On Fri, Oct 9, 2015 at 2:36 AM, LOCEAN Admins <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> I think it's the same problem as we had with xorg-x11-server-Xorg-1.15.0-36
> and Ferret/R etc.
>
> I posted a message here at 16.09.2015 with subject :
> "rePost : SL6.7 problem with ferret/R and xorg-x11-server-Xorg-1.15.0-36"
> about this problem.
>
> For the moment
> a) the solution is a downgrade to xorg-x11-server-Xorg-1.15.0-26
>
> b) we know that the problem is that "updated Xorg server does not send the
> initial "expose" events" (thanks to Konstantin Olchanski)
>
> c) And we know that the problem comes from 1.15.0-32 update (Fix backing
> store's Always mode).
>
>
> I sent a mail to Adam Jackson ([log in to unmask]) the person who applied the
> 1.15.0-32 version...
> But I have absolutely no reply from him... :-(
>

> Thanks,
> Paul Zakharov

Actually, the issue with R was not really a bug in xorg-x11-server.
Its update (Fix backing store's Always mode) revealed a bug in the X11
module of R. More details can be found in R's bugzilla :

https://bugs.r-project.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=16497

A couple of patches to fix the issue have been proposed.

Akemi