[Xcb] [Bug 20254] New: generate_xid bugs cause various client programs to crash with BadIdChoice X errors

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http://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=20254

           Summary: generate_xid bugs cause various client programs to crash
                    with BadIdChoice X errors
           Product: XCB
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: Other
        OS/Version: All
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: medium
         Component: Library
        AssignedTo: xcb at lists.freedesktop.org
        ReportedBy: hugh at mimosa.com
                CC: hugh at mimosa.com


This appears to be a problem with a known fix.

Symptoms: firefox and other programs crash with BadIdChoice errors.
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=458092
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=458657
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox-3.0/+bug/220628
https://bugs.launchpad.net/firefox/+bug/255195

It looks as if this has been tracked down.
Start of thread:
http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xcb/2009-January/004247.html
Note that this thread crosses a month boundary so that threading in the archive
doesn't get you to postings in February.
Continue here:
http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xcb/2009-February/004287.html


The latest proposed patch is attached to this:
http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xcb/2009-February/004326.html
except that I don't see the attachment.  Perhaps scrubbed by the archiver.
This version seems to have it: 
http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.freedesktop.xcb/4192
Subsequent messages suggest that a little polishing is still going on.


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