04-19-2020, 10:17 AM
This so far is my favorite way to put Linux on the Pinebook, bravo!
I'm having a problem that I'd like to help address, but I'm not sure where to look next. I've read through the thread and the notes on the wiki and I haven't seen discussion of this specific issue, but if I've missed something please point me in that direction
Gnome crashes, and takes everything down with it. It restarts fine, but everything is gone. It seems to be related to saving files.
For example, if I click a link to a file in Firefox, the "open or download" dialog pops-up fine, and if I choose "open", the application that handles the file opens just fine, but if I choose "download", it looks like the file dialog begins to open and Gnome crashes.
Another slightly different example, when I choose "export" in OpenSCAD, the save dialog opens fine and the file is saved, but a second or two later, Gnome crashes.
A counterexample is the Gnome Text Editor application. This program can save files without triggering the crash.
I've tried to monitor the logs during these events for clues, but since the entire GUI goes down and a lot happens before it comes back, I might be missing things. The only log entries I tend to see are related to GPU and panfrost, so it might have to do with the visual effects of the file dialog?
I've tried disabling the Gnome's transition effects via the tweaks app, but if there's other things to try I'm game. In particular I'd be interested in disabling the Panfrost driver to see if that's part of the problem, but I don't know how to do that under Gnome.
Any tips appreciated, and thanks again for creating this build!
I'm having a problem that I'd like to help address, but I'm not sure where to look next. I've read through the thread and the notes on the wiki and I haven't seen discussion of this specific issue, but if I've missed something please point me in that direction
Gnome crashes, and takes everything down with it. It restarts fine, but everything is gone. It seems to be related to saving files.
For example, if I click a link to a file in Firefox, the "open or download" dialog pops-up fine, and if I choose "open", the application that handles the file opens just fine, but if I choose "download", it looks like the file dialog begins to open and Gnome crashes.
Another slightly different example, when I choose "export" in OpenSCAD, the save dialog opens fine and the file is saved, but a second or two later, Gnome crashes.
A counterexample is the Gnome Text Editor application. This program can save files without triggering the crash.
I've tried to monitor the logs during these events for clues, but since the entire GUI goes down and a lot happens before it comes back, I might be missing things. The only log entries I tend to see are related to GPU and panfrost, so it might have to do with the visual effects of the file dialog?
I've tried disabling the Gnome's transition effects via the tweaks app, but if there's other things to try I'm game. In particular I'd be interested in disabling the Panfrost driver to see if that's part of the problem, but I don't know how to do that under Gnome.
Any tips appreciated, and thanks again for creating this build!