#5828 HIGH Update.: Rotating the screen causes a "hot reboot"-style global system crash.

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#5828: Rotating the screen causes a "hot reboot"-style global system crash.
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  Reporter:  legutierr        |       Owner:  erikg                            
      Type:  defect           |      Status:  new                              
  Priority:  high             |   Milestone:  Update.2 (8.2.0)                 
 Component:  x window system  |     Version:  Development build as of this date
Resolution:                   |    Keywords:                                   
  Verified:  0                |    Blocking:                                   
 Blockedby:                   |  
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Changes (by erikg):

  * owner:  bernie => erikg


Comment:

 I have been unable to reproduce this bug on a joyride system including the
 changes pushed in [[#5549]].  I have attached a log of the error which
 precedes the hot reboot (in /home/olpc/.sugar/default/logs/shell.log):

 {{{
 <type 'exceptions.OSError'>: [Errno 4] Interrupted system call
 }}}

 Prior to the rewrite in [[#5549]] the xrandr call which rotates the screen
 was unchecked for this error.  Now we 1) check and pass if it occurs and
 2) use subprocess.check_call() to issue the xrandr and xmodmap calls
 required to rotate the screen and dpad keys.  See the patch in [[#5549]]
 for more details.

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Ticket URL: <http://dev.laptop.org/ticket/5828#comment:6>
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