signond causes qprocess crash
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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signon (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Undecided
|
Rik Mills | ||
Focal |
Fix Released
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Undecided
|
Rik Mills | ||
Groovy |
Fix Released
|
Undecided
|
Rik Mills | ||
Hirsute |
Fix Released
|
Undecided
|
Rik Mills |
Bug Description
[Impact]
Without the patch users are unable to add google accounts because signond crashes.
This prevents users from using KDE's online accounts feature for google.
The fix for this is to drop the no-rtti compile flag as qprocess relies on type info. This has no real downside for the user as it simply brings in type info.
[Test Case]
- in a plasma session
- install kio-gdrive
- run `systemsettings5 kcm_kaccounts`
- add a new account
- click on google
- wait for login window to appear
- signond shouldn't be crashing
[Where problems could occur]
Cannot think of any. It simply adds type info to the objects. Also upstream has rtti disabled for months and I'm not aware of any problems.
[Other Info]
This is a fairly grave issue as far as user experience is concerned.
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I'm reporting this bug upstream from where I found it, since I've learned that the signond package in KDE Neon is sourced from Ubuntu focal.
This was found in signon (signond_
Steps to reproduce:
1. Install KDE Plasma and qt 5.15.0 on Ubuntu focal base (IE: KDE Neon)
2. Install the kaccounts integration and kio-gdrive packages.
3. Open System settings and navigate to "Online Accounts"
4. Press "+ Add New Account"
5. Select "Google"
Observed behaviour:
- Window that would ask for authentication fails to load, and Online Accounts goes back to overview
- system logs show a segfault in libqt5core.so which can be traced to a failure in qporcess, casued by signond (see links for further details)
Expected behaviour:
- New window opens with a webview where Google authentication credentials can be posted.
- When qprocess runs it does not crash.
Further reference information at the following links:
1. Bug in KDE Neon: https:/
3. Relevant MR (Since merged) in signond: https:/
description: | updated |
Changed in signon (Ubuntu Focal): | |
assignee: | nobody → Rik Mills (rikmills) |
Changed in signon (Ubuntu Groovy): | |
assignee: | nobody → Rik Mills (rikmills) |
Changed in signon (Ubuntu Hirsute): | |
assignee: | nobody → Rik Mills (rikmills) |
Changed in signon (Ubuntu Focal): | |
status: | Incomplete → Opinion |
status: | Opinion → Fix Committed |
I have simply concluded this will never be fixed and telepathy should simply be removed from KDE entirely. Its currently useless and has had the same or similar issues going back to 2015. Further no one wants to assume responsibility for fixing it. There are dozens or more bug reports from here, to reddit, to debian forums to manjaro forums to arch forums to ubuntu forums and on and on. Its never been fixed and now these bugs are closed as fixed in upstream. Which honestly may never actually reach end users. This issue is effecting almost all services including Lync, Google, telegram, Skype, etc. etc. Its also the same in all aur, deb, and rpm based distros