On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 3:46 PM, Peter Hutterer <[email protected]> wrote: > This is just a warning about a bug I discovered yesterday. Affected versions > are all xf86-input-wacom versions when running against X server 1.7 or > later. > > Cause: > if a button is configured to send key events, wcmEmitKeysyms() calls > XkbGetCoreMap() to look up the keycode for the keysym configured. > This call allocs and since we're in the signal handler an allocation may > hang the system. > > Solution: > We need to buffer the keysym map outside the event handling code and update > it whenever it updates (that's the tricky bit, mind you).
Are you going to make a patch for it? > Workaround: > Don't use keystrokes for buttons if you experience that problem. Normal > button function will work, it's just the key mapping that triggers this > problem. This is not a workaround for those who can not live without keystrokes. Any other tricks? Ping ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.net email is sponsored by Sprint What will you do first with EVO, the first 4G phone? Visit sprint.com/first -- http://p.sf.net/sfu/sprint-com-first _______________________________________________ Linuxwacom-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linuxwacom-devel
