Problem with X and KDE 3.0.2

[Net Llama!]

On Mon, 15 Jul 2002, Tim Wunder wrote:
> Hi,
> Using a base Caldera eW3.1 system with kernel 2.4.18-preempt, Xfree86 4.1.0, KDE 3.0.2 compiled from source, qt 3.0.3.
>
> I occasionally will get an error when logging out (segfault, the backtrace displays on screen briefly, but too quickly to read -- anyway to capture that?) which then horks X so that kdm won't respawn. I need to Ctrl-Alt-F1 to a console, login as root and manually restart the X server.
> I've yet to experience the problem if I close all apps prior to logging out. Unfortunately, I've been unable to consistently duplicate the problem. It happens, say 1 out of every 5 times I logout without closing all the apps. I did not have this problem with KDE 3.0.1.
>
> Could this be a QT problem? X problem? DCOP server problem?

read the XFree86 log in /var/log

also, you might want to consider upgrading to XFree86-4.2.0, although it
wouldn't surprise me in the least if this was KDE's fault.

> PS I know, drop KDE, but it's that damn inertia thing keeping me there...

Isn't that what the windoze folks say as their excuse too?

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