I get this error Signal 11 (SIGSEGV) when I shut down kde. Black screen. When I close the window shutdown completes. Any ideas for a fix?

It is a known problem with KDE. It is an upstream bug, or so they say, but the funny thing is that in Slackware I do not experience the problem but I see it (relatively often) in my ArchLinux box.

Not much you can do about it, until a fix is released.

Rick

Thanks for the reply. I didn't notice it at first, seems like it just started doing it.
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[KCrash handler]
#4 0xb71a219c in _X11TransWrite () from /usr/X11R6/lib/libX11.so.6
#5 0xb7185d35 in _XError () from /usr/X11R6/lib/libX11.so.6
#6 0xb7185e5d in _XReply () from /usr/X11R6/lib/libX11.so.6
#7 0xb716ddc5 in _XGetWindowAttributes () from /usr/X11R6/lib/libX11.so.6
#8 0xb716df42 in XGetWindowAttributes () from /usr/X11R6/lib/libX11.so.6
#9 0xb65e414a in _XimRegisterIMInstantiateCallback ()
from /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/locale/lib/common/ximcp.so.2
#10 0xb71d0004 in _XInitDynamicOM () from /usr/X11R6/lib/libX11.so.6
#11 0xb719ef58 in XRegisterIMInstantiateCallback ()
from /usr/X11R6/lib/libX11.so.6
#12 0xb628e43f in QXIMInputContext::init_xim ()
from /usr/lib/qt3/plugins/lib/inputmethods/libqxim.so
#13 0xb628f0ee in QXIMInputContext::QXIMInputContext ()
from /usr/lib/qt3/plugins/lib/inputmethods/libqxim.so
#14 0xb6290fd5 in QXIMInputContextPlugin::create ()
from /usr/lib/qt3/plugins/lib/inputmethods/libqxim.so
#15 0xb764ffc6 in QInputContextPluginPrivate::create ()
from /usr/lib/qt3/lib/libqt-mt.so.3
#16 0xb764fda7 in QInputContextFactory::create ()
from /usr/lib/qt3/lib/libqt-mt.so.3
#17 0xb629ee45 in QMultiInputContext::changeInputMethod ()
from /usr/lib/qt3/plugins/lib/inputmethods/libqimsw-multi.so
#18 0xb629eff6 in QMultiInputContext::slave ()
from /usr/lib/qt3/plugins/lib/inputmethods/libqimsw-multi.so
#19 0xb629f295 in QMultiInputContext::setHolderWidget ()
from /usr/lib/qt3/plugins/lib/inputmethods/libqimsw-multi.so
#20 0xb764fdb8 in QInputContextFactory::create ()
from /usr/lib/qt3/lib/libqt-mt.so.3
#21 0xb7401f86 in QWidget::createInputContext ()
from /usr/lib/qt3/lib/libqt-mt.so.3
#22 0xb74020dd in QWidget::unfocusInputContext ()
from /usr/lib/qt3/lib/libqt-mt.so.3
#23 0xb74c18fa in QWidget::clearFocus () from /usr/lib/qt3/lib/libqt-mt.so.3
#24 0xb74c39d9 in QWidget::~QWidget$base ()
from /usr/lib/qt3/lib/libqt-mt.so.3
#25 0xb7585157 in QPopupMenu::~QPopupMenu$base ()
from /usr/lib/qt3/lib/libqt-mt.so.3
#26 0xb6d08518 in KPopupMenu::~KPopupMenu$base () from /usr/lib/libkdeui.so.4
#27 0xb6d6996e in KPanelMenu::~KPanelMenu$base () from /usr/lib/libkdeui.so.4
#28 0xb6572d8d in PanelServiceMenu::~PanelServiceMenu$base ()
from /usr/lib/libkdeinit_kicker.so
#29 0xb656d0c8 in PanelKMenu::~PanelKMenu$delete ()
from /usr/lib/libkdeinit_kicker.so
#30 0xb653be76 in MenuManager::~MenuManager$delete ()
from /usr/lib/libkdeinit_kicker.so
#31 0xb7490645 in QObject::~QObject$base ()
from /usr/lib/qt3/lib/libqt-mt.so.3
#32 0xb743add2 in QApplication::~QApplication$base ()
from /usr/lib/qt3/lib/libqt-mt.so.3
#33 0xb7a34e61 in KApplication::~KApplication$base ()
from /usr/lib/libkdecore.so.4
#34 0xb7a34fec in KUniqueApplication::~KUniqueApplication$base ()
from /usr/lib/libkdecore.so.4
#35 0xb6517af4 in Kicker::~Kicker$delete () from /usr/lib/libkdeinit_kicker.so
#36 0xb6516d9c in kdemain () from /usr/lib/libkdeinit_kicker.so
#37 0xb65c8564 in kdeinitmain () from /usr/lib/kde3/kicker.so
#38 0x0804f780 in ?? ()
#39 0x0804fed7 in ?? ()
#40 0x08050517 in ?? ()
#41 0x08050c26 in ?? ()
#42 0xb6f44e40 in __libc_start_main () from /lib/tls/libc.so.6
#43 0x0804c731 in ?? ()

Yup... if you go to the KDE web site you will find threads of discussion about it. The real problem is kicker.


Rick

I looked there and there doesn't seem to be a fix.

As I said in my original post ... there is no fix yet.
We have to wait until the KDE development team works it out.