try with blender-2:2.60-1

pretty much the same happens for me.
Description:
Starting blender 2.60 from the console, deleting the default cube, adding a sphere, adding a mutiresolution modifier, subdivinding 3 times and voila.

Additional info:
-blender 2.60
-all system at last update(friday, oct 21, 15:15)
-processor amd turion single core
-video card ati radeon xpress x1100
-video drivers : ati -open sorce ones
I can provide more detailed info if needed

Steps to reproduce:
Open Blender (from the console or launcher, no difference)
delete the default cube
add a sphere
add multiresolution modifier
subdivide 3-4 times
poof

btw, it works with the plane too, just takes a little longer

LIBGL_ALWAYS_SOFTWARE=1 blender with this environment variable set, it works a little slower, but doesn't crashes

After a full sys-up, the same behaviour. Lemme try the tip dimaursu gave...

Sorry gang, it still dies on me...but on the upside, the dead spoke!

blender: intel_tris.c:128: intel_extend_inline: Assertion `intel->prim.flush == intel_flush_inline_primitive' failed.
Aborted

That's what it gave back

You might want to report that upstream.

Thanks, Eric. Will do...

Ehrm...as soon as I know how to do that (embarassed as I am, I've never reported anything upstream before)...

May not need to be reported upstream, on the site, I read that Blender 2.6 needs glibc 2.7, I got 2.14 here...this may just need to addressed first before "wining"... :)

The glibc 2.7 requirement is for the pre-built binaries. It shouldn't affect the package which is built from source.

Well, after a full sys-up, it's still the same...now I do have the newest Blender, though. So, it could be my box...
Hard to tell, actually...

is it fixed in blender 3:2.61-1 ?

No, it is not...but Blender is a lot more conversational, and I mean a BIG lot more...it comes back with a backtrace, allow me to dump the top bit here...

*** glibc detected *** blender: double free or corruption (fasttop): 0x0ab79e90 ***
======= Backtrace: =========
/lib/libc.so.6(+0x6e822)[0xb5e17822]
/lib/libc.so.6(+0x6f4c2)[0xb5e184c2]
/lib/libc.so.6(cfree+0x6d)[0xb5e1b5ad]
/usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6(_ZdlPv+0x1f)[0xb74766af]
blender(_ZNSt8_Rb_treeIPvSt4pairIKS0_jESt10_Select1stIS3_ESt4lessIS0_ESaIS3_EE5eraseERS2_+0x94)[0x89798c4]
blender(_ZN13AUD_ReferenceI11AUD_IDeviceED1Ev+0xb0)[0x8979a50]
/lib/libc.so.6(+0x30c51)[0xb5dd9c51]
/lib/libc.so.6(+0x30cdd)[0xb5dd9cdd]
/usr/lib/xorg/modules/dri/i915_dri.so(_intel_batchbuffer_flush+0x297)[0xaf785cb7]
/usr/lib/xorg/modules/dri/i915_dri.so(intel_flush+0x60)[0xaf79c3d0]
/usr/lib/xorg/modules/dri/i915_dri.so(intelSpanRenderStart+0x1e)[0xaf7a8d4e]
/usr/lib/xorg/modules/dri/i915_dri.so(+0x45384)[0xaf7ac384]
/usr/lib/xorg/modules/dri/i915_dri.so(+0x427a8)[0xaf7a97a8]
/usr/lib/libdricore.so(+0x11abba)[0xaf63cbba]
/usr/lib/libdricore.so(+0x11c994)[0xaf63e994]
/usr/lib/libdricore.so(_tnl_run_pipeline+0x12f)[0xaf63304f]
/usr/lib/xorg/modules/dri/i915_dri.so(+0x5abba)[0xaf7c1bba]
/usr/lib/libdricore.so(_tnl_draw_prims+0x8af)[0xaf63393f]
/usr/lib/libdricore.so(_tnl_vbo_draw_prims+0x81)[0xaf633fc1]
/usr/lib/libdricore.so(vbo_exec_vtx_flush+0x550)[0xaf629680]
/usr/lib/libdricore.so(+0x101437)[0xaf623437]
/usr/lib/libdricore.so(vbo_exec_FlushVertices+0x2f)[0xaf6273af]
/usr/lib/libdricore.so(_mesa_PopMatrix+0x101)[0xaf59bde1]
blender(circ+0x77)[0x836af07]
blender[0x836c2a4]
blender(view3d_main_area_draw+0x653)[0x836ff63]
blender(ED_region_do_draw+0x34c)[0x8512a8c]
blender[0x82b8a72]
blender(wm_draw_update+0xa1b)[0x82b97ab]
blender(WM_main+0x38)[0x82b8368]
blender(main+0xbf1)[0x82aece1]
/lib/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xf3)[0xb5dc2243]
blender[0x82b5d01]

Of course, i only upgraded Blender, and nothing else...
I use Python 3.2.2 here...

You could try do do a full system update if possible. I'm not sure if it will make a difference though but it might be worth a try. From the reference to /usr/lib/xorg/modules/dri/i915_dri.so in the backtrace, it might be related to your graphic card. Reporting it upstream might be the best thing to do here.

