes a couple of minutes to follow
through after the command is issued (via ctrl+alt+del since
kickoff - the "K menu" or "start menu" - won't respond). I
assume this delay happens because of a timer that waits for the
workspace to respond for a while but after running out
it just logs the user off without any response anyway.
I suggest the maintaner up the severity at his own discretion
because in such a state the KDE desktop shouldn't reach stable.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: stretch/sid
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 4.8.0-2-amd64 (SMP w/8 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
Versions of packages plasma-workspace depends on:
ii dbus-x11 1.10.14-1
ii frameworkintegration 5.27.0-1
ii gdb-minimal [gdb] 7.12-4
ii iso-codes 3.72-1
ii kactivitymanagerd 5.8.2-1
ii kde-cli-tools 4:5.8.2-1
ii kded5 5.27.0-1
ii kinit 5.27.0-1
ii kio 5.27.0-2
ii kpackagetool5 5.27.0-1
ii libc6 2.24-8
ii libcln6 1.3.4-2
ii libdbusmenu-qt5-2 0.9.3+16.04.20160218-1
ii libgcc1 1:6.2.1-5
ii libgps22 3.16-4
ii libice6 2:1.0.9-1+b1
ii libkf5activities5 5.27.0-1
ii libkf5auth5 5.27.0-1
ii libkf5baloo5 5.27.0-1
ii libkf5bookmarks5 5.27.0-1
ii libkf5calendarevents5 5.27.0-1+b1
ii libkf5completion5 5.27.0-1
ii libkf5configcore5 5.27.0-1
ii libkf5configgui5 5.27.0-1
ii libkf5configwidgets5 5.27.0-1
ii libkf5coreaddons5 5.27.0-1
ii libkf5crash5 5.27.0-1
ii libkf5dbusaddons5 5.27.0-1
ii libkf5declarative5 5.27.0-1+b1
ii libkf5globalaccel-bin 5.27.0-1
ii libkf5globalaccel5 5.27.0-1
ii libkf5guiaddons5 5.27.0-1
ii libkf5holidays5 16.04.2-1
ii libkf5i18n5 5.27.0-2
ii libkf5iconthemes5 5.27.0-1
ii libkf5idletime5 5.27.0-1
ii libkf5itemviews5 5.27.0-1
ii libkf5jobwidgets5 5.27.0-1
ii libkf5js5 5.27.0-1
ii libkf5jsembed5 5.27.0-1
ii libkf5kdelibs4support5 5.27.0-1
ii libkf5kiocore5 5.27.0-2
ii libkf5kiofilewidgets5 5.27.0-2
ii libkf5kiowidgets5 5.27.0-2
ii libkf5networkmanagerqt6 5.28.0-1
ii libkf5newstuff5 5.27.0-1
ii libkf5notifications5 5.27.0-1
ii libkf5notifyconfig5 5.27.0-1
ii libkf5package5 5.27.0-1
ii libkf5plasma5 5.27.0-1
ii libkf5plasmaquick5 5.27.0-1
ii libkf5quickaddons5 5.27.0-1+b1
ii libkf5runner5 5.27.0-1
ii libkf5service-bin 5.27.0-1
ii libkf5service5 5.27.0-1
ii libkf5solid5 5.27.0-1
ii libkf5texteditor5 5.27.0-1
ii libkf5textwidgets5 5.27.0-1
ii libkf5wallet-bin 5.27.0-1
ii libkf5wallet5 5.27.0-1
ii libkf5waylandclient5 4:5.28.0-1
ii libkf5widgetsaddons5 5.27.0-1
ii libkf5windowsystem5 5.27.0-1
ii libkf5xmlgui5 5.27.0-1
ii libkf5xmlrpcclient5 5.27.0-1
ii libkscreenlocker5 5.8.2-1
ii libksgrd7 4:5.8.2-1
ii libkworkspace5-5 4:5.8.2-1
ii libphonon4qt5-4 4:4.9.0-4
ii libplasma-geolocation-interface5 4:5.8.2-1
ii libprocesscore7 4:5.8.2-1
ii libprocessui7 4:5.8.2-1
ii libqalculate5v5 0.9.7-9.2
ii libqt5core5a 5.7.1+dfsg-2
ii libqt5dbus5 5.7.1+dfsg-2
ii libqt5gui5 5.7.1+dfsg-2
ii libqt5network5 5.7.1+dfsg-2
ii libqt5qml5 5.7.1-1
ii libqt5quick5 5.7.1-1
ii libqt5script5 5.7.1~20161021+dfsg-2
ii libqt5sql5 5.7.1+dfsg-2
ii libqt5widgets5 5.7.1+dfsg-2
ii libqt5x11extras5 5.7.1~20161021-2
ii libqt5xml5 5.7.1+dfsg-2
ii libsm6 2:1.2.2-1+b1
ii libstdc++6 6.2.1-5
ii libtaskmanager6 4:5.8.2-1
ii libweather-ion7 4:5.8.2-1
ii libx11-6 2:1.6.4-2
ii libxcb-composite0 1.12-1
ii libxcb-damage0 1.12-1
ii libxcb-image0 0.4.0-1
ii libxcb-util0 0.3.8-3
ii libxcb1 1.12-1
ii libxfixes3 1:5.0.3-1
ii libxrender1 1:0.9.10-1
ii milou 4:5.8.2-1
ii phonon4qt5 4:4.9.0-4
ii plasma-framework 5.27.0-1
ii plasma-integration 5.8.2-1+b1
ii qdbus-qt5 5.7.1-1
ii qml-module-org-kde-draganddrop 5.27.0-1+b1
ii qml-module-org-kde-extensionplugin 5.27.0-1
ii qml-module-org-kde-kcoreaddons 5.27.0-1+b1
ii qml-module-org-kde-kquickcontrols 5.27.0-1+b1
ii qml-module-org-kde-kquickcontrolsaddons 5.27.0-1+b1
ii qml-module-org-kde-kwindowsystem 5.27.0-1+b1
ii qml-module-org-kde-solid 5.27.0-1
ii qml-module-qt-labs-folderlistmodel 5.7.1-1
ii qml-module-qtgraphicaleffects 5.7.1~20161021-3
ii qml-module-qtqml-models2 5.7.1-1
ii qml-module-qtquick-controls 5.7.1~20161021-2
ii qml-module-qtquick-dialogs 5.7.1~20161021-2
ii qml-module-qtquick-layouts 5.7.1-1
ii qml-module-qtquick-window2 5.7.1-1
ii qml-module-qtquick2 5.7.1-1
ii qttools5-dev-tools 5.7.1-1
ii udisks2 2.1.8-1
ii x11-utils 7.7+3
ii x11-xserver-utils 7.7+7
ii zlib1g 1:1.2.8.dfsg-4
Versions of packages plasma-workspace recommends:
ii kio-extras 4:16.08.2-1
ii libpam-kwallet5 5.8.4-1
plasma-workspace suggests no packages.
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