On 06/21/2015 11:41 PM, Rex Dieter wrote: > 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. Really? You think nouveau has problems that cause this? -- Glenn Holmer (Linux registered user #16682) "After the vintage season came the aftermath -- and Cenbe." _______________________________________________ kde mailing list kde@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/kde New to KDE4? - get help from http://userbase.kde.org
