Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2008 20:18:24 +0000 From: Bartosz Fabianowski <freebsd@chillt.de> To: freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org Subject: hal 0.5.11 completely stalls X Message-ID: <47EEA410.3070502@chillt.de>
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Hi list The most recent updates to sysutils/hal have rendered my X unusable and I am trying find out how to fix this. My system is running 6-STABLE/i386 with KDE launched via kdm. After upgrading to sysutils/hal 0.5.11 and sysutils/policykit 0.7, my X has started misbehaving: All input and output processing (including disk I/O) is stalled unless I move the mouse. When my session is starting up, I type something into a window or an application produces some new output, I have to wiggle the mouse to actually see changes happen on my screen. Most annoyingly, no mouse button events are generated either when the mouse is not in motion. Thus, I can drag (mouse-down, move, mouse-up), but cannot click on anything (mouse-down, mouse-up). After downgrading sysutils/hal to 0.5.8.20080203 and sysutils/policykit to 0.1.20060514_4, the problem goes away (the two ports can only be downgraded together as they depend on particular versions of each other). Unfortunately, sysutils/hal 0.5.11 does not produce any error messages while stalling the system, making it impossible for me to figure out what is going on. I am hoping that someone on this list will be able to point me in the right direction. Of course, I have tried restarting X and rebooting. I have also tried two different mice - my laptop's built-in touchpad and a USB mouse; both lead to the same stalls. Thanks in advance for any tips, - Bartosz Fabianowski
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