Kwin Overloads CPU After Updates [Solved]

[tonyawards]

After the updates to kde and x11 on Monday 16 Apr, when I rebooted I now have a 100% CPU load, and the computer is essentially locked. I can get to the desktop in kde, though no panel icons (trash etc) show, nor does the notification panel. But the system is basically unresponsive.

Kwin is currently reading as 91% CPU usage with a normal login.

But - - when I log in with the KDE Plasma Workspace Failsafe mode, I am in and everything runs normally, nice & quick. no CPU overload at all. Puzzler.

I checked my nvidia matches and I have (for 3.3.0) the x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-295.40#3.3.0-sabayon and also the x11-drivers/nvidia-userspace-295.40. Seems to match.

Looking around, I saw references to check the data in xorg.0 log and the xdm.log, which are indeed showing some strange errors.

Many, many like this one in xdm.log, almost all related to DBUS:

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Errors from xkbcomp are not fatal to the X server
klauncher(7786) kdemain: No DBUS session-bus found. Check if you have started the DBUS server.
kdeinit4: Communication error with launcher. Exiting!
kdmgreet(7432)/kdecore (K*TimeZone*): KSystemTimeZones: ktimezoned initialize() D-Bus call failed:  "Not connected to D-Bus server"

along with the clock not synching, numerous others. In the xorg.0 the EE messages all refer to dri and dri2, which as I understand it, is not needed with the nvidia driver set, is that right?

Does the DBUS session-bus have anything to do with this, possibly? Seems like I need to fix that regardless, though not sure how. When I check it I get:

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# /etc/init.d/dbus status
 * status: started

I'll post the contents of the two log files, if they may help.

From what I've read, most people can't get the KDE desktop to show at all; I get in, it's just fully loaded up and nothing runs. What else can I give you to look at here? I'm (obviously) not sure where to start.

kdm.log excerpt shows a supposed nvidia mismatch, but I thought I had 295.40 installed...:

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********************************************************************************
Note that your system uses syslog. All of kdm's internally generated messages
(i.e., not from libraries and external programs/scripts it uses) go to the
daemon.* syslog facility; check your syslog configuration to find out to which
file(s) it is logged. PAM logs messages related to authentication to authpriv.*.
********************************************************************************

klauncher(9115) kdemain: No DBUS session-bus found. Check if you have started the DBUS server.
kdeinit4: Communication error with launcher. Exiting!
kdmgreet(8643)/kdecore (K*TimeZone*): KSystemTimeZones: ktimezoned initialize() D-Bus call failed:  "Not connected to D-Bus server"


Backtrace:
0: /usr/bin/X (xorg_backtrace+0x28) [0x4a1bd8]
1: /usr/bin/X (0x400000+0x63549) [0x463549]
2: /lib64/libpthread.so.0 (0x7f33efe84000+0xf120) [0x7f33efe93120]
3: /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/drivers/nvidia_drv.so (0x7f33ea5a8000+0x4667e9) [0x7f33eaa0e7e9]
4: /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/drivers/nvidia_drv.so (0x7f33ea5a8000+0xc8ff7) [0x7f33ea670ff7]
5: /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/drivers/nvidia_drv.so (0x7f33ea5a8000+0xc9209) [0x7f33ea671209]
6: /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/drivers/nvidia_drv.so (0x7f33ea5a8000+0x84bbd) [0x7f33ea62cbbd]
7: /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/drivers/nvidia_drv.so (0x7f33ea5a8000+0x7ce00) [0x7f33ea624e00]
8: /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/drivers/nvidia_drv.so (0x7f33ea5a8000+0xe8473) [0x7f33ea690473]
9: /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/drivers/nvidia_drv.so (0x7f33ea5a8000+0xaa816) [0x7f33ea652816]
10: /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/drivers/nvidia_drv.so (0x7f33ea5a8000+0xafbe2) [0x7f33ea657be2]
11: /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/drivers/nvidia_drv.so (0x7f33ea5a8000+0x427318) [0x7f33ea9cf318]
12: /usr/bin/X (AddScreen+0x1a8) [0x430cb8]
13: /usr/bin/X (InitOutput+0x294) [0x471df4]
14: /usr/bin/X (0x400000+0x2476d) [0x42476d]
15: /lib64/libc.so.6 (__libc_start_main+0xfd) [0x7f33eedffbbd]
16: /usr/bin/X (0x400000+0x244c9) [0x4244c9]
Segmentation fault at address 0x240

Fatal server error:
Caught signal 11 (Segmentation fault). Server aborting


Please consult the The X.Org Foundation support
    at http://wiki.x.org
 for help.
Please also check the log file at "/var/log/Xorg.0.log" for additional information.

klauncher(8018) kdemain: No DBUS session-bus found. Check if you have started the DBUS server.
kdeinit4: Communication error with launcher. Exiting!
kdmgreet(7592)/kdecore (K*TimeZone*): KSystemTimeZones: ktimezoned initialize() D-Bus call failed:  "Not connected to D-Bus server"

Warning: Xalloc: requesting unpleasantly large amount of memory: 0 bytes.
Warning: Xalloc: requesting unpleasantly large amount of memory: 0 bytes.
Warning: Xalloc: requesting unpleasantly large amount of memory: 0 bytes.
Warning: Xalloc: requesting unpleasantly large amount of memory: 0 bytes.
Warning: Xalloc: requesting unpleasantly large amount of memory: 0 bytes.
Warning: Xalloc: requesting unpleasantly large amount of memory: 0 bytes.
Warning: Xalloc: requesting unpleasantly large amount of memory: 0 bytes.
Warning: Xalloc: requesting unpleasantly large amount of memory: 0 bytes.
Warning: Xalloc: requesting unpleasantly large amount of memory: 0 bytes.
Warning: Xalloc: requesting unpleasantly large amount of memory: 0 bytes.
Warning: Xalloc: requesting unpleasantly large amount of memory: 0 bytes.
Warning: Xalloc: requesting unpleasantly large amount of memory: 0 bytes.
Warning: Xalloc: requesting unpleasantly large amount of memory: 0 bytes.
Warning: Xalloc: requesting unpleasantly large amount of memory: 0 bytes.
klauncher(8051) kdemain: No DBUS session-bus found. Check if you have started the DBUS server.
kdeinit4: Communication error with launcher. Exiting!
kdmgreet(7588)/kdecore (K*TimeZone*): KSystemTimeZones: ktimezoned initialize() D-Bus call failed:  "Not connected to D-Bus server"

Warning: Xalloc: requesting unpleasantly large amount of memory: 0 bytes.
Warning: Xalloc: requesting unpleasantly large amount of memory: 0 bytes.
Warning: Xalloc: requesting unpleasantly large amount of memory: 0 bytes.
Warning: Xalloc: requesting unpleasantly large amount of memory: 0 bytes.
klauncher(7821) kdemain: No DBUS session-bus found. Check if you have started the DBUS server.
kdeinit4: Communication error with launcher. Exiting!
kdmgreet(7633)/kdecore (K*TimeZone*): KSystemTimeZones: ktimezoned initialize() D-Bus call failed:  "Not connected to D-Bus server"

Warning: Xalloc: requesting unpleasantly large amount of memory: 0 bytes.
Warning: Xalloc: requesting unpleasantly large amount of memory: 0 bytes.
Warning: Xalloc: requesting unpleasantly large amount of memory: 0 bytes.
Warning: Xalloc: requesting unpleasantly large amount of memory: 0 bytes.

