Bug 145338

Summary:	restart kwin post kwin crash
Product:	[Plasma] kwin	Reporter:	Stoian Ivanov <sdr>
Component:	general	Assignee:	KWin default assignee <kwin-bugs-null>
Status:	RESOLVED DUPLICATE
Severity:	wishlist
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Gentoo Packages
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:
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Description Stoian Ivanov 2007-05-12 10:36:43 UTC

Version:            (using KDE KDE 3.5.6)
Installed from:    Gentoo Packages
Compiler:          gcc-4.1.x Gentoo
OS:                Linux

Can we have a small monitor that will restart key components when they crash? I've just had to logoff-logon just to start kwin as it was not in my run dialog hostory and the kayboard input was not functionating

Comment 1 Lubos Lunak 2007-05-14 15:29:03 UTC


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 82277 ***

Comment 2 arxidiamidia 2007-09-20 15:50:14 UTC

I am using KDE 3.4.0 level 'b' and for some reason KWIN crashes and all remaining windows are unusable. I have to restart session (SUSE 9.3 Professional) to fix it.
If this bug can be fixed can i patch my version of KDE/KWIN?

Comment 3 jos poortvliet 2007-09-20 16:05:00 UTC

The easiest solution would be not to use a 3 year old KDE version but upgrade to something more recent - eg Suse 10.1 or 10.2... ;-)

Fixing just this bug would require finding out exactly which one it is, getting and patching the Kwin sourcecode, then rebuilding kwin and running it. This proces is pretty complex. So, I recommend upgrading.