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Bug 621053 - stuck waiting for gl helper
stuck waiting for gl helper
Status: RESOLVED OBSOLETE
Product: gnome-screensaver
Classification: Deprecated
Component: general
unspecified
Other Linux
: Normal normal
: ---
Assigned To: gnome-screensaver maintainers
gnome-screensaver maintainers
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2010-06-09 02:47 UTC by William Jon McCann
Modified: 2011-03-06 06:45 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: ---

Attachments
daemon bt (7.50 KB, text/plain)
2010-06-09 02:47 UTC, William Jon McCann 		Details
gl helper bt (1.11 KB, text/plain)
2010-06-09 02:48 UTC, William Jon McCann 		Details

Description William Jon McCann 2010-06-09 02:47:48 UTC 
Created attachment 163164 [details]
daemon bt

A few times in the last week or so I've seen this bug.  I'm not sure why now but may be expsed due to some driver bugs lately.

 * Laptop is docked with lid open.
 * Laptop undocked and lid closed
 * Laptop goes to sleep
 * I drive home
 * Open laptop lid and resume
 * Screen is partially locked (grabbed) but completely visible

Looks like the gl-helper is hanging and the screensaver window isn't getting mapped because it is waiting for it to finish.
Comment 1 William Jon McCann 2010-06-09 02:48:18 UTC 
Created attachment 163165 [details]
gl helper bt
Comment 2 Ray Strode [halfline] 2010-06-09 12:36:45 UTC 
There's no way a hang in XOpenDisplay (NULL) is a bug in gnome-screensaver.  Should be NOTGNOME and filed against the X server, no?
Comment 3 William Jon McCann 2010-06-09 14:51:41 UTC 
Probably.  However, it may not really make sense to block waiting for this helper either.  And I wanted to document this.
Comment 4 William Jon McCann 2011-03-06 06:45:28 UTC 
Thanks for taking the time to report this bug.
However, you are using a version that is too old and not supported anymore. GNOME developers are no longer working on that version, so unfortunately there will not be any bug fixes for the version that you use.

By upgrading to a newer version of GNOME you could receive bug fixes and new functionality. You may need to upgrade your Linux distribution to obtain a newer version of GNOME.
Please feel free to reopen this bug if the problem still occurs with a newer version of GNOME.