Daniel Lemire is a computer science professor at the University of Quebec (Canada). His research is focused on software performance and data engineering. He is a techno-optimist.
Strange KDE bug: can’t resize or move windows
Today, I hit a strange KDE bug. I couldn’t move or resize windows. Here’s the cure:
killall kwin kwrapper kwin -replace &
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i get the same problem from time to time and its very annoying
I ran into the same problem today. killall kwin reported no processes running. I tried just running kwin, and voila!… my windows now have handles and headers, and are mobile once again. kwin running in a terminal though is not useful.
Once I rebooted, things began to work again, so I believe that my issue was transient.
I just confirmed that the problem is still present and the above fix (updated from the previous msg) still works! Actually I’m very glad to find this fix, I’ve been dealing with this problem for a while now.
i’ve noticed this twice now!!! >after updates >after enable/disable kwallet…
can someone please tell me what is the use of kwallet? surely if someone wanted that kind of security they can take 5min to download it…
please, for the LOVE OF GOD… please stop trying to go the windows10 way… at the moment i am bouncing between kde and xfce, my right click does not even work… sigh,
The above solution only worked for me until changed desktops.
I ran ‘kwrapper5 kwin –replace &’ and could move windows again. Then switched to desktop 2 and I coulldn’t move windows. Switched back to desktop 1 and still couldn’t move windows.
i get the same problem from time to time and its very annoying
killall kwin returned no processes killed
kwrapper kwin -replace worked!!!
thanks
Here we are in 2012 and your fix still works, thanks !
I guess no one has debugged the issue for many years
2016, still works (kwrapper5).
Yep, 2016, still needed and works:
kwrapper5 kwin_x11 –replace
I ran into the same problem today. killall kwin reported no processes running. I tried just running kwin, and voila!… my windows now have handles and headers, and are mobile once again. kwin running in a terminal though is not useful.
Once I rebooted, things began to work again, so I believe that my issue was transient.
January 2017 – still broken, fix above still works.
Same. I could move tabs around within Chrome, but all the windows were locked down and immobile. I wish I knew what triggered this condition.
May 2017, the fix
killall kwin_x11
kwrapper5 kwin_x11 –replace
still works here …
I just confirmed that the problem is still present and the above fix (updated from the previous msg) still works! Actually I’m very glad to find this fix, I’ve been dealing with this problem for a while now.
man i am so tired of this sh*T..
i’ve noticed this twice now!!!
>after updates
>after enable/disable kwallet…
can someone please tell me what is the use of kwallet?
surely if someone wanted that kind of security they can take 5min to download it…
please, for the LOVE OF GOD… please stop trying to go the windows10 way… at the moment i am bouncing between kde and xfce, my right click does not even work… sigh,
kde went down the sh*th0le
The above solution only worked for me until changed desktops.
I ran ‘kwrapper5 kwin –replace &’ and could move windows again. Then switched to desktop 2 and I coulldn’t move windows. Switched back to desktop 1 and still couldn’t move windows.
Repeating the process repeated these symptoms. 🙁