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
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