On 3/7/10, Thaddeus Nielsen <thaddeusn@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Javier Vasquez [j.e.vasquez.v@xxxxxxxxx] wrote: >> Hi, >> >> Today's pacman -Syu installed new xorg-server package: >> >> % pacman -Qs xorg-server >> local/xorg-server 1.7.5.901-1 (xorg) >> X.Org X servers >> >> I have xorg.conf configured without hal support: >> >> Section "ServerFlags" >> Option "AutoAddDevices" "False" >> Option "AllowEmptyInput" "False" >> EndSection >> >> I also have fluxbox installed: >> >> % pacman -Qs fluxbox >> local/fluxbox 1.1.1-1 >> A lightweight and highly-configurable window manager >> >> And with the new xorg-server the behavior I'm seing is that if I try >> to maximize/minimize a window, fluxbox freezes, but if I do top, I >> don't see any process eating resources, neither memory, neither cpu... >> >> Another weird behavior, is that fluxbox keys are dead. I configured >> for example: >> >> # alt-left / alt-right >> Mod1 Right :NextWorkspace >> Mod1 Left :PrevWorkspace >> >> And they don't work. Well, if I try them like between the 1st 2 >> seconds, they actually work, after 2 seconds, they don't do a thing... >> >> I don't think this is a video card issue, since I have the same issue >> with a nvidia video card, and an ati video card: >> >> Driver "nvidia" >> VendorName "NVIDIA Corporation" >> BoardName "Quadro FX 570M" >> >> ... >> >> Driver "radeon" >> VendorName "ATI Technologies Inc" >> BoardName "Radeon RV250 [Mobility FireGL 9000]" >> >> Is this a bug? I don't want to use hal, but perhaps it's inevitable >> now as opposed as before, when we could still not depend upon it... >> So I'm not sure if the only way to make Xorg work now is through hal, >> or if this is just a temporal bug to be fixed... >> >> Please let me know. >> >> Thanks, >> >> >> -- >> Javier. > > I was able to "downgrade" back to xorg-server-1.7.5-1 and things seem > to be working OK for now. > > T. Downgrading actually works as suggested. There's a forum already with dicsussion about this: http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=92679 And a bug already filed as a result: http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/18598 I'll have to keep an eye on it, to see how it progress, :-) Thanks, -- Javier.
