Date: Sat, 12 Sep 1998 19:02:27 -0600 From: Allen Campbell <allenc@verinet.com> To: don@whtech.com Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: KDE Crashing Message-ID: <35FB19A3.62E8DE76@verinet.com> References: <199809130001.RAA26678@hub.freebsd.org>
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> From: "Don O'Neil" <don@whtech.com> > > First off I'd like to thank all those who helped me w/ my KDE problems... it > did indeed turn out to be a path issue and fully resolving the path in the > .Xsession file cleared it right up. > > However, I'm experiencing quite a few crashes and hangs while running KDE... > I've narrowed it down to being KDE (or something with it) itself, as when I > run QVWM and all sorts of apps I don't have this problem. > > I get core dumps when running the file browser, mail program, and other > programs, and occasionally all the windows just dissapear. Sometimes the > whole window manager just freezes.... > > Are there known compatibility problems/bugs in the 1.0 release of KDE? > > My hardware is as follows: > > Cyrix M2-200 CPU > Shuttle Hot 557 MB w/ 512 K Cache > 64 MB EDO RAM > NCR 810 SCSI card w/ 3 2 GB HDD's > Toshiba CDROM, > Microsoft Intelimouse > S3 Virge DX 4 MB PCI video > SB 16 > USR 33.6 Modem > > Pretty generic setup. Like I said, everything works great except when I run > KDE. > > Don > > >> However, as soon as I change the window manager in the Xsession file > > >> to be KDE (startkde, kwm, ANYTHING with KDE) XDM doesn't launch it, > > >> rather it goes back to the login screen. There isn't anything I can > > >> do to get it out of this nasty loop, exept to log in, comment out > > >> the ttys entry and reboot. > > > Look at ~/.xsession-errors to see why KDE isn't launching. I would > > > suspect that /usr/local/bin is not in xdm's path. > > > > And the workaround (sorry I forgot to mention this) is to explicitly > > specify the the path to kwm (ie, /usr/local/bin/kwm) in the script > > you're using. > > > > Please send followups to -questions, where this thread should have > > started. > [Redirected to -questions] I have a very similar setup and KDE 1.0 is quite stable. The only problem I might point out looking at your hardware list is the S3 Virge. There is known, intermittent problem with the S3V server when the server exits: the screen with be filled vertical stripes and the machine will hang completely. Other than that, the server works well. Watch the ~/.xsession-errors and /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xdm-errors files for any hints. -- Allen Campbell | Greg: I was overcome with the urge to respond. allenc@verinet.com | You should feel free to put me in my place. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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