desktop-effects-kde4 crashed with TypeError in enableExtraEffects()

[Alessandro Sisti]

Binary package hint: desktop-effects-kde

This error was pointed out by taskbar

ProblemType: Crash
Architecture: i386
Date: Sun May 4 04:07:10 2008
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.04
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/desktop-effects-kde4
InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.5
NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
Package: desktop-effects-kde 0.4
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/desktop-effects-kde4
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games
 LANG=it_IT.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
PythonArgs: ['/usr/bin/desktop-effects-kde4']
SourcePackage: desktop-effects-kde
Title: desktop-effects-kde4 crashed with TypeError in enableExtraEffects()
Uname: Linux 2.6.24-16-generic i686
UserGroups: adm admin audio cdrom dialout dip floppy lpadmin netdev plugdev powerdev sambashare scanner video

[Thomas Lesinski (lesintho)]

Hi,

For me the crash reported by apport actually occured after Compiz hung following activation of both Blur and Shift Window Switcher effects. When I tried switching between windows, the system froze for a few seconds, then desktop effects were gone. When I tried to (re-)activate extra effects (I was in custom mode before the freeze), this crash was reported.

Hope this helps somehow....

[Thomas Lesinski (lesintho)]

Filed the initial crash as Bug #360767

[Jonathan Thomas (echidnaman)]

Hello,
The deskop-effects-kde is unmaintained by it's original authors and has been removed from the Ubuntu archives for future releases. It has been replaced by the built-in desktop effects settings within System Settings. Therefore it will not be any updates for it, excepting fixes for security issues if they arise.

Thanks for your bug report all the same, and we hope that you continue to report bugs in the future as you find them.