KDE 3.0.0 compiled against XFree 4.2.0: kwin segfaults. Strace included.

Terry lawnman59 at netzero.net
Fri Apr 12 13:16:55 BST 2002


It appears not to be able to find a bunch of startup/config files. Mainly
kstylerc &
~Xdefaults
Where did you compile/install QT to?

On Friday 12 April 2002 11:59 am, Denis Vlasenko wrote:
> I am drifting towards Linux built from sources, with no binary
> packages from net.
>
> I have KDE 2.2.2 built against binary distribution of
> XFree 4.1.0 and it works just fine.
>
> Then I got newer XFree (4.2.0) and built/installed it.
> Everything worked under it except for OpenOffice
> (it was installed from binary, can't recompile yet).
>
> I downloaded KDE 3 and built/installed it but it segfaults
> on startup. xinit output is below.
>
> Started X with only xterm in .xinitrc
> and tried to reproduce startkde step-by-step.
> dcopserver started fine, kwin got killed by SIGSEGV.
> I straced kwin invocation. Result is below.
>
> Can anyone running KDE 3 in XFree 4.2.0 reproduce my steps and send
> strace to me (and to the list)? Steps:
> * replace startkde with xterm in your .xinitrc
> * start X, you'll see a lonely terminal windows.
> * do this (emulates early startkde steps):
>   lnusertemp tmp
>   lnusertemp socket
>   dcopserver
>   strace -f -o /tmp/kwin_strace.log kwin
> * send that .log to me
>
> This is a point where SIGSEGV kills kwin:
> ....
> 10068 access("/root/.qt", F_OK)         = 0
> 10068 lstat64(0x807a450, 0xbffff228)    = 0
> 10068 access("/usr/local/qt/etc/settings/kstylerc", F_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No
> such file or directory) 10068 access("/root/.qt/kstylerc", F_OK) = -1
> ENOENT (No such file or directory) 10068 open("/root/.Xdefaults", O_RDONLY)
> = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) 10068 uname({sys="Linux",
> node="blackbox", ...}) = 0
> 10068 open("/root/.Xdefaults-blackbox", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file
> or directory) 10068 open("/root/.Xdefaults", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such
> file or directory) 10068 uname({sys="Linux", node="blackbox", ...}) = 0
> 10068 open("/root/.Xdefaults-blackbox", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file
> or directory) 10068 open("/root/.Xdefaults", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such
> file or directory) 10068 uname({sys="Linux", node="blackbox", ...}) = 0
> 10068 open("/root/.Xdefaults-blackbox", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file
> or directory) 10068 open("/root/.Xdefaults", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such
> file or directory) 10068 uname({sys="Linux", node="blackbox", ...}) = 0
> 10068 open("/root/.Xdefaults-blackbox", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file
> or directory) 10068 open("/root/.Xdefaults", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such
> file or directory) 10068 uname({sys="Linux", node="blackbox", ...}) = 0
> 10068 open("/root/.Xdefaults-blackbox", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file
> or directory) 10068 open("/root/.Xdefaults", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such
> file or directory) 10068 uname({sys="Linux", node="blackbox", ...}) = 0
> 10068 open("/root/.Xdefaults-blackbox", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file
> or directory) 10068 open("/root/.Xdefaults", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such
> file or directory) 10068 uname({sys="Linux", node="blackbox", ...}) = 0
> 10068 open("/root/.Xdefaults-blackbox", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file
> or directory) 10068 --- SIGSEGV (Segmentation fault) ---
> 10068 rt_sigaction(SIGALRM, {SIG_DFL}, {SIG_DFL}, 8) = 0
> 10068 alarm(3)                          = 0
> 10068 write(2, "KCrash: crashing.... crashRecurs"..., 47) = 47
> 10068 getpid()                          = 10068
> 10068 write(2, "KCrash: Application Name = kwin "..., 61) = 61
> 10068 fork()                            = 10069
> 10069 getpid()                          = 10069
>
> Does this give any hints?
> Full compressed strace and xinit output attached.

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