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 3889D1381F3 for ; Sun, 26 May 2013 12:55:47 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 9026BE0D0A; Sun, 26 May 2013 12:55:40 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4EE75E0BA4 for ; Sun, 26 May 2013 12:55:39 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 70E7333DF65 for ; Sun, 26 May 2013 12:55:38 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new using ClamAV at gentoo.org X-Spam-Flag: NO X-Spam-Score: -0.192 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.192 tagged_above=-999 required=5.5 tests=[AWL=-0.322, DKIM_ADSP_CUSTOM_MED=0.001, FREEMAIL_FROM=0.001, NML_ADSP_CUSTOM_MED=1.2, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE=-0.0001, RP_MATCHES_RCVD=-1.07, SPF_HELO_PASS=-0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001] autolearn=no Received: from smtp.gentoo.org ([IPv6:::ffff:127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.gentoo.org [IPv6:::ffff:127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id q5cxebmOOPpU for ; Sun, 26 May 2013 12:55:32 +0000 (UTC) Received: from plane.gmane.org (plane.gmane.org [80.91.229.3]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 7CEE733DF5F for ; Sun, 26 May 2013 12:55:30 +0000 (UTC) Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1UgaTw-0007Vm-83 for gentoo-user@gentoo.org; Sun, 26 May 2013 14:55:28 +0200 Received: from athedsl-354918.home.otenet.gr ([85.72.242.4]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sun, 26 May 2013 14:55:28 +0200 Received: from realnc by athedsl-354918.home.otenet.gr with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sun, 26 May 2013 14:55:28 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org From: Nikos Chantziaras Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: Nvidia drivers and KDE problem Date: Sun, 26 May 2013 15:55:12 +0300 Organization: Lucas Barks Message-ID: References: <51A1D201.8040008@gmail.com> <51A1FCBF.9090408@gmail.com> 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 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: athedsl-354918.home.otenet.gr User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:17.0) Gecko/20130509 Thunderbird/17.0.6 In-Reply-To: <51A1FCBF.9090408@gmail.com> X-Archives-Salt: 8597fac5-51d8-47f9-9e12-0b7093269170 X-Archives-Hash: 946239fa19b72bfa38b3dfde8985a85d On 26/05/13 15:14, Dale wrote: > 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. :/ 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.)