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ChillKid

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Registered: 2026-08-16

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Konqueror Bugs When Opening ZIP files

Hello, so I recently downloaded some zip files and when I try to open them in Konqueror, it opens like 2 blank konqueror windows per second and it loops this forever, which forces me to restart my computer. Kind of like the "you are an idiot" popups

If anyone has any ideas to what could be causing it, it would be highly appreciated. Thank you
inxi -F output:

System:
  Host: DellLatitudeE6420 Kernel: 6.12.101+deb13-amd64 arch: x86_64 bits: 64
  Desktop: TDE (Trinity) v: R14.1.5 Distro: Q4OS 6.8-deb13u1
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: Dell product: Latitude E6420 v: 01
    serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: Dell model: 0P6K8J v: A00 serial: <superuser required> BIOS: Dell
    v: A25 date: 03/06/2018
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT0 charge: 44.3 Wh (99.6%) condition: 44.5/48.8 Wh (91.1%)
CPU:
  Info: dual core model: Intel Core i5-2520M bits: 64 type: MT MCP cache:
    L2: 512 KiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 1619 min/max: 800/3200 cores: 1: 1619 2: 1619 3: 1619
    4: 1619
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel 2nd Generation Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics
    driver: i915 v: kernel
  Device-2: Sunplus Innovation Laptop_Integrated_Webcam_FHD driver: uvcvideo
    type: USB
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.16 driver: X: loaded: modesetting
    unloaded: fbdev,vesa dri: crocus gpu: i915 resolution: 1366x768~60Hz
  API: EGL v: 1.5 drivers: crocus,swrast
    platforms: gbm,x11,surfaceless,device
  API: OpenGL v: 4.5 compat-v: 3.3 vendor: intel mesa v: 25.0.7-2+deb13u1
    renderer: Mesa Intel HD Graphics 3000 (SNB GT2)
  API: Vulkan v: 1.4.309 drivers: llvmpipe surfaces: xcb,xlib
  Info: Tools: api: clinfo, eglinfo, glxinfo, vulkaninfo x11: xdriinfo,
    xdpyinfo, xprop, xrandr
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel 6 Series/C200 Series Family High Definition Audio
    driver: snd_hda_intel
  API: ALSA v: k6.12.101+deb13-amd64 status: kernel-api
  Server-1: aRts v: 1.5.10 status: active
  Server-2: PipeWire v: 1.4.2 status: active
Network:
  Device-1: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Network driver: e1000e
  IF: eno1 state: down mac: d4:be:d9:30:bb:0c
  Device-2: Broadcom BCM43228 802.11a/b/g/n driver: bcma-pci-bridge
  IF-ID-1: wlp2s0b1 state: up mac: e0:06:e6:02:25:98
RAID:
  Hardware-1: Intel 82801 Mobile SATA Controller [RAID mode] driver: ahci
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 119.24 GiB used: 16.46 GiB (13.8%)
  ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Samsung model: MZ7TY128HDHP-000H1 size: 119.24 GiB
Partition:
  ID-1: / size: 108.15 GiB used: 16.46 GiB (15.2%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda1
Swap:
  ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 8.8 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) dev: /dev/sda2
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 54.0 C mobo: 30.0 C sodimm: 40.0 C
  Fan Speeds (rpm): cpu: 0
Info:
  Memory: total: 8 GiB available: 7.65 GiB used: 1.6 GiB (20.9%)
  Processes: 195 Uptime: 3h 4m Shell: Bash inxi: 3.3.38

q4osteam

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Registered: 2015-12-06

Posts: 6,424

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Re: Konqueror Bugs When Opening ZIP files

This looks like a broken MIME association, possibly with ZIP files being associated with Konqueror itself, which could explain the endless spawning of new windows.

Please try the following from a terminal, replacing the path with an actual ZIP file:
$ xdg-mime query filetype /path/to/file.zip
$ xdg-mime query default application/zip

Also try launching the ZIP directly from a terminal:
$ konqueror /path/to/file.zip

If it starts spawning windows again, please post the messages printed in the terminal. That should give us a good indication of what is causing the loop. You can also post the output of:
$ kreadconfig --file ~/.config/mimeapps.list --group "Default Applications" --key application/zip

Normally ZIP files should be handled by an archive manager such as Ark, not by Konqueror itself.