Re: Using ctrl-alt-F# keys crashes KDE and X.
- From: Doug Laidlaw <doug@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2008 01:53:40 +1100
Ant wrote:
I am having a crash problem with my KDE v3.5.8 crashing X to console
(I use startx command when booting up Debian). Anyways, I think I had
this problem for months and maybe a year, but finally figured out the
pattern to reproduce it.
Basically in KDE, I go to virtual desktop 2, 3, or 4 (I have four set
up). If I press ctrl-alt-F1 (or any other console screens) keys to go
back to console/text mode, then KDE and X crash. I can reproduce this
easily. If I am in virtual desktop #1, then no crash.
I have two logs from X: http://pastebin.ca/936064 and I hope these
help! Any ideas on what's the problem and how to fix it? Thank you in
advance. :)
I tried disabling the default shortcut keys for virtual desktop (pager).
and I was still able to reproduce the crashes. :( I also tried
recompiling NVIDIA's latest driver, rebooting, etc.
OK, my other old Linux account works (last used in late 2007) on my
Debian box and it had no problems (couldn't reproduce the crash). So I
went back to my normal account with the crash problem. I renamed .kde/
to another one and reran startx to let KDE to make new settings (skipped
the wizard). I was unable to reproduce the problem.
So we're closer to the problem source. I don't feel like reconfiguring
my KDE at the moment. Are there anything I can look at? Maybe
configurations in my .kde/?
OK I reproduced it without KDE, so it is not KDE's fault!
I basically loaded up GKrellM2 (doesn't matter if it uses defaults or
customized) with gkrellm-hdplop plugin running only on ONE virtual
desktop in KDE v3.5 or Gnome v2. Then, I switched to another virtual
desktop that didn't have GKrellM on screen.
Then, I pressed ctrl-alt-F# (# is a number like 1) to go back to
console/text mode. It resulted a X crash like:
Backtrace:
0: /usr/bin/X11/X(xf86SigHandler+0x81) [0x80c89c1]
1: [0xffffe420]
2: /usr/bin/X11/X [0x81771e0]
3: /usr/bin/X11/X [0x814a8ba]
4: /usr/bin/X11/X [0x814b504]
5: /usr/bin/X11/X [0x8154c1e]
6: /usr/bin/X11/X(Dispatch+0x1a1) [0x808eff1]
7: /usr/bin/X11/X(main+0x47e) [0x8076e2e]
8: /lib/i686/cmov/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xe0) [0xb7dc5450]
9: /usr/bin/X11/X(FontFileCompleteXLFD+0x1e9) [0x80761b1]
Fatal server error:
Caught signal 11. Server aborting
If I disable this plugin, then I won't get the crash. This plugin is so
cool to have. I am just wondering if I am the only one with this problem.
:(
Thanks in advance. :)
I just tried this with Mandriva 2008 Spring, KDE 3.5.9; changed to Desktop2,
then Ctrl-Alt-F1, then Ctrl-Alt-F7 and got my desktop back, but GKrellM had
crashed with "Fatal IO error 11 (Resource temporarily unavailable) on X server :0.0."
Sounds as though it is a problem with the plugin.
Yes, the plugin is pretty, but I wouldn't sit around watching it.
HTH,
Doug.
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