This problem began out of the blue. A short time after I log in the entire desktop freezes - the panel, widgets, everything. I rebooted several times - same problem. I was doing nothing unusual at the time. Chrome and Kmail were open on different desktops and I moved between them a couple of times is all. I was still able to change desktops by moving the mouse to the upper left corner of the screen, but the workspace switcher on the panel wouldn't work.
(As I am typing this, it has happened again. I'm using Chromium now and it is the only program running).
When I restart the computer, after I login with my password, I notice that the icons on the splash screen begin to show as usual, then it fades out, then they begin to load again and there is a longer than usual wait before the desktop appears.
I've just tried to use the panel again, and this time it worked. So I opened the system monitor to see if I could recognize anything irregular there. I don't know enough to see anything, but there seem to be many more processes running than I am used to seeing: several instances of akonadi and chromium for example.
Now the panel is frozen again.
I hope I've given an adequate description of the problem. If not, what more information can I provide?
Thanks for the help!
(As I am typing this, it has happened again. I'm using Chromium now and it is the only program running).
When I restart the computer, after I login with my password, I notice that the icons on the splash screen begin to show as usual, then it fades out, then they begin to load again and there is a longer than usual wait before the desktop appears.
I've just tried to use the panel again, and this time it worked. So I opened the system monitor to see if I could recognize anything irregular there. I don't know enough to see anything, but there seem to be many more processes running than I am used to seeing: several instances of akonadi and chromium for example.
Now the panel is frozen again.
I hope I've given an adequate description of the problem. If not, what more information can I provide?
Thanks for the help!
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