[arch-general] New xorg-server package braks fluxbox?

[Thaddeus Nielsen]

Javier Vasquez [j.e.vasquez.v at gmail.com] 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.