[kde-linux] Is X or KDE crashing? and how to fix

[Carsten Haitzler (The Rasterman)]

On Mon, 2 Oct 2006 21:22:11 -0400 Paul Kaplan <pkaplan1 at comcast.net> babbled:

it's kwin (kde window manager) dieing. you should report this to the kde
developers or the ubuntu kde package managers.

> I am running kde 3.5.4 on kubuntu 6.06 on a Thinkpad with the Intel 915 video 
> card.
> 
> When I run VMWorkstation (5.5.1) with a Win2k client something (X or KDE) 
> crashes when the VM is the active window and my screensaver kicks in.
> 
> All of the window title bars disappear and the keyboard becomes unresponsive 
> in X/KDE although everything remains normal in the w2k VM.  However the mouse 
> remains functional in X/KDE, but only on the current virtual desktop...active 
> desktop borders are non-working and windows won't close.  The kernel 
> continues to run because I can shutdown the VM and end the current session of 
> KDE/X.  Once I restart X (which I can only do with the mouse; remember the 
> keyboard is dead) everything is fine.
> 
> The only work around is to not let the screen saver kick in with the VM as
> the active window, but that's a PITA to remember.
> 
> I've looked, but see nothing suspicious in the Xorg.log file.  The problem 
> starts with a KDE crash dialog, but there is no debugging associated with it 
> and nothing in my system log.
> 
> Can anyone figure out what's crashing or how to trouble shoot?
> Paul
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