Bug#470882: /dev/gpmctl freezes acknowledge

[Vaclav Ovsik]

Package: gpm
Version: 1.20.3~pre3-3
Followup-For: Bug #470882

Hi,
I have this problem on my box and another two boxes at home too. Gpm
enabled applications freezes on communication with gpm. When I switch to
the console to see if mouse is functional under gpm right now (aptitude
hangs in rxvt) - mouse moves ok in text console.
Applications (aptitude, module-assistant,...) revive after gpm restart.
This problem appears several times a day for me.

It is sufficient to enter/quit aptitude or m-a six times (perhaps
exactly six times!) and problem arises (I check this several times with
aptitude now). Seventh enter is lockup. When I leave locked aptitude in
rxvt, switch to the text console, move around mouse a moment, go back
into the X-Window, aptitude revives.

Best Regards
-- 
Zito


-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.24-1-686 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=cs_CZ.ISO-8859-2 (charmap=ISO-8859-2)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages gpm depends on:
ii  debconf [debconf-2.0]      1.5.21        Debian configuration management sy
ii  debianutils                2.28.5        Miscellaneous utilities specific t
ii  libc6                      2.7-10        GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libgpmg1                   1.20.3~pre3-3 General Purpose Mouse - shared lib
ii  lsb-base                   3.2-11        Linux Standard Base 3.2 init scrip
ii  ucf                        3.006         Update Configuration File: preserv

gpm recommends no packages.

-- debconf information:
* gpm/responsiveness: 16
* gpm/repeat_type:
* gpm/append: -S ""
* gpm/restart: false
* gpm/sample_rate:
* gpm/type: imps2
* gpm/device: /dev/input/mice
* gpm/restart_default: false