FS#17545 - xf86-input-synaptics 1.2.1-1 causes system freeze

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by Kevin (kjslag) - Friday, 18 December 2009, 21:34 GMT
Last edited by Andrea Scarpino (BaSh) - Wednesday, 20 January 2010, 09:37 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Packages: Extra
Status Closed
Assigned To Jan de Groot (JGC)
Architecture x86_64
Severity High
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 2
Private No

Details

Description:

xf86-input-synaptics 1.2.1-1 makes my laptop freeze after a few minutes. After feezing, my computer only responds to shutting off the power.
Downgrading from 1.2.1-1 to 1.2.0-1 fixed the problem. I couldn't find anything in /var/log about the freeze.

The rest of my software is up to date. I use a Dell Inspiron 1420 laptop with KDE.

uname -a
Linux J 2.6.31-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Tue Nov 10 19:01:40 CET 2009 x86_64 Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU T8300 @ 2.40GHz GenuineIntel GNU/Linux

I'm don't know where to report this upstream.
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Closed by  Andrea Scarpino (BaSh)
Wednesday, 20 January 2010, 09:37 GMT
Reason for closing:  Fixed
Additional comments about closing:  kernel26 2.6.32.4
Comment by Kevin (kjslag) - Saturday, 19 December 2009, 07:25 GMT
Nevermind, the system freeze still occurs. The computer doesn't respond to SysRq by the way.
Comment by Jan de Groot (JGC) - Saturday, 19 December 2009, 20:50 GMT
Can you attach Xorg.0.log so we can see what hardware you're using?
Comment by Kevin (kjslag) - Sunday, 20 December 2009, 22:39 GMT
I downgraded a few more packages, and the problem has stopped (I think). The packages I have downgraded (to the previous versions) are:
binutils-2.20-3 coreutils-8.2-1 xf86-input-synaptics-1.2.1-1
I got a freeze with binutils-2.20-3 and xf86-input-synaptics-1.2.1-1 downgraded, but not yet with coreutils-8.2-1 also downgraded.
   Xorg.0.log (25.8 KiB)
Comment by mark (mmm) - Saturday, 26 December 2009, 16:17 GMT
I'm also experiencing this issue. What happens here is blank screen and no response to any mouse/keyboard input. I suspect system is still somewhat running as I can hear music/video playing.. I can however do crtl+alt del, or sysrq + b to reboot.
I'm running latest packages(from testing + kdemod-testing), tryied to downgrade to .31 kernel or xf86-video-intel from extra, but didn't help.
This is truly an annoying bug as only restart helps and i cannot figure, what triggers it-sometimes it happens in 5mins, sometimes after few hours.

Will try to downgrade bin/core-utils too & see result.
Thank you and Merry Christmas to you all :o)

   Xorg.0.log (14.4 KiB)
Comment by Tiago Sousa (Mkman) - Sunday, 03 January 2010, 13:22 GMT
i had this problem on i686 plataform, and i resolved only by downgrade the package xf86-input-synaptics for the previous version
Comment by Kevin (kjslag) - Sunday, 03 January 2010, 19:57 GMT
I upgraded coreutils and the rest of my software yesterday morning when I saw the new kernel. It's possible that the issue has been fixed.
Comment by Gerardo Exequiel Pozzi (djgera) - Tuesday, 19 January 2010, 21:59 GMT
is finally fixed this?
Comment by Tiago Sousa (Mkman) - Tuesday, 19 January 2010, 22:05 GMT
i think you can remove the bug report :)

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