Re: Help request: strange issue with xfce xfwm4 on AMD hardware, running head

Reply: Jan Beich : "Re: Help request: strange issue with xfce xfwm4 on AMD hardware, running head"
In reply to: Guido Falsi : "Help request: strange issue with xfce xfwm4 on AMD hardware, running head"
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From: Guido Falsi <mad_at_madpilot.net>
Date: Sat, 27 May 2023 18:03:51 UTC

On 27/05/23 10:31, Guido Falsi wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm seeing a strange issue with xfwm4 on my laptop running head (commit 
> 5804b7ab378d6207130bd1685c931da6a4e76e55), using pkgbase, everything 
> build on poudriere.
> 
> I have filed an issue upstream with a description and some finding:
> 
> https://gitlab.xfce.org/xfce/xfwm4/-/issues/722
> 
> I'm testing changing some things but I get the same exact error 100% 
> repeatable.
> 

A friend of mine suggested trying to disable DRI 3 and this indeed 
allowed xfwm4 to not crash.

This is a workaround, not a fix, and does not explain what is causing 
the behavior.

Not sure where I should be looking, I'll also check changes in kernel 
that could be related.

Again if anyone has some insight please share!

-- 
Guido Falsi <mad@madpilot.net>