Ubuntu
openbox package

unstable with more than 2 screens

Bug #1917516 reported by dann frazier
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
openbox (Debian)
Fix Released
Unknown
openbox (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Undecided
dann frazier
Bionic
Incomplete
Undecided
Unassigned
Focal
Fix Released
Undecided
dann frazier
Groovy
Fix Released
Undecided
dann frazier
Hirsute
Fix Released
Undecided
dann frazier

Bug Description

[Impact]
If the cursor goes onto an X screen >= 2 (the third X screen), Openbox will freeze and X will begin consuming 100% CPU as a result of Openbox being stuck in a loop repeatedly calling XQueryPointer()

[Test Plan]
Launch openbox on a system with more than 2 screens and make sure it is stable w/ the pointer in each screen.

[Where Problems Could Occur]
A new bug in this code could cause a crash or some other form of confusion about where the pointer is, leading to a unusable desktop.

See original description
Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater)
Changed in openbox (Debian):
status: Unknown → New
Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater)
Changed in openbox (Debian):
status: New → Fix Committed
dann frazier (dannf)
Changed in openbox (Ubuntu Focal):
status: New → In Progress
assignee: nobody → dann frazier (dannf)
dann frazier (dannf)
Changed in openbox (Ubuntu Hirsute):
status: New → In Progress
Changed in openbox (Ubuntu Focal):
status: In Progress → Triaged
Changed in openbox (Ubuntu Groovy):
status: New → Triaged
assignee: nobody → dann frazier (dannf)
Changed in openbox (Ubuntu Hirsute):
assignee: nobody → dann frazier (dannf)
dann frazier (dannf)
description: updated
Revision history for this message
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package openbox - 3.6.1-9ubuntu1

---------------
openbox (3.6.1-9ubuntu1) hirsute; urgency=medium

  * When running with > 2 screens, avoid calling XQueryPointer() in an
    infinite loop. (LP: #1917516)

 -- dann frazier <email address hidden> Wed, 10 Mar 2021 11:32:59 -0700

Changed in openbox (Ubuntu Hirsute):
status: In Progress → Fix Released
dann frazier (dannf)
description: updated
Revision history for this message
Timo Aaltonen (tjaalton) wrote : Please test proposed package

Hello dann, or anyone else affected,

Accepted openbox into focal-proposed. The package will build now and be available at https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openbox/3.6.1-9ubuntu0.20.04.1 in a few hours, and then in the -proposed repository.

Please help us by testing this new package. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation on how to enable and use -proposed. Your feedback will aid us getting this update out to other Ubuntu users.

If this package fixes the bug for you, please add a comment to this bug, mentioning the version of the package you tested, what testing has been performed on the package and change the tag from verification-needed-focal to verification-done-focal. If it does not fix the bug for you, please add a comment stating that, and change the tag to verification-failed-focal. In either case, without details of your testing we will not be able to proceed.

Further information regarding the verification process can be found at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/PerformingSRUVerification . Thank you in advance for helping!

N.B. The updated package will be released to -updates after the bug(s) fixed by this package have been verified and the package has been in -proposed for a minimum of 7 days.

Changed in openbox (Ubuntu Focal):
status: Triaged → Fix Committed
tags: added: verification-needed verification-needed-focal
Changed in openbox (Ubuntu Groovy):
status: Triaged → Fix Committed
tags: added: verification-needed-groovy
Revision history for this message
Timo Aaltonen (tjaalton) wrote :

Hello dann, or anyone else affected,

Accepted openbox into groovy-proposed. The package will build now and be available at https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openbox/3.6.1-9ubuntu0.20.10.1 in a few hours, and then in the -proposed repository.

Please help us by testing this new package. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation on how to enable and use -proposed. Your feedback will aid us getting this update out to other Ubuntu users.

If this package fixes the bug for you, please add a comment to this bug, mentioning the version of the package you tested, what testing has been performed on the package and change the tag from verification-needed-groovy to verification-done-groovy. If it does not fix the bug for you, please add a comment stating that, and change the tag to verification-failed-groovy. In either case, without details of your testing we will not be able to proceed.

Further information regarding the verification process can be found at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/PerformingSRUVerification . Thank you in advance for helping!

N.B. The updated package will be released to -updates after the bug(s) fixed by this package have been verified and the package has been in -proposed for a minimum of 7 days.

Revision history for this message
dann frazier (dannf) wrote :

Verification: I've had a user w/ this setup confirm the groovy/focal builds both pass the outlined test case.

tags: added: verification-done-focal verification-done-groovy
removed: verification-needed-focal verification-needed-groovy
Changed in openbox (Ubuntu Bionic):
status: New → In Progress
assignee: nobody → dann frazier (dannf)
Revision history for this message
dann frazier (dannf) wrote :

@ubuntu-sru: feel free to reject the bionic upload. We don't have a way to verify it at the moment, so I've marked that task here incomplete.

Changed in openbox (Ubuntu Bionic):
status: In Progress → Incomplete
assignee: dann frazier (dannf) → nobody
Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater)
Changed in openbox (Debian):
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
Revision history for this message
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package openbox - 3.6.1-9ubuntu0.20.10.1

---------------
openbox (3.6.1-9ubuntu0.20.10.1) groovy; urgency=medium

  * When running with > 2 screens, avoid calling XQueryPointer() in an
    infinite loop. (LP: #1917516)

 -- dann frazier <email address hidden> Wed, 10 Mar 2021 16:07:04 -0700

Changed in openbox (Ubuntu Groovy):
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
Revision history for this message
Brian Murray (brian-murray) wrote : Update Released

The verification of the Stable Release Update for openbox has completed successfully and the package is now being released to -updates. Subsequently, the Ubuntu Stable Release Updates Team is being unsubscribed and will not receive messages about this bug report. In the event that you encounter a regression using the package from -updates please report a new bug using ubuntu-bug and tag the bug report regression-update so we can easily find any regressions.

Revision history for this message
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package openbox - 3.6.1-9ubuntu0.20.04.1

---------------
openbox (3.6.1-9ubuntu0.20.04.1) focal; urgency=medium

  * When running with > 2 screens, avoid calling XQueryPointer() in an
    infinite loop. (LP: #1917516)

 -- dann frazier <email address hidden> Wed, 10 Mar 2021 16:07:52 -0700

Changed in openbox (Ubuntu Focal):
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
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