X Window system reports BadAlloc when starting Eclipse (xserver-xorg-core 2:1.3.0.0.dfsg-12ubuntu8.1)

[Aapo Romu]

The security uprade xserver-xorg-core 2:1.3.0.0.dfsg-12ubuntu8.1 is broken. Downgrading the package to the version: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.3.9.9.dfsg-12ubuntu12ubuntu8 fixes the problem.

At least when starting Eclipse 3.3.1.1 using Java Sun JDK version

:~$ java -version
java version "1.6.0_03"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0_03-b05)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.6.0_03-b05, mixed mode, sharing)

The system crashes with message:

:~/eclipse$ ./eclipse
The program 'Eclipse' received an X Window System error.
This probably reflects a bug in the program.
The error was 'BadAlloc (insufficient resources for operation)'.
  (Details: serial 432 error_code 11 request_code 146 minor_code 5)
  (Note to programmers: normally, X errors are reported asynchronously;
   that is, you will receive the error a while after causing it.
   To debug your program, run it with the --sync command line
   option to change this behavior. You can then get a meaningful
   backtrace from your debugger if you break on the gdk_x_error() function.)

[mwalter (wamartin-gmx)]

older versions of eclipse (3.2 from synaptic) as well as older versions of java (1.5) are affected too