[opensuse] chrome crashes kwin_x11 in plasma5 42.1
This has happened several times, but it does not always happen. If I use chrome (my preferred browser) to look at something in the course of my work, at some point suddenly kwin_x11 will crash and all my screen navigation in plasma5 will cease. The title bars disappear from all my open applications, and I am not able to switch desktops or navigate to a new application. This is what I do when it crashes like this. I hit ctrl-esc to open the resources monitor. Using that, I stop chrome (which has like 5 or 6 processes associated it, but one click kills it all in the resources monitor). On the resources monitor, the process for kwin_x11 says "stopped". I cannot kill it for some reason with the resources monitor. So then I hit alt-f2 and type in konsole. I do a
ps ax | grep kwin
and find the pid for kwin_xll. I have to kill it with
kill -9 <pid>
as kill all by itself won't do it. Then I hit alt-f2 again and type in kwin_x11 to restart it, and it restarts, and my desktop is back up and running, and I didn't have to exit out of all my applications. So it works, but it is a pain in the neck, and basically chrome is unusable. Anyone have any ideas? I haven't filed a bug report yet, because I think there may be something wrong with my system to troubleshoot first. -- George Box #1: 42.1 | KDE Plasma 5 | AMD Phenom IIX4 | 64 | 32GB Box #2: 13.1 | KDE 4.12 | AMD Athlon X3 | 64 | 4GB Laptop #1: 13.1 | KDE 4.12 | Core i7-2620M | 64 | 8GB Laptop #2: 42.1 | KDE Plasma 5 | Core i7-4710HQ | 64 | 16GB -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
On 01/25/2016 05:18 PM, tech@reachthetribes.org wrote:
So it works, but it is a pain in the neck, and basically chrome is unusable.
Thanks for the hints on recovery without a restart. I've had kwin stop on another linux distro,(Manjaro) and hadn't discovered the secret voodo to get out without having to restart. FRT: I have ZERO problems withe Chrome or Chromium running on Plasma5. Firefox has had some memory leaks, so I don't leave it on the screen too long, but both Chrome and Chromium have been solid. -- After all is said and done, more is said than done. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
On Monday 25 Jan 2016 17:26:52 John Andersen wrote:
On 01/25/2016 05:18 PM, tech@reachthetribes.org wrote:
So it works, but it is a pain in the neck, and basically chrome is unusable. Thanks for the hints on recovery without a restart. I've had kwin stop on another linux distro,(Manjaro) and hadn't discovered the secret voodo to get out without having to restart.
FRT: I have ZERO problems withe Chrome or Chromium running on Plasma5. Firefox has had some memory leaks, so I don't leave it on the screen too long, but both Chrome and Chromium have been solid.
Try changing your windows decoration to Breeze or Plastik There are apparently some 'quirks' with QTQuick and some decoration Mal -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
On 01/26/2016 02:36 PM, malcolm wrote:
Try changing your windows decoration to Breeze or Plastik There are apparently some 'quirks' with QTQuick and some decoration
Mal
I am hoping there might be some other solution? I hate to admit my preferences, but Breeze and Plastik are like my 2 least favorite windows decorations. I'll grit and bear it if I have to, but how would I verify it has worked, other than using chrome and seeing that it never locks up anymore? -- George Box #1: 42.1 | KDE Plasma 5 | AMD Phenom IIX4 | 64 | 32GB Box #2: 13.1 | KDE 4.12 | AMD Athlon X3 | 64 | 4GB Laptop #1: 13.1 | KDE 4.12 | Core i7-2620M | 64 | 8GB Laptop #2: 42.1 | KDE Plasma 5 | Core i7-4710HQ | 64 | 16GB -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
On 01/26/2016 03:15 PM, tech@reachthetribes.org wrote:
how would I verify it has worked, other than using chrome and seeing that it never locks up anymore?
Well that was the problem you were hoping to avoid isn't it? What more do you need? Unicorns? ;-) -- After all is said and done, more is said than done. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
On 01/27/2016 07:18 AM, John Andersen wrote:
On 01/26/2016 03:15 PM, tech@reachthetribes.org wrote:
how would I verify it has worked, other than using chrome and seeing that it never locks up anymore?
Well that was the problem you were hoping to avoid isn't it? What more do you need? Unicorns? ;-)
Lol, yes unicorns would be nice! Well, I have switched to plastik now, have been using it for about 2 hours, and so far, no crashes. And I guess, it really isn't a bad window decoration after all. ;) -- George Box #1: 42.1 | KDE Plasma 5 | AMD Phenom IIX4 | 64 | 32GB Box #2: 13.1 | KDE 4.12 | AMD Athlon X3 | 64 | 4GB Laptop #1: 13.1 | KDE 4.12 | Core i7-2620M | 64 | 8GB Laptop #2: 42.1 | KDE Plasma 5 | Core i7-4710HQ | 64 | 16GB -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
On 01/26/2016 05:36 PM, tech@reachthetribes.org wrote:
On 01/27/2016 07:18 AM, John Andersen wrote:
On 01/26/2016 03:15 PM, tech@reachthetribes.org wrote:
how would I verify it has worked, other than using chrome and seeing that it never locks up anymore?
Well that was the problem you were hoping to avoid isn't it? What more do you need? Unicorns? ;-)
Lol, yes unicorns would be nice! Well, I have switched to plastik now, have been using it for about 2 hours, and so far, no crashes. And I guess, it really isn't a bad window decoration after all. ;)
Everything about any of those is tune-able. You can start with plastic, change one thing and s save it under a different name, then come back and tweak some more, click apply. see how you like it, etc. I tried downloading some totally new themes, but I've always found they seem to forget something and then I have to hunt around for where to fix that thing. And if I never see another Dark Theme it will be too soon. (This is about where David Rankin jumps up, turns off the lights, and clubs me with a black cat). What I don't totally understand is just what "Look and Feel" actually does. There are some pretty obvious things that happen when you touch one of those. -- After all is said and done, more is said than done. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
On 01/26/2016 02:36 PM, malcolm wrote:
Try changing your windows decoration to Breeze or Plastik There are apparently some 'quirks' with QTQuick and some decoration
Mal
Well it turns out that wasn't the problem. I had been running with Plastik window decoration all day, and opening and closing chrome when I needed it. Then all of a sudden, kwin_x11 crashed again. I have only had this crash happen when I was running chrome, so that is the only reason I think it is a chrome related issue. However, this time I didn't shut down chrome or the plasmashell. All I did was kill kwin_x11 and restart it, and everything came back. One thing also that happens, when I do a ps ax | grep kwin, there is a pid for kwin_x11 (which needs to be killed) and also a pid for drkonqi in order to initiate a crash report. The problem with that part is, the drkonqi window never shows up, so there is no way to use that to make a crash report. So, what to do? Should I upload my xorg log to pastebin and let someone look at it? Submit a bug report on bugzilla? -- George Box #1: 42.1 | KDE Plasma 5 | AMD Phenom IIX4 | 64 | 32GB Box #2: 13.1 | KDE 4.12 | AMD Athlon X3 | 64 | 4GB Laptop #1: 13.1 | KDE 4.12 | Core i7-2620M | 64 | 8GB Laptop #2: 42.1 | KDE Plasma 5 | Core i7-4710HQ | 64 | 16GB -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
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