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From: Hans-Christian Armingeon <linux.johnny@gmx.net>
To: Rob Landley <landley@trommello.org>, Bill Davidsen <davidsen@tmr.com>
Subject: Re: KDE hang with 2.4.18-pre3-ac2
Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2002 15:42:46 +0100
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Am Mittwoch, 16. Januar 2002 19:52 schrieb Rob Landley:
> On Wednesday 16 January 2002 12:20 pm, Bill Davidsen wrote:
> > On Wed, 16 Jan 2002, Hans-Christian Armingeon wrote:
> > > I've got the same problems with SuSE7.3 and kde2.2.2.
> > > With kernel 2.4.17, the X locks up, when I push the power button, the
> > > box tries to shut doen [I can hear a beep], but nothing else happens.
> > > After two or three sysrq keys specally sigterm to all processes, the
> > > system locks hard [reset cycle needed]. I am trying 2.4.18-pre4 now.
> >
> > Totally other problem. When my KDE won't launch tasks from the bar, it
> > will still work just fine otherwise, shutdown cleanly, etc. System is not
> > in any way hung, just that clicking the browser or terminal button
> > doesn't start a process, and if I bring up a menu from the bar, and try
> > to start something like moon phase, it also doesn't start.
>
> Question: did you change your computer's hostname just before this
> happened? (That can trigger this behavior.  When you change your box's
> hostname, you have to exit and restart X.  If you ask me, it's a design
> flaw in X, which thinks it's doing stuff through the network even when it
> isn't.  KDE isn't helping by cacheing stuff, but it's going for
> performance...)

No, I didn't.

Johnny
>
> Rob
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