I installed milestone 3 KDE 32-bit, replacing milestone 2 on a ThinkPad X41. MS2 was working fine. The install was from the DVD iso written to a USB stick with SUSE Studio Imagewriter. I verified the downloaded iso checksum before writing. (Is there a way to verify the written USB stick?) The installation was totally from the iso with no network connection. The installation seemed to go correctly, including the initial boot from the hard drive to finish installing.
After installation finished, Plasma Desktop Shell crashes on booting into KDE. As with dale14846, I was able exit the session with CTRL-ALT-BACKSPACE (twice). It will boot into IceWM. However, “$HOME/.kde4/share/kwinrc” already had “Enabled=false” in the “Compositing” section. In IceWM, I did the initial updates offered in Yast, but that made no difference in the crash. Adding “nomodeset” to the line /boot/vmlinuz in the Grub editor did not help.
The system has Intel mobile 915 graphics controller.
The crash report is:
Application: Plasma Desktop Shell (plasma-desktop), signal: Segmentation fault
Using host libthread_db library "/lib/libthread_db.so.1".
[Current thread is 1 (Thread 0xb54f2740 (LWP 4597))]
Thread 3 (Thread 0xaeec8b40 (LWP 4626)):
#0 0xb6c83682 in pthread_cond_wait@@GLIBC_2.3.2 () from /lib/libpthread.so.0
#1 0xb2751af2 in ?? () from /usr/lib/libQtScript.so.4
#2 0xb2751b3f in ?? () from /usr/lib/libQtScript.so.4
#3 0xb6c7fb96 in start_thread () from /lib/libpthread.so.0
#4 0xb60274ee in clone () from /lib/libc.so.6
Thread 2 (Thread 0xa777fb40 (LWP 4633)):
#0 0xb59e7946 in g_main_context_release () from /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0
#1 0xb59e8780 in ?? () from /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0
#2 0xb59e8918 in g_main_context_iteration () from /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0
#3 0xb6e41cef in QEventDispatcherGlib::processEvents(QFlags<QEventLoop::ProcessEventsFlag>) () from /usr/lib/libQtCore.so.4
#4 0xb6e110d3 in QEventLoop::processEvents(QFlags<QEventLoop::ProcessEventsFlag>) () from /usr/lib/libQtCore.so.4
#5 0xb6e113f9 in QEventLoop::exec(QFlags<QEventLoop::ProcessEventsFlag>) () from /usr/lib/libQtCore.so.4
#6 0xb6cff30d in QThread::exec() () from /usr/lib/libQtCore.so.4
#7 0xb6df14c4 in ?? () from /usr/lib/libQtCore.so.4
#8 0xb6d01c5f in ?? () from /usr/lib/libQtCore.so.4
#9 0xb6c7fb96 in start_thread () from /lib/libpthread.so.0
#10 0xb60274ee in clone () from /lib/libc.so.6
Thread 1 (Thread 0xb54f2740 (LWP 4597)):
[KCrash Handler]
#5 0xb6d4ce76 in QString::fromLatin1_helper(char const*, int) () from /usr/lib/libQtCore.so.4
#6 0xb6d4cf68 in QString::fromLatin1(char const*, int) () from /usr/lib/libQtCore.so.4
#7 0xb714bd76 in ?? () from /usr/lib/libkdecore.so.5
#8 0xb714c958 in KLocalizedString::toString() const () from /usr/lib/libkdecore.so.5
#9 0xb4983fea in ?? () from /usr/lib/libplasma.so.3
#10 0xb27b72b6 in ?? () from /usr/lib/libQtScript.so.4
