xrandr with ati-drivers-8.28.8 breaks kde apps

[lpetersen]

Hi, everybody,

I installed the new proprietary (fglrx) ati-drivers (8.28.8) and also tried the even newer ones (8.29.6), but both produce an annoying error that did not appear with versions 8.27.10 and older:

When I switch the screen resolution with xrandr (or krandrtray, for that matter), I can no longer start most kde apps. Starting, e.g., konsole from the "Run ..." dialog results in a message box saying "kdeinit cannot launch konsole" (or sth like that, I translated it from German). Starting (another) konsole from an already open konsole (Yes, once it's started, it keeps running ok even after the resolution change) results in a "Floating-point exception" instantly. Some non-kde apps work (xterm, for example), others don't (like firefox).

I'm happy I even came this far, because I used to have krandrtray switch my screen resolution right at KDE startup (because I use a laptop sometimes with and sometimes without an external monitor), which caused startkde to shutdown immediately -- not even ksplash would start.

I am using

• gentoo-sources-2.6.17-r8
  
• xorg-x11-7.1
  
• xorg-server-1.1.1-r1
  
• kdelibs-3.5.4-r2
  
• xrandr-1.0.2
  
• libXrandr-1.1.1
  
• randrproto-1.1.2
  

One more detail, fwiw: When I use a "Cloned" desktop, reverting back to the original resolution doesn't help. KDE apps still can't be started any more. When using a "BigDesktop" across two monitors, switching back to the original resolution (2800x1050 in horizontal mode) restores the desired behavior: KDE apps start again.

Can anybody else reproduce this? Or tell me that it works for them? Or am I the only one using xrandr??

Is there a workaround? Anything I can do? Other than revert to ati-drivers-8.27.10?

Any help is appreciated!

[rettw]

I have the same problem. I occaisonally use krandrtray to change resolution and it breaks kde for me as well.

Here is my system details:

Dell D810 Laptop:

gentoo-sources-2.6.18-r2
xorg-x11-7.1
xorg-server-1.1.1-r1
kdelibs-3.5.5-r5
xrandr-1.0.2
libXrandr-1.1.1
randrproto-1.1.2
ati-drivers-8.30.3-r1

I only have a single monitor configuration I haven't found anyway to fix this except restarting kde/kdm.

If you find anything out, please let me know.

Rett

[lpetersen]

I can't believe somebody still found this thread ... and has the same problem. Thanks for responding and welcome to the club.

I haven't found a solution nor any helpful info, and you are in fact the first person who seems to have the same issue.

Meanwhile, I ditched the ati drivers and went for the open source radeon r300 ones. Not quite competitive if you want to play video-intensive games or use Google Earth a lot, but still quite usable and moving in the right direction.

Yet, if you -- or anybody else -- has any info, workarounds, etc., I'd be glad to hear them ...

Cheers,
Lars

[owb]

I have a similar poblem here.
If I set the option for big desktop and start without TV connected KDE still sees a big Desktop and firefox does not start anymore....
If I connect my TV and restart everything works fine.
This is very annoying because before this configuration worked fine and I got a big desktop if two devices were connected and a small desktop if only one was connected....

[IronEagle]