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