[prev in list] [next in list] [prev in thread] [next in thread] 

List:       kde-core-devel
Subject:    Re: Kwin freezes
From:       Matt Koss <koss () miesto ! sk>
Date:       2000-06-01 9:45:26
[Download RAW message or body]

On Tue, 30 May 2000, Carsten Pfeiffer wrote:
> On Tue, May 30, 2000 at 11:44:22AM +0200, Simon Hausmann wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> > I'm experiencing exactly the same problem. As far as I debugged/tested it
> > I think that kwin segfaults somewhere. This results in drkonqi to be
> > called, which tries to open up a new window. Oooops, a new window, and
> > kwin is semi-dead? -> freeze
>
> maybe kwin should override the crashhandler, so DrKonqi (who spelt that
> Konki so it appears in all bugreports? ;) doesn't start? Maybe even try to
> restart kwin after a crash? It's really hard to work without a WM and no,
> not everyone has Ctrl-Alt-F-X or Ctrl-Alt-Backspace. For example all those
> Sun Workstations in my uni don't.
>

With this bug even Ctrl-Alt-Backspace doesn't necesserily help. If you manage 
to click somewhere before you press this key combination, everything freezes 
and you can't even switch to the text console to kill kwin.

	Ciao

		Matt

-- 
Matt Koss
e-mail:  koss@miesto.sk

[prev in list] [next in list] [prev in thread] [next in thread]