On Tue, Oct 8, 2024 at 8:07 AM joshua stein <j...@jcs.org> wrote: > On Tue, 08 Oct 2024 at 11:08:57 +0200, Mark Kettenis wrote: > > > Date: Tue, 8 Oct 2024 00:59:19 +0100 > > > From: Stuart Henderson <s...@spacehopper.org> > > > > > > On 2024/10/07 14:17, Stuart Henderson wrote: > > > > On 2024/10/07 14:04, Matthieu Herrb wrote: > > > > > The only file that Xorg writes to is its log file. Sometimes, when > > > > > input devices go bad, it can be very verbose. > > > > > > > > > > Can you check if any of the Xorg.0.log files are huge ? > > > > > > > > yes: > > > > > > > > $ ls -lh /var/log/Xorg.0.log* > > > > -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 45.6K Oct 7 13:37 /var/log/Xorg.0.log > > > > -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 433M Oct 3 11:48 /var/log/Xorg.0.log.old > > > > > > > > hmm, there are loads of modeline dumps: > > > > Probably means there is an issue with hotplug detection. Could be a > > dodgy cable, but if it happens on more machines that is unlikely. > > I get modeline spam in Xorg.0.log every time I run xrandr or > "xbacklight -set". >
May this be related to the X lockups I reported when doing $ xbacklight -set ... ? https://marc.info/?l=openbsd-bugs&m=167695780419330&w=2 Sorry, not at my machine right now to test. regards