hi all

since 4.8 kwin crashes on my system every 10 minutes. here is the crash log

http://pastebin.com/nWmBw2z6


im running kde 4.8 on arch, with an intel g.card.

ive tried both opengl and xrender but it still crashes all the time

any help would be appriciated

best

Z.

This only happens when desktop effects are enabled, right?

Both your video card and driver would be useful information

thx for the quick reply

hmmm i think so but let me check..ill run kde now with effects disabled and report back

the video card is intel and the driver is xf86-video-intel from arch repo

thx

z

Hm, I've got a Thinkpad T61 with an Intel Mobile GM965/GL960 card and the xf86-video-intel driver and everything is running perfectly - which precise card do you have?

Hi again

the card is Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 4500MHD (GMA 4500MHD), in GM45

also i can confirm that for the time being disabling the desktop effects seems to have casued the crashes to stop..but i sure miss my kde eye candy


best

z.

if you create and login as the new user with effects enabled ?

Try to enable desktop effects but disable some effects. I would e.g. start with Blur and see if still crashes.

The crash occurs in the generic animations 3rd party effect plugin. The reason is that some windows are deleted "under the hood" (ie. w/o telling the effects) in KDE 4.8.0
The latest version of the generic animations effect on kde-look.org should work around this.

Hi guys

So i finally had time to wipe my .kde folder and start all over. well it seemed to help my issues..so far so good..i did have at one time the generic animations 3rd party effect but disabling it in my old config didnt help..oh well at least now things are back to stable and i can enjoy my amazing kde desktop

thx all for your help!

Zeltak