Kontact/kde-pim new problem

[Anne Wilson]

Today kontact will not launch, although kmail and korganizer launch perfectly 
well stand-alone.  I'm assuming that yesterdays updates have upset 
something - possibly the selinux-policy changes?  audit.log is showing a lot 
of denials and failures.  Attempting to launch kontact from a terminal gives

WeaverThreadLogger: thread (ID: 2) suspended.
WeaverThreadLogger: thread (ID: 3) suspended.
WeaverThreadLogger: thread (ID: 4) suspended.
WeaverThreadLogger: thread (ID: 1) suspended.
QDir::exists: Empty or null file name
QDir::exists: Empty or null file name
*** KMail got signal 11 (Crashing)
[anne@david ~]$ KCrash: crashing... crashRecursionCounter = 2
KCrash: Application Name = kontact path = <unknown> pid = 19533

'locate QDir' merely returns to the prompt.

Anyone else seeing this?
.

Anne

[Olaf Mueller]

Anne Wilson wrote:

Hello.

>  Today kontact will not launch, although kmail and korganizer launch
>  perfectly 
>  WeaverThreadLogger: thread (ID: 2) suspended.
>  WeaverThreadLogger: thread (ID: 3) suspended.
>  WeaverThreadLogger: thread (ID: 4) suspended.
>  WeaverThreadLogger: thread (ID: 1) suspended.
>  QDir::exists: Empty or null file name
>  QDir::exists: Empty or null file name
>  *** KMail got signal 11 (Crashing)
>  [anne@david ~]$ KCrash: crashing... crashRecursionCounter = 2
>  KCrash: Application Name = kontact path = <unknown> pid = 19533 
>  Anyone else seeing this? 
Yes, and the problem was caused by a
new update of basket:
Feb 15 01:19:34 Updated: basket.i386 1.0-1.fc6 (/var/log/yum.log)

Delete or rename ~/.kde/share/apps/basket and 
~/.kde/share/config/basketrc, that should solve the problem.


regards
Olaf

[Rex Dieter]

Olaf Mueller wrote:

>  Yes, and the problem was caused by a new update of basket:
>  Feb 15 01:19:34 Updated: basket.i386 1.0-1.fc6 (/var/log/yum.log)
>  
>  Delete or rename ~/.kde/share/apps/basket and
>  ~/.kde/share/config/basketrc, that should solve the problem. 
I'm curious, how does basket interact with kontact?

-- Rex

[Olaf Mueller]

Rex Dieter wrote:

>  Olaf Mueller wrote:
>  
> > Yes, and the problem was caused by a new update of basket:
> > Feb 15 01:19:34 Updated: basket.i386 1.0-1.fc6 (/var/log/yum.log)
> > 
> > Delete or rename ~/.kde/share/apps/basket and
> > ~/.kde/share/config/basketrc, that should solve the problem.
>  
>  I'm curious, how does basket interact with kontact? 
Basket could be selected as
a component of kontact since basket version
0.6.0. See for more under http://basket.kde.org/, "What's New in
0.6.0?" -> Kontact Integration.
 
It costs me an long hour to find out basket as causer for the crash of
kontact and it was a real nightmare.


regards
Olaf

[Anne Wilson]

On Friday 16 February 2007, Olaf Mueller wrote:
>  Rex Dieter wrote:
>  > Olaf Mueller wrote:
>  >> Yes, and the problem was caused by a new update of basket:
>  >> Feb 15 01:19:34 Updated: basket.i386 1.0-1.fc6 (/var/log/yum.log)
>  >>
>  >> Delete or rename ~/.kde/share/apps/basket and
>  >> ~/.kde/share/config/basketrc, that should solve the problem.
>  >
>  > I'm curious, how does basket interact with kontact?
>
>  Basket could be selected as a component of kontact since basket version
>  0.6.0. See for more under http://basket.kde.org/, "What's New in
>  0.6.0?" -> Kontact Integration.
>
>  It costs me an long hour to find out basket as causer for the crash of
>  kontact and it was a real nightmare.
>  
I tried your suggestion, but it made no difference.  i still get

QDir::exists: Empty or null file name
QDir::exists: Empty or null file name
*** KMail got signal 11 (Crashing)

Anne

[Chitlesh GOORAH]

On 2/16/07, Olaf Mueller wrote:
>  Basket could be selected as a component of kontact since basket
> version
>  0.6.0. See for more under http://basket.kde.org/, "What's New in
>  0.6.0?" -> Kontact Integration. 
I'm curious about whether fedora's basket can be integrated in
kontact. I have seen that though I have been using basket for some
months now.


Chitlesh
-- 
http://clunixchit.blogspot.com

[Olaf Mueller]

Chitlesh GOORAH wrote:

>  On 2/16/07, Olaf Mueller wrote:
> > Basket could be selected as a component of kontact since basket
> > version 0.6.0. See for more under http://basket.kde.org/, "What's
> > New in 0.6.0?" -> Kontact Integration.
>  
>  I'm curious about whether fedora's basket can be integrated in
>  kontact. I have seen that though I have been using basket for some
>  months now. 
Now, after the broken basket update (1.0-1.fc6), there's a new
update
for basket (1.0-2.fc6). And it seems to me this version couldn't be
integrated any more in kontact.


regards
Olaf

[Chitlesh GOORAH]

On 2/17/07, Olaf Mueller wrote:
>  Now, after the broken basket update (1.0-1.fc6), there's a new
> update
>  for basket (1.0-2.fc6). And it seems to me this version couldn't be
>  integrated any more in kontact. 
chitlesh(~)[0]$rpm -q basket
basket-1.0-2.fc6


