Current CVS X.org segfaults in gnome

[Michel Dänzer]

On Fri, 2004-12-10 at 18:20 +1100, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote:
> 
> I did a build today, and the current X.org CVS segfaults when starting
> gnome-session. I haven't yet been able to dig out more details, the gdb
> in my current debian setup seem to be broken (X won't run under it, gdb
> spills internal errors), and a core file only shows a corrupt backtrace
> that doesn't get further than x86Event getting the sig11.
> 
> I think it's around metacity, or just after, can't tell precisely. I see
> this message in the X session log though:
> 
> Bug in window manager: Unexpected X error: BadDrawable (invalid Pixmap
> or Window parameter) serial 992 error_code 9 request_code 72 minor_code
> 0

This is with Composite enabled, right? I've seen the same issue other
people reported on the 6.8 branch, it worked for me at least shortly
before the 6.8.0 release, possibly even after that, so I suspect it's a
bad backport.


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