Re: xorg 6.9.0

hmm, on Sun, Jan 22, 2006 at 06:37:57PM +0100, Matthieu Herrb said that
> >(WW) Mouse0: bad wsmouse event type=-67108864
> >(WW) Mouse0: bad wsmouse event type=-67108864
> >(WW) Mouse0: bad wsmouse event type=-67108864
> >(WW) Mouse0: bad wsmouse event type=-33554432
> >(WW) Mouse0: bad wsmouse event type=-67108864
> >(WW) Mouse0: bad wsmouse event type=-16777216
> >(WW) Mouse0: bad wsmouse event type=-83886080
> >
> >i guess they are harmless, but what are they?
> 
> They are not completely harmless.
> Is your system loaded ? There was a change in -current that causes the 
> interrupts of your input device (mouse or usb) to be delayed longer than 
> before on a buzy system. This makes the wsevent flow get out of sync, 
> causing these errors.

loaded?  not really.  it's my notebook, i just did an upgrade,
and cvs up everything + package update.

i also noticed error messages regarding the keyboard driver.
i am sending you (in private) my dmesg (the same i have sent
after upgrading to [email protected])


> Then the X server is calling printf() to display these messages inside a 
> signal handler, which is bad and can cause other corruption in the X 
> server.
> So I think that this is something that should be fixed before 3.9.

could it be that this affects my terminals? the fonts look a bit
strange, or is there a new freetype?  the bitstream fonts look
strange in the terminals (mlterm, xterm....)

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