Bug 1177551 - X server fails to start/crashes with Segmentation fault at address 0x20
Summary: X server fails to start/crashes with Segmentation fault at address 0x20
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: xorg-x11-drv-synaptics
Version: 20
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
unspecified
high
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Peter Hutterer
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
URL:
Whiteboard:
Depends On:
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2014-12-28 23:36 UTC by Charles R. Anderson
Modified: 2015-01-21 23:07 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

Fixed In Version: xorg-x11-drv-synaptics-1.7.7-2.fc20
Doc Type: Bug Fix
Doc Text:
Clone Of:
Environment:
Last Closed: 2015-01-21 23:07:27 UTC
Type: Bug
Embargoed:


Attachments (Terms of Use)
Xorg.0.log (28.26 KB, text/plain)
2014-12-28 23:36 UTC, Charles R. Anderson
no flags Details
xorg.conf with synaptics driver settings (233 bytes, text/plain)
2014-12-28 23:43 UTC, Charles R. Anderson
no flags Details
default xorg.conf.d/00-anaconda-keyboard.conf (161 bytes, text/plain)
2014-12-28 23:44 UTC, Charles R. Anderson
no flags Details
lspci -nn output (2.06 KB, text/plain)
2014-12-28 23:48 UTC, Charles R. Anderson
no flags Details

Description Charles R. Anderson 2014-12-28 23:36:23 UTC
Created attachment 973898 [details]
Xorg.0.log

Description of problem:

X server unable to start, crashes with this version of the synaptics driver installed.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
xorg-x11-drv-evdev-2.8.4-1.fc20.x86_64
xorg-x11-drv-intel-2.21.15-9.fc20.x86_64
xorg-x11-drv-synaptics-1.7.7-1.fc20.x86_64
xorg-x11-server-Xorg-1.14.4-13.fc20.x86_64

How reproducible:
always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Boot or restart gdm with xorg-x11-drv-synaptics-1.7.7-1 installed
2.
3.

Actual results:
Xorg fails to start

Expected results:
Xorg starts


Additional info:

[    32.282] (EE) 
[    32.282] (EE) Backtrace:
[    32.283] (EE) 0: /usr/bin/Xorg (OsLookupColor+0x129) [0x473919]
[    32.283] (EE) 1: /lib64/libpthread.so.0 (__restore_rt+0x0) [0x3ccce0f6cf]
[    32.283] (EE) 2: /lib64/libc.so.6 (__GI___strcmp_ssse3+0x10f4) [0x3cccb3d0d4]
[    32.284] (EE) 3: /usr/bin/Xorg (XIGetKnownProperty+0x3d) [0x53d1fd]
[    32.284] (EE) 4: /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/input/synaptics_drv.so (_init+0x1827) [0x7fe33092adb7]
[    32.284] (EE) 5: /usr/bin/Xorg (ActivateDevice+0x4a) [0x42f67a]
[    32.285] (EE) 6: /usr/bin/Xorg (xf86NewInputDevice+0x1f3) [0x49a513]
[    32.285] (EE) 7: /usr/bin/Xorg (config_fini+0xad8) [0x4b07c8]
[    32.285] (EE) 8: /usr/bin/Xorg (config_fini+0x1023) [0x4b18a3]
[    32.286] (EE) 9: /usr/bin/Xorg (config_init+0x9) [0x4af8f9]
[    32.286] (EE) 10: /usr/bin/Xorg (InitInput+0xb4) [0x48dea4]
[    32.286] (EE) 11: /usr/bin/Xorg (_init+0x3b89) [0x42c109]
[    32.286] (EE) 12: /lib64/libc.so.6 (__libc_start_main+0xf5) [0x3ccca21d65]
[    32.287] (EE) 13: /usr/bin/Xorg (_start+0x29) [0x428cb5]
[    32.288] (EE) 14: ? (?+0x29) [0x29]
[    32.288] (EE) 
[    32.288] (EE) Segmentation fault at address 0x20
[    32.288] (EE) 
Fatal server error:
[    32.288] (EE) Caught signal 11 (Segmentation fault). Server aborting
[    32.288] (EE) 
[    32.288] (EE) 
Please consult the Fedora Project support 
         at http://wiki.x.org
 for help. 
[    32.288] (EE) Please also check the log file at "/var/log/Xorg.0.log" for additional information.
[    32.288] (EE) 
[    32.288] (II) AIGLX: Suspending AIGLX clients for VT switch
[    32.303] (EE) Server terminated with error (1). Closing log file.

Comment 1 Charles R. Anderson 2014-12-28 23:43:46 UTC
Created attachment 973899 [details]
xorg.conf with synaptics driver settings

Comment 2 Charles R. Anderson 2014-12-28 23:44:34 UTC
Created attachment 973900 [details]
default xorg.conf.d/00-anaconda-keyboard.conf

Comment 3 Charles R. Anderson 2014-12-28 23:48:21 UTC
Created attachment 973901 [details]
lspci -nn output

Comment 4 Charles R. Anderson 2014-12-29 00:10:33 UTC
There is no change after removing my xorg.conf with the custom synaptics settings--Xorg still crashes with xorg-x11-drv-synaptics-1.7.7-1.fc20.x86_64.

Downgrading back to xorg-x11-drv-synaptics-1.7.6-6.fc20.x86_64 allows X to start normally.

Comment 5 Fedora Update System 2015-01-05 00:16:51 UTC
xorg-x11-drv-synaptics-1.7.7-2.fc20 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 20.
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/xorg-x11-drv-synaptics-1.7.7-2.fc20

Comment 6 Fedora Update System 2015-01-06 06:13:55 UTC
Package xorg-x11-drv-synaptics-1.7.7-2.fc20:
* should fix your issue,
* was pushed to the Fedora 20 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-synaptics-1.7.7-2.fc20'
as soon as you are able to.
Please go to the following url:
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2015-0220/xorg-x11-drv-synaptics-1.7.7-2.fc20
then log in and leave karma (feedback).

Comment 7 Fedora Update System 2015-01-21 23:07:27 UTC
xorg-x11-drv-synaptics-1.7.7-2.fc20 has been pushed to the Fedora 20 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.


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