Bug 502891 - F11 X: loss of keyboard input, cursors go to outline and no menues
Summary: F11 X: loss of keyboard input, cursors go to outline and no menues
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: xorg-x11-server
Version: 11
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
low
high
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Peter Hutterer
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
URL:
Whiteboard:
Depends On:
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2009-05-27 16:17 UTC by Gerry Reno
Modified: 2018-04-11 16:28 UTC (History)
3 users (show)

Fixed In Version:
Clone Of:
Environment:
Last Closed: 2010-06-28 12:43:52 UTC
Type: ---
Embargoed:


Attachments (Terms of Use)
Xorg.0.log (109.08 KB, text/plain)
2009-05-27 16:18 UTC, Gerry Reno
no flags Details
xorg.conf (588 bytes, text/plain)
2009-05-27 16:19 UTC, Gerry Reno
no flags Details
dmesg (120.13 KB, text/plain)
2009-05-27 16:20 UTC, Gerry Reno
no flags Details

Description Gerry Reno 2009-05-27 16:17:19 UTC
Description of problem:
Several times while using X under F11 I've lost keyboard input accompanied by all the terminal cursors going to outline form and then none of the windows menues work - no dropdowns.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):


How reproducible:
intermittent - have not found repeatable method to induce this failure.

Steps to Reproduce:
1. work in X
2. at some point after enough time the fault happens
3.
  
Actual results:


Expected results:


Additional info:
adding attachments

Comment 1 Gerry Reno 2009-05-27 16:18:22 UTC
Created attachment 345640 [details]
Xorg.0.log

Comment 2 Gerry Reno 2009-05-27 16:19:07 UTC
Created attachment 345641 [details]
xorg.conf

Comment 3 Gerry Reno 2009-05-27 16:20:02 UTC
Created attachment 345642 [details]
dmesg

Comment 4 Peter Hutterer 2009-06-02 00:07:21 UTC
I'm setting the needinfo flag here, we'd need some way to reproduce this issue.

Comment 5 Gerry Reno 2009-06-02 14:48:44 UTC
I don't know how to make this problem happen.  It happens at least once a day to me working on a couple dozen installs of F11.  They all use 'vmmouse' driver and some of the installs are physical and some are virtual machines.  I have not figured out what is triggering this to happen or even if it is something triggered by the user at all.

Comment 6 Bug Zapper 2009-06-09 16:39:26 UTC
This bug appears to have been reported against 'rawhide' during the Fedora 11 development cycle.
Changing version to '11'.

More information and reason for this action is here:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/BugZappers/HouseKeeping

Comment 7 Matěj Cepl 2009-11-05 18:29:58 UTC
Since this bugzilla report was filed, there have been several major updates in various components of the Xorg system, which may have resolved this issue. Users who have experienced this problem are encouraged to upgrade their system to the latest version of their packages. For packages from updates-testing repository you can use command

yum upgrade --enablerepo='*-updates-testing'

Alternatively, you can also try to test whether this bug is reproducible with the upcoming Fedora 12 distribution by downloading LiveMedia of F12 Beta available at http://alt.fedoraproject.org/pub/alt/nightly-composes/ . By using that you get all the latest packages without need to install anything on your computer. For more information on using LiveMedia take a look at https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FedoraLiveCD .

Please, if you experience this problem on the up-to-date system, let us now in the comment for this bug, or whether the upgraded system works for you.

If you won't be able to reply in one month, I will have to close this bug as INSUFFICIENT_DATA. Thank you.

[This is a bulk message for all open Fedora Rawhide Xorg-related bugs. I'm adding myself to the CC list for each bug, so I'll see any comments you make after this and do my best to make sure every issue gets proper attention.]

Comment 8 Gerry Reno 2009-11-06 16:41:00 UTC
This problem still occurs in F12beta.

Comment 9 Bug Zapper 2010-04-27 14:32:48 UTC
This message is a reminder that Fedora 11 is nearing its end of life.
Approximately 30 (thirty) days from now Fedora will stop maintaining
and issuing updates for Fedora 11.  It is Fedora's policy to close all
bug reports from releases that are no longer maintained.  At that time
this bug will be closed as WONTFIX if it remains open with a Fedora 
'version' of '11'.

Package Maintainer: If you wish for this bug to remain open because you
plan to fix it in a currently maintained version, simply change the 'version' 
to a later Fedora version prior to Fedora 11's end of life.

Bug Reporter: Thank you for reporting this issue and we are sorry that 
we may not be able to fix it before Fedora 11 is end of life.  If you 
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The process we are following is described here: 
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Comment 10 Bug Zapper 2010-06-28 12:43:52 UTC
Fedora 11 changed to end-of-life (EOL) status on 2010-06-25. Fedora 11 is 
no longer maintained, which means that it will not receive any further 
security or bug fix updates. As a result we are closing this bug.

If you can reproduce this bug against a currently maintained version of 
Fedora please feel free to reopen this bug against that version.

Thank you for reporting this bug and we are sorry it could not be fixed.


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