Version: (using KDE KDE 3.2.2) Installed from: RedHat RPMs When kwin crashes, there's no debug window specifying the error and letting the user to report the bug, and what's more, kwin's not reestarted automatically, which makes KDE barely usable. We cannot expect kwin to never crash, but users expect their systems to be still usable even if something important in KDE such as kwin crashes. I guess that we can fix this potential problem just relaunching kwin when it crashes, and then make appear a debug window about the crash just like any other KDE app does when it crashes. However, we should be smart and careful: we cannot even expect that kwin won't crash just when it's relaunched, so if we implement automatical relaunching in kwin when it crashes, we should be sure that an infinite loop of launches and crashes doesn't happen. Additional Note: This bug has been filled just after experiencing a kwin crash reported in bug #82272.
sorry for reporting this as a crash ! I meant wishlist or just bug... please can someone modify that?
This is a really nasty bug, is it being overlooked ?
No, it's not being overlooked. It's just not considered the most important from the large number of all reports.
Hmm this probably shouldn't be a kwin bug, but a kde bug sense this (script?) should also watch for kicker to die.
Benjamin Meyer: Whenever a KDE app dies, a dialog with the backtrace is shown. And this is also KDE specific - maybe it' possible to improove that making that program to recognice which app has died and then execute an action that can change depending on the program that crashed. I for one like the idea of creating a common way to deal with program crashes KDE-wide. Now I have a lot of new questions: does also kwin show that crash dialog when it crashes? if not, could it? is possible at all what I've proposed? is it difficult to implement, or would it be a better idea just to fix this bug first meanwhile the other solution is being developed? What do you think about it? how would you improove the idea?
*** Bug 126554 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
*** Bug 127277 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
One way to make kwin crash --> Execute YaKuake, with F12, open the console, then press that "Show Desktop" button twice and blob, it's crashed!
*** Bug 145338 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Unable to reproduce #8 in 4.0.98 (Debian experimental). What crashes yakuake or plasma? Can give more information and report as separate bug?
Created attachment 27246 [details] kwin backtrace
Created attachment 27247 [details] nvidia glxinfo
kwin crashes every time I login. When using compiz to render the interface I have no problems whatsoever. Not sure if I should be sending this to the Arch team, I'm merely following the instructions from the crash handler. Linux bluepoint 2.6.26-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Tue Aug 26 20:53:58 UTC 2008 x86_64 AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3200+ AuthenticAMD GNU/Linux
@James: you should report your crash on a separate bug. @Eetu: it was a yakuake crash, it has been already reported (and maybe even fixed) About the initial problem, now kwin is more robust: when it crashes, it try to restart itself with more "safe" settings. I think this bug can be marked as "solved".