With KDE-1.1 (I got the Debian binaries), I frequently find that my
Alpha's X session dies.  It is often when kslip.ss is running, but not
always.  Here's what .xsession-errors says:

remove top window
X Error of failed request:  BadWindow (invalid Window parameter)
  Major opcode of failed request:  38 (X_QueryPointer)
  Resource id in failed request:  0x1400008
  Serial number of failed request:  43364
  Current serial number in output stream:  43364
X Error of failed request:  BadDrawable (invalid Pixmap or Window parameter)
  Major opcode of failed request:  62 (X_CopyArea)
  Resource id in failed request:  0x2400002
  Serial number of failed request:  732
  Current serial number in output stream:  732
kpanel: waiting for windowmanager
passive grab ohne LMB!
+++++++++++++++++++++ INSTALLING SIGSEGV handler +++++++++++++++++

Tim.
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