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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--=-CGG/qWWR3upex+nayAoP Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sat, 2008-03-29 at 20:18 +0000, Bartosz Fabianowski wrote: > Hi list >=20 > 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= . >=20 > 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). >=20 > 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). >=20 > 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. >=20 > 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 --=20 PGP Key : http://www.marcuscom.com/pgp.asc --=-CGG/qWWR3upex+nayAoP Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.8 (FreeBSD) iEYEABECAAYFAkfuthIACgkQb2iPiv4Uz4eZYwCeMRSC3W340RswzKpbcj9lS1yO 0SsAoIJDgWL7IidJ3+6RKeYqJHfQsWqY =+HvQ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-CGG/qWWR3upex+nayAoP--
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