Bug 837885 - GUI stops responding to task switching commands
Summary: GUI stops responding to task switching commands
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: xorg-x11-drv-synaptics
Version: 16
Hardware: x86_64
OS: Linux
unspecified
high
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Peter Hutterer
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2012-07-05 17:37 UTC by Quentin Armitage
Modified: 2013-02-13 21:02 UTC (History)
1 user (show)

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Last Closed: 2013-02-13 21:02:36 UTC
Type: Bug
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Description Quentin Armitage 2012-07-05 17:37:15 UTC
Description of problem:
GIU stops responding to mouse and keyboard input to switch application (ALT-TAB), or to the Windows key. Closing applications by clicking on the X in the top right hand corner also stops working. Also, the scroll down (but not scroll up) on my mouse wheel stopped working.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
xorg-x11-drv-synaptics-1.5.0-2.fc16.x86_64

How reproducible:
It has happened twice in the last two days. I was just using the system when I became unable to switch between tasks etc.

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Don't know
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Actual results:
Can't switch between applications

Expected results:
Can switch between applications!

Additional info:
Logging out from X and logging in again clears the fault.
 
Xorg.0.log contained the following:
[ 86621.186] [mi] EQ overflowing. The server is probably stuck in an infinite loop.
[ 86621.186] 
Backtrace:
[ 86621.186] 0: /usr/bin/Xorg (xorg_backtrace+0x2f) [0x462e8f]
[ 86621.186] 1: /usr/bin/Xorg (mieqEnqueue+0x17d) [0x557aed]
[ 86621.186] 2: /usr/bin/Xorg (0x400000+0x46e73) [0x446e73]
[ 86621.186] 3: /usr/bin/Xorg (xf86PostButtonEvent+0xf7) [0x494927]
[ 86621.186] 4: /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/input/synaptics_drv.so (0x7fb246ff4000+0x2d01) [0x7fb246ff6d01]
[ 86621.186] 5: /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/input/synaptics_drv.so (0x7fb246ff4000+0x4eb6) [0x7fb246ff8eb6]
[ 86621.186] 6: /usr/bin/Xorg (0x400000+0x7f618) [0x47f618]
[ 86621.186] 7: /usr/bin/Xorg (0x400000+0xa4e4b) [0x4a4e4b]
[ 86621.186] 8: /lib64/libpthread.so.0 (0x315ec00000+0xf500) [0x315ec0f500]
[ 86621.186] 9: /lib64/libc.so.6 (__select+0x13) [0x315e4ea3e3]
[ 86621.186] 10: /usr/bin/Xorg (WaitForSomething+0x186) [0x460366]
[ 86621.186] 11: /usr/bin/Xorg (0x400000+0x3387a) [0x43387a]
[ 86621.186] 12: /usr/bin/Xorg (0x400000+0x22ea5) [0x422ea5]
[ 86621.186] 13: /lib64/libc.so.6 (__libc_start_main+0xed) [0x315e42169d]
[ 86621.186] 14: /usr/bin/Xorg (0x400000+0x23191) [0x423191]

Comment 1 Peter Hutterer 2012-10-08 23:33:35 UTC
most likely video driver issue, not synaptics driver. the synaptics driver merely triggers the error. Cause in these cases is usually the video driver (or server) hanging elsewhere.

Please attach your full Xorg.log

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