KWin crashes multiple times a day and often has to be restarted manually.
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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KDE Base Workspace |
Won't Fix
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High
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kwin (Ubuntu) |
Won't Fix
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Critical
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Unassigned | ||
Bug Description
I'm running Kubuntu 15.04 Beta 2 using an AMD based internal laptop graphics card (AMD R4) and fglrx (also tried fglrx-updates).
KWin crashed at random moments usually while changing the volume or display brightness (Plasma 5 shows a "tooltip" if I do this). KWin goes into a state of "halted" (if I watch the process in a task manager) and won't respawn automatically. I have to restart kwin_x11 manually using a console or KRunner.
In rare cases there's an error message, it says something about "DRI" (unfortunately I didn't save the crashlog) error caused by AMD's OpenGL library.
Also the content of Chrome and Firefox windows get "scrambled" (especially for chrome). Firefox usually gets a "double scrollbar" (until I scroll) and in Chrome you can see the triangles used for rendering if the view is updated somewhere (it looks like shattered glass). Also if you switch to Chrome, the window content is blue for a little time after things got into state of "Now I'm messed'.
Problems with Chrome stay if I restart kwin_x11 (Compositing on/off doesn't matter).
It also seems that some fonts of Plasma 5 get messed up, too.
I don't know if this is an error within kwin or fglrx.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.04
Package: kwin 4:5.2.2a-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 3.19.0-11-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelMo
ApportVersion: 2.17-0ubuntu1
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: KDE
Date: Fri Apr 3 22:48:15 2015
InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-03-11 (23 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 15.04 "Vivid Vervet" - Alpha amd64 (20150224.1)
SourcePackage: kwin
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
Changed in kwin (Ubuntu): | |
importance: | Undecided → Critical |
assignee: | nobody → Alberto Salvia Novella (es20490446e) |
status: | Confirmed → In Progress |
Changed in kwin (Ubuntu): | |
assignee: | Alberto Salvia Novella (es20490446e) → nobody |
status: | In Progress → Confirmed |
Changed in kdebase-workspace: | |
importance: | Undecided → Unknown |
status: | New → Unknown |
Changed in kwin (Ubuntu): | |
status: | Confirmed → Triaged |
Changed in kdebase-workspace: | |
importance: | Unknown → High |
status: | Unknown → New |
Changed in kdebase-workspace: | |
status: | New → Won't Fix |
summary: |
- KWin crashes multiple times a day and often has to be restarted - manually. + Who Cannot Take the Medicine? |
description: | updated |
summary: |
- Who Cannot Take the Medicine? + KWin crashes multiple times a day and often has to be restarted + manually. |
description: | updated |
Changed in kwin (Ubuntu): | |
status: | Triaged → Won't Fix |
OS: Opensuse factory x86_64
KDE Framework 5.1
Plasma shell 5.0.1
After switching to plasma 5 desktop in opensuse factory, time to time desktop freezes. I can move mouse but nothing works. I can't click anywhere. I then restart session with CTRL+ALT+F7. I thought it is X.ORG or Kernel problem as it was freezing. But I didn't notice any such logs in /var/log/messages or X.org logs. Then once I hit ALT+TAB and desktop started behaving normal. Now I can always reproduce it. It keep freezing every few hours and I can resume it with ALT+TAB. So it seems something wrong with painting the desktop shell.
I usually use google chrome, dolphin, libreoffice, konsole and skype apps.
Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Use plasma desktop 5 for extended period of time.
Actual Results:
Desktop freezes
Expected Results:
Desktop should operate normally.