#11 0xb26b8b33 in ?? () from /usr/lib/libQtScript.so.4
#12 0xb2693c6c in ?? () from /usr/lib/libQtScript.so.4
#13 0xa4eff1e2 in ?? ()
#14 0xb264f012 in ?? () from /usr/lib/libQtScript.so.4
#15 0xb26e6a96 in ?? () from /usr/lib/libQtScript.so.4
#16 0xb26b8b97 in ?? () from /usr/lib/libQtScript.so.4
#17 0xb27af13a in QScriptValue::call(QScriptValue const&, QList<QScriptValue> const&) () from /usr/lib/libQtScript.so.4
#18 0xb239e48a in ?? () from /usr/lib/libQtDeclarative.so.4
#19 0xb23a0b65 in ?? () from /usr/lib/libQtDeclarative.so.4
#20 0xb23a0e5a in ?? () from /usr/lib/libQtDeclarative.so.4
#21 0xb23a2620 in QDeclarativeBinding::update(QFlags<QDeclarativePropertyPrivate::WriteFlag>) () from /usr/lib/libQtDeclarative.so.4
#22 0xb23a1404 in ?? () from /usr/lib/libQtDeclarative.so.4
#23 0xb239e365 in ?? () from /usr/lib/libQtDeclarative.so.4
#24 0xb23a114c in QDeclarativeExpression::qt_metacall(QMetaObject::Call, int, void**) () from /usr/lib/libQtDeclarative.so.4
#25 0xb24b1046 in QDeclarativeBinding::qt_metacall(QMetaObject::Call, int, void**) () from /usr/lib/libQtDeclarative.so.4
#26 0xb6e19155 in QMetaObject::metacall(QObject*, QMetaObject::Call, int, void**) () from /usr/lib/libQtCore.so.4
#27 0xb6e2764b in QMetaObject::activate(QObject*, QMetaObject const*, int, void**) () from /usr/lib/libQtCore.so.4
#28 0xaf572485 in ?? () from /usr/lib/kde4/imports/org/kde/plasma/core/libcorebindingsplugin.so
#29 0xaf5734ae in ?? () from /usr/lib/kde4/imports/org/kde/plasma/core/libcorebindingsplugin.so
#30 0xb6e1acc4 in QMetaMethod::invoke(QObject*, Qt::ConnectionType, QGenericReturnArgument, QGenericArgument, QGenericArgument, QGenericArgument, QGenericArgument, QGenericArgument, QGenericArgument, QGenericArgument, QGenericArgument, QGenericArgument, QGenericArgument) const () from /usr/lib/libQtCore.so.4
#31 0xb6e1d2a3 in QMetaObject::invokeMethod(QObject*, char const*, Qt::ConnectionType, QGenericReturnArgument, QGenericArgument, QGenericArgument, QGenericArgument, QGenericArgument, QGenericArgument, QGenericArgument, QGenericArgument, QGenericArgument, QGenericArgument, QGenericArgument) () from /usr/lib/libQtCore.so.4
#32 0xb487eb6f in ?? () from /usr/lib/libplasma.so.3
#33 0xb48803f7 in Plasma::DataEngine::connectSource(QString const&, QObject*, unsigned int, Plasma::IntervalAlignment) const () from /usr/lib/libplasma.so.3
#34 0xaf572760 in ?? () from /usr/lib/kde4/imports/org/kde/plasma/core/libcorebindingsplugin.so
#35 0xaf57372d in ?? () from /usr/lib/kde4/imports/org/kde/plasma/core/libcorebindingsplugin.so
#36 0xb6e19155 in QMetaObject::metacall(QObject*, QMetaObject::Call, int, void**) () from /usr/lib/libQtCore.so.4
#37 0xb23a8304 in QDeclarativePropertyPrivate::write(QObject*, QDeclarativePropertyCache::Data const&, QVariant const&, QDeclarativeContextData*, QFlags<QDeclarativePropertyPrivate::WriteFlag>) () from /usr/lib/libQtDeclarative.so.4
