Bug 408482

Summary: Crash while trying to reboot after uninstalling NVIDIA drivers
Product: [Plasma] ksmserver Reporter: Tony <jodr666>
Component: generalAssignee: Unassigned bugs mailing-list <unassigned-bugs>
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE    
Severity: crash CC: pip.kde, plasma-bugs
Priority: NOR    
Version: 5.15.5   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: openSUSE   
OS: Linux   
Latest Commit: Version Fixed In:
Attachments: ksmserver crash trace

Description Tony 2019-06-09 14:42:44 UTC
Created attachment 120724 [details]
ksmserver crash trace

SUMMARY
After upgrading Tumbleweed to the latest snapshot something went wrong during the upgrade regarding NVIDIA drivers. Mpc-qt was crashing every time i opened a video, so i uninstall them but as soon as i hit reboot get this crash.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Remove NVIDIA video drivers using yast.
2. Hit reboot on the application launcher.
3. 

OBSERVED RESULT
ksmserver-logout-greeter crashes, no reboot.

EXPECTED RESULT
System reboots with no ksmserver-logout-greeter crashing

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
KDE Plasma Version: 5.15.5
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.58.0
Qt Version: 5.12.3
Comment 1 Paul 2019-06-09 15:17:53 UTC
Been there, seen that ;)

The work-around is: after closing YaST, switch to a virtual terminal Ctrl-Alt-F2, log in as your normal user, then execute "sudo /sbin/shutdown -r now"
Comment 2 Christoph Feck 2019-06-25 15:11:54 UTC
Please read bug 364593 comment #7.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 364593 ***