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Bug#900352: new xorg-server version causes a random freezes in plasmashell



On 2018-05-29 02:18 PM, Maximiliano Curia wrote:
> Package: src:xorg-server
> Version: 2:1.20.0-2
> Severity: critical
> Tags: upstream
> 
> Hi,
> 
> The severity is set as it breaks "unrelated programs" although I'm not
> sure a desktop environment can be called "unrelated" to x, but in any
> case, it would be better if this version of xorg does not migrate to
> testing till this is fixed.
> 
> The new xorg-server version seems to be causing plasmashell to freeze.
> This was first reported in #900145, and it's also seen in other distros:
> https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/58549
> 
> Upstream seems to have a patch for this (actually two patches that fix
> this with two different aproaches), that I havent tested:
> https://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-devel/2018-May/056829.html

The upstream fix (in Mesa, where the bug was) is
https://cgit.freedesktop.org/mesa/mesa/commit/?id=fe2edb25dd5628c395a65b60998f11e839d2b458
.


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Libre software enthusiast             |             Mesa and X developer

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