Hi! Attatchments gone missing. Could you please send /var/log/messages again? Nik Anno domini 2019 Tue, 22 Jan 21:37:31 -0800 Hawke Robinson scripsit: > Greetings, > > First, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR TDE! The horrible things they have done to > KDE from 4.x onward seem unspeakably bad. I am so very grateful you > revived this much more productive interface. > > I am however having some trouble and not sure how much is TDE, video > driver, touchpad/touchscreen driver, kernel, and/or other hardware > driver issues. If it isn't TDE itself, I appreciate help isolating > which components to tackle first. > > I haven't figured out the causality yet, and it is random seeming but > frequent. Periodically the little crash indicator red light icon shows > up in the lower right corner of taskbar. > > Sometimes the message when I mouse hover over the icon: > "A problem in the xorg-x11-server-Xorg-1.20.1-5.1.el7 package has been > detected". Other times it is something about a kernel error, and then > before I can read more, I get logged out of TDE and brought to the > login screen. > > Also the screen will dim down considerably some times, seemingly > randomly, appearing to be around 10-25% brightnness, but command line > cranking it up to 1.0 barely raises it up. I have to fully reboot the > system to get the screen brightness back to normal. > > It _might_ (and I emphasize guessing heavily) coincide with multitouch > on the touchpad, but really can't trigger it reliably. It usually > happens faster if I am using the laptop, but sometimes I come back and > it has logged itself out without my being there at all. > > Sometimes it seems to trigger the logout when I am using 2-finger or > 3-finger scrolling on the touchpad. Sometimes the touchpad makes the > mouse jump around. Other times it behaves just fine. > > There is also a weird behavior if I accidentally click two fingers on > the touchpad 3-4 Konsole screens appear, and I click on the X in upper > right hand corner of each window to close, when I click on the 2nd to > last one, 3 more appear! The only way to stop that is to type "exit" > in each rather than using the mouse. > > Weird behaviors, but seem interconnected somewhat? > > Everything else seems to be working well though I haven't tried any 3d > tests yet. > > The "Automatic But Reporting Tool" shows "My (0)" and "System (4) but > in the right hand column shows "No problems detected!". > > I'm not sure where to begin as far as logs that might be useful, so > could use a little guidance. There is a lot of whitenoise (to me at > least) on the logs, so suggestions would be appreciated. > > This is a very new 2 in 1 laptop, and I wonder if it has anything to do > with the drivers between the touch screen (which I only rarely use) and > the touchpad (use a lot), and/or something with the video drivers. But > I'm totally shotgunning here. > > > Specifications information here: > http://www2.techtalkhawke.com/news/linux-on-dell-xps-9575-15-inch-2-in-1-1 > > Also at end of posting linked above are log outputs > from /var/log/messages, tdm.log, Xorg.0.log, ~/.xsession-error, etc. > > > Appreciate help isolating the issues or if this is common/known issue > on this new hardware, any known fixes or workarounds to try. > > Thanks kindly! > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: trinity-users-unsubscribe@... > For additional commands, e-mail: trinity-users-help@... > Read list messages on the web archive: http://trinity-users.pearsoncomputing.net/ > Please remember not to top-post: http://trinity.pearsoncomputing.net/mailing_lists/#top-posting > > -- Please do not email me anything that you are not comfortable also sharing with the NSA, CIA ...