Description of problem: If I change my /etc/xorg.conf to call for an 8-bit colordepth or if I use vnc to launch gnome with an 8-bit color depth, then gnome basically crashes. Gnome works fine with 16 or 24 bit colordepths. Also, X itself works fine with just an 8 bit colordepth (e.g., when I use vnc without launching gnome). Bug buddy gave the following error message when I launched vnc with gnome (though this may not be the root cause): Distribution: Fedora release 8 (Werewolf) Gnome Release: 2.20.2 2007-11-27 (Red Hat, Inc) BugBuddy Version: 2.20.1 System: Linux 2.6.23.9-85.fc8 #1 SMP Fri Dec 7 15:49:59 EST 2007 i686 X Vendor: The X.Org Foundation X Vendor Release: 10300000 Selinux: Permissive Accessibility: Disabled GTK+ Theme: Nodoka Icon Theme: Fedora Memory status: size: 0 vsize: 0 resident: 0 share: 0 rss: 0 rss_rlim: 0 CPU usage: start_time: 0 rtime: 0 utime: 0 stime: 0 cutime:0 cstime: 0 timeout:\ 0 it_real_value: 0 frequency: 0 ----------- .xsession-errors (113 sec old) --------------------- error getting update info: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'samearch' error getting update info: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'samearch' error getting update info: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'samearch' error getting update info: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'samearch' error getting update info: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'samearch' error getting update info: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'samearch' error getting update info: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'samearch' error getting update info: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'samearch' error getting update info: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'samearch' ALSA lib pcm_mmap.c:369:(snd_pcm_mmap) mmap failed: Invalid argument error getting update info: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'samearch' error getting update info: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'samearch' error getting update info: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'samearch' error getting update info: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'samearch' error getting update info: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'samearch' -------------------------------------------------- Steps to reproduce: 1. First run 'vnc -depth 8' with the default~/.vnc/xstartup file where the following 2 lines are commented out (this launches an X session without gdm/gnome) unset SESSION_MANAGER exec /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc This should work fine 2. Then run 'vnc -depth 8' with the lines uncommented. This should fail to launch gnome properly.
Error is as above, but just realized that the "error getting update info" xsession messages may not be relevant since they have to do with an (unrelated) bug in yum-updatesd
This is definitely misfiled. gnome-common is a package that aids in development of gnome apps. I'm on vacation right now but can ask the desktop team where it should be filed after January 3rd if you aren't able to figure out where the bug should be targeted before that.
Sorry, I (mis)assumed that gnome-common was the underlying base. So I am not sure where to refile this and would appreciate your help in figuring out where to file.
I asked around and found that this is a bug in cairo. Here's our bug for the issue: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=217636 and here's upstream's bug where the work is being done: https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=4945 *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 217636 ***