https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=486399
Bug ID: 486399
Summary: kwin_wayland crashing will crash many native Wayland
apps (which seems to be unintended?)
Classification: Plasma
Product: kwin
Version: 6.0.3
Platform: Other
OS: Linux
Status: REPORTED
Severity: normal
Priority: NOR
Component: wayland-generic
Assignee: kwin-bugs-n...@kde.org
Reporter: e...@horse64.org
Target Milestone: ---
SUMMARY
It seems like kwin_wayland crashing will crash many native Wayland apps. While
it's miraculous anything survives at all, I'm from GNOME land originally where
just everything is killed including the session login, I'm filing this because
it feels like it was probably intended for no apps to crash. Yet many
Wayland-native apps, like Firefox in "Windowing: wayland" mode, kate, nheko
reborn (chat client) apparently die, or did for me. Some like kwrite and
dolphin, which I assume are also both wayland native, survived however.
STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Use computer until kwin_wayland crashes and confirm in dmesg that's what
crashed. The screen will most likely briefly be black while things are reset.
2. Observe that many wayland apps, but not all of them, will have terminated as
well. If firefox was running in wayland mode with one of the official mozilla
releases, as in not the distribution-packaged release, then you should also see
the mozilla crash reporter pop up.
OBSERVED RESULT
Some Wayland apps don't make it.
EXPECTED RESULT
All Wayland apps, or at least the ones that aren't like, a graphically intense
game that I guess might handle this type of interruption less well, are
probably meant to survive? I mean I don't know, but since some actually make it
I'm guessing there's meant to be a mechanism that allows them to but doesn't
quite work.
SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Windows:
macOS:
Linux/KDE Plasma: openSUSE Slowroll
(available in About System)
KDE Plasma Version: 6.0.3
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.0.0
Qt Version: 6.6.3
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