On 26/05/13 15:14, Dale wrote:
Nikos Chantziaras wrote:
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
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.
Mine wasn't set at all. I set it to ctrl alt F12. Now to remember that
and try it. Also, I'm using the good nvidia version right now so it
won't happen right now. Maybe on the next upgrade. :/
Ctrl+Alt+F12 will probably be intercepted by the X server and switch to
virtual console 12. Try something like Ctrl+Shift+F12 instead (I've set
mine to the "My Computer" button on the keyboard though, since that
one's useless otherwise.)
