Comment 24 for bug 9480

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Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2004 21:38:45 -0400
From: Josh Metzler <email address hidden>
To: Anthony Labarre <email address hidden>,
 <email address hidden>
Subject: Re: Bug#266760: kde: kde crashes X when quitting

On Wednesday 18 August 2004 07:47 pm, Anthony Labarre wrote:
> Package: kdebase-bin
> Version: 4:3.3.0-1
> Severity: critical
> File: kde
> Justification: breaks the whole system
>
>
> I've had this problem for weeks if not months, and it is very annoying. I
> haven't been able to locate _exactly_ where the problem comes from, but
> it happens very often that, when I quit KDE (be it by logging out,
> restarting or turning off my computer), the screen becomes black with the
> mouse pointer centered, and everything freezes. I then have no choice but
> to power off my system manually.

Do you have any access to another computer so you could try using ssh to
connect to the system after X has frozen? I know this isn't a solution, as
once X dies, it is usually not possible to get the display back, but it
would tell us if it is just X crashing or if the kernel is crashing too.

Josh