[Pkg-kde-extras] Bug#1116548: /usr/bin/kaffeine: crashes while scheduling DVB-T2 recording in EPG after upgrade from Bookworm to Trixie

[Thure Duehrsen]

Package: kaffeine
Version: 2.0.19-1
Severity: important
File: /usr/bin/kaffeine
X-Debbugs-Cc: T.Duehrsen at gmx.net

Dear Maintainer,

After installing Trixie, carrying over  Kaffeine's configuration from Bookworm, the program crashes whenever I try to schedule a DVB-T recording via the EPG.

Steps to reproduce

1. Start Kaffeine.
2. Watch a channel (DVB-T2 in my case) for a few seconds to populate the EPG.
3. Open the EPG and select a programme to record.
4. Either

   * click "Anzeige aufnehmen" ("Record Show") for a programme, or
   * right-click the programme and select "Anzeige aufnehmen" ("Record Show") from the context menu.

Observed Behaviour

Kaffeine terminates immediately and must be restarted.

Expected Behaviour

A recording should be scheduled without crashing.

Additional information

DVB-T2 device: Bus 001 Device 010: ID 2040:8268 Hauppauge soloHD
Firmware: dvb-demod-si2168-d60-01.fw in /lib/firmware
Computer: Thomas Krenn AG, Low Energy Server v4, bought June 2023

Recordings already scheduled while using Bookworm continue to be recorded normally.
Watching live TV, switching channels, muting and unmuting, etc. work as normal.

The problem appears only after installing Trixie, where I kept users’ home directories, so Kaffeine’s configuration was carried over from Bookworm. The problem did not appear under Bookworm.

I will test with a fresh user profile and send a follow-up for this report.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 13.1
  APT prefers stable-updates
  APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'stable-security'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 6.12.48+deb13-amd64 #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Debian 6.12.48-1 (2025-09-20) x86_64 (SMP w/4 CPU threads; PREEMPT)
Locale: LANG=de_DE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE not set
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
LSM: AppArmor: enabled

Versions of packages kaffeine depends on:
ii  iso-codes                4.18.0-1
ii  kinit                    5.116.0-1
ii  kio                      5.116.0-1
ii  libc6                    2.41-12
ii  libdvbv5-0t64            1.30.1-1
ii  libkf5configcore5        5.116.0-1
ii  libkf5configwidgets5     5.116.0-1
ii  libkf5coreaddons5        5.116.0-1
ii  libkf5dbusaddons5        5.116.0-1
ii  libkf5i18n5              5.116.0-1
ii  libkf5kiocore5           5.116.0-1
ii  libkf5kiofilewidgets5    5.116.0-1
ii  libkf5solid5             5.116.0-1
ii  libkf5widgetsaddons5     5.116.0-1
ii  libkf5windowsystem5      5.116.0-1
ii  libkf5xmlgui5            5.116.0-1
ii  libqt5core5t64           5.15.15+dfsg-6
ii  libqt5dbus5t64           5.15.15+dfsg-6
ii  libqt5gui5t64            5.15.15+dfsg-6
ii  libqt5sql5-sqlite        5.15.15+dfsg-6
ii  libqt5sql5t64            5.15.15+dfsg-6
ii  libqt5widgets5t64        5.15.15+dfsg-6
ii  libqt5xml5t64            5.15.15+dfsg-6
ii  libstdc++6               14.2.0-19
ii  libvlc5                  3.0.21-10
ii  vlc-plugin-base          3.0.21-10
ii  vlc-plugin-video-output  3.0.21-10

kaffeine recommends no packages.

Versions of packages kaffeine suggests:
pn  libdvdcss2  <none>

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