Backtrace:
0: /usr/bin/X (xorg_backtrace+0x28) [0x4a1bd8]
1: /usr/bin/X (0x400000+0x63549) [0x463549]
2: /lib64/libpthread.so.0 (0x7fdcc9a81000+0xf120) [0x7fdcc9a90120]
3: /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/drivers/nvidia_drv.so (0x7fdcc41a5000+0x4667e9) [0x7fdcc460b7e9]
4: /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/drivers/nvidia_drv.so (0x7fdcc41a5000+0xc8ff7) [0x7fdcc426dff7]
5: /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/drivers/nvidia_drv.so (0x7fdcc41a5000+0xc9209) [0x7fdcc426e209]
6: /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/drivers/nvidia_drv.so (0x7fdcc41a5000+0x84bbd) [0x7fdcc4229bbd]
7: /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/drivers/nvidia_drv.so (0x7fdcc41a5000+0x7ce00) [0x7fdcc4221e00]
8: /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/drivers/nvidia_drv.so (0x7fdcc41a5000+0xe8473) [0x7fdcc428d473]
9: /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/drivers/nvidia_drv.so (0x7fdcc41a5000+0xaa816) [0x7fdcc424f816]
10: /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/drivers/nvidia_drv.so (0x7fdcc41a5000+0xafbe2) [0x7fdcc4254be2]
11: /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/drivers/nvidia_drv.so (0x7fdcc41a5000+0x427318) [0x7fdcc45cc318]
12: /usr/bin/X (AddScreen+0x1a8) [0x430cb8]
13: /usr/bin/X (InitOutput+0x294) [0x471df4]
14: /usr/bin/X (0x400000+0x2476d) [0x42476d]
15: /lib64/libc.so.6 (__libc_start_main+0xfd) [0x7fdcc89fcbbd]
16: /usr/bin/X (0x400000+0x244c9) [0x4244c9]
Segmentation fault at address 0x240

Fatal server error:
Caught signal 11 (Segmentation fault). Server aborting


Please consult the The X.Org Foundation support
    at http://wiki.x.org
 for help.
Please also check the log file at "/var/log/Xorg.0.log" for additional information.

klauncher(7866) kdemain: No DBUS session-bus found. Check if you have started the DBUS server.
kdeinit4: Communication error with launcher. Exiting!
kdmgreet(7634)/kdecore (K*TimeZone*): KSystemTimeZones: ktimezoned initialize() D-Bus call failed:  "Not connected to D-Bus server"

Warning: Xalloc: requesting unpleasantly large amount of memory: 0 bytes.
Warning: Xalloc: requesting unpleasantly large amount of memory: 0 bytes.
Warning: Xalloc: requesting unpleasantly large amount of memory: 0 bytes.
Warning: Xalloc: requesting unpleasantly large amount of memory: 0 bytes.
klauncher(7850) kdemain: No DBUS session-bus found. Check if you have started the DBUS server.
kdeinit4: Communication error with launcher. Exiting!
kdmgreet(7595)/kdecore (K*TimeZone*): KSystemTimeZones: ktimezoned initialize() D-Bus call failed:  "Not connected to D-Bus server"

Warning: Xalloc: requesting unpleasantly large amount of memory: 0 bytes.
Warning: Xalloc: requesting unpleasantly large amount of memory: 0 bytes.
Warning: Xalloc: requesting unpleasantly large amount of memory: 0 bytes.
Warning: Xalloc: requesting unpleasantly large amount of memory: 0 bytes.
klauncher(7826) kdemain: No DBUS session-bus found. Check if you have started the DBUS server.
kdeinit4: Communication error with launcher. Exiting!
kdmgreet(7598)/kdecore (K*TimeZone*): KSystemTimeZones: ktimezoned initialize() D-Bus call failed:  "Not connected to D-Bus server"

Warning: Xalloc: requesting unpleasantly large amount of memory: 0 bytes.
Warning: Xalloc: requesting unpleasantly large amount of memory: 0 bytes.
Warning: Xalloc: requesting unpleasantly large amount of memory: 0 bytes.
Warning: Xalloc: requesting unpleasantly large amount of memory: 0 bytes.
klauncher(7839) kdemain: No DBUS session-bus found. Check if you have started the DBUS server.
kdeinit4: Communication error with launcher. Exiting!
kdmgreet(7611)/kdecore (K*TimeZone*): KSystemTimeZones: ktimezoned initialize() D-Bus call failed:  "Not connected to D-Bus server"

Warning: Xalloc: requesting unpleasantly large amount of memory: 0 bytes.
Warning: Xalloc: requesting unpleasantly large amount of memory: 0 bytes.
Warning: Xalloc: requesting unpleasantly large amount of memory: 0 bytes.
Warning: Xalloc: requesting unpleasantly large amount of memory: 0 bytes.
Warning: Xalloc: requesting unpleasantly large amount of memory: 0 bytes.
Warning: Xalloc: requesting unpleasantly large amount of memory: 0 bytes.
klauncher(7783) kdemain: No DBUS session-bus found. Check if you have started the DBUS server.
kdeinit4: Communication error with launcher. Exiting!
kdmgreet(7586)/kdecore (K*TimeZone*): KSystemTimeZones: ktimezoned initialize() D-Bus call failed:  "Not connected to D-Bus server"

Warning: Xalloc: requesting unpleasantly large amount of memory: 0 bytes.
Warning: Xalloc: requesting unpleasantly large amount of memory: 0 bytes.
Warning: Xalloc: requesting unpleasantly large amount of memory: 0 bytes.
Warning: Xalloc: requesting unpleasantly large amount of memory: 0 bytes.
klauncher(7993) kdemain: No DBUS session-bus found. Check if you have started the DBUS server.
kdeinit4: Communication error with launcher. Exiting!
kdmgreet(7696)/kdecore (K*TimeZone*): KSystemTimeZones: ktimezoned initialize() D-Bus call failed:  "Not connected to D-Bus server"

Warning: Xalloc: requesting unpleasantly large amount of memory: 0 bytes.
Warning: Xalloc: requesting unpleasantly large amount of memory: 0 bytes.
Warning: Xalloc: requesting unpleasantly large amount of memory: 0 bytes.
Warning: Xalloc: requesting unpleasantly large amount of memory: 0 bytes.