Hi everybody!

Full sysup done (no improvement), and reported upstream....

Awaiting further processing in this thread.

Happy old-to-new and other relevant festive greetings!!!!

Thor

I will try to reproduce this after fixing the other blender bugs later today. I got the same card as you to test this one so it should be conclusive.

Thanks Sven-Hendrik, and, hey, there's no real rush, it IS new year's eve.
I just hope your graphics output is someswhat less jerky than mine... ;)

Happy new year all round!

Thor

Tested on i915 on x86_64 with blender 2.61-2 and no problems at all doing exactly your described steps. I'm running testing but that shouldn't be any problem since there is no updated mesa in testing. Could you test again with this blender?

Hi Sven-Hendrik,

Thanks for the effort...I downloaded the new Blender, but got a segmentation fault, two extra packages were installed as well: opencollada and openimageio.
After that, I did a full sysup, but with the same results.
Can Blender be started in "diagnostics mode" or is there a log file I can post back? After all "segmentation fault" is an error message, but...that's not a lot to ride on.
Let me know if you need more info. I'll gladly supply it if at all possible...

Thor

Just tried to issue "blender --version" - to beg the version number, but that too gives a "segmentaion fault"...
Perhaps (I hope it could help) the output of glxinfo:
name of display: :0.0
display: :0 screen: 0
direct rendering: Yes
server glx vendor string: SGI
server glx version string: 1.4
server glx extensions:
GLX_ARB_multisample, GLX_EXT_import_context, GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmap,
GLX_EXT_visual_info, GLX_EXT_visual_rating, GLX_MESA_copy_sub_buffer,
GLX_OML_swap_method, GLX_SGI_make_current_read, GLX_SGI_swap_control,
GLX_SGIS_multisample, GLX_SGIX_fbconfig, GLX_SGIX_pbuffer,
GLX_SGIX_visual_select_group, GLX_INTEL_swap_event
client glx vendor string: Mesa Project and SGI
client glx version string: 1.4
client glx extensions:
GLX_ARB_get_proc_address, GLX_ARB_multisample, GLX_EXT_import_context,
GLX_EXT_visual_info, GLX_EXT_visual_rating, GLX_EXT_framebuffer_sRGB,
GLX_MESA_copy_sub_buffer, GLX_MESA_multithread_makecurrent,
GLX_MESA_swap_control, GLX_OML_swap_method, GLX_OML_sync_control,
GLX_SGI_make_current_read, GLX_SGI_swap_control, GLX_SGI_video_sync,
GLX_SGIS_multisample, GLX_SGIX_fbconfig, GLX_SGIX_pbuffer,
GLX_SGIX_visual_select_group, GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmap,
GLX_INTEL_swap_event
GLX version: 1.4
GLX extensions:
GLX_ARB_get_proc_address, GLX_ARB_multisample, GLX_EXT_import_context,
GLX_EXT_visual_info, GLX_EXT_visual_rating, GLX_MESA_copy_sub_buffer,
GLX_MESA_multithread_makecurrent, GLX_MESA_swap_control,
GLX_OML_swap_method, GLX_OML_sync_control, GLX_SGI_make_current_read,
GLX_SGI_swap_control, GLX_SGI_video_sync, GLX_SGIS_multisample,
GLX_SGIX_fbconfig, GLX_SGIX_pbuffer, GLX_SGIX_visual_select_group,
GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmap
OpenGL vendor string: Tungsten Graphics, Inc
OpenGL renderer string: Mesa DRI Intel(R) 865G x86/MMX/SSE2
OpenGL version string: 1.3 Mesa 7.11.2
OpenGL extensions:
GL_ARB_multisample, GL_EXT_abgr, GL_EXT_bgra, GL_EXT_blend_color,
GL_EXT_blend_logic_op, GL_EXT_blend_minmax, GL_EXT_blend_subtract,
GL_EXT_copy_texture, GL_EXT_polygon_offset, GL_EXT_subtexture,
GL_EXT_texture_object, GL_EXT_vertex_array, GL_EXT_compiled_vertex_array,
GL_EXT_texture, GL_EXT_texture3D, GL_IBM_rasterpos_clip,
GL_ARB_point_parameters, GL_EXT_draw_range_elements, GL_EXT_packed_pixels,
GL_EXT_point_parameters, GL_EXT_rescale_normal,
GL_EXT_separate_specular_color, GL_EXT_texture_edge_clamp,
GL_SGIS_generate_mipmap, GL_SGIS_texture_border_clamp,
GL_SGIS_texture_edge_clamp, GL_SGIS_texture_lod, GL_ARB_multitexture,
GL_IBM_multimode_draw_arrays, GL_IBM_texture_mirrored_repeat,
GL_3DFX_texture_compression_FXT1, GL_ARB_texture_cube_map,
GL_ARB_texture_env_add, GL_ARB_transpose_matrix,
GL_EXT_blend_func_separate, GL_EXT_fog_coord, GL_EXT_multi_draw_arrays,
GL_EXT_secondary_color, GL_EXT_texture_env_add,
GL_EXT_texture_filter_anisotropic, GL_EXT_texture_lod_bias,
GL_INGR_blend_func_separate, GL_NV_blend_square, GL_NV_light_max_exponent,
GL_NV_texgen_reflection, GL_SUN_multi_draw_arrays,
GL_ARB_texture_border_clamp, GL_ARB_texture_compression,
GL_EXT_framebuffer_object, GL_EXT_texture_env_dot3, GL_MESA_window_pos,
GL_NV_packed_depth_stencil, GL_NV_texture_rectangle, GL_NV_vertex_program,
GL_ARB_texture_env_combine, GL_ARB_texture_env_crossbar,
GL_ARB_texture_env_dot3, GL_ARB_texture_mirrored_repeat,
GL_ARB_window_pos, GL_EXT_texture_cube_map, GL_NV_vertex_program1_1,
GL_APPLE_client_storage, GL_APPLE_packed_pixels,
GL_APPLE_vertex_array_object, GL_ARB_draw_buffers, GL_ARB_shader_objects,
GL_ARB_vertex_program, GL_ARB_vertex_shader, GL_ATI_draw_buffers,
GL_EXT_stencil_wrap, GL_MESA_pack_invert, GL_MESA_ycbcr_texture,
GL_ARB_half_float_pixel, GL_ARB_point_sprite, GL_ARB_shading_language_100,
GL_ARB_sync, GL_ARB_vertex_buffer_object, GL_ATI_blend_equation_separate,
GL_EXT_blend_equation_separate, GL_OES_read_format,
GL_ARB_pixel_buffer_object, GL_ARB_texture_rectangle,
GL_EXT_pixel_buffer_object, GL_EXT_texture_rectangle,
GL_ARB_framebuffer_object, GL_EXT_framebuffer_blit,
GL_EXT_framebuffer_multisample, GL_EXT_packed_depth_stencil,
GL_APPLE_object_purgeable, GL_ARB_vertex_array_object,
GL_EXT_gpu_program_parameters, GL_EXT_texture_env_combine,
GL_OES_EGL_image, GL_ARB_copy_buffer, GL_ARB_map_buffer_range,
GL_EXT_separate_shader_objects, GL_ARB_ES2_compatibility,
GL_ARB_draw_elements_base_vertex, GL_ARB_explicit_attrib_location,
GL_ARB_provoking_vertex, GL_ARB_sampler_objects, GL_EXT_provoking_vertex,
GL_ARB_robustness

