FS#26023 - [xorg-server] segmentation fault when exiting.

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by Liao Haohui (liaohaohui) - Thursday, 15 September 2011, 04:35 GMT
Last edited by Jan de Groot (JGC) - Thursday, 17 November 2011, 16:58 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Packages: Extra
Status Closed
Assigned To Jan de Groot (JGC)
Architecture All
Severity Low
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 1
Private No

Details

Description:

When I update from ArchLinux stable to testing, the xorg-server will crash when exiting.

Additional info:

Steps to Targets (7): xf86-input-evdev-2.6.0-4 xf86-input-synaptics-1.5.0-1
xf86-video-intel-2.16.0-1 xorg-server-common-1.11.0-1
xorg-server-1.11.0-1 xorg-server-devel-1.11.0-1
xorg-xinit-1.3.1-1
reproduce:

startx with fvwm
exit fvwm

the error is found in startx.err, probabily due to evdev?
   startx.err (3 KiB)
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Closed by  Jan de Groot (JGC)
Thursday, 17 November 2011, 16:58 GMT
Reason for closing:  Fixed
Comment by Jan de Groot (JGC) - Monday, 10 October 2011, 10:37 GMT
Is this fixed with 1.11.1-2? There's several fixes for memleaks and invalid frees in that version.
Comment by frederick_metzengerstein (metzengerstein) - Friday, 14 October 2011, 16:08 GMT
I get the same after the last xorg-upgrades ( [extra], 2011-10-11 ), but when quitting dwm.
Comment by Liao Haohui (liaohaohui) - Sunday, 16 October 2011, 15:04 GMT
@Jan de Groot

Noop. The crash persisted with 1.11.1-2. I installed fluxbox today to try if the crash happens with 1.11.1-2. No crash occured (I attached the file as a proof) with fluxbox. But a crash was still occured with fvwm2. I fear that there are changes in the xorg-server (or xorg-input-evdev?) protocol which makes older window manager crash when exiting. Though the problem is minor, I hope the problem could be resolved since I love fvwm2 and don't really like to see coredumps generated all the time I exit.
   startxfluxbox.err (9.3 KiB)
Comment by Quentin Carbonneaux (mpu) - Thursday, 20 October 2011, 21:59 GMT
The same here, I am running arch stable and updated tonight.
The update introduced this segfault at every exit. My window manager, xmonad, is not old and I love it! I don't understand why this version of the X server has been added to stable if it segfaults! The problem is, in a sense, minor, but I hope it will be fixed soon. It is very easily reproducible (at least on my machine, Thinkpad T410s). I use xf86-input-evdev and xf86-video-intel. Currently, I downgraded.
Comment by PyroPeter (pyropeter) - Friday, 21 October 2011, 21:31 GMT
I can also reproduce the crash when using a plain X session (with xterm or similar), but not when exiting awesome.
Comment by Jan de Groot (JGC) - Wednesday, 16 November 2011, 11:52 GMT
  • Field changed: Summary (xorg-server segmentation fault when exiting. → [xorg-server] segmentation fault when exiting.)
  • Field changed: Status (Assigned → Requires Testing)
A patched version of xorg-server is in testing that should resolve this issue. Please test this version and confirm if your problem is solved.
Comment by Liao Haohui (liaohaohui) - Thursday, 17 November 2011, 14:22 GMT
Just upgraded to xorg-server 1.11.2-2. It's fantastic, no more crashes with fvwm2, dwm. I think others like xmonad should have no problem as well.

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