Banshe crashes on startup with 'BadMatch (invalid parameter attributes)'

[David Grossberg]

Binary package hint: banshee

When I try to start Banshee the window appears for a split second and then vanishes, leaving the following terminal output:

$ banshee --sync
[Info 21:03:40.546] Running Banshee 1.8.0: [Ubuntu 10.10 (linux-gnu, x86_64) @ 2010-11-26 14:10:54 UTC]
[Info 21:03:42.174] Updating web proxy from GConf
[Info 21:03:42.252] All services are started 1.336868
The program 'Banshee' received an X Window System error.
This probably reflects a bug in the program.
The error was 'BadMatch (invalid parameter attributes)'.
  (Details: serial 1578 error_code 8 request_code 2 minor_code 0)
  (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.)

I tried using kdbg to get the backtrace mentioned and gave up due to complications with Mono.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
Package: banshee 1.8.0-2ubuntu1~maverick2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-23.41-generic 2.6.35.7
Uname: Linux 2.6.35-23-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sun Dec 12 21:05:01 2010
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_US:en
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: banshee

[Victor Vargas (kamus)]

Please could you run in a terminal "banshee --debug" and then attach all the output information into a text file. I tried to reproduce this problem using 1.9.0 release (from ppa daily) and works fine for me (with --sync flag). Thanks

[Bertrand Lorentz (bertrand-lorentz)]

This might be the same issue as the following upstream bug, which was fixed recently in git master :
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=638477

Could you try to run banshee with the following command :
XLIB_SKIP_ARGB_VISUALS=1 banshee

If banshee doesn't crash it means that it's the same issue.

[David Grossberg (davidgro)]

Yup, same issue, that environment variable works.
And my conditions are exactly as described in the gnome bug: KDE4, x86_64, and moving Banshee.NotificationArea.* out of /usr/lib/banshee-1/Extensions is another workaround I had found but forgotten to update the bug (sorry!)

Is a backport of that patch likely in the near future? (it's not as important since there are now workarounds - that don't need root even, but it would be nice)

[Victor Vargas (kamus)]

Please could somebody check if this patch is working with latest release of banshee 1.9.2 from daily ppa repository? Thanks!

[Victor Vargas (kamus)]

According to upstream, this patch http://bugzilla-attachments.gnome.org/attachment.cgi?id=177374 should fix this issue, by the way, is already applied in master repository I guess.

[Martin Pitt (pitti)]

Accepted banshee into maverick-proposed, the package will build now and be available in a few hours. Please test and give feedback here. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to enable and use -proposed. Thank you in advance!

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package banshee - 1.8.1-0ubuntu1

---------------
banshee (1.8.1-0ubuntu1) maverick-proposed; urgency=low

  * [338f8fe] New upstream bugfix release:
    + Sync dialog would sometimes be displayed forever
    + Nereid: Always grab search entry focus on ctrl+f
    + Lastfm: Fix NRE in LastfmRequest when the request times out
    + bgo#486543: Playlists: Fix parsing when started from root directory
      (LP: #674116)
    + bgo#540394: AudioCdRipper: Don't overwrite existing files when
      ripping (LP: #348502)
    + bgo#540525: TrackActions: Stop when the playing track is deleted
      (LP: #366893)
    + bgo#587936: AppleDevice: Sync the Sort+ fields
    + bgo#609463: Equalizer: Fix distortion by using floating math
    + bgo#620010: Fix displaying random image for "All Albums"
    + bgo#623441: DatabaseImportManager: Fix duplicates on import
    + bgo#624734: InternetRadio: Allow editing stations again
    + bgo#629005: FullscreenWindow: Fix full-screen on multi-head displays
    + bgo#630209: AppleDevice: Fix podcast flag for video podcasts
    + bgo#631172: AppleDevice: Fix podcast support
    + bgo#631961: Gio: Fix InvalidCastException
    + bgo#632114: Fix hang when replaying video
    + bgo#632196: AlbumListView: Fix MissingIntPtrCtorException
    + bgo#632246: ThickClient: Fix IntPtr ctor issue in SourceComboBox
      (LP: #669857)
    + bgo#632420: Booter: Use the MeeGo client if appropriate
    + bgo#632715: Bookmarks: Fix UI not getting loaded
    + bgo#633764: Dap: Fix not transcoding some files when we should
    + bgo#633841: StreamTagger: Recognize webm as video (LP: #669682)
    + bgo#634652: AppleDevice: Remove invalid tracks before syncing
    + bgo#634686: Streaming: Fix streaming broken after first play
    + bgo#635453: Importing: Fix regression with importing mkv
    + bgo#635776: build: Ensure karma-sharp's DLLmap is copied in the
      build
    + bgo#635791: Metrics: Fix translation of the preference label
    + bgo#637303: FileChooserDialog: Fix error message on first launch
      (LP: #687402)
    + bgo#637627: FullscreenWindow: Keep fullscreen when showing volume
      osd
    + bgo#637991: SourceRowRenderer: Fix vertical alignment calculation
    + bgo#638477: X11NotificationArea: Enhance check for RGBA visual
      (LP: #689505)
    + bgo#638755: Dap.MassStorage: Add support for Xperia X10 mini pro
    + bgo#638989: Dap.MassStorage: Add support for Nexus S
    + bgo#635088: Dap.MassStorage: Add support for the LG Ally phone
    + bgo#633551: Dap.MassStorage: Add support for Huawei Ideos Android
      phones
    + bgo#631687: Dap.MassStorage: Fix extensionless files
    + bgo#639603: PlayerEngine: Fix NRE when current track doesn't have a
      Uri
    + bnc#642505: Fix insecure LD_LIBRARY_PATH
  * [7fd9862] Drop patch for bgo#623441 (applied upstream)
 -- Chow Loong Jin <email address hidden> Sun, 30 Jan 2011 02:42:20 +0800

[David Grossberg (davidgro)]

I just tested the new version and I would like to confirm that this is indeed fixed in Kubuntu 10.10 amd64. Thanks.