...there is more, but I dont know if you'll need allof it...

Good luck and thanks again

Thor

For all those that get crashes, give me your arch. This bug may actually be https://bugs.archlinux.org/index.php?do=details&task_id=27771 in which case it is only happening on 732bit.

Ehrm...thanks...I dont know if this was meant for me. I run bash over here. And yes, none of the stuff mentioned in the other threead is installed here.

I assume it is a 32-bit issue...since the hardware is 32-bit here, I suspect installing tcsh here is one option, unless that may break the box...

Hmm, lemme meditate... ;)

Test again after update, the other bug is resolved.

Hi Sven-Hendrik,

No luck, did a full sysup, and got a nice dump...see the attached file for more info. This is what "blender --version" had to say
Blender 2.61 (sub 0)
build date: 2011-12-30
build time: 12:22:46
build revision: unknown
build platform: Linux
build type: Release
build c flags: -march=i686 -mtune=generic -O2 -pipe -fstack-protector --param=ssp-buffer-size=4 -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -fopenmp -msse -pipe -fPIC -funsigned-char -fno-strict-aliasing -Wall -Wcast-align -Werror=declaration-after-statement -Werror=implicit-function-declaration -Werror=return-type -Wstrict-prototypes -Wno-char-subscripts -Wno-unknown-pragmas -Wpointer-arith -Wunused-parameter -Wwrite-strings -Wno-error=unused-but-set-variable
build c++ flags: -march=i686 -mtune=generic -O2 -pipe -fstack-protector --param=ssp-buffer-size=4 -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -D__STDC_CONSTANT_MACROS -fopenmp -msse -pipe -fPIC -funsigned-char -fno-strict-aliasing -Wall -Wno-invalid-offsetof -Wno-sign-compare
build link flags: -pthread
build system: CMake

I tried to run "blender-softwaregl" as well, as I had the tip that this might resolve some issues, no luck...

I suspected I failed to install the newest, so I issued "pacman -Ss blender", with this as result

community/blender 3:2.61-2 [installed]
A fully integrated 3D graphics creation suite

Sorry

Thor

Looks like it's really nothing we can fix. This is a driver issue and a strange one at that. Can you report it to the blender bug tracker?

Hi,

Already logged it there...and yes, they too are somewhat stumped at this one. It's a driver issue according to them as well...

Just to round things off properly, who closes/terminates this thread? Anything I can do? Besides thanking you for the precious time you've put into this, I really appreciate it.
I do have an underlying (old) Gnome install here...just thought of that. Should I report that as well?

Anyway, thanks for the effort, luckily, Blender is not a critical package for me...I will survive with that broken :D - if it were Eclipse, oh boy...

Thor