When ksmserver crashes during shutdown, when the
crash notification screen
appears, all of the window frames and gadgets are gone and I'm unable to use
the File Save dialog to save the trace information because the file name
field and buttons are off the bottom of the display (see attached screen
shots).
Alt+S on the file dialog should likely activate the "save" button, saving the
crash dumb to the disk. You can reboot and
then get the file from there.
Cheers
Michele