Re: 2.6.21-rc1 and 2.6.21-rc2 kwin dies silently

[Sid Boyce <g3vbv@blueyonder.co.uk>]

Avi Kivity wrote:
>
> Sid Boyce wrote:
> > >>/ openSUSE 10.3 Alpha and KDE-3.5.6, xorg-x11-7.2. KDE is setup 
> not to/
> > >>/ require a password to unlock, but it asks for password. When the
> > screen/
> > >>/ unlocks, kwin is gone with no errors logged in /var/log/kdm or/
> > >>/ /var/log/messages. No problems with 2.6.20./
> > >>
> > >>/ Same problem on openSUSE 10.2 x86_64, KDE-3.5.5 and 2.6.21-rc2./
> > >>/ Regards/
> > >>/ Sid./
> >
> > > This is the linux kernel mailing list. Perhaps you should post your
> > problem to
> > > the opensuse mailing list.
> > >
> > > Regards
> > That's very much appreciated. The point is that all vanilla kernels up
> > to 2.6.20+ have not had the problems now seen on 2.6.20-rc1 and
> > 2.6.20-rc2 and like other problems reported, sic framebuffer, etc.,
> > there is a distinct likelihood that it's related to those kernels and
> > worth reporting here where it will also be seen by the openSUSE kernel
> > developers.
>
> Try running an strace on kwin and reporting the result.
>
>
> -- 
> Do not meddle in the internals of kernels, for they are subtle and 
> quick to panic.
>
Modified /opt/kde3/bin/startkde as below, but got no output, not even an 
empty file.
strace -s 256 -f kwin --lock -o /home/lancelot/KWIN.out &
Regards
Sid.

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