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]
