Bug 1930 - KDE freezes when moving or resizing un-maximized windows
Summary: KDE freezes when moving or resizing un-maximized windows
Status: RESOLVED OLD
Alias: None
Product: Mageia
Classification: Unclassified
Component: RPM Packages (show other bugs)
Version: 2
Hardware: i586 Linux
Priority: Normal normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Anssi Hannula
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Reported: 2011-06-27 04:36 CEST by Mriganka Talukdar
Modified: 2013-11-23 16:15 CET (History)
4 users (show)

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Source RPM: nvidia-current-275.09.07-0.1.mga1.nonfree
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Description Mriganka Talukdar 2011-06-27 04:36:32 CEST
Description of problem:

KDE freezes when trying to resize or move windows in their un-maximized condition (the one b/w the minimized and maximized condition). Only way to recover from the crash is a hard reboot. Ctrl+Alt+Backspace/Del/Esc does not work.

I have seen this problem occurring for Firefox, GIMP as well as KDE programs like 'Folder View Settings'. 


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):


How reproducible:


Steps to Reproduce:
1. Choose a Window which is not in its maximized condition
2. Try moving the window by clicking on the bar that has the minimize/maximize/close buttons or try the resize option when the cursor changes.
3.

Description of the System:

Dell XPS M1530
Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo Processor T7250, 2.0GHz, 2MB Cache, 800 MHz FSB
3GB (1x2GB+1x1GB) 667MHz SDRAM
160GB SATA Hard Drive
Internal 8X DVD+/-RW Combination Drive with dual layer write capabilities
256MB NVIDIA(R) GeForce(R) 8600M GT
Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 3945 Dual Band 802.11a/g 54 1 Mbps Wireless Mini Card
Dell(TM) Wireless 355 Bluetooth Module
Comment 1 Ahmad Samir 2011-06-27 07:44:50 CEST
If you're using the KDE4 desktop effects with the nVidia proprietary driver, please try the nvidia 275.09.07 packages from the nonfree/updates_testing repository.

Depends on: (none) => 1817

Comment 2 Mriganka Talukdar 2011-06-27 08:36:14 CEST
Thanks for the response. Yes I am using KDE4 with the desktop effects.

The problem still persists even though I have updated to the "nvidia 275.09.07" package. Please let me know if you'd like any additional details.
Comment 3 Sander Lepik 2011-06-27 11:44:14 CEST
Did you restart your system after that?

CC: (none) => sander.lepik

Comment 4 Mriganka Talukdar 2011-06-28 03:22:27 CEST
Yes. In fact I ended up restarting 3 times. 2 of those times I had to restart after replicating the freeze.
Comment 5 Ahmad Samir 2011-06-28 03:34:28 CEST
What's the output of:
su
dkms status
uname -a
grep Driver /etc/X11/xorg.conf
Comment 6 Mriganka Talukdar 2011-06-28 04:48:16 CEST
Please find the output below -

[mrigs@neptune ~]$ su
Password: 
[root@neptune mrigs]# dkms status
nvidia-current, 275.09.07-0.1.mga1.nonfree, 2.6.38.7-desktop-1.mga, i586: installed 
vboxadditions, 4.0.6-4.mga1, 2.6.38.7-desktop-1.mga, i586: installed 
virtualbox, 4.0.6-4.mga1, 2.6.38.7-desktop-1.mga, i586: installed 
[root@neptune mrigs]# 
[root@neptune mrigs]# uname -a
Linux neptune 2.6.38.7-desktop-1.mga #1 SMP Sun May 22 12:29:42 UTC 2011 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
[root@neptune mrigs]# 
[root@neptune mrigs]# grep Driver /etc/X11/xorg.conf
    Driver "nvidia"
Comment 7 Ahmad Samir 2011-07-09 15:33:12 CEST
Does the same issue happen in a new user account? (just to rule out any misbehaving config files in the current account).
Ahmad Samir 2011-07-09 15:37:53 CEST

Depends on: 1817 => (none)

Comment 8 Mriganka Talukdar 2011-07-09 19:50:59 CEST
Testing with a different account did the trick. It seems like an issue with the "Window Decorations" feature in "Workspace Appearance". I tried to customize this newly created account the same way I had customized my original account and faced the same freezing issue. It's occurring with most of the Window Decorations and so I have reverted to the original laOra decoration. No problems with laOra.
Comment 9 John Balcaen 2011-09-09 02:54:23 CEST
Is it still valid with current cauldron ?

