Glenn Holmer wrote: > On 06/04/2015 09:30 AM, Rex Dieter wrote: >> Glenn Holmer wrote: >> >>> From time to time, I've seen that the panel, while it appears, becomes >>> unresponsive (right- or left-click does nothing). When this happens, the >>> desktop (right-click) also becomes non-responsive. >>> >>> Normally, I've been able to recover from this by dropping to console and >>> issuing "systemctl restart sddm", but this morning even that doesn't >>> work. >>> >>> Anybody else seen this? Know of a workaround or fix? >> >> It's a not uncommon problem of plasmashell process getting stuck and >> deadlocked (often due to some as-yet-unexplained interaction between >> libxcb and video drivers). >> >> the easiest workaround is to restart the plasmashell process: >> >> ALT-F2(krunner): killall plasmashell >> (wait a few moments) >> ALT-F2(krunner): plasmashell > > I just had this problem again and restarting plasmashell didn't help. > Neither did dropping to console and restarting sddm. I actually > rebooted, which is unthinkable. > > I have to tell you, MATE is looking better and better to me. Sounds like you're having bigger issues, and I'd suspect video driver- related ones now... so maybe considering something that doesn't use compositing/opengl is indeed one option. -- Rex _______________________________________________ kde mailing list kde@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/kde New to KDE4? - get help from http://userbase.kde.org
