Ubuntu
kdebase-workspace package

Date & Time freezes when changing time zone

Bug #267311 reported by Glen Ditchfield
6
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
KdeSudo
Fix Released
Undecided
Anthony Mercatante
kdebase-workspace (Ubuntu)
Invalid
Medium
Unassigned
kdesudo (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Medium
Unassigned

Bug Description

Binary package hint: kdebase-workspace

ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu intrepid (development branch)
Release: 8.10

ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ apt-cache policy systemsettings
systemsettings:
  Installed: 4:4.1.1-0ubuntu3
  Candidate: 4:4.1.1-0ubuntu3
  Version table:
 *** 4:4.1.1-0ubuntu3 0
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

I booted a Dell D600 from a Kubuntu Intrepid Ibex alpha 5 CD.
I launched System Settings, and opened Date & Time.
The current local timezone setting was /etc/localtime (UTC).
I selected the timezone list, typed "w", continued to scroll down until "Winnipeg" was visible, and selected it.
Finally, I clicked the Apply button.

I expected the time zone display to change, and thought the panel clock might change the time displayed as well.

What happened instead was ... nothing. The clock in the System Settings window stopped updating, and the Apply button remained in the depressed state. When I switched out and back into the System Settings window, the obscured areas did not refresh. When I closed the window, KWin warned
   Window with title "Date & Time - System Settings" is not responding. This window belongs to application systemsettings (PID=8720, hostname=localhost)

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.10
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/systemsettings
Package: systemsettings 4:4.1.1-0ubuntu3
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: kdebase-workspace
Uname: Linux 2.6.27-2-generic i686

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Related branches

lp:ubuntu/lucid/kdesudo
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Glen Ditchfield (gjditchfield) wrote :
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Sergei Andreev (seajey) wrote :

Confirm this and somehow similar problem:
bug 267501: systemsettings freezing during configuration of kdm login manager

Using KDE 4.1.1 from Kubuntu Members - KDE 4 Repository on kubuntu 8.04.1

description: updated
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Harald Sitter (apachelogger) wrote :

This is happening due to an issue in kdesudo, where it doesn't actually terminate and thus it doesn't unlock parent processes.

AFAIK this issue is addressed in latest kdesudo source, not yet published though

Changed in kdebase-workspace:
importance: Undecided → Medium
status: New → Triaged
Changed in kdesudo:
assignee: nobody → tonio
status: New → In Progress
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Jonathan Thomas (echidnaman) wrote :

Issue in kdesudo, not kde -> invalidating kdebase-workspace task.

Changed in kdebase-workspace:
status: Triaged → Invalid
Changed in kdesudo:
importance: Undecided → Medium
status: New → Fix Committed
Jonathan Thomas (echidnaman)
Changed in kdesudo:
status: In Progress → Fix Released
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
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theschles (philip-schlesinger) wrote :

I am seeing this with KDE 4.1.2 on Kubuntu 8.04 amd64 - I'm trying to set it to use NTP to set my date/time. Check the box, hit apply, and it freezes. I terminated the process, then tried Alt-F2, and that crashed. What's going on?

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theschles (philip-schlesinger) wrote :
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Just in case it'll help:

$ sudo /usr/lib/kde4/bin/systemsettings
[sudo] password for stephen:
Sorry, try again.
[sudo] password for stephen:
Error: "/var/tmp/kdecache-stephen" is owned by uid 1000 instead of uid 0.
Creating link /root/.kde4/cache-dev-007.
Created link from "/root/.kde4/cache-dev-007" to "/var/tmp/kdecache-root"
Error: "/tmp/kde-stephen" is owned by uid 1000 instead of uid 0.
Link points to "/tmp/kde-root"
findServiceByDesktopPath: not found
systemsettings(7060) MainWindow::readMenu: "" Looking for children in ' "" '
findServiceByDesktopPath: not found
systemsettings(7060) MainWindow::readMenu: " " Looking for children in ' "general" '
findServiceByDesktopPath: not found
systemsettings(7060) MainWindow::readMenu: " " Looking for children in ' "network-and-connectivity" '
findServiceByDesktopPath: not found
systemsettings(7060) MainWindow::readMenu: " " Looking for children in ' "sharing" '
systemsettings(7060) MainWindow::readMenu: " " found module ' "Local Network Browsing" ' "lanbrowser.desktop"
systemsettings(7060) MainWindow::readMenu: " " filename is "lanbrowser.desktop"
findServiceByDesktopPath: not found
findServiceByDesktopPath: not found
systemsettings(7060) MainWindow::readMenu: " " Looking for children in ' "network-settings" '
systemsettings(7060) MainWindow::readMenu: " " found module ' "Connection Preferences" ' "netpref.desktop"
systemsettings(7060) MainWindow::readMenu: " " filename is "netpref.desktop"
findServiceByDesktopPath: not found
systemsettings(7060) MainWindow::readMenu: " " found module ' "Proxy" ' "proxy.desktop"
systemsettings(7060) MainWindow::readMenu: " " filename is "proxy.desktop"
findServiceByDesktopPath: not found
systemsettings(7060) MainWindow::readMenu: " " found module ' "Service Discovery" ' "kcm_kdnssd.desktop"
systemsettings(7060) MainWindow::readMenu: " " filename is "kcm_kdnssd.desktop" ...

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