Description of problem: gnome-control-center immediately segfaults. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): control-center-3.4.2-1.fc17.x86_64 How reproducible: Every time Steps to Reproduce: 1. Run gnome-control-center Actual results: #0 _cogl_object_renderer_indirect_free (obj=0x8793b0) at ./cogl-renderer.c:115 #1 0x00007fffd666ae04 in clutter_backend_real_create_context (error=0x7fffffffd9f8, backend=0x762580) at ./clutter-backend.c:364 #2 clutter_backend_real_create_context (backend=0x762580, error=0x7fffffffd9f8) at ./clutter-backend.c:256 #3 0x00007fffd6681e13 in _clutter_feature_init (error=error@entry=0x7fffffffd9f8) at ./clutter-feature.c:107 #4 0x00007fffd668d7ea in clutter_init_real (error=error@entry=0x7fffffffd9f8) at ./clutter-main.c:1571 #5 0x00007fffd668da1b in post_parse_hook (error=0x7fffffffd9f8, context=<optimized out>, group=<optimized out>, data=<optimized out>) at ./clutter-main.c:1782 #6 post_parse_hook (context=<optimized out>, group=<optimized out>, data=<optimized out>, error=0x7fffffffd9f8) at ./clutter-main.c:1750 #7 0x00007ffff6132997 in g_option_context_parse (context=context@entry=0x8778c0, argc=argc@entry=0x0, argv=argv@entry=0x0, error=error@entry=0x7fffffffd9f8) at goption.c:2005 #8 0x00007fffd668dce2 in clutter_parse_args (error=0x7fffffffd9f0, argv=0x0, argc=0x0) at ./clutter-main.c:2018 #9 clutter_init (argc=argc@entry=0x0, argv=argv@entry=0x0) at ./clutter-main.c:2080 #10 0x00007fffd693e0b2 in gtk_clutter_init (argc=argc@entry=0x0, argv=argv@entry=0x0) at ./gtk-clutter-util.c:205 #11 0x00007fffd7469564 in cheese_gtk_init (argc=argc@entry=0x0, argv=argv@entry=0x0) at libcheese/cheese-gtk.c:58 #12 0x00007fffd78c40c3 in g_io_module_load (module=0x7ec920) at um-user-module.c:38 #13 0x00007ffff66a7026 in g_io_module_load_module (gmodule=0x7ec920) at giomodule.c:307 #14 0x00007ffff64319c1 in g_type_module_use (module=module@entry=0x7ec920) at gtypemodule.c:256 #15 0x00007ffff66a7404 in g_io_modules_load_all_in_directory_with_scope (dirname=dirname@entry=0x40edd8 "/usr/lib64/control-center-1/panels", scope=scope@entry=0x0) at giomodule.c:589 #16 0x00007ffff66a7487 in g_io_modules_load_all_in_directory (dirname=dirname@entry=0x40edd8 "/usr/lib64/control-center-1/panels") at giomodule.c:628 #17 0x000000000040975a in load_panel_plugins (shell=0x6de010) at gnome-control-center.c:799 #18 gnome_control_center_init (self=0x6de010) at gnome-control-center.c:1138 #19 0x00007ffff642ea06 in g_type_create_instance (type=7199296) at gtype.c:1892 #20 0x00007ffff64137a8 in g_object_constructor (type=<optimized out>, n_construct_properties=0, construct_params=0x0) at gobject.c:1849 #21 0x00007ffff6415261 in g_object_newv (object_type=object_type@entry=7199296, n_parameters=n_parameters@entry=0, parameters=parameters@entry=0x0) at gobject.c:1632 #22 0x00007ffff64158ac in g_object_new (object_type=7199296, first_property_name=first_property_name@entry=0x0) at gobject.c:1542 #23 0x0000000000409f39 in gnome_control_center_new () at gnome-control-center.c:1155 #24 0x0000000000407b02 in main (argc=1, argv=0x7fffffffdf38) at control-center.c:198 Expected results: Additional info: I performed a minium install of Fedora 17 and then later installed X11 and control-center using yum.
It turns out this problem exists in all cogl applications. Debian has published a patch that helps. After applying the patch and running gnome-control-center (or gthumb, etc.), I saw "...XServer appears to lack required GLX support" instead of a segfault. This was an easy fix: install mesa-dri-drivers. But applications should not segfault.
Created attachment 593837 [details] Print error instead of segfault when GLX missing
> Print error instead of segfault when GLX missing That patch should be reported upstream
Upstream ticket: https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=677517
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