KDE4 plasma_applet_networkmanagement crashes when stopping or starting vmware-networks

[JW]

I have a bug report over with KDE that has been repointed here.

This is the bug: https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=199787

While the issue _is_ with KDE, there is no debug package available to provide a complete backtrace. If there is a debug package available that will help me complete this backtrace, please let me know what it is so I can install it.

Thanks!

Here's the initial text of the bug I filed:

Version: 4.2.2 (using KDE 4.2.2)
OS: Linux
Installed from: Ubuntu Packages

I'll first start by saying I have a useless backtrace. I'm not sure what Ubuntu packages to install so I can get a good backtrace on this.

Here's what happens.

1. When I first startup then login, if I start VMware workstation, the bridged networking doesn't work.

2. I then stop/start the vmware-networks (sudo vmware-networks --stop ... --start).

3. Plasma Workspace crashes at the stop and the start. It recovers though. Obviously, it would be better if it didn't crash. :D

So, first, what packages can I install to help get good information on this? I can reproduce this at will. All I need is a valid backtrace.

x86_64 packages.
VMware Workstation 6.5.2-156736 (deb built from an rpm)

[Jonathan Thomas (echidnaman)]

For debug packages, you would want to follow the following instructions: https://wiki.kubuntu.org/DebuggingProgramCrash

But it seems that your bug at KDE was marked as a duplicate of https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=192957 which is fixed for the official 0.8 release of the plasma widget.

[JW (arch0njw)]

Thanks! Do you know if that fix will be distributed under Jaunty, or will that only be available through a PPA (e.g., for 4.2.4 or 4.3, etc.)?

[Jonathan Thomas (echidnaman)]

In the KDE 4.3 packages, the plasma applet has been replaced with a system tray app (a rewirtten knetworkmanager) that's less crash-prone than the plasma applet. (This is so that they can rework the plasma applet completely) This crash shouldn't happen any more with the current packages, so marking as fixed.