On Tuesday 14 February 2012 01:54:51 Timothy Pearson wrote:

> >> It is quite possible that there is a problem with the control module,
> >> probably due to the extensive changes to kompmgr in order to stabilize
> >> it,
> >> but the general code and control modules remain intact from KDE 3.5.10.
> >
> > OK. This control module in Trinity is non-functional and does not affect
> > anything.
> > It has been broken by the criticized patch from Chakra.
> 
> OK, I'll buy that.  Do you mind filing a bug report so that I can repair
> this for R14.0?

I usually test the patches before applying them. I tested this patch and found that it
breaks the system and does not introduce anything valuable instead.

I suggest you to employ a similar practice, i.e. not applying the patches without testing.

In this case the easiest way is to revert this patch http://paste.kde.org/408152/ .