Bug#553119: compositing: when turning of composite_manager in gconf the whole display freezes

[Norbert Preining]

Package: metacity
Version: 1:2.28.0-1
Severity: important

see $subject, no updates to the screen are happening anymore. Killing the
gconf-editor task from the console did not change the X screen, although
there is no gconf-editor process running. Similar with other progs like
xterm.

Interestingly there is no warning whatsoever in .xsession-errors, Xorg.0.conf,
or syslog.


-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-rc5 (SMP w/2 CPU cores; PREEMPT)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages metacity depends on:
ii  libatk1.0-0                   1.28.0-1   The ATK accessibility toolkit
ii  libc6                         2.10.1-3   GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libcairo2                     1.8.8-2    The Cairo 2D vector graphics libra
ii  libcanberra-gtk0              0.22-1     Gtk+ helper for playing widget eve
ii  libcanberra0                  0.22-1     a simple abstract interface for pl
ii  libgconf2-4                   2.28.0-1   GNOME configuration database syste
ii  libglib2.0-0                  2.22.2-2   The GLib library of C routines
ii  libgtk2.0-0                   2.18.3-1   The GTK+ graphical user interface 
ii  libgtop2-7                    2.28.0-1   gtop system monitoring library (sh
ii  libice6                       2:1.0.5-1  X11 Inter-Client Exchange library
ii  libmetacity-private0          1:2.28.0-1 library for the Metacity window ma
ii  libpango1.0-0                 1.26.0-1   Layout and rendering of internatio
ii  libsm6                        2:1.1.1-1  X11 Session Management library
ii  libstartup-notification0      0.10-1     library for program launch feedbac
ii  libx11-6                      2:1.2.2-1  X11 client-side library
ii  libxcomposite1                1:0.4.0-4  X11 Composite extension library
ii  libxcursor1                   1:1.1.9-1  X cursor management library
ii  libxdamage1                   1:1.1.1-4  X11 damaged region extension libra
ii  libxext6                      2:1.0.4-1  X11 miscellaneous extension librar
ii  libxfixes3                    1:4.0.3-2  X11 miscellaneous 'fixes' extensio
ii  libxinerama1                  2:1.0.3-2  X11 Xinerama extension library
ii  libxrandr2                    2:1.3.0-2  X11 RandR extension library
ii  libxrender1                   1:0.9.4-2  X Rendering Extension client libra
ii  metacity-common               1:2.28.0-1 shared files for the Metacity wind
ii  zenity                        2.28.0-1   Display graphical dialog boxes fro

Versions of packages metacity recommends:
ii  gnome-session [x-ses 2.28.0-2            The GNOME Session Manager
ii  lxsession [x-session 0.3.8+svn20090521-1 a lightweight X11 session manager
ii  openbox [x-session-m 3.4.7.2-5           standards compliant, fast, light-w
ii  xfce4-session [x-ses 4.6.1-1             Xfce4 Session Manager

Versions of packages metacity suggests:
ii  gnome-control-center          1:2.28.1-1 utilities to configure the GNOME d
ii  gnome-themes                  2.28.1-1   official themes for the GNOME desk
ii  xdg-user-dirs                 0.10-1     tool to manage well known user dir

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