[Bug 43065] kdesktop freezes often during RMB actions (dapper)

[Daniel Frein]

Public bug reported:

Affects: kdebase (Ubuntu)
       Severity: Normal
       Priority: (none set)
         Status: Unconfirmed


Description:
Binary package hint: kdesktop

During right mouse button clicks on icons on the desktop, kdesktop freezes nearly every day. This seems to be a regression bug of KDE-3.5.2. A '-9' signal is necessary to kill kdesktop. This is extremely annoying since switching to an other task and back to the desktop then results in capturing all of keyboard input and only the mouse is working. In this case, ksysguard seems the only alternative to kill kdesktop without requiring keyboard input. This bug is not exactely reproducible and produces no backtrace but is extremely annoying especially for novice users since without the knowledge how to kill kdesktop, a logout from KDE can't be avoided. 
I'm not sure if this could be a timing issue between the pop-up if the mouse pointer rests on the icon or is related to newly created icons on the desktop. However, this bug also hit me with 'older' icons.

This bug is also reported upstream:
http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=125035

** Bug watch added: KDE Bug Tracking System #125035
   http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=125035

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kdesktop freezes often during RMB actions (dapper)
https://launchpad.net/bugs/43065