KDE/Mandrake 9.1
Clive DaSilva
cdasilva-q6EoVN9bke6w5LPnMra/2Q at public.gmane.org
Thu Dec 11 16:10:09 UTC 2003
JoeHill wrote:
>On Fri, 05 Dec 2003 11:19:27 -0500
>Clive DaSilva <cdasilva-q6EoVN9bke6w5LPnMra/2Q at public.gmane.org> wrote:
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>>Had a really weird experience yesterday. I have been running mandrake
>>9.1 with the stock kernel 2.4.21-013mdk, for perhaps 3 months.
>>I read an advisory which suggested that I upgraded the kernel to
>>2.4.21-026mdk, (all nicely packaged by the Drake folks), as a
>>preventative measure against some root exploits. I use KDE 3.1 as the
>>window manager, and since I've installed this kernel, KDE sometimes
>>doesn't come up when I login as a user (it just hangs), or it comes up
>>and crashes within 5 minutes. I have since been using IceWM as my backup
>>window manager. Now, I've kept the old kernel, so I have a choice of
>>kernels to boot from. When I try to run KDE using the old kernel, it
>>crashes too.
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>I haven't seen anything like this come up on any of the Mandrake lists, but I
>would suggest asking as well on Expert.
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>Do you see anything in /var/log/messages or /var/log/XFree86.0.log?
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>It could be that KDE was compiled against the old kernel and is pitching a fit
>now that newer modules are being loaded, though why when you boot into the *old*
>kernel would hence be a mystery.
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Hello Joe
Thanks for your comments. I could see KDE barfing at the new kernel and
modules, but as to why I had probs with my original kerenel, well who
knows. I thought perhaps that I should remove KDE all together and then
re-install it from the Mandrake CD, but I decided against, wasn't too
thrilled with KDE anyhow (bloatware). My solution was to use the XFCE
window manager which is small and light, allows me to use all the KDE
applications, etc
Thanks for your comments
Clice
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