Backtrace:
0: /usr/bin/X (xorg_backtrace+0x28) [0x4a1bd8]
1: /usr/bin/X (0x400000+0x63549) [0x463549]
2: /lib64/libpthread.so.0 (0x7f03a63e5000+0xf120) [0x7f03a63f4120]
3: /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/drivers/nvidia_drv.so (0x7f03a0b09000+0x4667e9) [0x7f03a0f6f7e9]
4: /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/drivers/nvidia_drv.so (0x7f03a0b09000+0xc8ff7) [0x7f03a0bd1ff7]
5: /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/drivers/nvidia_drv.so (0x7f03a0b09000+0xc9209) [0x7f03a0bd2209]
6: /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/drivers/nvidia_drv.so (0x7f03a0b09000+0x84bbd) [0x7f03a0b8dbbd]
7: /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/drivers/nvidia_drv.so (0x7f03a0b09000+0x7ce00) [0x7f03a0b85e00]
8: /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/drivers/nvidia_drv.so (0x7f03a0b09000+0xe8473) [0x7f03a0bf1473]
9: /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/drivers/nvidia_drv.so (0x7f03a0b09000+0xaa816) [0x7f03a0bb3816]
10: /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/drivers/nvidia_drv.so (0x7f03a0b09000+0xafbe2) [0x7f03a0bb8be2]
11: /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/drivers/nvidia_drv.so (0x7f03a0b09000+0x427318) [0x7f03a0f30318]
12: /usr/bin/X (AddScreen+0x1a8) [0x430cb8]
13: /usr/bin/X (InitOutput+0x294) [0x471df4]
14: /usr/bin/X (0x400000+0x2476d) [0x42476d]
15: /lib64/libc.so.6 (__libc_start_main+0xfd) [0x7f03a5360bbd]
16: /usr/bin/X (0x400000+0x244c9) [0x4244c9]
Segmentation fault at address 0x240

Fatal server error:
Caught signal 11 (Segmentation fault). Server aborting


Please consult the The X.Org Foundation support
    at http://wiki.x.org
 for help.
Please also check the log file at "/var/log/Xorg.0.log" for additional information.

Error: API mismatch: the NVIDIA kernel module has version 275.09.07,
but this NVIDIA driver component has version 173.14.30.  Please make
sure that the kernel module and all NVIDIA driver components
have the same version.

Fatal server error:
no screens found

Please consult the The X.Org Foundation support
    at http://wiki.x.org
 for help.
Please also check the log file at "/var/log/Xorg.0.log" for additional information.

klauncher(7809) kdemain: No DBUS session-bus found. Check if you have started the DBUS server.
kdeinit4: Communication error with launcher. Exiting!
kdmgreet(7557)/kdecore (K*TimeZone*): KSystemTimeZones: ktimezoned initialize() D-Bus call failed:  "Not connected to D-Bus server"


and the xorg.0.log

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[   189.284]
X.Org X Server 1.11.4
Release Date: 2012-01-27
[   189.284] X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
[   189.284] Build Operating System: Linux 3.2.0-server x86_64 Gentoo
[   189.284] Current Operating System: Linux zenboy 3.3.0-sabayon #1 SMP Fri Apr 13 23:27:11 UTC 2012 x86_64
[   189.284] Kernel command line: BOOT_IMAGE=/kernel-genkernel-x86_64-3.3.0-sabayon ro init=/linuxrc splash=silent,theme:sabayon vga=791 console=tty1 quiet dokeymap keymap=us domdadm resume=swap:/dev/mapper/vg_zenboy-lv_swap real_resume=/dev/mapper/vg_zenboy-lv_swap dolvm root=/dev/mapper/vg_zenboy-lv_root docrypt
[   189.284] Build Date: 12 April 2012  02:36:14PM
[   189.284] 
[   189.284] Current version of pixman: 0.24.4
[   189.284]    Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
   to make sure that you have the latest version.
[   189.284] Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
   (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
   (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
[   189.284] (==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Wed Apr 18 20:06:01 2012
[   189.285] (==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"
[   189.285] (==) Using config directory: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d"
[   189.285] (==) Using system config directory "/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d"
[   189.285] (==) ServerLayout "Main Layout"
[   189.285] (**) |-->Screen "Screen 0" (0)
[   189.285] (**) |   |-->Monitor "Generic Monitor"
[   189.285] (**) |   |-->Device "SabayonVga0"
[   189.285] (**) Option "AllowMouseOpenFail" "true"
[   189.285] (==) Automatically adding devices
[   189.285] (==) Automatically enabling devices
[   189.285] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/OTF/" does not exist.
[   189.285]    Entry deleted from font path.
[   189.285] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/Type1/" does not exist.
[   189.285]    Entry deleted from font path.
[   189.285] (WW) `fonts.dir' not found (or not valid) in "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi/".
[   189.285]    Entry deleted from font path.
[   189.285]    (Run 'mkfontdir' on "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi/").
[   189.285] (WW) `fonts.dir' not found (or not valid) in "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/".
[   189.285]    Entry deleted from font path.
[   189.285]    (Run 'mkfontdir' on "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/").
[   189.285] (==) FontPath set to:
   /usr/share/fonts/misc/,
   /usr/share/fonts/TTF/
[   189.285] (==) ModulePath set to "/usr/lib64/xorg/modules"
[   189.285] (II) The server relies on udev to provide the list of input devices.
   If no devices become available, reconfigure udev or disable AutoAddDevices.
[   189.285] (II) Loader magic: 0x7caaa0
[   189.285] (II) Module ABI versions:
[   189.285]    X.Org ANSI C Emulation: 0.4
[   189.285]    X.Org Video Driver: 11.0
[   189.285]    X.Org XInput driver : 13.0
[   189.285]    X.Org Server Extension : 6.0
[   189.287] (--) PCI:*(0:0:5:0) 10de:0244:103c:30b7 rev 162, Mem @ 0xb2000000/16777216, 0xc0000000/268435456, 0xb1000000/16777216, BIOS @ 0x????????/131072
[   189.287] (II) "extmod" will be loaded. This was enabled by default and also specified in the config file.
[   189.287] (II) "dbe" will be loaded by default.
[   189.287] (II) "glx" will be loaded. This was enabled by default and also specified in the config file.
[   189.287] (II) "record" will be loaded by default.
[   189.287] (II) "dri" will be loaded. This was enabled by default and also specified in the config file.
[   189.287] (II) "dri2" will be loaded by default.
[   189.287] (II) LoadModule: "extmod"
[   189.287] (II) Loading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/extensions/libextmod.so
[   189.287] (II) Module extmod: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[   189.287]    compiled for 1.11.4, module version = 1.0.0
[   189.288]    Module class: X.Org Server Extension
[   189.288]    ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 6.0
[   189.288] (II) Loading extension MIT-SCREEN-SAVER
[   189.288] (II) Loading extension XFree86-VidModeExtension
[   189.288] (II) Loading extension DPMS
[   189.288] (II) Loading extension XVideo
[   189.288] (II) Loading extension XVideo-MotionCompensation
[   189.288] (II) Loading extension X-Resource
[   189.288] (II) LoadModule: "i2c"
[   189.288] (II) Module "i2c" already built-in
[   189.288] (II) LoadModule: "ddc"
[   189.288] (II) Module "ddc" already built-in
[   189.288] (II) LoadModule: "vbe"
[   189.288] (II) Loading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/libvbe.so
[   189.288] (II) Module vbe: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[   189.288]    compiled for 1.11.4, module version = 1.1.0
[   189.288]    ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 11.0
[   189.288] (II) LoadModule: "dri"
[   189.289] (WW) Warning, couldn't open module dri
[   189.289] (II) UnloadModule: "dri"
[   189.289] (II) Unloading dri
[   189.289] (EE) Failed to load module "dri" (module does not exist, 0)
[   189.289] (II) LoadModule: "glx"
[   189.289] (II) Loading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/extensions/libglx.so
[   189.311] (II) Module glx: vendor="NVIDIA Corporation"
[   189.311]    compiled for 4.0.2, module version = 1.0.0
[   189.311]    Module class: X.Org Server Extension
[   189.311] (II) NVIDIA GLX Module  295.40  Thu Apr  5 21:57:38 PDT 2012
[   189.311] (II) Loading extension GLX
[   189.311] (II) LoadModule: "synaptics"
[   189.312] (II) Loading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/input/synaptics_drv.so
[   189.312] (II) Module synaptics: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[   189.312]    compiled for 1.11.4, module version = 1.5.2
[   189.312]    Module class: X.Org XInput Driver
[   189.312]    ABI class: X.Org XInput driver, version 13.0
[   189.312] (II) LoadModule: "dbe"
[   189.312] (II) Loading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/extensions/libdbe.so
[   189.312] (II) Module dbe: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[   189.312]    compiled for 1.11.4, module version = 1.0.0
[   189.312]    Module class: X.Org Server Extension
[   189.312]    ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 6.0
[   189.312] (II) Loading extension DOUBLE-BUFFER
[   189.312] (II) LoadModule: "record"
[   189.313] (II) Loading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/extensions/librecord.so
[   189.313] (II) Module record: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[   189.313]    compiled for 1.11.4, module version = 1.13.0
[   189.313]    Module class: X.Org Server Extension
[   189.313]    ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 6.0
[   189.313] (II) Loading extension RECORD
[   189.313] (II) LoadModule: "dri2"
[   189.313] (WW) Warning, couldn't open module dri2
[   189.313] (II) UnloadModule: "dri2"
[   189.313] (II) Unloading dri2
[   189.313] (EE) Failed to load module "dri2" (module does not exist, 0)
[   189.313] (II) LoadModule: "nvidia"
[   189.314] (II) Loading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/drivers/nvidia_drv.so
[   189.315] (II) Module nvidia: vendor="NVIDIA Corporation"
[   189.315]    compiled for 4.0.2, module version = 1.0.0
[   189.315]    Module class: X.Org Video Driver
[   189.315] (II) NVIDIA dlloader X Driver  295.40  Thu Apr  5 21:38:35 PDT 2012
[   189.315] (II) NVIDIA Unified Driver for all Supported NVIDIA GPUs
[   189.315] (++) using VT number 7

