Bug#415541: libx11-6: 1.1.1-1 causes complete screen lockup / freeze from xmms
On Wed, 2007-03-21 at 14:41 +1030, Arthur Marsh wrote:
>
> Michel Dänzer wrote, On 20/03/07 20:41:
> > On Tue, 2007-03-20 at 20:01 +1030, Arthur Marsh wrote:
> >> Michel Dänzer wrote, On 20/03/07 17:34:
> >>> On Tue, 2007-03-20 at 14:15 +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).
So I presume logging in via ssh isn't possible either?
> >>>> Running xmms under strace would prevent the problem from occuring.
Didn't notice this before, so it could be timing related...
> I started up the X server with old libx11-6, upgraded to libx11-6
> 1.1.1-1, then ran xmms and repeated the lock-up.
>
> I rebooted, set "accel" "off" in /etc/X11/xorg.conf in the section for
> the video card in maintenance mode, then started X, ran xmms and
> repeated the lock-up.
>
> I rebooted, set the driver from "cirrus" to "vesa", started X, ran xmms
> and repeated the lock-up.
>
> I have downgraded the libx11-6, started X and xmms and was unable to
> repeat the lock-up.
Thanks for conducting these tests. Hmm, do you run xmms as root or
normal user? It's hard to imagine how libX11 could cause the symptoms
you describe in the latter case...
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