From kde-bugs-dist  Sun Oct 31 23:50:46 2004
From: Jan de Visser <jdevisser () digitalfairway ! com>
Date: Sun, 31 Oct 2004 23:50:46 +0000
To: kde-bugs-dist
Subject: [Bug 92500] New: kwin wreaks havoc on ibm thinkpad
Message-Id: <20041101005045.92500.jdevisser () digitalfairway ! com>
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http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=92500        
           Summary: kwin wreaks havoc on ibm thinkpad
           Product: kwin
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: Compiled Sources
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: NEW
          Severity: crash
          Priority: NOR
         Component: general
        AssignedTo: kwin kde org
        ReportedBy: jdevisser digitalfairway com


Version:            (using KDE Devel)
Installed from:    Compiled sources
Compiler:          gcc 3.3.4 
OS:                Linux

I've updated yesterday (30 Oct) and now have a completely unworkable KDE. From the moment kwin starts (according to the splash screen), I get a constant barage of windows telling me that "something" (definitely not me) pressed the brightness buttons and has turned on the LCD display. 

I recognize the windows as having the same layout as the kmilo thinkpad button notifications, so it smells like thinkpad-related. I don't have kmilo running however.

Another interesting observation is that running kicker or kwin in  gnome session (using kwin --replace) seems to work.

I marked this as a crash since it is even more intrusive/annoying than an application crash.