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DateWed, 21 Mar 2007 17:43:11 +0000
FromSid Boyce <>
SubjectRe: 2.6.21-rc1 and 2.6.21-rc2 kwin dies silently
Sid Boyce wrote:
> Andrew Morton wrote:>> (cc restored.  Please always do reply-to-all)>>>> >>> On Wed, 28 Feb 2007 18:05:13 +0200 auxsvr@gmail.com wrote:
>>> On Wednesday 28 February 2007 17:19, Sid Boyce wrote:
>>> >>>> openSUSE 10.3 Alpha and KDE-3.5.6, xorg-x11-7.2. KDE is setup not to
>>>> require a password to unlock, but it asks for password. When the screen
>>>> unlocks, kwin is gone with no errors logged in /var/log/kdm or
>>>> /var/log/messages. No problems with 2.6.20.>>>>>>>> Same problem on openSUSE 10.2 x86_64, KDE-3.5.5 and 2.6.21-rc2.
>>>> Regards>>>> Sid.>>>> >>> This is the linux kernel mailing list. Perhaps you should post your 
>>> problem to the opensuse mailing list.>>> >>>> 2.6.20 worked.>>>> 2.6.20-rc2 did not.>>>> Working theory: the kernel broke.>>>> Sid, the chances that anyone can work out what caused this are pretty 
>> low. It would be great if you could perform a git bisection search 
>> sometime in>> the next few weeks, work out which commit caused this.
>>>> Thanks.>>>>>>>> > I shall go back to 2.6.20-git3 and work forward. Up to 2.6.20-git2 was OK.
> Regards> Sid.> 

I tracked the problem down to 2.6.20-git11. Up to 2.6.20-git10 is OK, 
but from 2.6.20-git11 up to current 2.6.21-rc4-git2 all exhibit the problem.
Regards
Sid.
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