CC: (none) => balcaen.john

Manuel Hiebel 2011-10-30 02:17:23 CET

Keywords: (none) => NEEDINFO

Comment 10 Marja Van Waes 2011-12-24 19:06:07 CET
Over 3½ months later, no reply

Since there are insufficient details provided in this report for us to investigate the issue further, and we have not received feedback to the information we have requested above, we will assume the problem was not reproducible, or has been fixed in one of the updates we have released for the reporter's distribution.

Users who have experienced this problem are encouraged to upgrade to the latest update of their distribution, and if this issue turns out to still be reproducible in the latest update, please reopen this bug with additional information.

Closing as OLD.

Status: NEW => RESOLVED
CC: (none) => marja11
Resolution: (none) => OLD

Comment 11 Mriganka Talukdar 2012-01-29 07:41:01 CET
Sorry. I missed out these last two emails/comments. These days I was only working with the default laOra decoration which was not giving any trouble. Today, for a change I tried to change the window decoration to a different one, and I experienced the freeze again.

Apologies for bringing this up again. Please let me know if it needs to be tracked as a different Bug or you'd want this to be re-opened.

For the convenience of all, here is the information requested in one of the earlier responses -

[mrigs@neptune ~]$ su
Password:
[root@neptune mrigs]# dkms status
nvidia-current, 275.09.07-0.1.mga1.nonfree, 2.6.38.8-desktop-10.mga, i586: installed
nvidia-current, 275.09.07-0.1.mga1.nonfree, 2.6.38.8-desktop-8.mga, i586: installed
nvidia-current, 275.09.07-0.1.mga1.nonfree, 2.6.38.7-desktop-1.mga, i586: installed
nvidia-current, 275.09.07-0.1.mga1.nonfree, 2.6.38.8-desktop-9.mga, i586: installed
nvidia-current, 275.09.07-0.1.mga1.nonfree, 2.6.38.8-desktop-6.mga, i586: installed
nvidia-current, 275.09.07-0.1.mga1.nonfree, 2.6.38.8-desktop-5.mga, i586: installed
nvidia-current, 275.09.07-0.1.mga1.nonfree, 2.6.38.8-desktop-4.mga, i586: installed
vboxadditions, 4.0.14-1.3.mga1, 2.6.38.8-desktop-10.mga, i586: installed
vboxadditions, 4.0.14-1.3.mga1, 2.6.38.8-desktop-8.mga, i586: installed
vboxadditions, 4.0.14-1.3.mga1, 2.6.38.8-desktop-9.mga, i586: installed
vboxadditions, 4.0.14-1.3.mga1, 2.6.38.8-desktop-6.mga, i586: installed
virtualbox, 4.0.14-1.3.mga1, 2.6.38.8-desktop-10.mga, i586: installed
virtualbox, 4.0.14-1.3.mga1, 2.6.38.8-desktop-8.mga, i586: installed
virtualbox, 4.0.14-1.3.mga1, 2.6.38.8-desktop-9.mga, i586: installed
virtualbox, 4.0.14-1.3.mga1, 2.6.38.8-desktop-6.mga, i586: installed
[root@neptune mrigs]#
[root@neptune mrigs]# uname -a
Linux neptune 2.6.38.8-desktop-10.mga #1 SMP Wed Jan 25 10:37:30 UTC 2012 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
[root@neptune mrigs]#
[root@neptune mrigs]# grep Driver /etc/X11/xorg.conf
    Driver "nvidia"
[root@neptune mrigs]#
Comment 12 Marja Van Waes 2012-01-29 10:17:46 CET
no problem, reopening this report

Setting Mageia version to "1", because you don't run cauldron.

If you do have cauldron on another partition on the same system, please report whether the problem exists there as well

assigning to nvidia-current maintainer

@ anssi 

Please set status to ASSIGNED if you think this bug is assigned correctly.  If for work flow reasons you can't do that, then please put OK on the whiteboard instead.

