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Zibi1981

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Registered: 2008-01-31

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[SOLVED] Plasma Desktop segfaults after recent KDE update to ver. 4.6

Today after upgrading some amount of packages, including the new KDE 4.6, my Plasma Desktop "segfaults" every single time I login into my account. I tried to send some information regarding this issue using KDE's internal reporting system, but unfortunately it tells me, that those information are irrelevant. Does anyone experience "segfaulting" of the Plasma Desktop after recent KDE upgrade? I'm looking for some help on how to solve this issue, as for the moment my Arch is dead...

Last edited by Zibi1981 (2011-01-28 18:47:24)

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ilpianista

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Re: [SOLVED] Plasma Desktop segfaults after recent KDE update to ver. 4.6

do you use some extra plasmoid? if so, you need to rebuild them.

Zibi1981

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Re: [SOLVED] Plasma Desktop segfaults after recent KDE update to ver. 4.6

Hmm, you may be right indeed, but how to do it when my OS presents with a black desktop, event when I boot using fallback kernel.

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panosk

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Registered: 2008-10-29

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Re: [SOLVED] Plasma Desktop segfaults after recent KDE update to ver. 4.6

Hmm, you may be right indeed, but how to do it when my OS presents with a black desktop, event when I boot using fallback kernel.

Actually, it is KDE that is giving you trouble, not the OS . When you reach the kdm login screen, don't login. Instead, switch to a tty (Ctrl+Alt+F1, for example) and login from there. Then, you can see a list with all your plasmoids with

plasmapkg -l

If you find the culprit plasmoid, and it is a plasmoid downloaded outside Arch's repos (from kde-look.org, for example), remove it with

plasmapkg -r plasmoid_name

If the plasmoid is installed as a package, it is probably better to uninstall/upgrade it using pacman.

Last edited by panosk (2011-01-28 14:19:13)

Zibi1981

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Re: [SOLVED] Plasma Desktop segfaults after recent KDE update to ver. 4.6

Your suggestions were very useful panosk, thank you, although I had to modify strategy described above. After switching to tty1 and login to my account I typed the command

plasmapkg -l

but received something like "cannot access to X server" or similar. So I decided to login as usual and as fast as I was able I managed to run console before plasma crashed.  Luckily console was working even when plasma desktop was dead. Then I made use of the command mentioned above and found the culprit plasmoid, which was smooth-tasks (AGAIN!). After rebuilding it from AUR everything seems to be O.K. so far.

Once again thanks

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gedgon

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Re: [SOLVED] Plasma Desktop segfaults after recent KDE update to ver. 4.6

Does anyone experience "segfaulting" of the Plasma Desktop after recent KDE upgrade?

Yes, very often, not always, during logout.

vendion

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Re: [SOLVED] Plasma Desktop segfaults after recent KDE update to ver. 4.6

This is happening to me on one of my systems, I was not using an extra plasmoid, but I have also removed all of the KDE configurations and it is still happening.  I redownloaded and installed all the KDE incase I had a package that was bad or a .pacnew file that I didn't see.  I can't figure it out, not sure if it is graphic card related in my case, using the readion driver for my ATI radion 4200HD card.

Is the plasmpkg part of KDE or is it seperate because I get a command not found.

Last edited by vendion (2011-01-29 13:24:56)

panosk

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Re: [SOLVED] Plasma Desktop segfaults after recent KDE update to ver. 4.6

This is happening to me on one of my systems, I was not using an extra plasmoid, but I have also removed all of the KDE configurations and it is still happening.  I redownloaded and installed all the KDE incase I had a package that was bad or a .pacnew file that I didn't see.  I can't figure it out, not sure if it is graphic card related in my case, using the readion driver for my ATI radion 4200HD card.

Is the plasmpkg part of KDE or is it seperate because I get a command not found.

It is part of kdebase-runtime.

Encho

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Registered: 2010-09-12

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Re: [SOLVED] Plasma Desktop segfaults after recent KDE update to ver. 4.6

Actually, it is KDE that is giving you trouble, not the OS . When you reach the kdm login screen, don't login. Instead, switch to a tty (Ctrl+Alt+F1, for example) and login from there. Then, you can see a list with all your plasmoids with

plasmapkg -l

If you find the culprit plasmoid, and it is a plasmoid downloaded outside Arch's repos (from kde-look.org, for example), remove it with

plasmapkg -r plasmoid_name

If the plasmoid is installed as a package, it is probably better to uninstall/upgrade it using pacman.

do you use some extra plasmoid? if so, you need to rebuild them.

Hi all,
I have the same problem. I tried using tty, but I got  "cannot access to X server". Than I tried
Alt+F2 to run Terminal, I used

plasmapkg -l

in order to see the list of all the plasmoids, but I couldn't find the "culprit" plasmoid. I don't know if I am doing it right. Here the list of my plasmapkg:

[encho@x~]$ plasmapkg -l
plasmapkg(1986)/libplasma Plasma::PackageStructurePrivate::createPackageMetadata: No metadata file in the package, expected it at: "/home/encho//metadata.desktop"
BbalL
KMLDonkey
MolmassCalculator
activitybar
akonotes_list
akonotes_note
albums
amarok_containment_vertical
barapplet
battery
binaryclock
blackboard
bookmarks
bubblemon
calculator
calendar
charselect
clock
comic
concentrationCalculator
currentappcontrol
currenttrack
desktop
desktop
desktopDashboard
desktopDashboard
dict
digital-clock
eyes
fifteenPuzzle
fileWatcher
folderview
folderview
frame
fuzzy-clock
gasCalculator
icon
incomingmsg
info
internal:extender
kalgebraplasmoid
katesession
kdeobservatory
keyboard_applet
kgetpiechart
kimpanel
knowledgebase
kolourpicker
konqprofiles
konsoleprofiles
ktorrent
labels
lancelot_launcher
lancelot_part
launcher
leavenote
life
lockout
luna
lyrics
magnifique
mediaplayer
netpanel
netpanel
news
newspaper
newspaper
notifications
notifier
nowplaying
nuclearCalculator
opendesktop
opendesktop_activities
org.kde.griddesktop
org.kde.groupingdesktop
org.kde.groupingpanel
org.kde.showActivityManager
pager
panel
panel
panelspacer_internal
paste
pastebin
photos
plasma_applet_didyouknow_kalzium
plasma_applet_notes
plasma_applet_parley
plasma_applet_rtm
plasmaboard
previewer
qalculate
quicklaunch
rssnow
sal
sal
saverdesktop
saverdesktop
searchbox
showdashboard
showdesktop
similarArtists
simplelauncher
sm_cpu
sm_hdd
sm_hwinfo
sm_net
sm_ram
sm_temperature
spellcheck
system-monitor_applet
systemloadviewer
systemtray
tabs
tasks
timer
trash
twitter
unitconverter
upcomingEvents
videoclip
weather
weatherstation
webbrowser
webslice
wikipedia
windowlist
worldclock