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anxz

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Registered: 2023-09-14

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[solved]Keyboard malfunction in emacs after upgrade (dgrd libx11 )

Issue:
After updating my system with pacman -Syu, I encounter periodic input issues(keyboard doesn't work, cannot input, mouse is ok.) in Emacs after rebooting.
Restarting Emacs temporarily resolves the problem, but it eventually reoccurs.

Could you assist in diagnosing the problem and finding a solution?

Thank you all in advance.

[2024-03-28T08:20:37+0800] [PACMAN] Running 'pacman -Syu'
[2024-03-28T08:20:37+0800] [PACMAN] synchronizing package lists
[2024-03-28T08:22:27+0800] [PACMAN] starting full system upgrade
[2024-03-28T08:23:48+0800] [ALPM] running '60-mkinitcpio-remove.hook'...
[2024-03-28T08:23:49+0800] [ALPM] transaction started
[2024-03-28T08:23:49+0800] [ALPM] upgraded curl (8.6.0-3 -> 8.6.0-4)
[2024-03-28T08:23:49+0800] [ALPM] upgraded xorgproto (2023.2-1 -> 2024.1-1)
[2024-03-28T08:23:49+0800] [ALPM] upgraded libx11 (1.8.8-1 -> 1.8.8-2)
[2024-03-28T08:23:49+0800] [ALPM] upgraded tracker3 (3.7.0-1 -> 3.7.1-1)
[2024-03-28T08:23:49+0800] [ALPM] upgraded shadow (4.15.0-1 -> 4.15.1-1)
[2024-03-28T08:23:51+0800] [ALPM] upgraded google-chrome (123.0.6312.58-1 -> 123.0.6312.86-1)
[2024-03-28T08:23:51+0800] [ALPM] upgraded libassuan (2.5.6-1 -> 2.5.7-1)
[2024-03-28T08:23:51+0800] [ALPM] upgraded libdeflate (1.19-1 -> 1.20-1)
[2024-03-28T08:23:51+0800] [ALPM] upgraded libdovi (3.2.0-2 -> 3.3.0-1)
[2024-03-28T08:23:51+0800] [ALPM] upgraded libopenmpt (0.7.5-1 -> 0.7.6-1)
[2024-03-28T08:23:53+0800] [ALPM] upgraded linux-lts (6.6.22-1 -> 6.6.23-1)
[2024-03-28T08:23:56+0800] [ALPM] upgraded linux-lts-headers (6.6.22-1 -> 6.6.23-1)
[2024-03-28T08:23:56+0800] [ALPM] upgraded tdb (1.4.9-1 -> 1.4.10-1)
[2024-03-28T08:23:56+0800] [ALPM] transaction completed
[2024-03-28T08:23:57+0800] [ALPM] running '20-systemd-sysusers.hook'...
[2024-03-28T08:23:58+0800] [ALPM] running '30-systemd-daemon-reload-system.hook'...
[2024-03-28T08:23:59+0800] [ALPM] running '30-systemd-daemon-reload-user.hook'...
[2024-03-28T08:23:59+0800] [ALPM] running '30-systemd-tmpfiles.hook'...
[2024-03-28T08:24:00+0800] [ALPM] running '30-systemd-update.hook'...
[2024-03-28T08:24:00+0800] [ALPM] running '60-depmod.hook'...
[2024-03-28T08:24:03+0800] [ALPM] running '90-mkinitcpio-install.hook'...
[2024-03-28T08:24:05+0800] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Building image from preset: /etc/mkinitcpio.d/linux-lts.preset: 'default'
[2024-03-28T08:24:05+0800] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Using default configuration file: '/etc/mkinitcpio.conf'
[2024-03-28T08:24:05+0800] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> -k /boot/vmlinuz-linux-lts -g /boot/initramfs-linux-lts.img
[2024-03-28T08:24:05+0800] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Starting build: '6.6.23-1-lts'
[2024-03-28T08:24:05+0800] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> Running build hook: [base]
[2024-03-28T08:24:06+0800] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> Running build hook: [udev]
[2024-03-28T08:24:07+0800] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> Running build hook: [autodetect]
[2024-03-28T08:24:07+0800] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> Running build hook: [microcode]
[2024-03-28T08:24:07+0800] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> Running build hook: [modconf]
[2024-03-28T08:24:07+0800] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> Running build hook: [kms]
[2024-03-28T08:24:08+0800] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> Running build hook: [keyboard]
[2024-03-28T08:24:08+0800] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> WARNING: Possibly missing firmware for module: 'xhci_pci'
[2024-03-28T08:24:08+0800] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> Running build hook: [keymap]
[2024-03-28T08:24:08+0800] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> Running build hook: [consolefont]
[2024-03-28T08:24:08+0800] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> Running build hook: [block]
[2024-03-28T08:24:10+0800] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> Running build hook: [filesystems]
[2024-03-28T08:24:10+0800] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> Running build hook: [fsck]
[2024-03-28T08:24:10+0800] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Generating module dependencies
