xorg-server blocks on /dev/sysmouse

Maxim Ignatenko gelraen.ua at gmail.com
Fri Feb 24 19:04:07 UTC 2012


On пт, 24 лют 2012 20:23:18 Warren Block wrote:
> On Fri, 24 Feb 2012, Maxim Ignatenko wrote:
> > On ??, 23 ??? 2012 21:33:28 Warren Block wrote:
> >> On Thu, 23 Feb 2012, Maxim Ignatenko wrote:
> >>> Hello -x11@,
> >>> 
> >>> I have xorg-server with staticaly configured 
input
> >>> devices (USB mouse configured via 
sysmouse+moused).
> >>> Sometimes picture and all GUI threads of running
> >>> processes freezes until I move mouse. This issue
> > 
> > appeared
> > 
> >>> long time ago (I've noticed it more than year ago
> >>> http://juick.com/gelraen/966367 (russian)), but 
I'm
> >>> reporting it only now, sorry :(
> >>> 
> >>> This patch seems to solve the problem:
> >>> http://paste.org.ru/?rgm0m6
> >>> 
> >>> This patch does the same, but for xorg-server
> > 
> > 1.10.6:
> >>> http://dpaste.com/707312/
> >> 
> >> Are you disabling AllowEmptyInput?
> >> http://www.wonkity.com/~wblock/docs/html/aei.html
> > 
> > Yes, all input devices configured statically.
> > AutoAddDevices is also turned off.
> 
> Sorry, I was not clear enough.  If AllowEmptyInput is 
set to Off, it can
> cause this exact problem--nothing runs until the 
mouse is moved.  The
> solution in that case is to not set AEI at all, let 
it default.

Just tried to rebuild xorg-server without mentioned 
patch and commented AllowEmptyInput in xorg.conf - now 
it hangs. Also, I cannot find AllowEmptyInput in 
xorg.conf(5) now, is it removed?


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