ubuntu-bug crashes with QPainter::end: Painter not active, aborted

[Manuel López-Ibáñez]

When trying to upload a crash report such as:

ubuntu-bug /var/crash/_usr_bin_Xorg.0.crash

It crashes with:

QPainter::begin: Paint device returned engine == 0, type: 2
QPainter::end: Painter not active, aborted

It crashes every time.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: apport 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-36.57-generic-pae 3.2.35
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-36-generic-pae i686
NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
ApportLog:
 ERROR: apport (pid 2896) Wed Jan 30 16:31:05 2013: called for pid 1171, signal 11
 ERROR: apport (pid 2896) Wed Jan 30 16:31:05 2013: executable: /usr/bin/Xorg (command line "/usr/bin/X :0 vt7 -br -nolisten tcp -auth /var/run/xauth/A:0-xdG16b")
 ERROR: apport (pid 2896) Wed Jan 30 16:31:05 2013: is_closing_session(): no DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS in environment
 ERROR: apport (pid 2896) Wed Jan 30 16:31:46 2013: wrote report /var/crash/_usr_bin_Xorg.0.crash
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.1
Architecture: i386
CrashReports:
 640:1000:1000:23546036:2013-01-30 16:53:30.954590000 +0100:2013-01-30 17:08:25.299660831 +0100:/var/crash/_usr_bin_Xorg.0.crash
 664:1000:1000:0:2013-01-30 16:53:41.418590620 +0100:2013-01-30 16:53:41.418590620 +0100:/var/crash/_usr_bin_Xorg.0.upload
Date: Wed Jan 30 17:12:20 2013
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release i386 (20120423)
MarkForUpload: True
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: apport
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Mike Butash (michael-butash)]

I get this commonly after a few days of use with anything that touches the ati drivers, most notably using secondlife firestorm client that makes heavy use of the gpu. I begin to get numerous kinds of errors from laggy graphics to crashing with various errors like these. Eventually it'll destabilize to the point it'll hard lock my system and I start seeing various errors like this in console. This has happened since 11.04 to 13.04 with any ati driver (early 12.x through 13.8 with quantal), on any version of kernel on those distros.

My environment is a bit unique that I run 6 displays at 11520x1200 as well. Compiz can't composite on multi-mon setups, nvidia or ati, without coming unglued without unredirection, ultimately destabilizing my system in various forms of multi-monitor since 8.04. I get all kinds of visual corruption and odd app behavior that is using glx without fail.

Here's hoping for Weston/Mir to not suck.

[Graeme Hewson (ghewson)]

Same here in Kubuntu Saucy, trying to report a kernel oops.

apport-bug /var/crash/susres.2013-12-14_04\:49\:22.929909.crash
QPainter::begin: Paint device returned engine == 0, type: 2
QPainter::end: Painter not active, aborted

[Graeme Hewson (ghewson)]

apport-bug worked OK once /etc/apport/crashdb was configured correctly (https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apport/+bug/994921).

[Marcus Tomlinson (marcustomlinson)]

This release of Ubuntu is no longer receiving maintenance updates. If this is still an issue on a maintained version of Ubuntu please let us know.

[Marcus Tomlinson (marcustomlinson)]

This issue has sat incomplete for more than 60 days now. I'm going to close it as invalid. Please feel free re-open if this is still an issue for you. Thank you.