[2024-03-28T08:24:10+0800] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Creating zstd-compressed initcpio image: '/boot/initramfs-linux-lts.img'
[2024-03-28T08:24:10+0800] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> Early uncompressed CPIO image generation successful
[2024-03-28T08:24:11+0800] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Initcpio image generation successful
[2024-03-28T08:24:11+0800] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Building image from preset: /etc/mkinitcpio.d/linux-lts.preset: 'fallback'
[2024-03-28T08:24:11+0800] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Using default configuration file: '/etc/mkinitcpio.conf'
[2024-03-28T08:24:11+0800] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> -k /boot/vmlinuz-linux-lts -g /boot/initramfs-linux-lts-fallback.img -S autodetect
[2024-03-28T08:24:11+0800] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Starting build: '6.6.23-1-lts'
[2024-03-28T08:24:11+0800] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> Running build hook: [base]
[2024-03-28T08:24:11+0800] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> Running build hook: [udev]
[2024-03-28T08:24:11+0800] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> Running build hook: [microcode]
[2024-03-28T08:24:11+0800] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> Running build hook: [modconf]
[2024-03-28T08:24:11+0800] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> Running build hook: [kms]
[2024-03-28T08:24:15+0800] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> WARNING: Possibly missing firmware for module: 'ast'
[2024-03-28T08:24:18+0800] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> Running build hook: [keyboard]
[2024-03-28T08:24:18+0800] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> WARNING: Possibly missing firmware for module: 'xhci_pci'
[2024-03-28T08:24:19+0800] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> Running build hook: [keymap]
[2024-03-28T08:24:19+0800] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> Running build hook: [consolefont]
[2024-03-28T08:24:19+0800] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> Running build hook: [block]
[2024-03-28T08:24:20+0800] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> WARNING: Possibly missing firmware for module: 'qed'
[2024-03-28T08:24:20+0800] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> WARNING: Possibly missing firmware for module: 'aic94xx'
[2024-03-28T08:24:21+0800] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> WARNING: Possibly missing firmware for module: 'qla2xxx'
[2024-03-28T08:24:21+0800] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> WARNING: Possibly missing firmware for module: 'qla1280'
[2024-03-28T08:24:21+0800] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> WARNING: Possibly missing firmware for module: 'wd719x'
[2024-03-28T08:24:21+0800] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> WARNING: Possibly missing firmware for module: 'bfa'
[2024-03-28T08:24:23+0800] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> Running build hook: [filesystems]
[2024-03-28T08:24:24+0800] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> Running build hook: [fsck]
[2024-03-28T08:24:26+0800] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Generating module dependencies
[2024-03-28T08:24:26+0800] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Creating zstd-compressed initcpio image: '/boot/initramfs-linux-lts-fallback.img'
[2024-03-28T08:24:26+0800] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> Early uncompressed CPIO image generation successful
[2024-03-28T08:24:28+0800] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Initcpio image generation successful
[2024-03-28T08:24:28+0800] [ALPM] running 'gtk-update-icon-cache.hook'...
[2024-03-28T08:24:28+0800] [ALPM] running 'texinfo-install.hook'...
[2024-03-28T08:24:29+0800] [ALPM] running 'update-desktop-database.hook'...
[2024-03-28T09:30:07+0800] [PACMAN] Running 'pacman -Syu'
[2024-03-28T09:30:07+0800] [PACMAN] synchronizing package lists
[2024-03-28T09:30:10+0800] [PACMAN] starting full system upgrade

Last edited by anxz (2024-03-29 04:41:05)

dtbaumann

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Registered: 2015-07-03

Posts: 28

Re: [solved]Keyboard malfunction in emacs after upgrade (dgrd libx11 )

same here.

Downgrading

libx11       1.8.8-2      1.8.7-1        0.02 MiB

solved the issue whereas running

ibus-daemon --xim -d -r

worked only for a few seconds/keystrokes. Input, however, is still sometimes laggy (Gnome 46 issue?)

