2009/1/28 Daniel Burrows <dburr...@debian.org>: > I'd like to thank everyone who replied on these bugs over the last > couple years. Especially the people who prodded me into trying out > kernel 2.6.18-6. I've tracked down the bug, or at least I think maybe > I have. There is definitely a bug here, but it seems to be failing > even in cases where it "ought to" work; I suspect that 2.6.18-6 is also > a bit broken.
[..] > So, the long and the short of it is: if we just lock the mutex when > we actually need it, that is, when we're about to send a get_input_event > to the main thread, there's no danger of being canceled and leaving the > mutex locked. I've attached a patch that does this; on my computer, it > eliminates the hang. I'll ask the release managers for permission to > apply this patch in Lenny. I can confirm this patch fixes the problem for me. -- Regards, EddyP ============================================= "Imagination is more important than knowledge" A.Einstein -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
