Bug 141027

Summary: X segfaults when xscreensaver starts
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: Kaj J. Niemi <kajtzu>
Component: xorg-x11Assignee: X/OpenGL Maintenance List <xgl-maint>
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Description Kaj J. Niemi 2004-11-28 14:27:23 UTC 
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On a IBM T40p with a ATI Radeon 9600 card recent xorg-x11 releases, say, later
than 6.8.1-14 result in a segfault when the xscreensaver kicks in. This was sort
of annoying especially as I had the xscreensaver timeout as 5 minutes... >;)



Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
Easiest way to replicate is:

1. login session
2. open terminal window (gnome-terminal or similar)
3. xscreensaver-command -activate

Actual Results:  
X segfaults and I end up at the gdm prompt again.


Attached is Xorg.0.log.

Let me know if there's anything else :)

% rpm -qa xorg\*
xorg-x11-font-utils-6.8.1-19
xorg-x11-doc-6.8.1-19
xorg-x11-6.8.1-19
xorg-x11-libs-6.8.1-19
xorg-x11-xauth-6.8.1-19
xorg-x11-twm-6.8.1-19
xorg-x11-Mesa-libGL-6.8.1-19
xorg-x11-xfs-6.8.1-19
xorg-x11-xdm-6.8.1-19
xorg-x11-deprecated-libs-devel-6.8.1-19
xorg-x11-Mesa-libGLU-6.8.1-19
xorg-x11-tools-6.8.1-19
xorg-x11-sdk-6.8.1-19
xorg-x11-deprecated-libs-6.8.1-19
xorg-x11-devel-6.8.1-19

% rpm -q xscreensaver
xscreensaver-4.18-12
Comment 1 Kaj J. Niemi 2004-11-28 14:30:24 UTC 
Created attachment 107514 [details]
Xorg.0.log.old showing the crash
Comment 2 Alex Butcher 2004-11-29 00:44:38 UTC 
As a workaround, try disabling the GL screensavers. These can
sometimes provoke the GL drivers into crashing.
Comment 3 Kaj J. Niemi 2004-11-29 09:16:52 UTC 
Thanks for the tip.. forgot all about GL. ;(

Previewing a GL screensaver locks the display while previewing a
non-GL screensaver works fine (tried anemone). The only way to get out
of the "locks the display" problem is to hit the powerbutton and wait
for the machine to gracefully shut itself down.
Comment 4 Kaj J. Niemi 2005-01-14 09:21:30 UTC 
Works with xorg-x11-6.8.1.901-1.i386, thanks.