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On 26/05/13 12:12, Dale wrote: |
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> The problem. After I am logged into KDE for a good while, like several |
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> hours to maybe a day or so, the kicker thingy at the bottom locks up |
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> tight. I can't switch desktops, clock stops working, can't click the K |
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> menu thingy either. Everything in the kicker thingy is dead as a door |
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> nail. I can switch desktops with the keyboard and everything else works |
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> in KDE just fine. I can also switch to a console too. Killing X and |
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> restarting it fixes it, xdm restart in my case. I don't have to reload |
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> drivers or restart the system. |
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Hmm, something similar happens here sometimes. But not as severe. It |
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usually happens when I close many windows rapidly in succession, but |
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it's not permanent. The panel becomes responsive again after 10 seconds |
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or so. I'm also on latest nvidia-drivers, but it was happening with |
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older versions too. I happened very rarely though, so it didn't bother |
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me enough to go investigating. |
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Here's something to try out: when it happens, hit the shortcut on your |
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keyboard that temporarily suspends desktop effects. I don't remember |
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what the default shortcut for it is, as I've changed it, but it's shown |
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and configured in the "General" tab of "Desktop Effects" in System |
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Settings. See if hitting the shortcut twice to disable and then |
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re-enable desktop effects fixes it. |