Xorg crashed with SIGSEGV in XkbStringText()
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
X.Org X server |
Invalid
|
Medium
|
|||
xorg-server (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
|
High
|
Bryce Harrington |
Bug Description
Jaunty Alpha 4, latest updates. xorg just crashed.
I took the printer off and at the same time plugged in mouse, crash.
ProblemType: Crash
Architecture: i386
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.04
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/Xorg
Package: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.5.99.
ProcAttrCurrent: unconfined
ProcCmdline: /usr/X11R6/bin/X :0 -br -audit 0 -auth /var/lib/
ProcEnviron:
PATH=(custom, no user)
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
ProcVersion: Linux version 2.6.28-8-generic (buildd@vernadsky) (gcc version 4.3.3 (Ubuntu 4.3.3-3ubuntu5) ) #24-Ubuntu SMP Wed Feb 18 18:48:55 UTC 2009
Signal: 11
SourcePackage: xorg-server
StacktraceTop:
XkbStringText ()
XkbWriteXKBGeo
XkbWriteXKBKey
XkbDDXLoadKeym
ProcXkbGetKbdB
Title: Xorg crashed with SIGSEGV in XkbStringText()
Uname: Linux 2.6.28-8-generic i686
UserGroups:
[lspci]
00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] RS780 Host Bridge [1022:9600]
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:3600]
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: ATI Technologies Inc Mobility Radeon HD 3400 Series [1002:95c4]
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:3600]
Related branches
description: | updated |
visibility: | private → public |
Changed in xorg-server: | |
status: | Unknown → In Progress |
Changed in xorg-server: | |
status: | In Progress → Invalid |
Changed in xorg-server: | |
importance: | Unknown → Medium |
status: | Invalid → Unknown |
Changed in xorg-server: | |
importance: | Medium → Unknown |
Changed in xorg-server: | |
importance: | Unknown → Medium |
Changed in xorg-server: | |
status: | Unknown → Invalid |
We've seen this bug in Fedora 10, but haven't been able to track it down yet. /bugzilla. redhat. com/show_ bug.cgi? id=469572
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In the meantime, this (incorrect!) patch may help.
From b4b000a22c40692 d0da9023b77b663 8c85d2ee32 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Peter Hutterer <email address hidden>
Date: Fri, 9 Jan 2009 09:17:53 +1000
Subject: [PATCH] xkb: always fail writing XKB geometries (479122)
This is unlikely the right fix, but oh well.
---
xkb/xkbout.c | 3 +++
1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/xkb/xkbout.c b/xkb/xkbout.c
_XkbLibError( _XkbErrMissingG eometry, "XkbWriteXKBGeo metry", 0);
fprintf( file,"xkb_ geometry {\n\n");
index 229cc92..eed49a1 100644
--- a/xkb/xkbout.c
+++ b/xkb/xkbout.c
@@ -806,6 +806,9 @@ XkbGeometryPtr geom;
return False;
}
+
+ return False;
+
geom= xkb->geom;
if (geom->name==None)
--
1.6.0.6