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Thunar freezes during certain actions (fresh install)
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Description
Is this a new report?
Yes
System Info
VoidLiunx 6.12.73_1 x86_64 AuthenticAMD/VM uptodate rr
Package(s) Affected
thunar-4.20.7.1
Does a report exist for this bug with the project's home (upstream) and/or another distro?
No response
Expected behaviour
Resizing and moving windows should not be a problem on a newly installed system, nor in a virtual machine.
Actual behaviour
When resizing or moving a window, Thunar stutters, and occasionally the entire system freezes and becomes unusable. This appears to be an old bug. Similar reports surfaced on Reddit five years ago. (https://www.reddit.com/r/voidlinux/comments/ljkt5o/thunar_freezes/)
Steps to reproduce
- Open thunar file manager
- resize or move the window
or - open ,e.g., a terminal window
- open thunar file manager
- resize or move the terminal window
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
No source file, test, or entry point is named. First reproduce the freeze with Thunar 4.20.7.1 on Void Linux 6.12.73_1, including in a virtual machine, by resizing or moving Thunar and another terminal window. Done means identifying and fixing the cause so these actions no longer stutter or freeze the system.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- linux
- Domain
- desktop, operating-systems
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100