Bug#468278: xserver-xorg-core: XkbGeometry "thinkpad(us)" locks up machine
forcemerge 463222 468278
thank you
Chung-chieh Shan wrote:
> Package: xserver-xorg-core
> Version: 2:1.4.1~git20080131-1
> Severity: important
>
> Hello,
>
> If I put
>
> Option "XkbGeometry" "thinkpad(us)"
>
> instead of
>
> Option "XkbGeometry" "pc(pc104)"
>
> in /etc/X11/xorg.conf, and start X (even just by typing "X" at the
> console), then I can reliably crash X by either quitting X (for example
> by hitting Ctrl-Alt-Backspace) or changing xkb settings (for example by
> running "setxkbmap -option"). The bottom half or so of my screen then
> shows vertical stripes on black, and my system locks up (but the magic
> SysRq key still works). Some other actions trigger this crash as well,
> such as opening some documents in OpenOffice.
>
Please check the backtrace at the end of your log in all these cases.
They should be similar to
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=463222#29
I am merging this bug with the other ones since it is probably the same
issue.
Some possibly-related fixes were applied to the upstream Xserver git
recently. It would be nice if somebody could try reproducing this bug there.
Brice
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