FS#12026 - xorg related updates cause hard freeze

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by Scott H (stonecrest) - Friday, 07 November 2008, 03:28 GMT
Last edited by Jan de Groot (JGC) - Saturday, 08 November 2008, 23:59 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Packages: Testing
Status Closed
Assigned To Jan de Groot (JGC)
Architecture i686
Severity High
Priority Normal
Reported Version None
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

This is the second time in a week that xorg related updates have caused my computer to freeze. Working back through my pacman.log, here's how I think things played out:

[2008-10-21 22:02] upgraded xf86-video-intel (2.3.2-1 -> 2.5.0-1)
[2008-10-21 22:02] upgraded xorg-server (1.4.2-2 -> 1.5.2-3)
*** Everything is fine at this point ***
[2008-10-30 17:43] upgraded libdrm (2.4.0-1 -> 2.4.1-1)
*** X freezes my whole computer ***
[2008-10-31 06:46] upgraded libdrm (2.4.1-1 -> 2.4.0-1)
*** X works again ***
[2008-11-01 07:39] upgraded libdrm (2.4.0-1 -> 2.4.1-1)
[2008-11-01 07:48] upgraded xf86-video-intel (2.5.0-1 -> 2.5.0-2)
*** X still works ***
[2008-11-06 18:21] upgraded libpciaccess (0.10.4-1 -> 0.10.5-1)
[2008-11-06 18:21] upgraded xf86-video-intel (2.5.0-2 -> 2.4.2-2)
[2008-11-06 18:21] upgraded xorg-server (1.5.2-3 -> 1.5.3-1)
[2008-11-06 18:21] upgraded xproto (7.0.13-1 -> 7.0.14-1)
[2008-11-06 19:54] upgraded xf86-video-intel (2.4.2-2 -> 2.4.2-2)
*** X freezes my whole computer ***
[2008-11-06 19:59] upgraded libpciaccess (0.10.5-1 -> 0.10.4-1)
[2008-11-06 19:59] upgraded xorg-server (1.5.3-1 -> 1.5.2-3)
[2008-11-06 19:59] upgraded xf86-video-intel (2.4.2-2 -> 2.5.0-2)
*** X works again ***

So at this point in time, if I do a pacman -Syu and restart X, it will cause my computer to freeze. I'm on a Dell Latitude X1, Intel Corporation Mobile 915GM/GMS/910GML Express Graphics Controller. Let me know if there's any other info I can provide, but I'm getting pretty frustrated with rebooting my computer.
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Closed by  Jan de Groot (JGC)
Saturday, 08 November 2008, 23:59 GMT
Reason for closing:  Duplicate
Additional comments about closing:  See  bug 12025 
Comment by Jan de Groot (JGC) - Friday, 07 November 2008, 07:37 GMT
Could you install libdrm from extra together with xf86-video-intel 2.4.2-2 to see if this fixes problems for you?
Comment by Jan de Groot (JGC) - Friday, 07 November 2008, 08:11 GMT
Do you have xf86-input-evdev enabled? Somehow xorg-server 1.5.3 decides to disable the kbd and mouse drivers by default and defaults to evdev. This causes problems when the evdev driver is not installed.
When I upgraded this desktop this morning, I was bitten by this issue. My GDM login screen would show up, but mouse and keyboard were completely dead, which looked like a hardlock of X.
Comment by thiago (thiago907) - Friday, 07 November 2008, 16:35 GMT
same problem here... just add this to your xorg.conf

Section "ServerFlags"
Option "AllowEmptyInput" "false"
EndSection

it should start to work again

find the workaround here (http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/12025), btw i dont have evdev installed.
Comment by Scott H (stonecrest) - Saturday, 08 November 2008, 03:30 GMT
Thanks for the feedback. Installing evdev seems to work. All of the keycodes for keys I had mapped to various things (using xmodmap) changed as well, but I updated the keycodes and seem to be back in business.

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