[   189.315] (II) Loading sub module "fb"
[   189.315] (II) LoadModule: "fb"
[   189.315] (II) Loading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/libfb.so
[   189.315] (II) Module fb: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[   189.315]    compiled for 1.11.4, module version = 1.0.0
[   189.315]    ABI class: X.Org ANSI C Emulation, version 0.4
[   189.315] (II) Loading sub module "wfb"
[   189.315] (II) LoadModule: "wfb"
[   189.316] (II) Loading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/libwfb.so
[   189.316] (II) Module wfb: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[   189.316]    compiled for 1.11.4, module version = 1.0.0
[   189.316]    ABI class: X.Org ANSI C Emulation, version 0.4
[   189.316] (II) Loading sub module "ramdac"
[   189.316] (II) LoadModule: "ramdac"
[   189.316] (II) Module "ramdac" already built-in
[   189.316] (II) Loading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/drivers/nvidia_drv.so
[   189.316] (II) Loading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/libwfb.so
[   189.316] (II) Loading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/libfb.so
[   189.316] (**) NVIDIA(0): Depth 24, (--) framebuffer bpp 32
[   189.316] (==) NVIDIA(0): RGB weight 888
[   189.316] (==) NVIDIA(0): Default visual is TrueColor
[   189.316] (==) NVIDIA(0): Using gamma correction (1.0, 1.0, 1.0)
[   189.316] (**) NVIDIA(0): Option "AddARGBGLXVisuals" "true"
[   189.316] (**) NVIDIA(0): Option "LogoPath" "/usr/share/backgrounds/sabayonlinux-nvidia.png"
[   189.316] (**) NVIDIA(0): Enabling 2D acceleration
[   189.624] (II) NVIDIA(GPU-0): Display (Seiko/Epson (DFP-0)) does not support NVIDIA 3D
[   189.624] (II) NVIDIA(GPU-0):     Vision stereo.
[   189.626] (II) NVIDIA(0): NVIDIA GPU GeForce Go 6150 (C51) at PCI:0:5:0 (GPU-0)
[   189.626] (--) NVIDIA(0): Memory: 262144 kBytes
[   189.626] (--) NVIDIA(0): VideoBIOS: 05.51.28.53.15
[   189.626] (--) NVIDIA(0): Interlaced video modes are supported on this GPU
[   189.626] (--) NVIDIA(0): Connected display device(s) on GeForce Go 6150 at PCI:0:5:0
[   189.626] (--) NVIDIA(0):     Seiko/Epson (DFP-0)
[   189.626] (--) NVIDIA(0): Seiko/Epson (DFP-0): 310.0 MHz maximum pixel clock
[   189.626] (--) NVIDIA(0): Seiko/Epson (DFP-0): Internal Dual Link LVDS
[   189.626] (**) NVIDIA(0): Using HorizSync/VertRefresh ranges from the EDID for display
[   189.626] (**) NVIDIA(0):     device Seiko/Epson (DFP-0) (Using EDID frequencies has
[   189.626] (**) NVIDIA(0):     been enabled on all display devices.)
[   189.626] (II) NVIDIA(0): Assigned Display Device: DFP-0
[   189.626] (==) NVIDIA(0):
[   189.626] (==) NVIDIA(0): No modes were requested; the default mode "nvidia-auto-select"
[   189.626] (==) NVIDIA(0):     will be used as the requested mode.
[   189.626] (==) NVIDIA(0):
[   189.626] (II) NVIDIA(0): Validated modes:
[   189.626] (II) NVIDIA(0):     "nvidia-auto-select"
[   189.626] (II) NVIDIA(0): Virtual screen size determined to be 1280 x 800
[   189.626] (--) NVIDIA(0): DPI set to (98, 96); computed from "UseEdidDpi" X config
[   189.626] (--) NVIDIA(0):     option
[   189.626] (**) NVIDIA(0): Enabling 32-bit ARGB GLX visuals.
[   189.626] (--) Depth 24 pixmap format is 32 bpp
[   189.632] (II) NVIDIA(0): ACPI: failed to connect to the ACPI event daemon; the daemon
[   189.632] (II) NVIDIA(0):     may not be running or the "AcpidSocketPath" X
[   189.632] (II) NVIDIA(0):     configuration option may not be set correctly.  When the
[   189.632] (II) NVIDIA(0):     ACPI event daemon is available, the NVIDIA X driver will
[   189.632] (II) NVIDIA(0):     try to use it to receive ACPI event notifications.  For
[   189.632] (II) NVIDIA(0):     details, please see the "ConnectToAcpid" and
[   189.632] (II) NVIDIA(0):     "AcpidSocketPath" X configuration options in Appendix B: X
[   189.632] (II) NVIDIA(0):     Config Options in the README.
[   189.633] (II) NVIDIA(0): Setting mode "nvidia-auto-select"
[   189.658] (II) NVIDIA(0): Logo "/usr/share/backgrounds/sabayonlinux-nvidia.png" is
[   189.658] (II) NVIDIA(0):     bigger than the screen.
[   189.660] (II) Loading extension NV-GLX
[   189.689] (==) NVIDIA(0): Disabling shared memory pixmaps
[   189.689] (==) NVIDIA(0): Backing store disabled
[   189.689] (==) NVIDIA(0): Silken mouse enabled
[   189.689] (==) NVIDIA(0): DPMS enabled
[   189.689] (II) Loading extension NV-CONTROL
[   189.690] (II) Loading extension XINERAMA
[   189.690] (II) Loading sub module "dri2"
[   189.690] (II) LoadModule: "dri2"
[   189.690] (WW) Warning, couldn't open module dri2
[   189.690] (II) UnloadModule: "dri2"
[   189.691] (II) Unloading dri2
[   189.691] (EE) NVIDIA: Failed to load module "dri2" (module does not exist, 0)
[   189.691] (II) NVIDIA(0): The X server will not be able to send the VDPAU driver name to
[   189.691] (II) NVIDIA(0):     libvdpau.
[   189.691] (==) RandR enabled
[   189.691] (II) Initializing built-in extension Generic Event Extension
[   189.691] (II) Initializing built-in extension SHAPE
[   189.691] (II) Initializing built-in extension MIT-SHM
[   189.691] (II) Initializing built-in extension XInputExtension
[   189.691] (II) Initializing built-in extension XTEST
[   189.691] (II) Initializing built-in extension BIG-REQUESTS
[   189.691] (II) Initializing built-in extension SYNC
[   189.691] (II) Initializing built-in extension XKEYBOARD
[   189.691] (II) Initializing built-in extension XC-MISC
[   189.691] (II) Initializing built-in extension XINERAMA
[   189.691] (II) Initializing built-in extension XFIXES
[   189.691] (II) Initializing built-in extension RENDER
[   189.691] (II) Initializing built-in extension RANDR
[   189.691] (II) Initializing built-in extension COMPOSITE
[   189.691] (II) Initializing built-in extension DAMAGE
[   189.694] (II) Initializing extension GLX
[   189.763] (II) config/udev: Adding input device Power Button (/dev/input/event3)
[   189.763] (**) Power Button: Applying InputClass "evdev keyboard catchall"
[   189.763] (**) Power Button: Applying InputClass "keyboard"
[   189.763] (II) LoadModule: "evdev"
[   189.763] (II) Loading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/input/evdev_drv.so
[   189.763] (II) Module evdev: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[   189.763]    compiled for 1.11.4, module version = 2.7.0
[   189.763]    Module class: X.Org XInput Driver
[   189.763]    ABI class: X.Org XInput driver, version 13.0
[   189.763] (II) Using input driver 'evdev' for 'Power Button'
[   189.763] (II) Loading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/input/evdev_drv.so
[   189.763] (**) Power Button: always reports core events
[   189.763] (**) evdev: Power Button: Device: "/dev/input/event3"
[   189.764] (--) evdev: Power Button: Vendor 0 Product 0x1
[   189.764] (--) evdev: Power Button: Found keys
