Adam Huffman <adam.huffman(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Horst H. von Brand wrote:
> Andrew Parker <andrewparker(a)bigfoot.com> wrote:
>
>> After today's updates, I find that if I don't press a key or move the
>> mouse for 2-5 seconds then the display freezes until I generate some
>> input.
>>
>> Its rather like a ^S for X. Its not that the display doesn't get
>> updated, the processes generating output get held up, then continue as
>> soon as I generate input.
>>
>> This happens immediately on login, so the login never completes unless
>> I waggle the mouse.
>>
>> Curiously, a screensaver that I tried doesn't suffer from the same problem.
>>
>> This is on a Dell Inspiron 1410 laptop which has the following display adapter:
>>
>> 00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile GM965/GL960
>> Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 0c)
>>
>> xorg-x11-drv-i810-2.4.2-8.fc10.i386
>>
>
> Toshiba Satellite Pro U400 here, similar (but much more benign) sympthoms:
> Sometimes firefox (most noticeable, also others) graphical applications
> just stop until I move the mouse or something such.
>
> Intel Corporation Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03)
> xorg-x11-drv-i810-2.4.2-8.fc10.x86_64
>
I wonder whether this is related to the recent changes in the
Synaptics driver?
No sign of anything similar on another desktop with a mouse.
I'm not using the touchpad, but an USB mouse.
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