Bug#2297: Easy repro plan for oldest bug in Debian :-)

2016-07-29 Thread Ian Jackson
aste race. I think xterm should buffer the input until the selection arrives. There should be a timeout which should be configurable. If the timeout occurs, I guess the buffered input should be discarded and the bell should be rung. Regards, Ian. -- Ian Jackson <ijack...@chiark.greenend.o

Bug#780416: X server ran out of connections

2015-03-13 Thread Ian Jackson
Package: xserver-xorg Version: 1:7.7+3~deb7u1 $ xlsclients -display :0 t Maximum number of clients reachedxlsclients: unable to open display :0 $ I have lots and lots of windows open (including around 213 xterms) - this is not a client connection leak in some application.

Bug#617184: xorg -depth 8 fails (colourmap broken) on Thinkpad R50p

2011-03-07 Thread Ian Jackson
Michel Dänzer writes (Re: Bug#617184: xorg -depth 8 fails (colourmap broken) on Thinkpad R50p): http://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-devel/2011-February/019092.html Thanks for the reference. In my quick testing, the radeon driver seems to have further pseudocolour issues at least with KMS

Bug#616667: X server crash due to xauth generate with large timeout

2011-03-06 Thread Ian Jackson
Package: xserver-xorg Version: 1:7.5+8 To reproduce: cp .Xauthority private/tmpfile xauth -f private/tmpfile generate $DISPLAY . untrusted timeout 10 Actual behaviour: My X server died. The log message was: X: ../../Xext/security.c:323: SecurityAuthorizationExpired: Assertion

Bug#616667: X server crash due to xauth generate with large timeout

2011-03-06 Thread Ian Jackson
Cyril Brulebois writes (Re: Bug#616667: X server crash due to xauth generate with large timeout): With 2:1.9.99.903-1, I'm getting: | -(cyril@talisker)-(/tmp)-() | $ xauth -f private generate $DISPLAY . untrusted timeout 10 | xauth: (argv):1: couldn't query Security extension on

Bug#617184: xorg -depth 8 fails (colourmap broken) on Thinkpad R50p

2011-03-06 Thread Ian Jackson
Package: xserver-xorg-video-radeon Version: 1:6.13.1-2+squeeze1 If I say X vt9 -dpi 100 -nolisten tcp -retro -depth 8 :3 I get an X server whose colour map seems entirely broken. The initial startup screen is entirely black (the weave requested by -retro is missing), although the mouse cursor

Bug#582566: X values lost

2010-11-03 Thread Ian Jackson
Carl Schaefer writes (Bug#582566: X values lost): using Ubuntu 10.04 I see a similar problem with keyboard mouse values configured by xset being lost after a resume or chvt. I've worked around that lossage by using the desktop Preferences menu to get the behavior I want, so maybe this set of

Bug#597564: Hard to stop X server loading module synaptics

2010-09-20 Thread Ian Jackson
Package: xserver-xorg Version: 1:7.3+20 My laptop has a synaptics touchpad. I recently switched to using a non-ancient X server and I wanted to restore the behaviour I had with the ancient X server, so I decided to arrange for the X server not to load the synaptics module which seemed to be

Bug#597564: Hard to stop X server loading module synaptics

2010-09-20 Thread Ian Jackson
Julien Cristau writes (Re: Bug#597564: Hard to stop X server loading module synaptics): On Mon, Sep 20, 2010 at 23:53:38 +0200, Julien Cristau wrote: On Mon, Sep 20, 2010 at 22:18:30 +0100, Ian Jackson wrote: Package: xserver-xorg Version: 1:7.3+20 Oh wait, lenny. What I said applies

Bug#541388: Xmodmap loss

2010-09-15 Thread Ian Jackson
Russell Adams writes (Bug#541388: Xmodmap loss): I too am having this issue. Is there a workaround? I recently had a similar symptoms. I have reported mine in #596775 since I wasn't sure the causes were the same. Also related are probably: #568868 key repeat for caps lock goes away after

Bug#596775: Xmodmap pointer setting lost across removal/reinsertion of psmouse

2010-09-13 Thread Ian Jackson
Package: xserver-xorg Version: 1:7.3+20 On my system, I run an xmodmap which contains pointer = 1 3 2 This swaps right and middle button which I find useful. If I do this rmmod psmouse modprobe psmouse then when the X server regains its ability to use the mouse, the pointer setting has

