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Bug#225677: xserver-xfree86: X freezes up, mouse still works, keyboard not.



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On Wed, Dec 31, 2003 at 10:25:26PM +1000, James Mills wrote:
> Package: xserver-xfree86
> Version: 4.2.1-14
> Severity: important
> 
> Hi,
> 
> This bug happens randomly, I since I'm not very experiened at debugging
> I can't provide much debug information. Besides that, there is nothing
> reported in any logs or the XFree86.log
> 
> When it occurs:
> 1) The mouse remains operable, in the sense that you can mouse the
> pointer but that is all.
> 2) The screen freezes and parts of it become distorted
> 3) Keyboard is inoperable
> 
> I'm able to regain control of the system by loggin in remotely on
> another machine on the LAN through ssh. viewing the process list, X uses
> 100% of the cpu resources suggesting an infinite loop somewhere.
> 
> Killing it and restarting sometimes does not work so well either as the
> bug immediately reoccurs.

XFree86 4.3.0-7 is now in Debian unstable (sid) and testing (sarge).

Can you still reproduce this problem?

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