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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: KPanel in HEAD crash
From:       John Corey <whoop () mtco ! com>
Date:       1999-08-30 23:42:11
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Cristian Tibirna wrote:
> 
> On Mon, 30 Aug 1999, Steffen Hansen wrote:
> 
> > KPanel crashes periodically for me. It looks like a problem with the
> > themed pushbuttons for switching desktops. Strangely, other apps dont seem
> > to have the same problem.
> >
> 
> No, I believe it's the new KWinModule code, not the themed buttons. I
> think I know why you believe so, though: craches occur after you leave the
> computer unattended for a fairly long time and then, when you come back to
> it you change the desktop in some way (if your way is to use the kpanel
> buttons, then that's why you think it's the buttons). I for one change the
> desktops by clicking on the app's taskbar button (and if the app is on
> another desktop ...).
> 
> A reason in favor of my supposition is that kicker crashes too, in the
> exactly same conditions.
> 
> I try to track down the problem for the 4th day already, to no avail
> 
> Cristian

For what it's worth, I switch back to the Qt platinum style instead of
System, and it went back to the old non-crashing way.

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