Last edited by dtbaumann (2024-03-28 07:51:52)

seth

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Registered: 2012-09-03

Posts: 63,358

Re: [solved]Keyboard malfunction in emacs after upgrade (dgrd libx11 )

[2024-03-28T08:23:49+0800] [ALPM] upgraded xorgproto (2023.2-1 -> 2024.1-1)
[2024-03-28T08:23:49+0800] [ALPM] upgraded libx11 (1.8.8-1 -> 1.8.8-2)

libx11 1.8.8-1 -> 1.8.8-2  is only rebuilt for the xorgproto update.

@anxz, do you use ibus as well?

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anxz

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Registered: 2023-09-14

Posts: 25

Re: [solved]Keyboard malfunction in emacs after upgrade (dgrd libx11 )

sudo pacman -U libx11-1.8.8-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst

It seems back to normal after downgrading the libx11 from 1.8.8.1 to 1.8.7.1
libx11-1.8.7.1 was released at 25th, and 1.8.8.1 was released at 26th.
So it might be also problematic in 1.8.7.1 and I didn't reboot in the past days, so the problem was hidden. (my speculation only).

No, I use fcitx5 @Seth

 anix@flow  ~PKG  ll |grep libx11 
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  633K Oct  4 01:36 lib32-libx11-1.8.7-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   310 Oct  4 01:36 lib32-libx11-1.8.7-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst.sig
-rw-r--r-- 1 anix anix  2.1M Mar 28 15:41 libx11-1.8.7-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst
-rw-r--r-- 1 anix anix   310 Mar 28 15:41 libx11-1.8.7-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst.sig
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  2.0M Mar 25 23:06 libx11-1.8.8-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   310 Mar 25 23:06 libx11-1.8.8-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst.sig
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  2.0M Mar 26 22:24 libx11-1.8.8-2-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   310 Mar 26 22:24 libx11-1.8.8-2-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst.sig

[2024-03-28T08:23:49+0800] [ALPM] upgraded xorgproto (2023.2-1 -> 2024.1-1)
[2024-03-28T08:23:49+0800] [ALPM] upgraded libx11 (1.8.8-1 -> 1.8.8-2)

libx11 1.8.8-1 -> 1.8.8-2  is only rebuilt for the xorgproto update.

@anxz, do you use ibus as well?

anxz

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Registered: 2023-09-14

Posts: 25

Re: [solved]Keyboard malfunction in emacs after upgrade (dgrd libx11 )

I downgraded the libx11, and it seems back to normal.
I use XFCE and FVWM, both were facing the same problem before downgrading.

Thanks.

same here.

Downgrading

libx11       1.8.8-2      1.8.7-1        0.02 MiB

solved the issue whereas running

ibus-daemon --xim -d -r

worked only for a few seconds/keystrokes. Input, however, is still sometimes laggy (Gnome 46 issue?)

seth

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Registered: 2012-09-03

Posts: 63,358

Re: [solved]Keyboard malfunction in emacs after upgrade (dgrd libx11 )

1.8.8-1, not 1.8.8.1  - and you updated from that to 1.8.8-2
Have you tried the behavior w/ 1.8.8-1 ?

No, I use fcitx5

Still an IM
Does it work w/ the updated libx11 and w/o fcitx5?

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dtbaumann

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Registered: 2015-07-03

Posts: 28

Re: [solved]Keyboard malfunction in emacs after upgrade (dgrd libx11 )

just to confirm that the issue is present with libx11 1.8.8-1 and xorgproto 2023.2-1

no lockups w/ emacs -nw in the console, but a bit laggy behaviour.

seth

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Registered: 2012-09-03

Posts: 63,358

Re: [solved]Keyboard malfunction in emacs after upgrade (dgrd libx11 )

https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib … issues/205

Input, however, is still sometimes laggy (Gnome 46 issue?)

https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php … 6#p2160256 ?

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dtbaumann

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Registered: 2015-07-03

Posts: 28

Re: [solved]Keyboard malfunction in emacs after upgrade (dgrd libx11 )

Input, however, is still sometimes laggy (Gnome 46 issue?)

https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php … 6#p2160256 ?

Thanks,

GSK_RENDERER=gl

had little effect, Graphics card is a NVIDIA 1050ti and usually fast enough, but changing the theme for legacy applications from adwaita to Arc restored the previous behaviour.