KDE desktop switching is dangerous and needs to be disabled
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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kubuntu-meta (Ubuntu) |
New
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
I just lost several hours work after inadvertently pressing the KDE "Desktop Switch" keystroke.
When I switched back to the desktop I was using, KDE informed me that
"Desktop #1 session was restored successfully."
But all the applications I was running on that desktop lost their contexts.
It appears when you do a desktop switch in Plasma , it kills ALL processes
in the task bar, and then when you switch back to that desktop, it attempts
to restore their execution contexts (and fails).
Ubuntu should not be foisting such dangerous, untested and poorly coded
software on users.
KDE's desktop switching really needs to be completely disabled, and if enabled,
on receipt of a desktop switch keystroke, a message dialog like :
"Warning - about to kill all running applications on Desktop #1 - do you want to proceed? "
should be issued before allowing the desktop switch to occur only if the user presses the 'Yes' button.
tags: | added: kubuntu trusty |
affects: | ubuntu → kubuntu-meta (Ubuntu) |
Sorry, should have added environmental information :
Host:
x86_64 (Haswell) 8 core i7-4770 CPU @ 3.40GHz
RAM:
16GB
OS:
NAME="Ubuntu"
VERSION="14.04.1 LTS, Trusty Tahr"
Fully up-to-date as of 2015-02-12, with KDE:
ii kde-plasma-desktop 5:78ubuntu13 amd64 KDE Plasma Desktop and minimal set of
ii kde-standard 5:78ubuntu13 all KDE Plasma Desktop and standard set of applications