[SOLVED] Resizing konsole window freezes computer

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Hello,
I have a bit of a strange problem.  I am using KDE and whenever I resize the konsole window my computer freezes.  I am unable to even switch to different terminal screens at this point using Ctrl-Alt-F1 etc.  It doesn't always freeze completely; sometimes my screen gets pixels all over it the more I move any windows similar to a TV with no cable hooked up.  I think this started happening since my latest pacman upgrade but I can't be sure.  This happens only when desktop effects are enabled.  When desktop effects are disabled I get a black box drawn over  the top left corner of the screen that corresponds to the resizing of the konsole window.
So far I have tried reinstalling konsole and the nvidia proprietary drivers.  This *only* happens when resizing the konsole window.
I also noticed a that yaourt stopped working around the same time.  I get this error: "package-query: error while loading shared libraries: libyajl.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory" when I try to search for anything.  Maybe it's related.
I hope this makes sense.  It's definitely a strange one.  If anyone could point me in the right direction I would be grateful.
Here is an image of the noise I get sometimes:
Here's some info about my video card:
[nrempel@Nicholas-Desktop ~]$ sudo lspci -v -s 03:00.0
Password:
03:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation G92 [GeForce 9800 GT] (rev a2) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
Subsystem: eVga.com. Corp. Device c973
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 16
Memory at f8000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M]
Memory at d0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M]
Memory at f6000000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=32M]
I/O ports at ac00 [size=128]
[virtual] Expansion ROM at f9fe0000 [disabled] [size=128K]
Capabilities: [60] Power Management version 3
Capabilities: [68] MSI: Enable- Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+
Capabilities: [78] Express Endpoint, MSI 00
Capabilities: [100] Virtual Channel
Capabilities: [128] Power Budgeting <?>
Capabilities: [600] Vendor Specific Information: ID=0001 Rev=1 Len=024 <?>
Kernel driver in use: nvidia
Kernel modules: nvidia, nvidiafb, nouveau
Let me know if there is any other information that could help solve this problem.
Thanks,
Nick
Last edited by nrempel (2011-04-26 05:41:23)

Answer 1

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