From owner-freebsd-gnome@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Mar 29 20:31:02 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 452B8106566C for ; Sat, 29 Mar 2008 20:31:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@chillt.de) Received: from dd15624.kasserver.com (dd15624.kasserver.com [85.13.136.215]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0B5388FC19 for ; Sat, 29 Mar 2008 20:31:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@chillt.de) Received: from takahe.local (84-203-32-211.mysmart.ie [84.203.32.211]) by dd15624.kasserver.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 180362C1E5E4C for ; Sat, 29 Mar 2008 21:18:26 +0100 (CET) Message-ID: <47EEA410.3070502@chillt.de> Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2008 20:18:24 +0000 From: Bartosz Fabianowski User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.12 (X11/20080310) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: hal 0.5.11 completely stalls X X-BeenThere: freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: GNOME for FreeBSD -- porting and maintaining List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2008 20:31:02 -0000 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