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Re: X11 freezing while scrolling

The best way I've found to reproduce it is to do the following:

1.  Install Vim.app from http://macvim.org/OSX/files/binaries/OSX10.4/vim7.0.224.tar.bz2
(un-bzip2/un-tar and copy Vim.app to /Applications)
2.  Run /Applications/Vim.app/Contents/MacOS/Vim to edit a reasonably large text file
3.  In vim, do ":set mouse=a"
4.  Scroll back and forth really fast using the mouse wheel.

X11 should freeze up within 5-10 seconds of doing that.  It does it for me every time.

I can reproduce this both on my MacBook Pro 2.16GHz Core Duo at home as well as my iMac 2.16GHz Core 2 Duo at work.  I have not been able to reproduce this on any PPC Macs.

One of the other reports I heard had limited this to logitech mice, but I am able to do it using the built-in trackpad on my MacBook Pro, so I think that report is false.

Anyway, I hope this helps. :)

Thanks.

     - Chris


On 8/9/07, Ben Byer < email@hidden> wrote:

On Aug 9, 2007, at 12:12 PM, Chris Linstid wrote:

> My #1 bug that I really wish they would fix is the "freeze when
> scrolling" problem.  I have only seen this on intel-based Macs (and
> I believe it has been covered on this list before).
>
> Until yesterday, I hadn't seen a decent workaround to unfreeze X11
> short of killing X11 and restarting it (which is not a reasonable
> solution).
>
> For those who haven't seen the solution and have this problem, you
> can sample the X11 process in Activity Monitor and X11 will unfreeze.

This is another example of a bug about which we have received
countless reports;  Most often, the hang happens while scrolling with
the mouse wheel in XEmacs.   Unfortunately, I've spent about an hour
trying to reproduce it, and I can't make it happen.   So, yes, I
believe you (and everyone else) when you say it's happened, but
without being able to see it first-hand, I can't fix it.  :(

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References: 
 >X11 wish list (was Copy and paste between Aqua and X11 applications) (From: email@hidden)
 >Re: X11 wish list (was Copy and paste between Aqua and X11 applications) (From: "Chris Linstid" <email@hidden>)
 >Re: X11 freezing while scrolling (From: Ben Byer <email@hidden>)



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