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tcorreabr / Parachute

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Using the script lots of times causes kwin to crash #6

Closed alexjp closed 4 years ago

alexjp commented 4 years ago

Hi,

When using the kwin script on wayland, if using some 5 or 10 times, kwin wayland crashes. I will try to get more info as to why this happens with wayland debug.

Thanks !

tcorreabr commented 4 years ago

I think this is because of the background blur. I implemented the use of blur recently and apparently haven't tested it enough.

alexjp commented 4 years ago

I will test it without blur then, disabling blur on kwin should be enough ?

tcorreabr commented 4 years ago

No, it's a internal (QML) blur. But I tested now without it and the problem persist.

tcorreabr commented 4 years ago

I've found out what was causing the Kwin crash. It was the code that tried to show the desktop backgrounds at startup. So, for now we have to click on an empty desktop to show the backgrounds. It's a annoying behavior but better than being the cause of a crash. I'll see with the devs of Kwin if we can improve the way of discovering the desktop windows to be able to show the backgrounds correctly.