lourp
April 29th, 2009, 02:08 AM
Just upgraded to kubuntu 9.04 after long time ubuntu use.
This time went the whole hog, moved to 64bit + ext4 file system.
I have an nVidia GeForce 8600 GT graphics card, and install the proprietary drivers version 180.
Everything is fine at this point, the desktop is stunningly attractive (relative to gnome anyways).
I enable desktop effects, and all the bells and whistles that I used to enjoy with compiz are there (ok perhaps not as comprehensive as compiz but impressive nonetheless).
At this point, if I walk away from the PC for an extended period, leaving myself logged in - when I return I find the login splash screen! I log back in check the uptime - it did not reboot. Run htop, I see that all RAM and swap are exhausted, and the machine is grinding to a halt. Reboot. Repeatable.
Tried many combinations (different driver versions etc), but narrowed it down to having desktop effects enabled causes this to happen. If they are disabled, I can leave the machine (logged in) overnight and return to continue as normal.
Has anyone seen this? Is Kwin crashing? Or kdm? Not sure if its because there may be a problem with KDE on ext4?
This time went the whole hog, moved to 64bit + ext4 file system.
I have an nVidia GeForce 8600 GT graphics card, and install the proprietary drivers version 180.
Everything is fine at this point, the desktop is stunningly attractive (relative to gnome anyways).
I enable desktop effects, and all the bells and whistles that I used to enjoy with compiz are there (ok perhaps not as comprehensive as compiz but impressive nonetheless).
At this point, if I walk away from the PC for an extended period, leaving myself logged in - when I return I find the login splash screen! I log back in check the uptime - it did not reboot. Run htop, I see that all RAM and swap are exhausted, and the machine is grinding to a halt. Reboot. Repeatable.
Tried many combinations (different driver versions etc), but narrowed it down to having desktop effects enabled causes this to happen. If they are disabled, I can leave the machine (logged in) overnight and return to continue as normal.
Has anyone seen this? Is Kwin crashing? Or kdm? Not sure if its because there may be a problem with KDE on ext4?