Ubuntu

colormap corrupted

Bug #88800 reported by Vincent Ladeuil
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: yelp

Sorry if this has been already reported but I can hardly see what I type because the colormap have been corrupted by one of random screen savers.

Let me know if can instrument something to better isolate the culprit

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: amd64
Date: Thu Mar 1 00:38:07 2007
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 7.04
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gnome-help
InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/yelp
Package: yelp 2.16.2-1ubuntu4
ProcCmdline: gnome-help ghelp:///usr/share/gnome/help/user-guide/C/user-guide.xml?prefs-screensaver
ProcCwd: /home/vila
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games:/usr/lib/gnome-screensaver/gnome-screensaver:/usr/lib/xscreensaver:/usr/lib/xscreensaver
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: yelp
Uname: Linux dune 2.6.20-9-generic #2 SMP Sun Feb 25 22:59:06 UTC 2007 x86_64 GNU/Linux

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Vincent Ladeuil (vila) wrote :
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Vincent Ladeuil (vila) wrote :

If that may help, a process named xlyap is still using a lot of CPU even if the screensaver is not active anymore

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Daniel Holbach (dholbach) wrote :

This looks like a xylap problem to me. I couldn't find this screensaver in any package in Ubuntu, but found a reference over here: http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/3415

Can you run
   dpkg -S \*xylap\*
and attach the output here?

Changed in yelp:
importance: Undecided → Low
status: Unconfirmed → Needs Info
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Vincent Ladeuil (vila) wrote :

 dpkg -S \*xylap\*
dpkg: *xylap* not found

dpkg -S \*xlyap\*
xscreensaver-data: /usr/share/xscreensaver/config/xlyap.xml
xscreensaver-data: /usr/share/man/man6/xlyap.6x.gz
xscreensaver-data: /usr/lib/xscreensaver/xlyap
xscreensaver-data: /usr/share/applications/screensavers/xlyap.desktop

Funnily enough I thought *I* made the typo while the bug made me nearly blind, but no, it's xlyap, not xylap ;-)

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Vincent Ladeuil (vila) wrote :

I found a workaround: changing the screen resolution restores the correct colormap.

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Vincent Ladeuil (vila) wrote :

The bug didn't manifest itself since I made my last comment so I guess it has been either fixed or is gone in lurking mode.

Anyway I think it should be closed.

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