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Furyhunter

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From: Central Texas

Registered: 2009-09-14

Posts: 13

X.org Server KeyRelease bug, and downgrading

First of all, I'd like to note this bug:
http://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=22515

This causes several issues with software I use, includings games. In World of Warcraft, for example, I am booted from the server for excess movement commands as a result of repeatedly pressing - and releasing - W.

My question is, is it possible to downgrade to an xorg server prior to the introduction of this regression? If so, which version should I downgrade to, and how?

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brebs

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Registered: 2007-04-03

Posts: 3,742

Re: X.org Server KeyRelease bug, and downgrading

For wine, use workaround patch.

grey

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From: Europe

Registered: 2007-08-23

Posts: 679

Re: X.org Server KeyRelease bug, and downgrading

For me the last stable and fast versions of xorg etc. were:

dri2proto-2.0-1
intel-dri-7.4.4-1
libgl-7.4.4-1
mesa-7.4.4-1
xf86-input-evdev-2.2.2-1
xf86-input-keyboard-1.3.2-2
xf86-input-mouse-1.4.0-2
xf86-video-intel-2.7.1-1
xf86-video-vesa-2.2.0-1
xorg-server-1.6.1.901-3
xorg-server-utils-7.4-6
xorg-utils-7.4-4

YMMV, obviously.

The easiest way to get them is via the Arch rollback machine (ARM) repositories:

1. Add the following to /etc/pacman.conf, which $arch = uname -m

# Arch rollback machine repositories from before regression
[extra::2009-7-10]
Server = http://arm.kh.nu/$repo/os/$arch

2. pacman -S <all packages you want to downgrade>

3. Comment out the ARM repositories in pacman.conf and add

IgnorePkg = <all packages you just downgraded>

Another option is to download the packages manually from the ARM repositories, put them in a directory and run pacman -U *.pkg.tar.gz. You still need the IgnorePkg line in pacman.conf.

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depierce

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From: Simi Valley, CA

Registered: 2007-07-24

Posts: 14

Re: X.org Server KeyRelease bug, and downgrading

...
The easiest way to get them is via the Arch rollback machine (ARM) repositories:
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Perfect.  That worked for me.  Thank you.