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Date:      Sat, 29 Mar 2008 17:35:14 -0400
From:      Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com>
To:        Bartosz Fabianowski <freebsd@chillt.de>
Cc:        freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: hal 0.5.11 completely stalls X
Message-ID:  <1206826514.22569.34.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com>
In-Reply-To: <47EEA410.3070502@chillt.de>
References:  <47EEA410.3070502@chillt.de>

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On Sat, 2008-03-29 at 20:18 +0000, Bartosz Fabianowski wrote:
> Hi list
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> The most recent updates to sysutils/hal have rendered my X unusable and=20
> I am trying find out how to fix this. My system is running 6-STABLE/i386=20
> with KDE launched via kdm. After upgrading to sysutils/hal 0.5.11 and=20
> sysutils/policykit 0.7, my X has started misbehaving: All input and=20
> output processing (including disk I/O) is stalled unless I move the mouse=
.
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> When my session is starting up, I type something into a window or an=20
> application produces some new output, I have to wiggle the mouse to=20
> actually see changes happen on my screen. Most annoyingly, no mouse=20
> button events are generated either when the mouse is not in motion.=20
> Thus, I can drag (mouse-down, move, mouse-up), but cannot click on=20
> anything (mouse-down, mouse-up).
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> After downgrading sysutils/hal to 0.5.8.20080203 and sysutils/policykit=20
> to 0.1.20060514_4, the problem goes away (the two ports can only be=20
> downgraded together as they depend on particular versions of each other).
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> Unfortunately, sysutils/hal 0.5.11 does not produce any error messages=20
> while stalling the system, making it impossible for me to figure out=20
> what is going on. I am hoping that someone on this list will be able to=20
> point me in the right direction.
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> Of course, I have tried restarting X and rebooting. I have also tried=20
> two different mice - my laptop's built-in touchpad and a USB mouse; both=20
> lead to the same stalls.

This issue has been discussed on freebsd-x11@.  Patches are available.
Consult the archives of that list.

Joe

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