Bug 368297

Summary: Randomly I am left without windows decoration and other window-related function
Product: [Plasma] kwin Reporter: 0BADC0DE <vincenzo.romano>
Component: generalAssignee: KWin default assignee <kwin-bugs-null>
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE    
Severity: normal    
Priority: NOR    
Version: unspecified   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: Ubuntu   
OS: Linux   
Latest Commit: Version Fixed In:
Attachments: qdbus org.kde.KWin /KWin supportInformation

Description 0BADC0DE 2016-09-05 20:35:36 UTC
Konsole reports:
KDE Frameworks 5.18.0
Qt 5.5.1 (built against 5.5.1)
The xcb windowing system

I couldn't see KDE version 5.18, so I selected unspecified.

I cannot reproduce it but it seems to me it is triggered when I open a "file selection" widget.
I cannot switch between windows with ALT+TAB, I cannot iconize or resize windows (no window widgets and handles).
If I am lucky I can use the "K" button to logout e log back in.
Otherwise I can switch to the system console with CTRL-ALT-F1, log in and run:

killall -9 kwin_x11; DISPLAY=:0.0 kwin_x11 --replace &> /dev/null &

The kwin_x11 process is not dead. I simply "refresh" it.

I filed this to Ubuntu which in turn asked me to file it to kde.org.
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1582246

I am available to help troubleshooting provided that precise directions are provided.


Reproducible: Sometimes

Steps to Reproduce:
1. I have no way to reproduce it.



It's quite annoying.
Comment 1 Martin Flöser 2016-09-06 06:07:32 UTC
Please provide the output of:
qdbus org.kde.KWin /KWin supportInformation
Comment 2 0BADC0DE 2016-09-06 06:14:11 UTC
Created attachment 100947 [details]
qdbus org.kde.KWin /KWin supportInformation
Comment 3 Martin Flöser 2016-09-06 08:49:22 UTC
Please try switching to the default decoration Breeze.
Comment 4 0BADC0DE 2016-09-06 17:45:55 UTC
I just did it.
Of course we need to wait some time (a couple of days should suffice).
So, stay tuned for the news.
Comment 5 0BADC0DE 2016-09-09 10:35:00 UTC
The use of the Breeze windows decorations didn't triggered the problem.
I don't know whether it's a bug in the Plastik window decorations (the one I was using previously) or it's about something that the Breeze is not using/doing.
Comment 6 Martin Flöser 2016-09-09 10:51:16 UTC
Most likely the well known issue with QtQuick. Marking as duplicate

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 351839 ***