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On Thursday 10 September 2009 06:00:08 Dudu Loschi wrote: |
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> I've had this issue today with a new KDE 4.3.1 installation (actually |
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> not so new, it was running fine for 4 days). I decided to track down |
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> what was probably causing this issue since it apparently to came from |
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> nowhere. |
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> Well, after testing some configurations I realized that changing fonts |
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> size (specially menu's font) could lead to this problem, but reverting |
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> the size didn't solved. |
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> Them I started changing xorg.conf and found an workaround: disable |
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> BackingStore. I've tested several times and the crash never happened |
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> with BackingStore off. And I actually turned it on yesterday, so at |
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> least on my system that's the cause of the crash. |
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> So if you are experiencing this and have BackingStore on, disable it. |
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> If you don't have BackingStore enable try changing some other |
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> configuration in xorg.conf, it may help. |
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I agree with Dudu, nvidia-drivers is the likely culprit. There were huge |
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problems in the early days of KDE-4, it's very possible that bugs are still |
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lurking. |
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A useful site to trawl looking for similar problems and solutions: |
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http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=14 |
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It's a semi-official announce site for nVidia plus general Forum. The driver |
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devs read the list and respond to major issues. |
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alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com |
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