Of course, assign back if you don't think a package you maintain is the culprit (and please explain) :)

Keywords: NEEDINFO => (none)
Status: RESOLVED => REOPENED
Version: Cauldron => 1
Resolution: OLD => (none)
Assignee: bugsquad => anssi.hannula
Source RPM: (none) => nvidia-current-275.09.07-0.1.mga1.nonfree

Comment 13 Mriganka Talukdar 2012-01-31 10:33:32 CET
It took me a while to get cauldron on my system. I have it finally as a dual boot. Anyway, the issue is not reproducible in Cauldron. I tried with a few of the Window Decorations (Air-black, kdust, among them) and did not find resizing causing a freeze.

Here are details of the system -

[mrigs@localhost ~]$ su
Password: 
[root@localhost mrigs]# dkms status
nvidia-current, 290.10-1.mga2.nonfree, 3.2.2-desktop-1.mga2, i586: installed 
nvidia-current, 290.10-1.mga2.nonfree, 3.2.2-desktop-1.mga2, i586: installed-binary from 3.2.2-desktop-1.mga2
[root@localhost mrigs]# 
[root@localhost mrigs]# uname -a
Linux localhost.localdomain 3.2.2-desktop-1.mga2 #1 SMP Thu Jan 26 10:13:36 UTC 2012 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
[root@localhost mrigs]# 
[root@localhost mrigs]# grep Driver /etc/X11/xorg.conf
    Driver "nvidia"
[root@localhost mrigs]#
Comment 14 Marja Van Waes 2012-01-31 10:43:12 CET
@ Mriganka

Thanks a lot for installing cauldron to check this bug

It is good to know this issue isn't there in cauldron, knowing that might help Anssi to fix this for 1 :)
Comment 15 Marja Van Waes 2012-05-09 15:27:10 CEST
3-monthly ping
Comment 16 annemarie victor 2012-07-02 11:40:41 CEST
I enjoy Mageia 2 but since I work with, it happens very often that the system freezes and I have to restart my computer.
It happens when many windows are open or when resizing (I don't know). Il happens often. No solution with task killing (Ctrl + Esc)

CC: (none) => annemarievictor
Version: 1 => 2

Comment 17 Marja Van Waes 2012-07-06 15:05:24 CEST
Please look at the bottom of this mail to see whether you're the assignee of this  bug, if you don't already know whether you are.


If you're the assignee:

We'd like to know for sure whether this bug was assigned correctly. Please change status to ASSIGNED if it is, or put OK on the whiteboard instead.

If you don't have a clue and don't see a way to find out, then please put NEEDHELP on the whiteboard.

Please assign back to Bug Squad or to the correct person to solve this bug if we were wrong to assign it to you, and explain why.

Thanks :)

**************************** 

@ the reporter and persons in the cc of this bug:

If you have any new information that wasn't given before (like this bug being valid for another version of Mageia, too, or it being solved) please tell us.

@ the reporter of this bug

If you didn't reply yet to a request for more information, please do so within two weeks from now.

Thanks all :-D
Comment 18 Manuel Hiebel 2013-10-22 12:18:49 CEST
This message is a reminder that Mageia 2 is nearing its end of life.
Approximately one month from now Mageia will stop maintaining and issuing updates for Mageia 2. At that time this bug will be closed as WONTFIX (EOL) if it remains open with a Mageia 'version' of '2'.

Package Maintainer: If you wish for this bug to remain open because you plan to fix it in a currently maintained version, simply change the 'version' to a later Mageia version prior to Mageia 2's end of life.

Bug Reporter: Thank you for reporting this issue and we are sorry that we may not be able to fix it before Mageia 2 is end of life.  If you would still like to see this bug fixed and are able to reproduce it against a later version of Mageia, you are encouraged to click on "Version" and change it against that version of Mageia.

Although we aim to fix as many bugs as possible during every release's lifetime, sometimes those efforts are overtaken by events. Often a more recent Mageia release includes newer upstream software that fixes bugs or makes them obsolete.

-- 
The Mageia Bugsquad
Comment 19 Manuel Hiebel 2013-11-23 16:15:32 CET
Mageia 2 changed to end-of-life (EOL) status on ''22 November''. Mageia 2 is no
longer maintained, which means that it will not receive any further security or
bug fix updates. As a result we are closing this bug.

If you can reproduce this bug against a currently maintained version of Mageia
please feel free to click on "Version" change it against that version of Mageia
and reopen this bug.

Thank you for reporting this bug and we are sorry it could not be fixed.

--
The Mageia Bugsquad

Status: REOPENED => RESOLVED
Resolution: (none) => OLD


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