[   189.764] (II) evdev: Power Button: Configuring as keyboard
[   189.764] (**) Option "config_info" "udev:/sys/devices/LNXSYSTM:00/LNXPWRBN:00/input/input3/event3"
[   189.764] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Power Button" (type: KEYBOARD, id 6)
[   189.764] (**) Option "xkb_rules" "evdev"
[   189.764] (**) Option "xkb_model" "evdev"
[   189.764] (**) Option "xkb_layout" "us"
[   189.764] (WW) Option "xkb_variant" requires an string value
[   189.764] (WW) Option "XkbVariant" requires an string value
[   189.764] (WW) Option "xkb_options" requires an string value
[   189.764] (WW) Option "XkbOptions" requires an string value
[   189.802] (II) config/udev: Adding input device Video Bus (/dev/input/event7)
[   189.802] (**) Video Bus: Applying InputClass "evdev keyboard catchall"
[   189.802] (**) Video Bus: Applying InputClass "keyboard"
[   189.802] (II) Using input driver 'evdev' for 'Video Bus'
[   189.802] (II) Loading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/input/evdev_drv.so
[   189.802] (**) Video Bus: always reports core events
[   189.802] (**) evdev: Video Bus: Device: "/dev/input/event7"
[   189.802] (--) evdev: Video Bus: Vendor 0 Product 0x6
[   189.802] (--) evdev: Video Bus: Found keys
[   189.802] (II) evdev: Video Bus: Configuring as keyboard
[   189.802] (**) Option "config_info" "udev:/sys/devices/LNXSYSTM:00/device:00/PNP0A03:00/LNXVIDEO:00/input/input7/event7"
[   189.802] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Video Bus" (type: KEYBOARD, id 7)
[   189.802] (**) Option "xkb_rules" "evdev"
[   189.802] (**) Option "xkb_model" "evdev"
[   189.802] (**) Option "xkb_layout" "us"
[   189.802] (WW) Option "xkb_variant" requires an string value
[   189.802] (WW) Option "XkbVariant" requires an string value
[   189.802] (WW) Option "xkb_options" requires an string value
[   189.802] (WW) Option "XkbOptions" requires an string value
[   189.803] (II) config/udev: Adding input device Power Button (/dev/input/event0)
[   189.803] (**) Power Button: Applying InputClass "evdev keyboard catchall"
[   189.803] (**) Power Button: Applying InputClass "keyboard"
[   189.803] (II) Using input driver 'evdev' for 'Power Button'
[   189.803] (II) Loading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/input/evdev_drv.so
[   189.803] (**) Power Button: always reports core events
[   189.803] (**) evdev: Power Button: Device: "/dev/input/event0"
[   189.803] (--) evdev: Power Button: Vendor 0 Product 0x1
[   189.803] (--) evdev: Power Button: Found keys
[   189.803] (II) evdev: Power Button: Configuring as keyboard
[   189.803] (**) Option "config_info" "udev:/sys/devices/LNXSYSTM:00/device:00/PNP0C0C:00/input/input0/event0"
[   189.803] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Power Button" (type: KEYBOARD, id 8)
[   189.803] (**) Option "xkb_rules" "evdev"
[   189.803] (**) Option "xkb_model" "evdev"
[   189.803] (**) Option "xkb_layout" "us"
[   189.803] (WW) Option "xkb_variant" requires an string value
[   189.803] (WW) Option "XkbVariant" requires an string value
[   189.803] (WW) Option "xkb_options" requires an string value
[   189.803] (WW) Option "XkbOptions" requires an string value
[   189.804] (II) config/udev: Adding input device Lid Switch (/dev/input/event2)
[   189.804] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
[   189.804] (II) This device may have been added with another device file.
[   189.804] (II) config/udev: Adding input device Sleep Button (/dev/input/event1)
[   189.804] (**) Sleep Button: Applying InputClass "evdev keyboard catchall"
[   189.804] (**) Sleep Button: Applying InputClass "keyboard"
[   189.804] (II) Using input driver 'evdev' for 'Sleep Button'
[   189.804] (II) Loading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/input/evdev_drv.so
[   189.804] (**) Sleep Button: always reports core events
[   189.804] (**) evdev: Sleep Button: Device: "/dev/input/event1"
[   189.804] (--) evdev: Sleep Button: Vendor 0 Product 0x3
[   189.804] (--) evdev: Sleep Button: Found keys
[   189.804] (II) evdev: Sleep Button: Configuring as keyboard
[   189.804] (**) Option "config_info" "udev:/sys/devices/LNXSYSTM:00/device:00/PNP0C0E:00/input/input1/event1"
[   189.804] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Sleep Button" (type: KEYBOARD, id 9)
[   189.804] (**) Option "xkb_rules" "evdev"
[   189.804] (**) Option "xkb_model" "evdev"
[   189.804] (**) Option "xkb_layout" "us"
[   189.804] (WW) Option "xkb_variant" requires an string value
[   189.804] (WW) Option "XkbVariant" requires an string value
[   189.804] (WW) Option "xkb_options" requires an string value
[   189.804] (WW) Option "XkbOptions" requires an string value
[   189.805] (II) config/udev: Adding input device Logitech Unifying Device. Wireless PID:1017 (/dev/input/event6)
[   189.805] (**) Logitech Unifying Device. Wireless PID:1017: Applying InputClass "evdev pointer catchall"
[   189.805] (II) Using input driver 'evdev' for 'Logitech Unifying Device. Wireless PID:1017'
[   189.805] (II) Loading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/input/evdev_drv.so
[   189.805] (**) Logitech Unifying Device. Wireless PID:1017: always reports core events
[   189.805] (**) evdev: Logitech Unifying Device. Wireless PID:1017: Device: "/dev/input/event6"
[   189.805] (--) evdev: Logitech Unifying Device. Wireless PID:1017: Vendor 0x46d Product 0xc52b
[   189.805] (--) evdev: Logitech Unifying Device. Wireless PID:1017: Found 20 mouse buttons
[   189.805] (--) evdev: Logitech Unifying Device. Wireless PID:1017: Found scroll wheel(s)
[   189.805] (--) evdev: Logitech Unifying Device. Wireless PID:1017: Found relative axes
[   189.805] (--) evdev: Logitech Unifying Device. Wireless PID:1017: Found x and y relative axes
[   189.805] (II) evdev: Logitech Unifying Device. Wireless PID:1017: Configuring as mouse
[   189.805] (II) evdev: Logitech Unifying Device. Wireless PID:1017: Adding scrollwheel support
[   189.805] (**) evdev: Logitech Unifying Device. Wireless PID:1017: YAxisMapping: buttons 4 and 5
[   189.805] (**) evdev: Logitech Unifying Device. Wireless PID:1017: EmulateWheelButton: 4, EmulateWheelInertia: 10, EmulateWheelTimeout: 200
[   189.805] (**) Option "config_info" "udev:/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:0b.0/usb2/2-6/2-6:1.2/0003:046D:C52B.0003/input/input6/event6"
[   189.805] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Logitech Unifying Device. Wireless PID:1017" (type: MOUSE, id 10)
[   189.805] (II) evdev: Logitech Unifying Device. Wireless PID:1017: initialized for relative axes.
[   189.806] (**) Logitech Unifying Device. Wireless PID:1017: (accel) keeping acceleration scheme 1
[   189.806] (**) Logitech Unifying Device. Wireless PID:1017: (accel) acceleration profile 0
[   189.806] (**) Logitech Unifying Device. Wireless PID:1017: (accel) acceleration factor: 2.000
