On Sat, Jan 16, 2010 at 18:19:41 -0800, Russ Allbery wrote: > Following this aptitude action: > > [UPGRADE] xserver-common 2:1.7.3.902-1 -> 2:1.7.4-1 > [UPGRADE] xserver-xorg-core 2:1.7.3.902-1 -> 2:1.7.4-1 > [UPGRADE] xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.3.2-2 -> 1:2.3.2-3 > > X locks up after a short time period (five or ten minutes) when doing > things that place some demand on the X server (in other words, not > typing in an xterm, but the smooth-pop-up notification windows from > Iceweasel or playing solitaire and moving cards around). The behavior > of the freeze is slightly different depending on the kernel: with > a 2.6.30 kernel, the mouse pointer is fully responsive, but no clicks > register. With 2.6.32, the mouse pointer is *extremely* sluggish, but > still sort of responds. > the diff from 1.7.3.902 to 1.7.4 is quite small[0], and I can't see anything in it that would explain this. Are you sure this didn't happen with 1.7.3.902? Is the machine still reachable over the network when this happens? Do you have an X log from 1.7.4?
[0] $ git diff --stat xorg-server-2_1.7.3.902-1 xorg-server-2_1.7.4-1 ChangeLog | 40 ++++++++++++++++++++ configure.ac | 4 +- debian/changelog | 12 ++++++ ...g_init-after-CreateWellKnownSockets-and-In.diff | 21 ++++------ dix/devices.c | 6 +- include/eventstr.h | 4 -- 6 files changed, 66 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-) Cheers, Julien -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-x-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org