Re: Jumping cursor in modular-xorg-server-1.4.0.90nb3 (was: modular-xorg and DRM/DRI checkpoint)

["Joel CARNAT" <joel%carnat.net@localhost>]

> 2008/7/6 Sverre Froyen <sverre%viewmark.com@localhost>:
>> On Friday 04 July 2008, Joerg Sonnenberger wrote:
>>> On Thu, Jul 03, 2008 at 07:52:31PM -0600, Sverre Froyen wrote:
>>> > I've tracked the jumping cursor issue down to the function
>>> > acceleratePointer in dix/getevents.c.
>>>
>>> All this issues in the past happened because some very smart guys
>>> decided to do random broken things from signal context. Which is why
>>> this is extremely hard to trace down.
>
> Just to confirm I have the same on 1.4.0.90nb2 on a machine with a
> Radeon (9800SE); the same Xorg version with an Intel 945 seems to work
> fine on my laptop.
>

I have finished rebuilding the whole 're)compilation with fresh pkgsrc,
pkgsrc-wip and mk.conf on my Eee PC (Intel 82915GM/GMS,82910GML) and I
don't have this behaviour. Still having glxgears/glxinfo cores when
terminated though.

>>
>> I still see the jumps in 1.4.2.  Perhaps my workaround (attached) could
>> be
>> included until a proper fix is developed?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Sverre
>>
>>
>>
>
> Chavdar
>
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