[   189.806] (**) Logitech Unifying Device. Wireless PID:1017: (accel) acceleration threshold: 4
[   189.806] (II) config/udev: Adding input device Logitech Unifying Device. Wireless PID:1017 (/dev/input/mouse1)
[   189.806] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
[   189.806] (II) This device may have been added with another device file.
[   189.806] (II) config/udev: Adding input device HDA Digital PCBeep (/dev/input/event10)
[   189.806] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
[   189.806] (II) This device may have been added with another device file.
[   189.807] (II) config/udev: Adding input device HDA NVidia Front Headphone (/dev/input/event11)
[   189.807] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
[   189.807] (II) This device may have been added with another device file.
[   189.807] (II) config/udev: Adding input device AT Translated Set 2 keyboard (/dev/input/event4)
[   189.807] (**) AT Translated Set 2 keyboard: Applying InputClass "evdev keyboard catchall"
[   189.807] (**) AT Translated Set 2 keyboard: Applying InputClass "keyboard"
[   189.807] (II) Using input driver 'evdev' for 'AT Translated Set 2 keyboard'
[   189.807] (II) Loading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/input/evdev_drv.so
[   189.807] (**) AT Translated Set 2 keyboard: always reports core events
[   189.807] (**) evdev: AT Translated Set 2 keyboard: Device: "/dev/input/event4"
[   189.807] (--) evdev: AT Translated Set 2 keyboard: Vendor 0x1 Product 0x1
[   189.807] (--) evdev: AT Translated Set 2 keyboard: Found keys
[   189.807] (II) evdev: AT Translated Set 2 keyboard: Configuring as keyboard
[   189.807] (**) Option "config_info" "udev:/sys/devices/platform/i8042/serio0/input/input4/event4"
[   189.807] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "AT Translated Set 2 keyboard" (type: KEYBOARD, id 11)
[   189.807] (**) Option "xkb_rules" "evdev"
[   189.807] (**) Option "xkb_model" "evdev"
[   189.807] (**) Option "xkb_layout" "us"
[   189.807] (WW) Option "xkb_variant" requires an string value
[   189.807] (WW) Option "XkbVariant" requires an string value
[   189.807] (WW) Option "xkb_options" requires an string value
[   189.807] (WW) Option "XkbOptions" requires an string value
[   189.808] (II) config/udev: Adding input device SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad (/dev/input/event5)
[   189.808] (**) SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: Applying InputClass "evdev touchpad catchall"
[   189.808] (**) SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: Applying InputClass "touchpad catchall"
[   189.808] (**) SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: Applying InputClass "touchpad catchall"
[   189.808] (II) Using input driver 'synaptics' for 'SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad'
[   189.808] (II) Loading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/input/synaptics_drv.so
[   189.808] (**) SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: always reports core events
[   189.808] (**) Option "Device" "/dev/input/event5"
[   189.808] (--) synaptics: SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: x-axis range 1472 - 5472
[   189.808] (--) synaptics: SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: y-axis range 1408 - 4448
[   189.808] (--) synaptics: SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: pressure range 0 - 255
[   189.808] (--) synaptics: SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: finger width range 0 - 0
[   189.808] (--) synaptics: SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: buttons: left right double triple
[   189.808] (--) synaptics: SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: Vendor 0x2 Product 0x7
[   189.808] (**) Option "VertEdgeScroll" "1"
[   189.808] (**) Option "VertTwoFingerScroll" "1"
[   189.808] (**) Option "HorizTwoFingerScroll" "1"
[   189.808] (**) Option "TapButton1" "1"
[   189.808] (**) Option "TapButton2" "2"
[   189.808] (**) Option "TapButton3" "3"
[   189.808] (**) Option "CircularScrolling" "0"
[   189.808] (--) synaptics: SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: touchpad found
[   189.808] (**) SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: always reports core events
[   189.808] (**) Option "config_info" "udev:/sys/devices/platform/i8042/serio1/input/input5/event5"
[   189.808] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad" (type: TOUCHPAD, id 12)
[   189.808] (**) synaptics: SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: (accel) MinSpeed is now constant deceleration 2.5
[   189.808] (**) synaptics: SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: MaxSpeed is now 1.75
[   189.808] (**) synaptics: SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: AccelFactor is now 0.040
[   189.809] (**) SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: (accel) keeping acceleration scheme 1
[   189.809] (**) SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: (accel) acceleration profile 1
[   189.809] (**) SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: (accel) acceleration factor: 2.000
[   189.809] (**) SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: (accel) acceleration threshold: 4
[   189.809] (--) synaptics: SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: touchpad found
[   189.809] (II) config/udev: Adding input device SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad (/dev/input/mouse0)
[   189.809] (**) SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: Ignoring device from InputClass "touchpad ignore duplicates"
[   189.809] (II) config/udev: Adding input device PC Speaker (/dev/input/event8)
[   189.809] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
[   189.809] (II) This device may have been added with another device file.
[   189.810] (II) config/udev: Adding input device HP WMI hotkeys (/dev/input/event9)
[   189.810] (**) HP WMI hotkeys: Applying InputClass "evdev keyboard catchall"
[   189.810] (**) HP WMI hotkeys: Applying InputClass "keyboard"
[   189.810] (II) Using input driver 'evdev' for 'HP WMI hotkeys'
[   189.810] (II) Loading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/input/evdev_drv.so
[   189.810] (**) HP WMI hotkeys: always reports core events
[   189.810] (**) evdev: HP WMI hotkeys: Device: "/dev/input/event9"
[   189.810] (--) evdev: HP WMI hotkeys: Vendor 0 Product 0
[   189.810] (--) evdev: HP WMI hotkeys: Found keys
[   189.810] (II) evdev: HP WMI hotkeys: Configuring as keyboard
[   189.810] (**) Option "config_info" "udev:/sys/devices/virtual/input/input9/event9"
[   189.810] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "HP WMI hotkeys" (type: KEYBOARD, id 13)
[   189.810] (**) Option "xkb_rules" "evdev"
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[tonyawards]

