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 6FD681381F3 for ; Sun, 26 May 2013 12:15:09 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id AD6A5E0CE6; Sun, 26 May 2013 12:14:59 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-gg0-f181.google.com (mail-gg0-f181.google.com [209.85.161.181]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 659F1E0B6E for ; Sun, 26 May 2013 12:14:58 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-gg0-f181.google.com with SMTP id 21so1732594ggh.40 for ; Sun, 26 May 2013 05:14:57 -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=uUzx2AqnZKNchvCiTdfAQqkUqZaStyG62iTWYo/78LE=; b=Pdp11JfwRXSfp3MxA0hAcLTXAVIzxYirJsxsMO6Soo3j3fM0ZLH/I1WLDjsJy6n5j2 IRv96p+W4X2XOz0dQj9KDyMhYQ4Iil3/LJUyRp4hLtfWVhM2vNlX0X9aOInUfAOiXOMl wp14TrNu9cifJLe0tyW/dRILxif+X4gqNuF/ndRpkPkeB90p8JR0pd6FR4neMmQq/YZ+ Z/FofZ1HaYxh9iBWiixJqhZhJMzTvyLvCL+x2GW7p8NAVKPSCYzHjpPKsgQnDXB64BFn EsQOMzTYqB9wK69ZlpNI75pcQomvHV0dpA8oeMLNuWNQOLy2adDPMBXfSyN0XzODnGHa 0pfA== X-Received: by 10.236.150.141 with SMTP id z13mr13231514yhj.156.1369570497646; Sun, 26 May 2013 05:14:57 -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 d91sm34500559yhq.16.2013.05.26.05.14.56 for (version=TLSv1 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Sun, 26 May 2013 05:14:56 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <51A1FCBF.9090408@gmail.com> Date: Sun, 26 May 2013 07:14:55 -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] Re: Nvidia drivers and KDE problem References: <51A1D201.8040008@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: X-Enigmail-Version: 1.5.1 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 45b002bf-15ae-4e7c-bc29-85f9f7739d93 X-Archives-Hash: a1e819d429052aa99a344ae7ad2cfbb0 Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > 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. > > > 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. :/ At least I know it is not just me. So far, two people have had this issue to some degree. Thanks. Dale :-) :-) -- I am only responsible for what I said ... Not for what you understood or how you interpreted my words!