stellarium assert failure: stellarium: ../../src/xcb_io.c:542: _XRead: Assertion `dpy->xcb->reply_data != ((void *)0)' failed.

[Syed S. Rahman]

Binary package hint: stellarium

Stellarium refused to launch

ProblemType: Crash
Architecture: i386
AssertionMessage: stellarium: ../../src/xcb_io.c:542: _XRead: Assertion `dpy->xcb->reply_data != ((void *)0)' failed.
CheckboxSubmission: eb703f512fa55f5fd2edd40195cd36a8
CheckboxSystem: 0ad41cb8883434b5c220c4fac21bbf74
CrashCounter: 1
Date: Sun Nov 1 11:49:05 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/stellarium
Package: stellarium 0.10.2-1
ProcCmdline: stellarium
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_IN.UTF-8
 LANG=en_IN.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-14.48-generic
Signal: 6
SourcePackage: stellarium
StacktraceTop:
 __kernel_vsyscall ()
 raise () from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6
 abort () from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6
 __assert_fail () from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6
 _XRead () from /usr/lib/libX11.so.6
Title: stellarium assert failure: stellarium: ../../src/xcb_io.c:542: _XRead: Assertion `dpy->xcb->reply_data != ((void *)0)' failed.
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-14-generic i686
UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout lpadmin plugdev sambashare

[luktay (luktay)]

~$ stellarium
X Error: BadRequest (invalid request code or no such operation) 1
  Extension: 135 (Uknown extension)
  Minor opcode: 19 (Unknown request)
  Resource id: 0x54
stellarium: ../../src/xcb_io.c:542: _XRead: Assertion `dpy->xcb->reply_data != ((void *)0)' failed.
Aborted

(worked ok a few weeks ago, system is up to date)