Bug#496548: xmodmap in xdm Xsetup, empty modifier map, broken Shift

2008-08-27 Thread Ian Jackson
Ian Jackson writes (Re: Bug#496548: xmodmap in xdm Xsetup, empty modifier map, broken Shift): Julien Cristau writes (Re: Bug#496548: xmodmap in xdm Xsetup, empty modifier map, broken Shift): 14:08 daniels jcristau: getting an empty modmap is a symptom of running

Bug#496548: xmodmap in xdm Xsetup, empty modifier map, broken Shift

2008-08-26 Thread Ian Jackson
Julien Cristau writes (Re: Bug#496548: xmodmap in xdm Xsetup, empty modifier map, broken Shift): On Mon, Aug 25, 2008 at 17:00:08 +0100, Ian Jackson wrote: * When xmodmap -pm is run in Xsetup, it prints an empty modifier map. That is, there are no modifiers set. 14:08 daniels

Bug#496548: xmodmap in xdm Xsetup, empty modifier map, broken Shift

2008-08-26 Thread Ian Jackson
Julien Cristau writes (Re: Bug#496548: xmodmap in xdm Xsetup, empty modifier map, broken Shift): Hrm. Why is dpkg unpacking xkb-data before removing -legacy? Looks like some Conflicts/Replaces are missing there. Because that's what an in-place replacement looks like. That's precisely

Bug#496548: xmodmap in xdm Xsetup, empty modifier map, broken Shift

2008-08-26 Thread Ian Jackson
Ian Jackson writes (Re: Bug#496548: xmodmap in xdm Xsetup, empty modifier map, broken Shift): Julien Cristau writes (Re: Bug#496548: xmodmap in xdm Xsetup, empty modifier map, broken Shift): Hrm. Why is dpkg unpacking xkb-data before removing -legacy? Looks like some Conflicts

Bug#496700: xkb-data vs. xkb-data-legacy, overwrite conflict

2008-08-26 Thread Ian Jackson
Package: xkb-data, xkb-data-legacy Version: 1.3-2, 1.0.1-4 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~ dpkg -i /export/mirror/debian-ftp/pool/main/x/xkeyboard-config/xkb-data_1.3-2_all.deb dpkg: considering removing xkb-data-legacy in favour of xkb-data ... dpkg: yes, will remove xkb-data-legacy in favour of xkb-data.

Bug#496548: xmodmap in xdm Xsetup, empty modifier map, broken Shift

2008-08-25 Thread Ian Jackson
Package: xserver-xorg-core Version: 2:1.4.2-3 I'm suffering a problem with xmodmap. Since at least July 1997 I have swapped control and capslock on my displays, and made certain other changes to the keymap, by using xmodmap in the xdm Xsetup script. This no longer works properly. (I do it like

Bug#375667: x11-common and xserver-xorg unupgradeable due to mutual deathgrip

2006-07-19 Thread Ian Jackson
Ian Jackson writes (Re: Bug#375667: x11-common and xserver-xorg unupgradeable due to mutual deathgrip): Daniel Stone writes (Re: Bug#375667: x11-common and xserver-xorg unupgradeable due to mutual deathgrip): On Wed, Jun 28, 2006 at 05:41:28PM +0100, Ian Jackson wrote: /usr/bin/X11

Bug#375667: x11-common and xserver-xorg unupgradeable due to mutual deathgrip

2006-07-19 Thread Ian Jackson
Daniel Stone writes (Re: Bug#375667: x11-common and xserver-xorg unupgradeable due to mutual deathgrip): Some people have hardcoded /usr/bin/X11/xauth, et al. As I'm reading the FHS, it must continue to work. Just xauth (or a handful of other things) ? We could have a symlink (managed by the

Bug#375667: x11-common and xserver-xorg unupgradeable due to mutual deathgrip

2006-07-19 Thread Ian Jackson
Ian Jackson writes (Re: Bug#375667: x11-common and xserver-xorg unupgradeable due to mutual deathgrip): Just xauth (or a handful of other things) ? We could have a symlink (managed by the postinst to avoid dpkg accidentally replacing xauth with a link to itself) for the transition. I mean

Bug#375667: x11-common and xserver-xorg unupgradeable due to mutual deathgrip

2006-06-29 Thread Ian Jackson
Daniel Stone writes (Re: Bug#375667: x11-common and xserver-xorg unupgradeable due to mutual deathgrip): crap [in] /usr/X11R6 [and] hardcoded paths into /usr/X11R6. Right, so we have to make those paths keep working. On Wed, Jun 28, 2006 at 05:41:28PM +0100, Ian Jackson wrote: /usr/bin/X11

