Bug 801546

Summary: SIGSEGV @vgaHW.c:1076 (hwp->writeDacMask points to NULL)
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: Damian Wrobel <dwrobel>
Component: xorg-x11-serverAssignee: X/OpenGL Maintenance List <xgl-maint>
Status: CLOSED ERRATA QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
Severity: unspecified Docs Contact:
Priority: unspecified    
Version: 17CC: astiegmann, libbe, samuel, satellitgo, xgl-maint
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Hardware: i686   
OS: Linux   
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Fixed In Version: xorg-x11-drv-vmware-12.0.1-2.fc17 Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Last Closed: 2012-04-12 03:36:23 UTC Type: ---
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gdb session dump
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Xorg.0.log
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gdb session dump (xorg-x11-drv-vmware-11.0.3-14.fc17.i686 version)
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Xorg.0.log (xorg-x11-drv-vmware-11.0.3-14.fc17.i686 version)
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rpm -qa "xorg\*" | sort - output none

Description Damian Wrobel 2012-03-08 19:41:00 UTC
Description of problem:
Fedora 17 i686 livecd crashes (Xorg) while running in VMware Player

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
Live image build from the latest sources as of: Thu Mar  8 19:56:00 CET 2012

In particular xorg version: xorg-x11-server-1.11.99.901-6.20120124.fc17

How reproducible:
100% (at least on my machine)

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Launch Fedora 17 i686 livecd image in VMware Player running on Fedora 16.
  
Actual results:
No graphical user interface is available

Expected results:
Image should boot successfully.

Additional info:
It looks that hwp->writeDacMask points to NULL:

#12 0x0092fef3 in vgaHWSaveColormap (scrninfp=scrninfp@entry=0x99d0ba8, save=save@entry=0x99d18bc) at vgaHW.c:1076
1076	    hwp->writeDacMask(hwp, 0xFF);
$4 = (vgaHWWriteProcPtr) 0

Comment 1 Damian Wrobel 2012-03-08 19:42:05 UTC
Created attachment 568733 [details]
gdb session dump

Comment 2 Damian Wrobel 2012-03-08 19:42:55 UTC
Created attachment 568734 [details]
Xorg.0.log

Comment 3 Fedora Update System 2012-03-12 15:03:05 UTC
xorg-x11-drv-vmware-11.0.3-14.fc17 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 17.
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/xorg-x11-drv-vmware-11.0.3-14.fc17

Comment 4 Fedora Update System 2012-03-12 19:08:43 UTC
Package xorg-x11-drv-vmware-11.0.3-14.fc17:
* should fix your issue,
* was pushed to the Fedora 17 testing repository,
* should be available at your local mirror within two days.
Update it with:
# su -c 'yum update --enablerepo=updates-testing xorg-x11-drv-vmware-11.0.3-14.fc17'
as soon as you are able to.
Please go to the following url:
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2012-3630/xorg-x11-drv-vmware-11.0.3-14.fc17
then log in and leave karma (feedback).

Comment 5 Adam Jackson 2012-03-15 14:03:28 UTC
*** Bug 803450 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 6 Damian Wrobel 2012-03-23 07:59:43 UTC
I'm still observing the same issue while upgrading to the xorg-x11-drv-vmware-11.0.3-14.fc17 version.

Comment 7 Damian Wrobel 2012-03-23 08:01:09 UTC
Created attachment 572187 [details]
gdb session dump (xorg-x11-drv-vmware-11.0.3-14.fc17.i686 version)

Comment 8 Damian Wrobel 2012-03-23 08:01:59 UTC
Created attachment 572188 [details]
Xorg.0.log (xorg-x11-drv-vmware-11.0.3-14.fc17.i686 version)

Comment 9 Damian Wrobel 2012-03-23 08:03:11 UTC
Created attachment 572189 [details]
rpm -qa "xorg\*" | sort  - output

Comment 10 Espen Stefansen 2012-03-28 09:34:14 UTC
This happens on x86_64 platform as well.

Comment 11 Fedora Update System 2012-03-30 07:12:08 UTC
xorg-x11-drv-vmware-12.0.1-2.fc17 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 17.
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/xorg-x11-drv-vmware-12.0.1-2.fc17

Comment 12 Fedora Update System 2012-03-30 17:59:08 UTC
Package xorg-x11-drv-vmware-12.0.1-2.fc17:
* should fix your issue,
* was pushed to the Fedora 17 testing repository,
* should be available at your local mirror within two days.
Update it with:
# su -c 'yum update --enablerepo=updates-testing xorg-x11-drv-vmware-12.0.1-2.fc17'
as soon as you are able to.
Please go to the following url:
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2012-4925/xorg-x11-drv-vmware-12.0.1-2.fc17
then log in and leave karma (feedback).

Comment 13 Fedora Update System 2012-04-12 03:36:23 UTC
xorg-x11-drv-vmware-12.0.1-2.fc17 has been pushed to the Fedora 17 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.