Bug#495244: xcompmgr: causes x applications to stop updating
severity 495244 important tag 495244 moreinfo kthxbye On Fri, Aug 15, 2008 at 13:39:32 -0400, Benjamin Seidenberg wrote: Julien Cristau wrote: On Fri, Aug 15, 2008 at 12:32:01 -0400, Benjamin Seidenberg wrote: Package: xcompmgr Version: 1.1.4-0.1 Severity: grave Justification: renders package unusable It works well enough here (although with automatic compositing, I haven't really tested anything else). Fair enough. I used it for quite a while before problems developed, but I don't know what changed (it was originally infrequent and took me a while to realize it was xcompmgr). FWIW, I use xcompgr -c. While using xcompmgr (with fluxbox), it periodically (every few hours while watching video) locks up in such a way that various applications fail to make updates to the screen. Video and games freeze, terminals don't show anything typed, etc. A focus change (which changes transparency level) will sometimes make a window update once (a different video frame, text appears in a terminal all at once, etc). Restarting xcompmgr resolves this issue. (Killing it makes everything update normally, rerunning it does not break things). Would be nice if you could find out where it's stuck (use gdb from an ssh connection). This could as well be a bug in the x server. Or just from the console. I'll try to remember to do this, it's just it has to crash at a time when it's convenient for me to debug (not when I'm doing work or late at night, etc). Hi Benjamin, I seem unable to reproduce this, so I'll go ahead and downgrade the severity. It's possible this is a bug in the video driver or X server, rather than xcompmgr. Cheers, Julien -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#495244: xcompmgr: causes x applications to stop updating
Julien Cristau wrote: Hi Benjamin, I seem unable to reproduce this, so I'll go ahead and downgrade the severity. It's possible this is a bug in the video driver or X server, rather than xcompmgr. Cheers, Julien Fair enough. I'll try to get a gdb trace on it when I can, but right now that computer is in a box in the garage while I am in the process of moving. Is there a debug symbol package for xcompmgr? Benjamin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#495244: xcompmgr: causes x applications to stop updating
On Mon, Aug 25, 2008 at 09:52:19 -0400, Benjamin Seidenberg wrote: Is there a debug symbol package for xcompmgr? Nope, sorry. Cheers, Julien -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#495244: xcompmgr: causes x applications to stop updating
Package: xcompmgr Version: 1.1.4-0.1 Severity: grave Justification: renders package unusable While using xcompmgr (with fluxbox), it periodically (every few hours while watching video) locks up in such a way that various applications fail to make updates to the screen. Video and games freeze, terminals don't show anything typed, etc. A focus change (which changes transparency level) will sometimes make a window update once (a different video frame, text appears in a terminal all at once, etc). Restarting xcompmgr resolves this issue. (Killing it makes everything update normally, rerunning it does not break things). Benjamin -- System Information: Debian Release: lenny/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 2.6.25-2-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages xcompmgr depends on: ii libc6 2.7-13 GNU C Library: Shared libraries ii libx11-6 2:1.1.4-2 X11 client-side library ii libxcomposite11:0.4.0-3 X11 Composite extension library ii libxdamage1 1:1.1.1-4 X11 damaged region extension libra ii libxfixes31:4.0.3-2 X11 miscellaneous 'fixes' extensio ii libxrender1 1:0.9.4-2 X Rendering Extension client libra xcompmgr recommends no packages. xcompmgr suggests no packages. -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#495244: xcompmgr: causes x applications to stop updating
On Fri, Aug 15, 2008 at 12:32:01 -0400, Benjamin Seidenberg wrote: Package: xcompmgr Version: 1.1.4-0.1 Severity: grave Justification: renders package unusable It works well enough here (although with automatic compositing, I haven't really tested anything else). While using xcompmgr (with fluxbox), it periodically (every few hours while watching video) locks up in such a way that various applications fail to make updates to the screen. Video and games freeze, terminals don't show anything typed, etc. A focus change (which changes transparency level) will sometimes make a window update once (a different video frame, text appears in a terminal all at once, etc). Restarting xcompmgr resolves this issue. (Killing it makes everything update normally, rerunning it does not break things). Would be nice if you could find out where it's stuck (use gdb from an ssh connection). This could as well be a bug in the x server. Cheers, Julien -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#495244: xcompmgr: causes x applications to stop updating
Julien Cristau wrote: On Fri, Aug 15, 2008 at 12:32:01 -0400, Benjamin Seidenberg wrote: Package: xcompmgr Version: 1.1.4-0.1 Severity: grave Justification: renders package unusable It works well enough here (although with automatic compositing, I haven't really tested anything else). Fair enough. I used it for quite a while before problems developed, but I don't know what changed (it was originally infrequent and took me a while to realize it was xcompmgr). FWIW, I use xcompgr -c. While using xcompmgr (with fluxbox), it periodically (every few hours while watching video) locks up in such a way that various applications fail to make updates to the screen. Video and games freeze, terminals don't show anything typed, etc. A focus change (which changes transparency level) will sometimes make a window update once (a different video frame, text appears in a terminal all at once, etc). Restarting xcompmgr resolves this issue. (Killing it makes everything update normally, rerunning it does not break things). Would be nice if you could find out where it's stuck (use gdb from an ssh connection). This could as well be a bug in the x server. Or just from the console. I'll try to remember to do this, it's just it has to crash at a time when it's convenient for me to debug (not when I'm doing work or late at night, etc). Benjamin signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