#38 0xb23a8e0d in QDeclarativePropertyPrivate::writeValueProperty(QVariant const&, QFlags<QDeclarativePropertyPrivate::WriteFlag>) () from /usr/lib/libQtDeclarative.so.4
#39 0xb23a8ec0 in QDeclarativePropertyPrivate::write(QDeclarativeProperty const&, QVariant const&, QFlags<QDeclarativePropertyPrivate::WriteFlag>) () from /usr/lib/libQtDeclarative.so.4
#40 0xb23a274f in QDeclarativeBinding::update(QFlags<QDeclarativePropertyPrivate::WriteFlag>) () from /usr/lib/libQtDeclarative.so.4
#41 0xb23a1404 in ?? () from /usr/lib/libQtDeclarative.so.4
#42 0xb239e365 in ?? () from /usr/lib/libQtDeclarative.so.4
#43 0xb23a114c in QDeclarativeExpression::qt_metacall(QMetaObject::Call, int, void**) () from /usr/lib/libQtDeclarative.so.4
#44 0xb24b1046 in QDeclarativeBinding::qt_metacall(QMetaObject::Call, int, void**) () from /usr/lib/libQtDeclarative.so.4
#45 0xb6e19155 in QMetaObject::metacall(QObject*, QMetaObject::Call, int, void**) () from /usr/lib/libQtCore.so.4
#46 0xb6e2764b in QMetaObject::activate(QObject*, QMetaObject const*, int, void**) () from /usr/lib/libQtCore.so.4
#47 0xaf573492 in ?? () from /usr/lib/kde4/imports/org/kde/plasma/core/libcorebindingsplugin.so
#48 0xb6e23aba in QMetaCallEvent::placeMetaCall(QObject*) () from /usr/lib/libQtCore.so.4
#49 0xb6e2b99b in QObject::event(QEvent*) () from /usr/lib/libQtCore.so.4
#50 0xb62fe4b4 in QApplicationPrivate::notify_helper(QObject*, QEvent*) () from /usr/lib/libQtGui.so.4
#51 0xb6304ee3 in QApplication::notify(QObject*, QEvent*) () from /usr/lib/libQtGui.so.4
#52 0xb7563ae4 in KApplication::notify(QObject*, QEvent*) () from /usr/lib/libkdeui.so.5
#53 0xb6e1268a in QCoreApplication::notifyInternal(QObject*, QEvent*) () from /usr/lib/libQtCore.so.4
#54 0xb6e159c5 in QCoreApplicationPrivate::sendPostedEvents(QObject*, int, QThreadData*) () from /usr/lib/libQtCore.so.4
#55 0xb6e15eec in QCoreApplication::sendPostedEvents(QObject*, int) () from /usr/lib/libQtCore.so.4
#56 0xb6e424ee in ?? () from /usr/lib/libQtCore.so.4
#57 0xb59e84ae in g_main_context_dispatch () from /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0
#58 0xb59e8858 in ?? () from /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0
#59 0xb59e8918 in g_main_context_iteration () from /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0
#60 0xb6e41ccf in QEventDispatcherGlib::processEvents(QFlags<QEventLoop::ProcessEventsFlag>) () from /usr/lib/libQtCore.so.4
#61 0xb63ae56e in ?? () from /usr/lib/libQtGui.so.4
#62 0xb6e110d3 in QEventLoop::processEvents(QFlags<QEventLoop::ProcessEventsFlag>) () from /usr/lib/libQtCore.so.4
#63 0xb6e113f9 in QEventLoop::exec(QFlags<QEventLoop::ProcessEventsFlag>) () from /usr/lib/libQtCore.so.4
#64 0xb6e16bde in QCoreApplication::exec() () from /usr/lib/libQtCore.so.4
#65 0xb62fc944 in QApplication::exec() () from /usr/lib/libQtGui.so.4
#66 0xb11e1f77 in kdemain () from /usr/lib/libkdeinit4_plasma-desktop.so
#67 0x0804fba3 in _start ()
Any ideas how to fix this?
Thanks,
Howard