Bug 1092874 - [abrt] bsd-games: _IO_default_xsputn(): backgammon killed by SIGSEGV
Summary: [abrt] bsd-games: _IO_default_xsputn(): backgammon killed by SIGSEGV
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED NOTABUG
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: bsd-games
Version: 20
Hardware: i686
OS: Unspecified
low
unspecified
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Jeff Makey
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
URL: https://retrace.fedoraproject.org/faf...
Whiteboard: abrt_hash:f478483797c72e6a54871bf8962...
Depends On:
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2014-04-30 07:29 UTC by shantanudutta1994
Modified: 2014-05-08 05:04 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

Fixed In Version:
Clone Of:
Environment:
Last Closed: 2014-05-08 05:04:56 UTC
Type: ---
Embargoed:

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File: backtrace (215.70 KB, text/plain)
2014-04-30 07:29 UTC, shantanudutta1994 		no flags Details
File: cgroup (159 bytes, text/plain)
2014-04-30 07:29 UTC, shantanudutta1994 		no flags Details
File: core_backtrace (249.71 KB, text/plain)
2014-04-30 07:30 UTC, shantanudutta1994 		no flags Details
File: dso_list (483 bytes, text/plain)
2014-04-30 07:30 UTC, shantanudutta1994 		no flags Details
File: environ (1.70 KB, text/plain)
2014-04-30 07:30 UTC, shantanudutta1994 		no flags Details
File: exploitable (82 bytes, text/plain)
2014-04-30 07:30 UTC, shantanudutta1994 		no flags Details
File: limits (1.29 KB, text/plain)
2014-04-30 07:30 UTC, shantanudutta1994 		no flags Details
File: maps (1.53 KB, text/plain)
2014-04-30 07:30 UTC, shantanudutta1994 		no flags Details
File: open_fds (138 bytes, text/plain)
2014-04-30 07:30 UTC, shantanudutta1994 		no flags Details
File: proc_pid_status (792 bytes, text/plain)
2014-04-30 07:30 UTC, shantanudutta1994 		no flags Details
File: var_log_messages (317 bytes, text/plain)
2014-04-30 07:30 UTC, shantanudutta1994 		no flags Details
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Description shantanudutta1994 2014-04-30 07:29:40 UTC 
Description of problem:
I'm using fedora 20 LXDE spin.
1. I pressed Alt+F2 (run).
2. I entered 'backgammon' (without quotes) and pressed enter.
3. 'Backgammon' didn't run.
3. After sometime 'Automatic Bug Reporting Tool' reported this problem

Version-Release number of selected component:
bsd-games-2.17-43.fc20

Additional info:
reporter:       libreport-2.2.1
backtrace_rating: 4
cmdline:        backgammon
crash_function: _IO_default_xsputn
executable:     /usr/bin/backgammon
kernel:         3.13.10-200.fc20.i686
runlevel:       N 5
type:           CCpp
uid:            1000

Truncated backtrace:
Thread no. 1 (10 frames)
 #0 _IO_default_xsputn at genops.c:447
 #1 _IO_vfprintf_internal at vfprintf.c:1316
 #2 buffered_vfprintf at vfprintf.c:2328
 #3 _IO_vfprintf_internal at vfprintf.c:1289
 #4 __fxprintf at fxprintf.c:50
 #5 perror_internal at perror.c:39
 #6 perror at perror.c:67
 #7 errexit at backgammon/common_source/subs.c:68
 #8 fixtty at backgammon/common_source/subs.c:441
 #9 getout at backgammon/common_source/subs.c:456
Comment 1 shantanudutta1994 2014-04-30 07:29:54 UTC 
Created attachment 891039 [details]
File: backtrace
Comment 2 shantanudutta1994 2014-04-30 07:29:57 UTC 
Created attachment 891040 [details]
File: cgroup
Comment 3 shantanudutta1994 2014-04-30 07:30:11 UTC 
Created attachment 891041 [details]
File: core_backtrace
Comment 4 shantanudutta1994 2014-04-30 07:30:14 UTC 
Created attachment 891042 [details]
File: dso_list
Comment 5 shantanudutta1994 2014-04-30 07:30:17 UTC 
Created attachment 891043 [details]
File: environ
Comment 6 shantanudutta1994 2014-04-30 07:30:19 UTC 
Created attachment 891044 [details]
File: exploitable
Comment 7 shantanudutta1994 2014-04-30 07:30:21 UTC 
Created attachment 891045 [details]
File: limits
Comment 8 shantanudutta1994 2014-04-30 07:30:27 UTC 
Created attachment 891046 [details]
File: maps
Comment 9 shantanudutta1994 2014-04-30 07:30:32 UTC 
Created attachment 891047 [details]
File: open_fds
Comment 10 shantanudutta1994 2014-04-30 07:30:41 UTC 
Created attachment 891048 [details]
File: proc_pid_status
Comment 11 shantanudutta1994 2014-04-30 07:30:44 UTC 
Created attachment 891049 [details]
File: var_log_messages
Comment 12 Jeff Makey 2014-05-07 16:00:02 UTC 
The backgammon game does not have a GUI interface, so running it as you did will never work.  To play the game, run it from the command line in a terminal emulator.

The SIGSEGV that led to this bug report can be reproduced by invoking the program as "backgammon < /dev/null", which rapidly generates a long list of "fixtty: Inappropriate ioctl for device" error messages until stack space is exhausted as it recursively tries and fails to treat /dev/null as a tty.  (If you run it this way, suspend the process with CTRL/Z and then kill it if you don't want to wait.)  It should not be difficult to make backgammon deal with this situation more gracefully.
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