** Description changed: System: Ubuntu 12.10 x86 32bit with ppa:kubuntu-ppa/backports enabled How to reproduce --------------------------------- 1. Login to KDE 2. Launch any application (e.g. Dolphin) 3. Wait 5 sec. Symptoms --------------------------------- The whole screen hangs, only mouse cursur is movable. It still able to switch to diffrent terminals + kwin --replace and any GUI application will hang if executed after this hang until the original kwin is killed Workaround --------------------------------- 1. switch to TTY terminal and login 2. send SIGKILL signal to terminate kwin (SIGTERM is not sufficient) pkill --signal SIGKILL kwin 3. run another terminal emulator in TTY terminal env DISPLAY=:0 konsole 4. Switch back to X terminal, execute following command in the Konsole window kwin & 5. redo 1~4 if the problem persists. Other details ---------------------------------- * It seems that this issue is not related to graphic interface... * ppa-purge the kubuntu-ppa/backports to downgrade everything back to quantal-updates seems to solve this issue too.
** Description changed: System: Ubuntu 12.10 x86 32bit with ppa:kubuntu-ppa/backports enabled How to reproduce --------------------------------- 1. Login to KDE 2. Launch any application (e.g. Dolphin) 3. Wait 5 sec. Symptoms --------------------------------- - The whole screen hangs, only mouse cursur is movable. - It still able to switch to diffrent terminals - kwin --replace and any GUI application will hang if executed after this hang until the original kwin is killed + * The whole screen hangs, only mouse cursur is movable. + * It still able to switch to diffrent terminals + * kwin --replace and any GUI application will hang if executed after this hang until the original kwin is killed Workaround --------------------------------- 1. switch to TTY terminal and login 2. send SIGKILL signal to terminate kwin (SIGTERM is not sufficient) pkill --signal SIGKILL kwin 3. run another terminal emulator in TTY terminal env DISPLAY=:0 konsole 4. Switch back to X terminal, execute following command in the Konsole window kwin & 5. redo 1~4 if the problem persists. Other details ---------------------------------- * It seems that this issue is not related to graphic interface... * ppa-purge the kubuntu-ppa/backports to downgrade everything back to quantal-updates seems to solve this issue too. ** Description changed: System: Ubuntu 12.10 x86 32bit with ppa:kubuntu-ppa/backports enabled How to reproduce --------------------------------- 1. Login to KDE 2. Launch any application (e.g. Dolphin) 3. Wait 5 sec. Symptoms --------------------------------- * The whole screen hangs, only mouse cursur is movable. * It still able to switch to diffrent terminals * kwin --replace and any GUI application will hang if executed after this hang until the original kwin is killed Workaround --------------------------------- 1. switch to TTY terminal and login 2. send SIGKILL signal to terminate kwin (SIGTERM is not sufficient) pkill --signal SIGKILL kwin 3. run another terminal emulator in TTY terminal env DISPLAY=:0 konsole 4. Switch back to X terminal, execute following command in the Konsole window kwin & 5. redo 1~4 if the problem persists. Other details ---------------------------------- - * It seems that this issue is not related to graphic interface... + * It seems that this issue is not related to graphic hardware... * ppa-purge the kubuntu-ppa/backports to downgrade everything back to quantal-updates seems to solve this issue too. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to kde-workspace in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1157474 Title: kwin in ppa:kubuntu-ppa/backports hangs just after login when launching a random application. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/kde-workspace/+bug/1157474/+subscriptions -- kubuntu-bugs mailing list kubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-bugs
