thank you :) On Tue, 2009-03-10 at 21:20 +0000, mtopro wrote: > Another comment that may help other GUI users test, you can enable the > fix through System>Administration>Synaptic Package Manager. Then go to > Settings>Repositories and under the 'Updates' tab check the box under > Pre-released updates. Close out of that box and Synaptic, then do a > System>Administration>Update Manager. 'Check' for new updates and you > will get a list of the active updates. Uncheck all of them except the > xorg-server and the xorg-common. After that updates, go back into the > Synaptic Package Manager and uncheck the box for Pre-released updates. > You're all set. Reboot and you should hopefully have a fix. > > -- > X.org will stop responding to mouse clicks on Ibex with Xinerama. Occurs > frequently, Fatal Error. > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/296167 > You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber > of a duplicate bug. > > Status in X.Org X server: Fix Released > Status in Ubuntu: Invalid > Status in “xorg-server” source package in Ubuntu: Fix Released > Status in The Intrepid Ibex: Invalid > Status in xorg-server in Ubuntu Intrepid: Fix Committed > Status in “xorg-server” source package in Fedora: Fix Released > > Bug description: > [Problem] > When using Xinerama (such as with multiple video cards), if using an animated > cursor, after some time X will stop responding to mouse events. All mouse > events are being sent to the root window instead of client applications. > > [SRU] > Confirmed fix is released upstream in xserver 1.6.0 and present in Jaunty (as > of xserver 1.6.0) > > Impact: Severe regression for users of -nvidia and other drivers which still > rely on Xinerama, resulting in mouse cursor (and thus much of the GUI) > becoming unusable. No reliable workaround known. > > Fix: Avoid calling UpdateSpriteForScreen() if the Xinerama extension is > loaded > > Patch: https://bugs.freedesktop.org/attachment.cgi?id=22373 > > Test Case: Configure a Xinerama multi-head (3+) layout using -nvidia. > Configure the mouse to use an animated cursor; this is optional but makes it > easier to reproduce the problem. Move windows around, from one screen to > another until the bug is triggered (may take a few tries). Mouse clicking > will become disabled, while keyboard and mouse movement continues to work > correctly. > > Regression Potential: The fix is extremely trivial and highly tied to > Xinerama. The net effect is to prevent code from being executed rather than > enable it. For non-Xinerama users, there is no chance for regression. For > Xinerama users, give the huge number that have reported this as an issue, > this bug probably affects all users; furthermore we already have numerous > confirmations of the fix and zero reports of side effects. So I think the > chance of regression is close to nil. > > [Original Report] > After upgrading to Ibex a problem has appeared where after some activity > (10-15 minutes), X will suddenly stop responding to any mouse events - the > cursor is still there and will move around, but windows won't change focus > and clicking the mouse buttons have no effect (in both the focused and > unfocused windows). Keyboard still works fine and I can Alt-Tab between > windows. Mouse still moves the cursor normally, just will not click anything. > > I have a four-monitor Xinerama setup running the latest NVidia drivers on two > 8600GT Graphics cards. This setup worked perfectly in Hardy. > > Problem is present in 2.6.27-7 & 2.6.24-19, Nvidia Drivers 177 & 173. > > Tried with two different wired optical mouses (logitech and microsoft) and > problem is present in both. > > Once the problem occurs, the only way to get the mouse buttons working again > is to Ctl-Alt-Backspace to restart X. Mouse will work fine for a period of > time after that. > > Strangely - if I have xev running, it won't respond to any events if the > mouse is over the window, but if the cursor is at the same height as the > window one screen over to the right, it will show events. > > I don't think I see anything in dmesg / syslog / Xorg.conf. > > amd64 arch w/ 8 GB Ram. > > This is driving me absolutely crazy as my computer is pretty much unusable. > > ProblemType: Bug > Architecture: amd64 > DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.10 > NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia > Package: xorg 1:7.4~5ubuntu3 > ProcEnviron: > SHELL=/bin/bash > PATH=/home/User > Name/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games:/home/User > Name/bin > LANG=en_US.UTF-8 > ProcVersion: Linux version 2.6.27-7-generic (bui...@crested) (gcc version > 4.3.2 (Ubuntu 4.3.2-1ubuntu11) ) #1 SMP Tue Nov 4 19:33:06 UTC 2008 > > SourcePackage: xorg > Uname: Linux 2.6.27-7-generic x86_64 > Xrandr: > > xkbcomp: > > [lspci] > 00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: nVidia Corporation C55 Host Bridge [10de:03a1] > (rev a2) > Subsystem: nVidia Corporation Device [10de:c55e] > 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: nVidia Corporation GeForce 8600 GTS > [10de:0400] (rev a1) > Subsystem: eVga.com. Corp. Device [3842:c773] > 03:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: nVidia Corporation GeForce 8600 GTS > [10de:0400] (rev a1) > Subsystem: eVga.com. Corp. Device [3842:c773]
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