Bug#591106: Followup on Bug 591106
On Sun, Aug 01, 2010 at 09:52:46PM -0700, John Aston <auc42@yahoo.com> wrote:
> I defer to the expert's judgment on where the bug belongs, but I will note that I've only experienced the bug with Iceweasel, and no other programs. I've taken the same image (locally saved) and opened it using various viewers and image editors, and encountered no difficulties when moving the pointer to the other screen. I've also done plenty of other tasks where one GUI-based program was actively "doing" something on one screen and I've moved the pointer to the other. No problems there either.
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> Also, I just encountered the bug again without a large image. I went to the main yahoo page (to check for responses to this bug, ironically enough) and once again moved my mouse pointer onto the other screen while the entire page was rendering -- freeze, same as before.
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> Without being an expert on the matter, I'd probably place more of the bug on Iceweasel's side, since I can't duplicate it using any other program.
The fact it happens only with iceweasel may simply mean it triggers a bug
with some extension that the other applications you tested don't use.
(Xrender, maybe ?)
Anyways, an application shouldn't be able to freeze X.
Mike
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