What's going on? New install: popup/confirm windows hang!

[6tr6tr]

I just installed openSUSE 11.1. When I right click on the trash icon (or in dolphin) and select "empty trash" it hangs the entire desktop/OS for about 30 seconds before displaying the confirm window's text and button! What could be happening?

[6tr6tr]

Upon further examination, this seems to be happening for ANY popup!! What could be causing this?

[malcolmlewis]

Upon further examination, this seems to be happening for ANY popup!!
What could be causing this?

Hi
Beagle?, mandb running (it will start around 15 mins from first boot).

Run (or top from the CLI) the kde sysinfo thingy and look at processes
running.

Is it KDE4 or 3.5?

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SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 (x86_64) Kernel 2.6.27.29-0.1-default
up 11 days 1:51, 3 users, load average: 0.54, 0.30, 0.21
GPU GeForce 8600 GTS Silent - CUDA Driver Version: 190.18

[6tr6tr]

Hi
Beagle?, mandb running (it will start around 15 mins from first boot).

Run (or top from the CLI) the kde sysinfo thingy and look at processes
running.

Is it KDE4 or 3.5?

--
Cheers Malcolm ��� (Linux Counter #276890)
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 (x86_64) Kernel 2.6.27.29-0.1-default
up 11 days 1:51, 3 users, load average: 0.54, 0.30, 0.21
GPU GeForce 8600 GTS Silent - CUDA Driver Version: 190.18

It's KDE 4.1.3. I simply installed 11.2 "normally".

What's weird is I had OpenSUSE 11.0 running no problem before.

Running "top" I get these showing at the top right now:

X
konsole
kwin
kupdateapplet
dolphin
firefox-bin
konqueror
top
plasma
init

(What's the sysinfo thing you're talking about?)

Could this be caused by the display? (I mean the drivers or whatever KDE/OpenSUSE is using)

The issue is getting worse and worse. More and more windows are just hanging. I tried thuderbird but composing a new message hangs until I have to force kill it.

[caf4926]

I just installed openSUSE 11.1

It's KDE 4.1.3. I simply installed 11.2 "normally"

Which is it.
11.1 is my guess because you also say 4.1.3

Is it with or without effects?

[6tr6tr]

Which is it.
11.1 is my guess because you also say 4.1.3

Is it with or without effects?

Sorry. It's 11.1 (the latest STABLE version) and without effects.

What's weird is that "most" stuff seems to run a tad faster than it did with 11.0, but this hanging thing is crazy!

[caf4926]

If you are in a updating / installing mood you could go to kde43
KDE 4.3.2 HowTo for 11.1 - openSUSE Forums

or try 11.2

[6tr6tr]

If you are in a updating / installing mood you could go to kde43
KDE 4.3.2 HowTo for 11.1 - openSUSE Forums

or try 11.2

WTF?! I think I *may* have solved the issue!

I right-clicked on the desktop, and chose to view desktop settings. Then I changed it from "Plain desktop" to the "Default Desktop Containment" and now everything seems to be running at super speed (i.e. noticeably faster than EVER before). I tried putting something in the trash and emptying it and the window popped up immeadiately.

Any idea why this *might* have fixed the issue?

[caf4926]

4.1.3 was supper buggy at release. Good job.

[6tr6tr]

4.1.3 was supper buggy at release. Good job.

Should i upgrade to KDE 4.2 or should I leave well enough alone?