From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A34E21381F3 for ; Sun, 26 May 2013 11:04:04 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 4BCCBE0BB7; Sun, 26 May 2013 11:03:59 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-gg0-f182.google.com (mail-gg0-f182.google.com [209.85.161.182]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 0E0DEE0973 for ; Sun, 26 May 2013 11:03:57 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-gg0-f182.google.com with SMTP id q2so1757448ggc.27 for ; Sun, 26 May 2013 04:03:57 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references :in-reply-to:x-enigmail-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=PkpyX2/uXI3CULNHIdfHVoir6yd4YttjcqaGHl4h1BY=; b=eTRhSWxiDpYf4+Jli5oXcz96nEa6oMPzgghNKb12lopJaV09ALuHaF9czgT6vyzRZ1 xfkdvbLd46GAAoU/u6KkYX1mFOnwdR0SVCgZWn1/2kcJlr7PZz+DHFFE37Mh/ipo9bKE sEt4sfFFrwjzPNQIZTLeq5U1wt4GfDoe5gpS/mAPviEh8R/n8hLJv4QKyoitBWFPA2bi kU7FDwVtGkus4mB8It6POISkpb3ivJgOqsl3wHMj7ZS4MGWN7WTKCzGDlfArnppui2e1 BXCNgZGxoyWZoo99VDWKFozV4dM5x8KW8pdEk7kRe4BWC8vpx4hnHGCAlz15HIfMyjGV N1JQ== X-Received: by 10.236.203.116 with SMTP id e80mr13169826yho.109.1369566237171; Sun, 26 May 2013 04:03:57 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [192.168.2.5] (adsl-65-0-124-39.jan.bellsouth.net. [65.0.124.39]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id w12sm34279577yhj.19.2013.05.26.04.03.55 for (version=TLSv1 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Sun, 26 May 2013 04:03:56 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <51A1EC1B.20405@gmail.com> Date: Sun, 26 May 2013 06:03:55 -0500 From: Dale User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:20.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/20.0 SeaMonkey/2.17.1 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Nvidia drivers and KDE problem References: <51A1D201.8040008@gmail.com> <51A1D8BF.6000701@gmail.com> <51A1DB08.4090604@gmail.com> <51A1E65D.3070701@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <51A1E65D.3070701@gmail.com> X-Enigmail-Version: 1.5.1 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 5ebfde2c-d667-477f-a32e-8995d6db18aa X-Archives-Hash: 9646b401475ec602429efdf1441c8e4e Alan McKinnon wrote: > On 26/05/2013 11:51, Dale wrote: > >> What package provides the kicker thingy? I think in KDE3 it was called >> kicker but it appears to have changed to something else. Is that >> krunner that has it now? > Maybe it's time you used the "thingy" suffix a little less and the real > names of things a little more :-) > > What thing are you asking about? The panel that is usually at the bottom > and holds the plasma widgets? Or the thin popup you get with Alt-F2? > > The panel is called plasma-desktop and comes from kde-base/plasma-workspace > The popup is krunner and comes from kde-base/krunner > > I doubt very much it's a real bug as such in either KDE app (although > the fix might go in there). It looks much more to me like a side-effect > of IO blocking - two or more apps are trying to get something done and > unexpectedly are not getting answers, so they hang around waiting in the > doorway and get get in the way of everything else. And just for fun, > video drivers are also trying to get in on the act as they have to deal > with mouse pointer repaints... > > Debugging this one is going to be fun (for peculiar definitions of fun) > > The thingy is the thing at the bottom where I can switch desktops, click the K menu and where my clock is. I think it was called Kicker in KDE3. KDE4 seems to have changed it but not sure what the new name is. I hope they fix this thing soon. If they remove the driver from the tree, I'm in a bit of a pickle. Dale :-) :-) -- I am only responsible for what I said ... Not for what you understood or how you interpreted my words!