FS#68247 - [xorg-xinit] v1.4.1-3 causing The White Screen of Death (WSoD)

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by Saiki Kunio (kunio) - Wednesday, 14 October 2020, 02:07 GMT
Last edited by Andreas Radke (AndyRTR) - Wednesday, 14 October 2020, 10:34 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Packages: Extra
Status Closed
Assigned To Andreas Radke (AndyRTR)
Architecture All
Severity High
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

Description: v1.4.1-3 causing The White Screen of Death (WSoD) to my laptop.
Honestly, I don't know which is the exact reason causing that.
Downgrading to xorg-init-1.4.1-2 and/or freetype2-2.10.2-1 seems to fix the problem for me.

Additional info:
* package info: downgraded xorg-xinit (1.4.1-3 -> 1.4.1-2) ; downgraded freetype2 (2.10.3-1 -> 2.10.2-1)
* config and/or log files etc: pacman.log, Xorg.0.log, journalctl.log of predowngrading session.
* Installed drivers:

% pacman -Qs driver
local/libraw1394 2.1.2-3
Provides an API to the Linux IEEE1394 (FireWire) driver
local/libva-intel-driver 2.4.1-1
VA-API implementation for Intel G45 and HD Graphics family
local/mesa 20.2.0-2
An open-source implementation of the OpenGL specification
local/ntfs-3g 2017.3.23-5
NTFS filesystem driver and utilities
local/vulkan-icd-loader 1.2.153-2
Vulkan Installable Client Driver (ICD) Loader
local/vulkan-intel 20.2.0-2
Intel's Vulkan mesa driver
local/xf86-input-libinput 0.30.0-1 (xorg-drivers)
Generic input driver for the X.Org server based on libinput
local/xf86-video-amdgpu 19.1.0-2 (xorg-drivers)
X.org amdgpu video driver
local/xf86-video-ati 1:19.1.0-2 (xorg-drivers)
X.org ati video driver
local/xf86-video-intel 1:2.99.917+908+g7181c5a4-1 (xorg-drivers)
X.org Intel i810/i830/i915/945G/G965+ video drivers
local/xorg-xdriinfo 1.0.6-2 (xorg-apps xorg)
Query configuration information of DRI drivers

* link to upstream bug report, if any: None

Steps to reproduce:
Nope.
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Closed by  Andreas Radke (AndyRTR)
Wednesday, 14 October 2020, 10:34 GMT
Reason for closing:  None
Comment by Saiki Kunio (kunio) - Wednesday, 14 October 2020, 02:08 GMT
> Downgrading to xorg-init-1.4.1-2 and/or freetype2-2.10.2-1 seems to fix the problem for me.

What I mean is that I downgraded both at the same time and it seems to fix the problem.
Comment by Saiki Kunio (kunio) - Wednesday, 14 October 2020, 02:17 GMT
The bug appears everytime I boot the laptop. Whenever I use normal GUI apps like Sublime Text,
the screen freezes and slowly turns white.
Comment by Andreas Radke (AndyRTR) - Wednesday, 14 October 2020, 05:02 GMT Comment by Saiki Kunio (kunio) - Wednesday, 14 October 2020, 10:10 GMT
`uname -n` runs normally in my laptop.
I think this bug exists but not on xorg-xinit now.
I am still experiencing the White screen after downgrading xorg-xinit.
Is there any place I can report the bug and receive helps to diagnostic
the problem ?

Edit: Filed a thread here: <https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=259836>
Comment by Andreas Radke (AndyRTR) - Wednesday, 14 October 2020, 10:34 GMT
Please use IRC or our forum for general help.

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