Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 215832
xprop -f _SCREENSAVER_STATUS 32ac -root _SCREENSAVER_STATUS core dumps
Last modified: 2008-08-02 19:40:37 EDT
Description of problem: when running xprop -f _SCREENSAVER_STATUS 32ac -root _SCREENSAVER_STATUS xprop core dump with this backtrace: #0 0x004d2402 in ?? () #1 0x00c1cd40 in raise () from /lib/libc.so.6 #2 0x00c1e591 in abort () from /lib/libc.so.6 #3 0x0804ae17 in Show_Prop (format=0x0, dformat=0x0, prop=0xbfcc4a1a "_SCREENSAVER_STATUS") at xprop.c:1095 #4 0x0804ba42 in main (argc=0, argv=0xbfcc2d74) at xprop.c:1319 #5 0x00c09f2c in __libc_start_main () from /lib/libc.so.6 #6 0x080492a1 in _start () Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): xorg-x11-utils-7.1-2.fc6 How reproducible: 100% Steps to Reproduce: 1.run above shown command 2.collect backtrace with gdb :-) 3. Actual results: core dumps Expected results: it should present interesting information whether the screen is locked (or something like that). Additional info:
No, no log needed here.
It's really annoying, because I would love to have xchat-gnome working, but because of this bug and bug 215837 (again 12 core-dumps a minute ;-)), I can't.
it's still in rawhide as of May 24th, 2007.
The question that should really be asked here is "Why on earth does xchat-gnome use the xprop cmdline tool" ?
Matthias, that's not a bad question, but I suppose it is much more relevant in bug 215837 (and actually, it has been asked there). Whatever brain-damaged reason lead people from xchat-gnome to use xprop, it really shouldn't core dump on me, just when being politely asked :-).
Based on the date this bug was created, it appears to have been reported against rawhide during the development of a Fedora release that is no longer maintained. In order to refocus our efforts as a project we are flagging all of the open bugs for releases which are no longer maintained. If this bug remains in NEEDINFO thirty (30) days from now, we will automatically close it. If you can reproduce this bug in a maintained Fedora version (7, 8, or rawhide), please change this bug to the respective version and change the status to ASSIGNED. (If you're unable to change the bug's version or status, add a comment to the bug and someone will change it for you.) Thanks for your help, and we apologize again that we haven't handled these issues to this point. The process we're following is outlined here: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/BugZappers/F9CleanUp We will be following the process here: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/BugZappers/HouseKeeping to ensure this doesn't happen again.
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