FS#8167 - Closing Epiphany while opening Gnome theme manager crashes X
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Arch Linux
Opened by name withheld (Gullible Jones) - Sunday, 30 September 2007, 02:32 GMT
Last edited by Jan de Groot (JGC) - Tuesday, 13 November 2007, 08:53 GMT
Opened by name withheld (Gullible Jones) - Sunday, 30 September 2007, 02:32 GMT
Last edited by Jan de Groot (JGC) - Tuesday, 13 November 2007, 08:53 GMT
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Description:
If you start gnome-theme-thumbnailer while Epiphany is running, it may start up more slowly than is normal. A user might be inclined to think this is because of Epiphany's resource usage, and quit the browser if they weren't actively using it at the time. However, closing Epiphany while the theme manager is opening will cause X to exit. Furthermore, if GDM is being used, it won't restart Gnome properly afterwards - it will restart X, but the Gnome session won't start, leaving the user with a blank screen. I'm not yet sure if that's a separate bug in GDM, or if there's some kind of overrun or something going on here that's trashing things. (I've labeled this critical because it struck me that, depending on what this is, it might be a security hazard. I'm hoping it doesn't turn out to be nasty.) Additional info: epiphany 2.20.0-1, gnome-control-center 2.20.0-1, xorg-server 1.4-3 Steps to reproduce: 1. Open Epiphany. 2. Open the theme manager (System>Preferences>Appearance). *While it is opening*, close the Epiphany window. X should exit almost immediately. |
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I've been experimenting with EXA recently; I'll turn that off and see if it has anything to do with this. Could be that a new bug has been introduced.
Since disabling it I haven't gotten this again, but it's sporadic so I'll wait a bit longer before calling it an EXA bug.