Bug#415541: libx11-6: 1.1.1-1 causes complete screen lockup / freeze from xmms

[Arthur Marsh <arthur.marsh@internode.on.net>]

Jamey Sharp wrote, on 12/06/07 03:49:
> reassign 415541 libx11-6
> found 415541 2:1.1.1-1
> thanks
>
> On Tue, Mar 20, 2007 at 02:15:55PM +1030, Arthur Marsh wrote:
> > When running libx11-6 1.1.1-1 and xmms 1:1.2.10+20061101-1, attempting 
> > to change the file menu width or traverse directories in "play file" 
> > would cause a complete screen / filesystem lockup (machine was pingable 
> > from another location but file shares not available and all keyboard and 
> > mouse input was ignored).
> >
> > Running xmms under strace would prevent the problem from occuring.
> >
> > Downgrading libx11-6 to 2:1.0.3-6 resolved the problem.
>
> On further thought, I think this may be a symptom of an event-handling
> spin bug that we fixed in libX11 1.1.2, combined with your configuration
> of running xmms at real-time priority. Could you try 2:1.1.2-1 from
> experimental and see if you can still reproduce the problem?
>
> --Jamey

xmms appears to be running fine now thanks:

Version: 1:1.2.10+20061101-1etch1

Versions of packages xmms depends on:
ii  libasound2                1.0.14-1       ALSA library
ii  libaudiofile0             0.2.6-6        Open-source version of 
SGI's audio
ii  libc6                     2.5-10         GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libesd0                   0.2.36-3       Enlightened Sound Daemon - 
Shared
ii  libgl1-mesa-glx [libgl1]  6.5.3~rc3-1    A free implementation of 
the OpenG
ii  libglib1.2                1.2.10-17      The GLib library of C routines
ii  libgtk1.2                 1.2.10-18      The GIMP Toolkit set of 
widgets fo
ii  libice6                   1:1.0.3-2      X11 Inter-Client Exchange 
library
ii  libmikmod2                3.1.11-a-6     A portable sound library
ii  libogg0                   1.1.3-2        Ogg Bitstream Library
ii  libsm6                    2:1.0.3-1      X11 Session Management library
ii  libvorbis0a               1.1.2.dfsg-1.2 The Vorbis General Audio 
Compressi
ii  libvorbisfile3            1.1.2.dfsg-1.2 The Vorbis General Audio 
Compressi
ii  libx11-6                  2:1.1.2-1      X11 client-side library
ii  libxext6                  1:1.0.3-2      X11 miscellaneous extension 
librar
ii  libxi6                    2:1.1.0-2      X11 Input extension library
ii  libxxf86vm1               1:1.0.1-2      X11 XFree86 video mode 
extension l
ii  zlib1g                    1:1.2.3-15     compression library - runtime

Arthur.