[Bug 977501] [NEW] plasma-desktop freezes for 5 minutes after login reading subdirectory tree with my pictures for digikam

[Jan daciuk]

Public bug reported:

plasma-desktop freezes for 5 long minutes after login. Earlier, it used
to be that digikam froze for 5 minutes after it had been launched.
Unsetting the option "Scan for new items at startup (makes startup
slower)" did not help. That bug was present in Kubuntu 11.10 on. Now
that behavior of digikam is gone, i.e. it starts without delay (it used
to show "reading database" for 5 minutes). Exactly the same time is now
spent by plasma-desktop after login on reading the subdirectory tree
where I keep my photos managed by digikam. This can be seen by
repeatedly running lsof from the text console. I supect why plasma-
desktop behaves that way, but I'm afraid that if I write so, my
information will be censored just like it happened on Ubuntu Forums. The
situation with plasma-desktop and digikam exhibits some parallels with
kmail, to give you the clue. The bug manifested itself for the first
time at the end of 2011, but I first suspected my unintensional changes
in some configuration files. It is not a problem in my configuration
files.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: plasma-desktop 4:4.7.4-0ubuntu0.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-17.30-generic 3.0.22
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-17-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4
Architecture: amd64
Date: Mon Apr  9 21:39:52 2012
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release amd64 (20101007)
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: kde-workspace
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-10-24 (168 days ago)

** Affects: kde-workspace (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug oneiric

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