FS#17387 - [xorg-server] segfault when logging into gnome

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by Christoffer Hirth (toffyrn) - Friday, 04 December 2009, 23:24 GMT
Last edited by Jan de Groot (JGC) - Monday, 07 December 2009, 18:35 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Packages: Extra
Status Closed
Assigned To Jan de Groot (JGC)
Architecture x86_64
Severity High
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 4
Private No

Details

Description:
Since xorg-server 1.7.2 my system fails to log into gnome.
It starts for half a second, and then falls back to GDM.

Looking at log-files it seems to do a segmentation fault.


Additional info:
xorg-server 1.7.2 x86_64
GPU: ati radeon hd 4870 x2
No xorg.conf


Downgrading to 1.7.1.902 solves this issue.
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Closed by  Jan de Groot (JGC)
Monday, 07 December 2009, 18:35 GMT
Reason for closing:  Fixed
Additional comments about closing:  "Fixed" in 1.7.3-1 by reverting some upstream commits.
Comment by Christoffer Hirth (toffyrn) - Friday, 04 December 2009, 23:26 GMT
If log-files are needed i can supply :)

Also take a look at: http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=667387
Comment by Jan de Groot (JGC) - Friday, 04 December 2009, 23:37 GMT
Please provide logs. I can reproduce this on intel on my x86_64 system btw, I also downgraded because it's my workstation I use at my job.
Comment by Klaus (klausd) - Saturday, 05 December 2009, 17:57 GMT
This bug makes me running in 3rd run level. Can't start it from gdm in 5th run level.
Comment by Klaus (klausd) - Saturday, 05 December 2009, 20:37 GMT
After recent update the bug seems to be fixed.
Comment by Christoffer Hirth (toffyrn) - Sunday, 06 December 2009, 10:55 GMT
So finally im back to my Desktop.

Attached "Xorg.0.log.old" after X has crashed.
   Xorg.0.log.old (67.7 KiB)
Comment by Christoffer Hirth (toffyrn) - Sunday, 06 December 2009, 11:16 GMT
Klaus:
Could you please give a better description of "recent update"?
When was it fixed, and what package-upgrades fixed it?
You may look at /var/log/pacman.log

For me this bug is still there...
Comment by Jan de Groot (JGC) - Sunday, 06 December 2009, 12:14 GMT
The backtrace matches the one I remember seeing on my intel system, so this is an issue with xorg-server. You might want to downgrade to a version in your pacman cache in the meanwhile. I'll try to reproduce this thing so I can debug it.
Comment by Jan de Groot (JGC) - Monday, 07 December 2009, 13:19 GMT
Please try xorg-server 1.7.3-1 from extra. At this moment only x86_64 is available, i686 packages will be provided soon.
The new package reverts the upstream fix that introduced the crashes here. This package has been tested on my Q35 workstation that suffers the same problem.
Comment by Christoffer Hirth (toffyrn) - Monday, 07 December 2009, 18:11 GMT
Installed 1.7.3-1. Everything works great. :)

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