I have tried a couple of things, neither of which has worked as yet.

I reinstalled kwin, since that is listed as having the massive load in my System Monitor breakdown. No luck, might even be a bit slower, if that's possible.

On a Fedora forum I saw someone with a similar, though not exactly the same issue, from back in 2010. The recommendation was to rename ~/.kde4 to .kde4.old - - tried that but no difference. So I changed it back.

Not sure what to try next. What actually is the difference between a normal desktop login and the failsafe one? All I have immediately noticed is that desktop effects like cube, etc. are gone, and Firefox's fonts and so forth look more like an old Win98 design. What is it not activating that could be the culprit? I have yet to find a definitive list to begin to debug this.

Thanks for any help you can give.

[joe74]

That was happening to me some updates ago. What is happening sometimes it's that kwin starts sucking processor, so I do a reboot and everything's ok. It may also have to do with nepomuk, because when I was suffering this I notice notifications were getting stuck by cause of nepomuk eating proc, and kwin started to get stuck.

Someone at the IRC channel told me that maybe Kwin was starting before it should. I saw no sense in this since KDE session is what controls all child processes. I would suggest you check all your startup apps and programs.

Good Luck.

[Fitzcarraldo]

tonyawards, what do you have in the file ~/.dmrc?

[tonyawards]

Fitzcarraldo, in my /home/user, ~/.dmrc file I've got:

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[Desktop]
Session=KDE-4


when logged into the standard kde plasma choice, and currently, (running in failsafe mode):

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[Desktop]
Session=kde-plasma-safe


...nothing more. Both versions of the file have 644 permissions.

joe74, I have nepomuk disabled, just because it does slow things down a bit too much for my taste to leave it running, don't miss it much anyway.
Rebooting, both a full restart and a logout and back in doesn't have any effect, either. And my startup app list seems pretty basic, as far as I can tell.
I'm not sure about kwin initializing early, and not sure how I would check for that.

[Fitzcarraldo]

The contents of ~/.dmrc are OK. What Plasmoids (widgets) have you got on your Desktop and Panel? It could be that one of the Plasmoids is causing the problem. Have you tried deleting (or renaming) the directory ~/.kde4 so that you start from a clean slate? The directory will be recreated automatically. Try that.

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$ cp -r ~/.kde4 ~/.kde4backup
$ rm -rf ~/.kde4

[tonyawards]

I don't really have any plasmoids that I use, just the basic list of things: Launcher, Task Manager, Desktop Switcher, with magneto, Network Management, Calendar & Clock, Keyboard, KOrganizer, Notifications and Jobs, Volume, and the like. No special widgets.

