FS#8959 - xorg-server 1.4.0.90-1 renders icewm unusable
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Opened by Dr. Markus Waldeck (waldeck) - Tuesday, 18 December 2007, 15:18 GMT
Last edited by Jan de Groot (JGC) - Saturday, 22 March 2008, 16:27 GMT
Opened by Dr. Markus Waldeck (waldeck) - Tuesday, 18 December 2007, 15:18 GMT
Last edited by Jan de Groot (JGC) - Saturday, 22 March 2008, 16:27 GMT
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I updated yesterday from xorg-server 1.4-6 to 1.4.0.90-1. If I try to open an icewm menu entry the whole X server freezes. It is neither possible to kill the X server with CTRL+ALT+BACKSPACE nor the get a console window (CTRL+ALT+Fx). The kernel is still running and it is possible to reboot or halt via SYSRQ. I encountered this problem already with Debian unstable. But at this time I expected that it is Debian specific. Steps to reproduce: Upgrade to xorg-server 1.4.0.90-1 and try to open an icewm menu entry. |
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I found out that it is possible to avoid the reboot by killing X via SYSRQ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SysRq).
If I use the key combination ALT+SYSRQ+K X restarts.
After this I could not switch to another console or restart X via CTRL+ALT+BACKSPACE but its better than rebooting every time.
PS: Your attachment is empty.
My problem occurs even if I remove all modules from the module section.
With this update the icewm problem disappeared.
Ubuntu HardyHeron Alpha2 still contains xserver-xorg-core version 2:1.4.1~git20071212-1ubuntu2 and there is the problem present.
Please check the corresponding bug report (http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=451989) and apply the relevant patch.
BTW, I've compared patchsets from xserver-xorg-core-2:1.4.1~git20071212-1ubuntu2 and xserver-xorg-core-2:1.4.1~git20071212-2 (Debian version). Ubuntu package includes all the patches from Debian + some own/Fedora patches, so I wonder, why it doesn't work as needed. :)
This was no problem with 1.4.0.90-1!