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Bug#452167: xserver-xorg-core: xserver crashes briefly after startup of window manager



retitle 452167 Xorg hangs shortly after the window manager starts
kthxbye

On Tue, Nov 20, 2007 at 20:21:12 +0100, Wolf Wiegand wrote:

> after upgrading to the the above version, the xserver on my machine 
> hangs briefly after login on gdm - the window manager is started, 
> and after a few moments (between 5 and 25 seconds), the xserver 
> hangs (although the mouse is still usable), and I have to kill 
> the xserver using the SysReqKey.
> 
> Downgrading to 2:1.4-3 makes these problems go away.
> 
> What I've tried to fix this problem (unsuccessfully):
> 
> - disable DRI in xorg.conf by putting 'Option "NoDRI"' (This does not
>   seem to work, xorg.log still showed that libdri.so was loaded.
>   xorg.conf(5) unfortunately does not tell how to disable DRI.)
> - rename libdri.so to s.th. else so that libdri.so is not loaded
> 
> After some crashes, the following lines appeared repeatedly at the end
> of Xorg.0.log:
> 
>      tossed event which came in late
>      mieqEnequeue: out-of-order valuator event; dropping. 
> 
These lines mean that the server is stuck, but the SIGIO signal handler
is still getting run.

Which window manager are you using?  Can you try to see where the X
server is hanging using gdb (from another machine)?

Thanks,
Julien

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