Bug#364288: Bug#331435: xserver-xorg: Mouse pointer occasionally vanishes
close 364288 quit * Tore Anderson I've been running fvwm and KDE for more than two weeks now, and have not yet experienced a hang. So it appears that Openbox is triggering a bug in Xorg. I'll try to run it with debugging activated to see if I figure out something more. I think I've found out what causes it. The clock on my workstation is too fast, it needs only around two minutes and fifteen seconds to drift ahead one second. This makes ntpd step the time backwards, which appears to be what causes the hangs. Only happens sometimes, though, but I observerd a clear correlation between the hangs and clock stepping when I tested manually with ntpdate. Even though X11R6 had no problems with this, I'm closing this bug as it's unlikely to affect many users (it appears they'd need both to be running Openbox and ntpd, as well as to have defective hardware). -- Tore Anderson -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#364288: Bug#331435: xserver-xorg: Mouse pointer occasionally vanishes
* Tore Anderson So the only suggestion I have left is that Openbox is somehow triggering a bug in X11R7, or vice verca. In the latter case, however, it is weird that the state remains even after Openbox is killed and another window manager is started in its place. Openbox hasn't changed in a while, either... In any case, I'm running fvwm now, to see if the hang also occur in an X session where Openbox has never been present. I haven't seen a hang yet, but I have done it for too short to conclude yet. I'll keep you posted. I've been running fvwm and KDE for more than two weeks now, and have not yet experienced a hang. So it appears that Openbox is triggering a bug in Xorg. I'll try to run it with debugging activated to see if I figure out something more. -- Tore Anderson -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#364288: Bug#331435: xserver-xorg: Mouse pointer occasionally vanishes
* Michel Dänzer Both of you, please also make sure (e.g. using xlsclients) that there are no 'hidden' clients that could interfere, and that killing the clients actually causes them to close their X display connection (and possibly open a new one). I checked this, there is no client left, except the one started by xinit. Usually this is my window manager Openbox, but I did try once to make xinit start an xterm instead, and then start Openbox afterwards. That enabled me to kill Openbox without also pulling down the X server - without that having any effect. I started another window manager afterwards (Window Maker, if I recall correctly), but yhe defunct state persisted. So the only suggestion I have left is that Openbox is somehow triggering a bug in X11R7, or vice verca. In the latter case, however, it is weird that the state remains even after Openbox is killed and another window manager is started in its place. Openbox hasn't changed in a while, either... In any case, I'm running fvwm now, to see if the hang also occur in an X session where Openbox has never been present. I haven't seen a hang yet, but I have done it for too short to conclude yet. I'll keep you posted. Regards -- Tore Anderson
