Bug#405600: kde: kwin (possibly) caused an unusual x server crash
Package: kde
Version: 5:44
Severity: normal
This bug might involve several apps, like xfree86, kdevelop, kwin. I'm
not quite sure.
I have pressed [ctrl]+[shift]+[f] to switch kdevelop to fullscreen
mode, like I used to do on other machines running kde desktop. Then I
tried to switch to another virtual desktop using [right win]+[right
alt/menu] (my custom keybind, very handy). There was only one app on
the desktop I switched to, and it was amarok. Suddenly the whole kde
thing, including kicker, desktop and all the other stuff stopped to
respond in any way. Kicker disappeared, AFAIR. I was only able to
control amarok, and only with mouse. After I've closed it, I was
unable to log out ([ctrl]+[alt]+[delete]), switch to any console
([ctrl]+[alt]+[fx]), nor even force a shutdown of xfree86
([ctrl]+[alt]+[bspc]). However, it seemed that the rest of the system
still worked. So it wasn't a crash I think, but rather something more
unusual: a hangup. The only thing that was left was the hard reset
key, the key I haven't used since I got rid of win32 (half a year or
so). If this info could be useful, I'm also including versions of my
xfree86, kwin, kdevelop and amarok:
kwin == 4:3.3.2-1sarge3
kdevelop3 == 4:3.2.0-1
xfree86-common == 4.3.0.dfsg.1-14sarge1
[all x-related stuff on my machine is something like 4.3.0.*]
amarok == 1.2.3-1
Generally it's a very standard Sarge installation, based on the DVD
ISO I have finally managed to download a week ago.
I didn't tried reproducing the error. It never appeared on kde 3.5.1
which I used to use before I tried Debian, no matter how many times I
was switching from fullscreen'd kdevelop to amarok and vice versa.
And sorry for my english ;]
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.1
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.8-3-686
Locale: LANG=pl_PL.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=pl_PL.UTF-8 (charmap=locale: Cannot set LC_CTYPE to default locale: No such file or directory
locale: Cannot set LC_MESSAGES to default locale: No such file or directory
locale: Cannot set LC_ALL to default locale: No such file or directory
ANSI_X3.4-1968)
Versions of packages kde depends on:
ii kde-amusements 5:44 the K Desktop Environment games an
ii kde-core 5:44 the K Desktop Environment core mod
ii kdeaddons 4:3.3.2-4 add-on plugins and applets provide
ii kdeadmin 4:3.3.2-1 KDE Administration tools metapacka
ii kdeartwork 4:3.3.2-1 themes, styles and more from the o
ii kdegraphics 4:3.3.2-2sarge4 KDE Graphics metapackage
ii kdemultimedia 4:3.3.2-1 KDE Multimedia metapackage
ii kdenetwork 4:3.3.2-5 KDE Network metapackage
ii kdepim 4:3.3.2-3 KDE Personal Information Managemen
ii kdeutils 4:3.3.2-1 KDE Utilities metapackage
ii kdewebdev 1:3.3.2-6 web development apps from the offi
-- debconf information:
perl: warning: Setting locale failed.
perl: warning: Please check that your locale settings:
LANGUAGE = "en_PL:en_US:en_GB:en",
LC_ALL = (unset),
LANG = "pl_PL.UTF-8"
are supported and installed on your system.
perl: warning: Falling back to the standard locale ("C").
locale: Cannot set LC_CTYPE to default locale: No such file or directory
locale: Cannot set LC_MESSAGES to default locale: No such file or directory
locale: Cannot set LC_ALL to default locale: No such file or directory
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