Bug 239062

Summary:	mouse freezes while logging into gnome-2.24 desktop
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Alexandre Rostovtsev (RETIRED) <tetromino>
Component:	[OLD] GNOME	Assignee:	Gentoo Linux Gnome Desktop Team <gnome>
Status:	RESOLVED NEEDINFO
Severity:	critical	CC:	pacho
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---
Attachments:	xorg.conf Xorg.0.log

Description Alexandre Rostovtsev (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2008-09-29 16:07:40 UTC

xorg-server-1.5.0, xf86-input-synaptics-0.15.2-r2, udev-128

With gnome-2.22.*, the synaptics touchpad worked perfectly

After updating to gnome-2.24 from gnome overlay, the mouse continues to work fine in the gdm login screen. However, a couple of seconds after I enter my password and start to load the Gnome desktop, the mouse stops moving. Only the cursor movement stops - button clicks continue to work fine.

This bug only seems to affect the synaptics touchpad. Both a random USB mouse and a Wacom tablet seem to work OK in gnome-2.24 (however, carrying a tablet just to move the cursor is obviously extremely inconvenient).

Comment 1 Alexandre Rostovtsev (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2008-09-29 16:10:52 UTC

Created attachment 166764 [details]
xorg.conf

Comment 2 Alexandre Rostovtsev (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2008-09-29 16:11:13 UTC

Created attachment 166765 [details]
Xorg.0.log

Comment 3 Gilles Dartiguelongue (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2008-09-29 16:42:29 UTC

I have a touchpad myself and it works real fine (on a macbook). Are you using gsynaptics by any chance ?

Comment 4 Alexandre Rostovtsev (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2008-09-29 16:47:56 UTC

Thanks for the advice! Unmerging gsynaptics made the mouse work again. I guess gsynaptics-0.9.14 is not compatible with gnome-2.24? In that case, it should be marked in the dependencies, so people don't end up without a working mouse.

Comment 5 Gilles Dartiguelongue (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2008-09-29 17:15:54 UTC

nah, gsynaptics itself doesn't work that good, someone (me if I get enough time) needs to backport more patches from debian to make it work properly.

Comment 6 Rémi Cardona (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2008-09-30 09:05:26 UTC

And once Input Device Properties land in xorg-server 1.6, gsynaptics will have to be rewritten to support them, as SHMConfig will be completely dropped. Be prepared! :)

Comment 7 Pacho Ramos gentoo-dev

2008-12-07 10:46:08 UTC

Maybe patch in bug 248939 could fix this... Good luck! :-)

Comment 8 Pacho Ramos gentoo-dev

2009-01-23 08:12:30 UTC

Have you tried with gnome-extra/gsynaptics-0.9.14-r1?

Comment 9 Gilles Dartiguelongue (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2009-01-28 23:28:53 UTC

please get back to us.