On Tue, 2008-01-29 at 16:30 -0500, Joe Drew wrote: > Package: libx11-6 > Version: 2:1.1.3-1 > Severity: critical > > This is only 'critical' because it causes unrelated software (e.g., Side > Effects Software's Houdini) to break by causing hangs. Feel free to > downgrade, but this is a very important bug to me, at least. > > This is also reported upstream: > http://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9528 > > Simply upgrading to a XCB-enabled libx11 build causes clients to start > hanging inside _XReply. There is a bunch of analysis at > http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xcb/2007-August/002961.html too. > > To reproduce, download a build of Houdini 9.0 from www.sidefx.com and > run it. You will see various hangs almost immediately upon running > 'houdini'.
As it seems threading related: Does XInitThreads() get called and finish before any other libX11 function is called? > I can help with all manner of debugging; I just don't understand X (and > in particular, libx11 and XCB) enough to do this myself. You can probably get better help on this on the upstream bug report or mailing list. -- Earthling Michel Dänzer | http://tungstengraphics.com Libre software enthusiast | Debian, X and DRI developer
