From owner-freebsd-gnome@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Mar 29 21:35:13 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 E8304106564A for ; Sat, 29 Mar 2008 21:35:13 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from marcus@marcuscom.com) Received: from creme-brulee.marcuscom.com (marcuscom-pt.tunnel.tserv1.fmt.ipv6.he.net [IPv6:2001:470:1f00:ffff::1279]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7686F8FC15 for ; Sat, 29 Mar 2008 21:35:13 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from marcus@marcuscom.com) Received: from [IPv6:2001:470:1f00:2464::4] (shumai.marcuscom.com [IPv6:2001:470:1f00:2464::4]) by creme-brulee.marcuscom.com (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id m2TLZ95v002536; Sat, 29 Mar 2008 17:35:09 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from marcus@marcuscom.com) From: Joe Marcus Clarke To: Bartosz Fabianowski In-Reply-To: <47EEA410.3070502@chillt.de> References: <47EEA410.3070502@chillt.de> Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-CGG/qWWR3upex+nayAoP" Organization: MarcusCom, Inc. Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2008 17:35:14 -0400 Message-Id: <1206826514.22569.34.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.22.0 FreeBSD GNOME Team Port X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.2 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,MIME_QP_LONG_LINE, NO_RELAYS autolearn=no version=3.2.4 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.4 (2008-01-01) on creme-brulee.marcuscom.com Cc: freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 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 21:35:14 -0000 --=-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--