I deleted .kde4 after backing it up and rebooted into the normal Plasma desktop session, and except for removing all my Desktop and KDE settings, I don't see any difference. My standard login and Desktop are still extremely slow and unusable, but booting into the KDE Plasma failsafe session runs fast as ever.

In the Standard KDE Plasma session, I can see the uncustomized KDE screen after I login with the row of icons loading even as I hear the computer booting to the Desktop in the background. Magneto still gives its startup notifications etc., but the System Tray, clock, and Trash are all not showing on the panel (nothing to the right of the Task Manager, basically). Even Yakuake is unresponsive; I have to ctrl-alt-F1 to get to the terminal.

Are there any specific logs or reports that might help you that I could access? And should/could I rename my .kde4backup to .kde4 to get all my customizations back in failsafe, or better to wait?

[Fitzcarraldo]

Are there any specific logs or reports that might help you that I could access?

Well, it's already clear from the log output in your first post that something is very wrong. Another log file I would look in would be ~/.xsession-errors, but I don't think it's going to shed any more light on the problem. That D-Bus message seems to be the crux of the problem. Google seems to show that several people with that error message got rid of it by downgrading the NVIDIA driver. However, if the KDE Plasma Workspace Failsafe session works in your case then I'm not sure whether downgrading the video driver would make a difference in your case. Possibly the key to finding the cause of your problem would be to ascertain the difference between a KDE normal log-in and a KDE Failsafe login. See if Google sheds any light on the difference.

And should/could I rename my .kde4backup to .kde4 to get all my customizations back in failsafe, or better to wait?

Yes, if the experiment made no difference then you can delete the freshly-created ~/.kde4 and move your original back. Actually, I have just noticed in your second post that you already tried this experiment, so my apologies for wasting your time repeating it.

Hmm... I'll bet that Desktop Effects are disabled in the KDE Failsafe Mode. I wonder if you have Desktop Effects enabled under your normal KDE login? If you do, try turning them off. To do that, edit the file ~/.kde4/share/config/kwinrc and change "Enabled=true" to "Enabled=false" in the [Compositing] section.

[Fitzcarraldo]

I checked my nvidia matches and I have (for 3.3.0) the x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-295.40#3.3.0-sabayon and also the x11-drivers/nvidia-userspace-295.40.

See nvidia-drivers-295.40 performance issue. I'm almost certain the problem is caused by the NVIDIA driver you're using. And I'm almost certain that, if you turn Desktop Effects off, given that KDE Failsafe Mode is working for you, you can at least get by in KDE normal mode with Desktop Effects disabled, until NVIDIA fixes their driver.

[tonyawards]

I have not yet tried turning off the Desktop Effects, I will shortly, as soon as I can reboot. But wanted to post this while I am still up and running.

After Googling a bit I found some references to DBus involving krunner and other apps, so I tried to replicate that here, just because... and I got:

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 # krunner
QDBusConnection: session D-Bus connection created before QCoreApplication. Application may misbehave.
unnamed app(23425): KUniqueApplication: Cannot find the D-Bus session server:  "Did not receive a reply. Possible causes include: the remote application did not send a reply, the message bus security policy blocked the reply, the reply timeout expired, or the network connection was broken."

unnamed app(23422): KUniqueApplication: Pipe closed unexpectedly.

zenboy spike # kate
QDBusConnection: session D-Bus connection created before QCoreApplication. Application may misbehave.
kate(23434)/kdeui (kdelibs): Session bus not found
To circumvent this problem try the following command (with Linux and bash)
export $(dbus-launch)
KCrash: Application 'kate' crashing...
KCrash: Attempting to start /usr/lib64/kde4/libexec/drkonqi from kdeinit
sock_file=/root/.kde4/socket-zenboy/kdeinit4__0

[1]+  Stopped                 kate
zenboy spike #

Kate opens normally by the way, just not in the terminal. Krunner won't open anything at all after the command.

And I'm getting tons of this in my xsession-errors:

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startkde: Starting up...
Connecting to deprecated signal QDBusConnectionInterface::serviceOwnerChanged(QString,QString,QString)
QDBusConnection: session D-Bus connection created before QCoreApplication. Application may misbehave.
QDBusConnection: session D-Bus connection created before QCoreApplication. Application may misbehave.
kbuildsycoca4 running...
kbuildsycoca4(7644) KBuildSycoca::checkTimestamps: checking file timestamps
kbuildsycoca4(7644) KBuildSycoca::checkTimestamps: timestamps check ok
kbuildsycoca4(7644) kdemain: Emitting notifyDatabaseChanged ()
QObject::connect: Cannot connect (null)::deviceFound(Device*) to BlueDevilDaemon::deviceFound(Device*)
QObject::connect: Cannot connect QTimer::timeout() to (null)::stopDiscovery()
QDBusConnection: session D-Bus connection created before QCoreApplication. Application may misbehave.
QDBusConnection: session D-Bus connection created before QCoreApplication. Application may misbehave.
kded(7641) LayoutMemoryPersister::restoreFromFile: Failed to open layout memory xml file for reading "/home/spike/.kde4/share/apps/kded/session/keyboard/layout_memory.xml" error: 5
QDBusConnection: session D-Bus connection created before QCoreApplication. Application may misbehave.
QDBusConnection: session D-Bus connection created before QCoreApplication. Application may misbehave.
QDBusConnection: session D-Bus connection created before QCoreApplication. Application may misbehave.
QDBusConnection: session D-Bus connection created before QCoreApplication. Application may misbehave.
No outputs have backlight property
QDBusConnection: name 'org.kde.kglobalaccel' had owner '' but we thought it was ':1.5'
kded(7641)/kdecore (KConfigSkeleton) KCoreConfigSkeleton::writeConfig:
Object::connect: No such signal QDBusAbstractInterface::Changed()
QDBusConnection: session D-Bus connection created before QCoreApplication. Application may misbehave.
QDBusConnection: session D-Bus connection created before QCoreApplication. Application may misbehave.
QDBusConnection: session D-Bus connection created before QCoreApplication. Application may misbehave.
QDBusConnection: session D-Bus connection created before QCoreApplication. Application may misbehave.
QDBusConnection: session D-Bus connection created before QCoreApplication. Application may misbehave.
QDBusObjectPath: invalid path ""
plasma-desktop(7739)/libplasma Plasma::isPluginVersionCompatible: unversioned plugin detected, may result in instability
Object::connect: No such signal QDBusAbstractInterface::Changed()

Goes on for far too long for one post.

Some other references to QT I am still trying to understand, and figure out if any of this is related, and how. I still don't know if that leads back to my kde problem, will post back shortly if I find anything else. Will also look at trying to get a definitive answer to the real differences between normal and failsafe sessions (seems harder to find than it should be). I really wish I knew what was in that upgrade list back on the 16th (from now on I think I'll export the list of major ones before executing) to try and narrow this down more.