plasma crash on login due to desktop background setting

Bug #294340 reported by Benny
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: kdebase-workspace

Changed some settings, all worked. After a restart plasma crashes everytime on restart.

The following change in .kde/share/config/plasma-appletsrc make the crash go away:

crash with:

[Containments][1]
backgroundmode=0
formfactor=0
geometry=0,0,1680,1050
immutability=1
location=0
plugin=desktop
screen=0
selected=/home/cristina/Documents/Look/wallpapers/43461-Brushed Acqua.jpg
wallpaper=/home/cristina/Documents/Look/wallpapers/43461-Brushed Acqua.jpg
wallpapercolor=224,223,222
wallpaperposition=2
zvalue=0

No crash with the normal default setting:
[Containments][1]
formfactor=0
geometry=0,0,1680,1050
immutability=1
location=0
plugin=desktop
screen=0
zvalue=0

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Benny (bm-cage) wrote :
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Benny (bm-cage) wrote :

My above diagnosis is wrong. The desktop background does not cause it.
In attachment the working plasma-appletsrc as plasma-appletsrc.working,
and the non working as plasma-appletsrc.old

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Benny (bm-cage) wrote :
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