From kde-bugs-dist Fri Sep 30 21:00:18 2011 From: Date: Fri, 30 Sep 2011 21:00:18 +0000 To: kde-bugs-dist Subject: [Bug 188623] SystemSettings is crashing trying to change screensaver Message-Id: X-MARC-Message: https://marc.info/?l=kde-bugs-dist&m=131741644032175 https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=188623 --- Comment #74 from 2011-09-30 21:00:16 --- First, I apologize for creating a new bug (282990) that was a duplicate of this one - I scanned through the first 200 hits when searching for 'screensaver crash' and didn't see it. My box is a freshly installed FreeBSD 8.2 amd64 system and I'm having this same problem with KDE 3.5.10. (It's my understanding that compositing & desktop effects referenced in comments #64 & #65 were introduced in KDE4.) Hoping post #20 would fix it, I looked on my system but discovered I have no software installed that has mesa in the name. This bug was initially reported in April of 2009 and many bugs have since been created that are duplicates; are there no firm solutions or troubleshooting techniques for it yet? Given that changing 3d drivers works for some, is it maybe related to specific hardware? (I ordered a standalone video card to replace the integrated one I'm now using on this chance.) Comment #29 has a proposed fix and comment #59 contains an updated patch. A few questions about these: 1. Does either patch work to eliminate the crash? 2. How exactly does one apply one/both of these? 3. Is the patch dependent on the version of KDE one is using/will either work with 3.5.10? 4. If they work, why haven't one of them been integrated in the almost 2 years since the first patch was added to this bug or the year since the second was added? I'm not trying to be a jerk, but am frustrated. Been trying to get a system up and running to replace my old (dying) one. (KDE isn't the only thing I'm frustrated with; seems like nothing wants to work and further, crashes in such a way as to provide as little insight as possible into what might be the problem.) A big thing is that I cannot leave my desktop with no password protection and without being able to use a screen saver, that's basically what I have to do. I even configured the screen saver manually via the text files, but it just never kicks on. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugs.kde.org/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are watching all bug changes.