Bug 32942

Summary:	XFree86 freeze when running KNode
Product:	[Unmaintained] knode	Reporter:	Peter Buelow <pete>
Component:	general	Assignee:	kdepim bugs <pim-bugs-null>
Status:	CLOSED FIXED
Severity:	normal
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Compiled Sources
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Description Peter Buelow 2001-09-25 19:53:14 UTC

(*** This bug was imported into bugs.kde.org ***)

Package:           knode
Version:           KDE 2.2.1 
Severity:          normal
Installed from:    Compiled From Sources
Compiler:          gcc 2.95.2
OS:                Linux
OS/Compiler notes: System mostly based on Slack 8

When running KNode (I have seen this behavior in both 2.2 and 2.2.1 now) it tends to hang X completely and randomly (actually only when reading articles and I see no pattern in the type or frequency) but Linux does continue to run. I cannot ctrl-alt-backspace to shutdown X nor kill -9 the window manager or X itself to recover the console leaving a telnet session into the machine for a reboot as the sole method for recovery. Hardware is Sony PCG-F340 Laptop with 192 MB of ram and 256 MB of swap. I will try to append a backtrace if feasible but I'm not sure if it will be of use as the system seems to go on it's merry way. I can even kill KNode and utilize the system using telnet to my hearts content without ever recovering the display. This behavior has been witnessed both when running KDE and when running GNOME. All kernels I have seen this under are 2.4.5 2.4.6 2.4.9 and 2.4.10.

(Submitted via bugs.kde.org)

Comment 1 Roberto Teixeira 2002-02-11 14:36:58 UTC

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Hi

do you have any more information about it? I really can't reproduce this bug. 
Also I am very reluctant to accept it as a Knode bug since it would be very 
difficult for Knode to freeze X like you mention. 

Please try sending me the backtrace you promised.

regards
Roberto.
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Comment 2 Peter Buelow 2002-02-11 14:53:42 UTC

Sorry but you can reject this bug. I am still unsure why it locked up but
whenever I used KNode on my laptop it locked X solid. However now the
laptop is gone and I was never able to get the trace. I had hoped that I
would post the bug and get a lot of me too's but that never happened so I
suspect it was a local problem. I have never seen anything similar on my
desktop or new laptop.

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> Hi
>
> do you have any more information about it? I really can't reproduce
> this bug.  Also I am very reluctant to accept it as a Knode bug since
> it would be very  difficult for Knode to freeze X like you mention.
>
> Please try sending me the backtrace you promised.
>
> regards
> Roberto.
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