From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752405AbXCANwa (ORCPT ); Thu, 1 Mar 2007 08:52:30 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752417AbXCANwa (ORCPT ); Thu, 1 Mar 2007 08:52:30 -0500 Received: from smtp-out2.blueyonder.co.uk ([195.188.213.5]:43445 "EHLO smtp-out2.blueyonder.co.uk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752404AbXCANw3 (ORCPT ); Thu, 1 Mar 2007 08:52:29 -0500 Message-ID: <45E6DA9A.2030301@blueyonder.co.uk> Date: Thu, 01 Mar 2007 13:52:26 +0000 From: Sid Boyce Reply-To: g3vbv@blueyonder.co.uk Organization: blueyonder.co.uk User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.7 (X11/20060909) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Avi Kivity CC: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: 2.6.21-rc1 and 2.6.21-rc2 kwin dies silently References: <45E5DE32.2070902@argo.co.il> In-Reply-To: <45E5DE32.2070902@argo.co.il> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org 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. -- Sid Boyce ... Hamradio License G3VBV, Licensed Private Pilot Emeritus IBM/Amdahl Mainframes and Sun/Fujitsu Servers Tech Support Specialist, Cricket Coach Microsoft Windows Free Zone - Linux used for all Computing Tasks