Cygwin/X 1.7 keyboard/mouse freeze shortly after Xwin login to Solaris

[Mark Veneziano]

Confirmed, I see the same behavior on FC12 with 
xorg-x11-server-Xorg-1.7.5-1.fc12.x86_64.  In XDMCP mode, clicking a CDE 
panel up-triangle for the second time in a session causes a 
mouse/keyboard freeze.

Mark

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From: "Mark Veneziano" <mark@alnmark.com>
Sent: Wednesday, March 03, 2010 2:30 PM
To: <cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com>
Cc: <cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com>
Subject: Re: Re: Cygwin/X 1.7 keyboard/mouse freeze shortly after Xwinloginto  Solaris

> Somehow it was stuck in my head that the two issues (dtterm and CDE) 
> were one in the same, but that obviously is not the case.  I 
> definitely never checked the FC12 behavior with CDE in XDMCP mode 
> (which I should have), only dtterm in multiwindow mode.  So I'll give 
> this a try as soon as I get home and have access to both FC12 and 
> Solaris and let you know if I see the same behavior.
>
> Mark
>
>>---- Original Message ----
>>From: Jon TURNEY <jon.turney@dronecode.org.uk>
>>To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com
>>Cc: mark@alnmark.com
>>Sent: Wed, Mar 3, 2010, 9:23 AM
>>Subject: Re: Cygwin/X 1.7 keyboard/mouse freeze shortly after Xwin 
>>login to Solaris
>>
>>On 03/03/2010 00:27, Mark Veneziano wrote:
>>> I started looking at the X.Org bugzilla when I first noticed the
>>> keyboard/mouse freeze, but then I realized I could not duplicate the
>>> problem using Xorg on Linux. The freeze only occurs with 
>>> Cygwin/XWin.
>>> This has made me doubt that a fix could come from upstream, but 
>>> perhaps
>>> that is not a good conclusion to draw.
>>
>>I don't think you were comparing like with the like.
>>
>>The dtterm problem you describe, I could reproduce with FC12 xserver 
>>1.7.1-7,
>>but not with 1.7.4-6 or 1.7.5-1.  This is not surprising as the patch 
>>from
>>fd.o bugzilla #25400 is present in FC12 1.7.4-6 and later.
>>
>>We added this patch in Cygwin XServer 1.7.5-1.
>>
>>I am still able to reproduce the CDE problem you describe with FC12 
>>xserver
>>1.7.5-1 (as well as the cygwin Xserver 1.7.5.-1), perhaps you could 
>>confirm
>>that observation?
>>
>>- switch to a spare VT (e.g. ctrl-alt-f2)
>>- login
>>- run X -query solaris on a spare display number (e.g. X :1 -query 
>>solaris)
>>- login, start CDE, use panel to launch something as before...
>>
>>> --------------------------------------------------
>>> From: "Colin Harrison"
>>> Sent: Tuesday, March 02, 2010 12:32 PM
>>> To: <cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com>
>>> Subject: Re: Re: Cygwin/X 1.7 keyboard/mouse freeze shortly after 
>>> Xwin
>>> login to Solaris
>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> Is the patch in X.Org Bugzilla 25400 superseded by this...?
>>>>
>>>> http://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-devel/2010-February/005845.html
>>>>
>>>> Peter and Keith have changed their minds..maybe of some help (or a 
>>>> red
>>>> herring!)
>>
>>Thanks for pointing that out.  I had noticed that patch, despite it 
>>not being
>>in bugzilla, and that was included in my 20100302123309 build.
>>
>>--
>>Jon TURNEY
>>Volunteer Cygwin/X X Server maintainer
>>
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