Clicking task manager icon can crash me out to login

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Clicking task manager icon can crash me out to login

Postby canadaist » Jun 1st, '14, 21:41

Frequently, often even two and three times a day, my desktop crashes ( probably X, maybe kde I dont know),
when I click on an icon in the task manager. I cannot MAKE it happen, great majority of clicks act as expected, 98 to 99%

Any thoughts? I have searched thru a few hundred comments on x crashes to find nothing related.

.xsession errors doesnt seem to notice the crashes.
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Re: Clicking task manager icon can crash me out to login

Postby doktor5000 » Jun 1st, '14, 23:59

What task manager do you use in KDE - the default Mageia one or the classic task manager?
Also, do you have desktop effects enabled, and what graphics card and driver do you use?
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Re: Clicking task manager icon can crash me out to login

Postby canadaist » Jun 4th, '14, 07:14

What task manager do you use in KDE - the default Mageia one or the classic task manager?


Classic, Task Manager.

Also, do you have desktop effects enabled,

Yes a few.



and what graphics card and driver do you use?


AMD apu ((EDIT - AMD A8-5600K APU with Radeon(tm) HD Graphics)) no separate card, the latest proprietary driver.
I cannot say whether it helps or hinders, I have answered yes on some requests to chose, but not others. Installs dont normally go directly to AMD's drivers, and I've installed twice over the last 4 months, new machine, then upgrade to 4 failed, and I needed to install.

But yes at the moment, I recently did chose AMDs, but the problem may have covered both drivers.
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