xorg hangs on dapper (upstream patch available)
Bug #135878 reported by
Tom
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xorg (Ubuntu) |
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Bug Description
Binary package hint: xserver-xorg
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Is there any chance to get this bug fixed on Dapper LTS?
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Did you know that LTS is going to be renamed to LTUS (Long Time Until Support)? :-)
Well, fed up with frequent crashes and regular loss of documents I tried to find a workaround. I finally decided to try something drastic and removed execute permissions on /usr/bin/xkbcomp, assuming that the chance the signal handling Xorg bug is triggered decreases with the run time of the fork()-ed process. So far I have observed that after implementing my workaround OpenOffice makes Xorg freeze for up to one minute when you use the menu for the first time - but then the whole thing resumes! That's not what I actually expected to happen but it's far better than having to start another computer to log in, kill Xorg, start a new session twice a day, anyway. I can actually live with a menu taking a minute to open from time to time :-)
I'll let you know if my workaround causes other, more serious drawbacks or the Xorg freezing happens in spite of the workaround.