Bug#589169: Xserver Crash Using Compiz

[Julien Cristau]

reassign 589169 libgl1-mesa-dri 7.0.3-7
user debian-x at lists.debian.org
usertag 589169 r200
kthxbye

On Thu, Jul 15, 2010 at 09:56:29 -0400, Dave Richards wrote:

> We are using Debian Linux on 600 HP thin clients and about once every
> 2-3 weeks those employees that have compiz enabled crash the Xserver.
> It seems to always happen when a dialog is closing.  For instance it
> happens when you select your printer in OpenOffice and the dialog is
> just about starting to close.  It also happens when you click on Send in
> an email message in Evolution and the child UI begins to close.
> 
> Unfortunately it's not easy to replicate.
> 
> I was able to see the crash in the xserver log as indicate below:
> 
> 
>         Backtrace:
>         0: /usr/bin/X(xf86SigHandler+0x7e) [0x80c91ce]
>         1: [0xb7eef400]
>         2: /usr/lib/dri/r200_dri.so(_mesa_update_texture+0x276)
>         [0xaed4ae76]
>         3: /usr/lib/dri/r200_dri.so(_mesa_update_state_locked+0x69a)
>         [0xaed32c1a]
>         4: /usr/lib/dri/r200_dri.so(_mesa_update_state+0x2a)
>         [0xaed32cfa]
>         5: /usr/lib/dri/r200_dri.so(_mesa_GetIntegerv+0x260)
>         [0xaee11390]
>         6: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions//libglx.so [0xb7b8e950]
>         7: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions//libglx.so [0xb7b550ac]
>         8: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions//libglx.so [0xb7b54727]
>         9: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions//libglx.so [0xb7b590d6]
>         10: /usr/bin/X [0x8154bf4]
>         11: /usr/bin/X(Dispatch+0x314) [0x808de24]
>         12: /usr/bin/X(main+0x4b5) [0x8074795]
>         13: /lib/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xe5) [0xb7cc1455]
>         14: /usr/bin/X(FontFileCompleteXLFD+0x21d) [0x8073a81]
>         
>         We are using ATI 9250 PCI based video cards.
>         
>         Those people not running Compiz never see this issue, it's
>         definitely related to the 3D GNOME desktop.
>         
It might be worth trying a newer version of mesa, the one in stable is a
couple years old so it's possible this has been fixed since.

Cheers,
Julien
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