From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Aug 18 16:55:50 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 255DDB39 for ; Sun, 18 Aug 2013 16:55:50 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd-questions@m.gmane.org) Received: from plane.gmane.org (plane.gmane.org [80.91.229.3]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id D5DD22025 for ; Sun, 18 Aug 2013 16:55:49 +0000 (UTC) Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1VB6GT-0001CV-Av for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Sun, 18 Aug 2013 18:55:41 +0200 Received: from cpc3-walt15-2-0-cust148.13-2.cable.virginmedia.com ([86.21.186.149]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sun, 18 Aug 2013 18:55:41 +0200 Received: from walterhurry by cpc3-walt15-2-0-cust148.13-2.cable.virginmedia.com with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sun, 18 Aug 2013 18:55:41 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org From: Walter Hurry Subject: Re: Mouse Trails? Date: Sun, 18 Aug 2013 16:55:20 +0000 (UTC) Lines: 44 Message-ID: References: < 52101E80.6060407@cordula.ws> <5210DEC8.8010608@blackfoot.net> <5210F663. 2070508@cordula.ws> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: cpc3-walt15-2-0-cust148.13-2.cable.virginmedia.com User-Agent: Pan/0.139 (Sexual Chocolate; GIT bf56508 git://git.gnome.org/pan2) X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 18 Aug 2013 16:55:50 -0000 On Sun, 18 Aug 2013 18:29:23 +0200, cpghost wrote: > On 08/18/13 16:48, Gary Aitken wrote: >> On 08/17/13 19:08, cpghost wrote: >>> On 08/17/13 18:14, Walter Hurry wrote: >>>> On Sat, 17 Aug 2013 17:31:26 +0200, Polytropon wrote: >> >>> Good ole Xeyes... ;-) But beware, xeyes crashes X server right now! >>> Using >>> >>> xeyes-1.1.1 xorg-server-1.7.7_8,1 >>> >>> on FreeBSD 9.2-PRERELEASE #0 r253323 Sat Jul 13 21:00:32 CEST 2013 >>> amd64 >>> >>> I'm not the only one who's got X server crashes with xeyes: >>> >>> http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-x11/2012-May/011833.html >>> >>> @Polytropon: what version of xeyes/xorg-server are you using? >> >> pkg_info | grep xeyes xeyes-1.1.1 A follow the mouse X demo >> pkg_info | grep xorg-server xorg-server-1.7.7_8,1 X.Org X server and >> related programs >> >> Works fine here, amd64. >> >> How soon does it crash? >> First mouse movement, program startup, or what? > > At program startup. > > Using fluxbox here. I'll try with another WM. Maybe it's a WM problem? > > No other programs cause X server crashes here. I must say that it caught > me by surprise! > >> The behavior I see is: >> mouse is visible start typing in xterm and cursor disappears xeyes >> comes up with eyes pointing to where cursor was a second or so later >> the cursor reappears move the cursor and eyes follow it No problem for me since Polytropon suggested it. I'm on amd64 - WM is Openbox.