Chitlesh
-- 
http://clunixchit.blogspot.com

[Anne Wilson]

On Friday 16 February 2007 15:53, Olaf Mueller wrote:
>  Rex Dieter wrote:
>  > Olaf Mueller wrote:
>  >> Yes, and the problem was caused by a new update of basket:
>  >> Feb 15 01:19:34 Updated: basket.i386 1.0-1.fc6 (/var/log/yum.log)
>  >>
>  >> Delete or rename ~/.kde/share/apps/basket and
>  >> ~/.kde/share/config/basketrc, that should solve the problem.
>  >
>  > I'm curious, how does basket interact with kontact?
>
>  Basket could be selected as a component of kontact since basket version
>  0.6.0. See for more under http://basket.kde.org/, "What's New in
>  0.6.0?" -> Kontact Integration.
>
>  It costs me an long hour to find out basket as causer for the crash of
>  kontact and it was a real nightmare.
>  
New info from the kde-pim list:

Matthew T. Gibbs wrote

I also had this problem, but I was able to work around by editing the file
~/.kde/share/config/kontactrc to include the line

kontact_basketpluginEnabled=false

under [Plugins].

HTH.  At least it means that anyone previously using basket would not need to 
uninstall, while waiting for a fix.

Anne

[Chitlesh GOORAH]

HEllo there,
fedora ships :
- basket
- basket-kontact

Right now if you install only basket, kontact will not crash.

But if you install basket-kontact, kontact will crash.
I've filed a bug concerning this and it is an easy-fix
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=231621

regards,
Chitlesh
-- 
http://clunixchit.blogspot.com

[Anne Wilson]

On Friday 16 February 2007, Rex Dieter wrote:
>  Olaf Mueller wrote:
>  > Yes, and the problem was caused by a new update of basket:
>  > Feb 15 01:19:34 Updated: basket.i386 1.0-1.fc6 (/var/log/yum.log)
>  >
>  > Delete or rename ~/.kde/share/apps/basket and
>  > ~/.kde/share/config/basketrc, that should solve the problem.
>
>  I'm curious, how does basket interact with kontact? 
Rex, Olaf's 'basket' fix didn't cure it for me.  How can I help
troubleshoot 
it?

Anne

[Olaf Mueller]

Anne Wilson wrote:

>  On Friday 16 February 2007, Rex Dieter wrote:
> > Olaf Mueller wrote:
> > > Yes, and the problem was caused by a new update of basket:
> > > Feb 15 01:19:34 Updated: basket.i386 1.0-1.fc6 (/var/log/yum.log)
> > >
> > > Delete or rename ~/.kde/share/apps/basket and
> > > ~/.kde/share/config/basketrc, that should solve the problem.
> >
> > I'm curious, how does basket interact with kontact?
>  
>  Rex, Olaf's 'basket' fix didn't cure it for me.  How can I help
>  troubleshoot it? 
Basket is the causer of this error, see for more on the kdepim
developers list. If this doesn't work for you, and 'rpm -e basket'
doesn't work for you too, then nobody can help you without more
information. Then your problem seems to me more complex.


regards
Olaf

[Anne Wilson]

On Saturday 17 February 2007, Olaf Mueller wrote:
>  Anne Wilson wrote:
>  > On Friday 16 February 2007, Rex Dieter wrote:
>  >> Olaf Mueller wrote:
>  >> > Yes, and the problem was caused by a new update of basket:
>  >> > Feb 15 01:19:34 Updated: basket.i386 1.0-1.fc6 (/var/log/yum.log)
>  >> >
>  >> > Delete or rename ~/.kde/share/apps/basket and
>  >> > ~/.kde/share/config/basketrc, that should solve the problem.
>  >>
>  >> I'm curious, how does basket interact with kontact?
>  >
>  > Rex, Olaf's 'basket' fix didn't cure it for me.  How can I help
>  > troubleshoot it?
>
>  Basket is the causer of this error, see for more on the kdepim
>  developers list. If this doesn't work for you, and 'rpm -e basket'
>  doesn't work for you too, then nobody can help you without more
>  information. Then your problem seems to me more complex.
>  
Before this came up I didn't even know that basket was installed.  I renamed 
it, so I'll try to put it back to what it was and then try an 'rpm -e' on it.

Whatever the problem is, it definitely came from that update run.

Anne

[Anne Wilson]

On Saturday 17 February 2007, Olaf Mueller wrote:
>  Anne Wilson wrote:
>  > On Friday 16 February 2007, Rex Dieter wrote:
>  >> Olaf Mueller wrote:
>  >> > Yes, and the problem was caused by a new update of basket:
>  >> > Feb 15 01:19:34 Updated: basket.i386 1.0-1.fc6 (/var/log/yum.log)
>  >> >
>  >> > Delete or rename ~/.kde/share/apps/basket and
>  >> > ~/.kde/share/config/basketrc, that should solve the problem.
>  >>
>  >> I'm curious, how does basket interact with kontact?
>  >
>  > Rex, Olaf's 'basket' fix didn't cure it for me.  How can I help
>  > troubleshoot it?
>
>  Basket is the causer of this error, see for more on the kdepim
>  developers list. If this doesn't work for you, and 'rpm -e basket'
>  doesn't work for you too, then nobody can help you without more
>  information. Then your problem seems to me more complex.
>  
To my surprise I found that the basket directory and rc file had been 
re-created!  I've removed them altogether now, instead of renaming them, and 
Kontact opened without problems.

Thanks for the help

Anne