I can confirm that the crash depends on the fn-f8 combo to activate/disable the
touchpad.
The interesting thing is that it doesnt matter if the touchpad is actually
active or not. If I disable/enable the touchpad via terminal [synclient
touchpadoff=1/0] it doesnt crash as long as the touchpad isn't deactivated via
fn-f8.
I'm usually using the trackpoint so i didnt notice this behaviour before.
Steps to reproduce:
1) activate the touchpad via fn-f8
2) create a new image in gimp and try out some tools -> no crash happens
[ 3) deactivate touchpad via terminal -> no crash ]
4) deactivate the touchpad via fn-f8 and click on the gimp workspace -> xserver
crashes instantly
(reactivating the touchpad via terminal before pressing fn-f8 doesnt
change the result)
Some further tests:
1) Deactivating the touchpad in the bios:
a) only trackpoint -> no crash (pressing fn-f8 has obviously no effect
as no touchpad is active)
b) trackpoint and a simple external mouse -> same as above
2) Deactivating the trackpoint in the bios:
a) only touchpad -> obviuosly can't click on the gimp workspace if the
touchpad is disabled, so no way to tell
b) touchpad and external mouse -> crash once you follow the steps
described above.
3) Using external mouse, trackpoint and trackpad
-> crash if you click with mouse or trackpoint once the touchpad is
deactivated using fn-f8
Well, it really seems to be related to the touchpad or rather it's
deactivation using the keycombo.
As a workaround, you can simply activate your touchpad via fn-f8 and
keep it on, deactivate it via teminal or diable it in the bios of your
laptop.
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Xorg-server crashes reproducible with GIMP usage
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