Bug#375667: x11-common and xserver-xorg unupgradeable due to mutual deathgrip

2006-06-28 Thread Ian Jackson
Daniel Stone writes (Re: Bug#375667: x11-common and xserver-xorg unupgradeable due to mutual deathgrip): Patches welcome. If you know of a better way to do this transition, I'm all ears. Almost certainly there is a better way. I'd be happy to help. I think I'll need rather a lot of the

Bug#375667: x11-common and xserver-xorg unupgradeable due to mutual deathgrip

2006-06-28 Thread Ian Jackson
Ian Jackson writes (Re: Bug#375667: x11-common and xserver-xorg unupgradeable due to mutual deathgrip): So before /usr/{lib,include}/X11 - /usr/X11R6/{lib,include} after /usr/{lib,include}/X11 - /usr/X11R6/{lib,include} and before /usr/bin/X11 - /usr/X11R6/bin (real dir) after

Bug#375667: x11-common and xserver-xorg unupgradeable due to mutual deathgrip

2006-06-28 Thread Ian Jackson
Julien Cristau writes (Re: Bug#375667: x11-common and xserver-xorg unupgradeable due to mutual deathgrip): Before X11R7, lots of things were installed in /usr/X11R6/{bin,lib,include}. There were symlinks /usr/bin/X11 - ../X11R6/bin, /usr/include/X11 - ../X11R6/include/X11 and /usr/lib/X11 -

Bug#375670: messings with /usr/bin/X11 and /usr/X11R6/bin are insane

2006-06-27 Thread Ian Jackson
Package: x11-common Version: 7.0.22 anarres# dpkg -i pool/main/x/xorg/xserver-xorg_7.0.22_all.deb dpkg: regarding .../xserver-xorg_7.0.22_all.deb containing xserver-xorg, pre-dependency problem: xserver-xorg pre-depends on x11-common (= 7.0.0-0ubuntu3) x11-common is installed, but is version

Bug#375667: x11-common and xserver-xorg unupgradeable due to mutual deathgrip

2006-06-27 Thread Ian Jackson
Package: x11-common, xserver-xorg Version: 7.0.22, 7.0.22 anarres# dpkg -i pool/main/x/xorg/x11-common_7.0.22_i386.deb dpkg: considering removing xserver-common in favour of x11-common ... dpkg: no, cannot remove xserver-common (--auto-deconfigure will help): xnest depends on xserver-common

Bug#375667: x11-common and xserver-xorg unupgradeable due to mutual deathgrip

2006-06-27 Thread Ian Jackson
Julien Cristau writes (Re: Bug#375667: x11-common and xserver-xorg unupgradeable due to mutual deathgrip): (c) using aptitude (or maybe apt-get) which can upgrade these packages without problems. apt* just `cope' with this problem by running dpkg with --force options. Ie, they decide that you

Bug#333765: xterm -e no longer works with relative paths

2005-10-13 Thread Ian Jackson
Package: xterm Version: 6.8.2.dfsg.1-7 Part of my session arrangements include running this command: xterm -e .configs/rxprofile from in my home directory (/u/ian in this case). /u/ian/.configs/rxprofile exists and is an executable shell script. This no longer works (!) In strace -Ffot xterm

Bug#326238: cannot sensibly run find /usr in config script

2005-09-02 Thread Ian Jackson
Package: xserver-xorg Version: 6.8.2.dfsg.1-6 In the config script I see: DRIVER_DIR=/usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers # Build list of available video drivers, omitting the atimisc, r128, and # radeon sub-modules (the ati driver knows when and how to load these). # v4l is not a display

Bug#89887: Bug#19538: marked as done (xterm: resize not handled by both primary and alternate screens)

2004-08-23 Thread Ian Jackson
Thomas Dickey writes (Bug#89887: Bug#19538: marked as done (xterm: resize not handled by both primary and alternate screens)): On Sat, Aug 21, 2004 at 01:18:49AM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote: What reason is there for not changing it ? Thomas, meet Ian Jackson. ;-) I've already had

Bug#89887: Bug#19538: marked as done (xterm: resize not handled by both primary and alternate screens)

2004-08-13 Thread Ian Jackson
Thomas Dickey writes (Bug#89887: Bug#19538: marked as done (xterm: resize not handled by both primary and alternate screens)): I'll update the manpage to reflect the bug report (taking into account the caveat regarding Secure keyboard. But given that this topic comes up very rarely, I don't