X server crashed while gnome-session was checking for texture_from_pixmap support under VMWare
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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| compiz (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
Bug Description
I was running VMWare Workstation 6 and booted up the latest Gutsy CD image (2007-07-13). It ran until the GNOME splash screen appears then X automagically restarted. I tried Failsafe GNOME but also didn't help.
Failsafe Terminal worked, and I was able to invoke metacity, gnome-terminal and ubiquity (probably any other GNOME applications) from there. Except for the fact that X crashed when gnome-session is invoked: the last terminal output was 'Checking for texture_from_pixmap support...' .
I have installed Gutsy ok with Failsafe Terminal so I don't feel the need to further investigate the problem. If necessary, though, I will try changing the graphics driver to 'vesa' to see if it worked (it was automatically detected as 'vmware', which 3D support is somewhat fluffy).
Steps to reproduce: Boot up Gutsy in VMWare.
Expected behavior: gnome-session should gracefully fallback if the hardware/driver doesn't support TFP.
| fnf (vanhtu1987) wrote | #1 |
| Timo Aaltonen (tjaalton) wrote | #2 |
| Changed in xorg: | |
| status: | New → Fix Released |
The bug also happened after installation, I had to disable "AddARGBGLXVisu