cheese does not start and prints an error in the console

[Mattia Rizzolo]

I installed cheese from usc and it doesn't start. when I try to start it from a gnome-terminal window it print

(cheese:5468): Gdk-WARNING **: The program 'cheese' received an X Window System error.
This probably reflects a bug in the program.
The error was 'BadRequest (invalid request code or no such operation)'.
  (Details: serial 146 error_code 1 request_code 154 minor_code 19)
  (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 GDK_SYNCHRONIZE environment
   variable to change this behavior. You can then get a meaningful
   backtrace from your debugger if you break on the gdk_x_error() function.)

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: cheese 3.4.1-0ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-24.39-generic 3.2.16
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-24-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu8
Architecture: amd64
Date: Wed May 30 18:37:43 2012
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120425)
MachineType: Hewlett-Packard HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook PC
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=it_IT.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
RelatedPackageVersions:
 cheese 3.4.1-0ubuntu2
 cheese-common 3.4.1-0ubuntu2
SourcePackage: cheese
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 10/26/2011
dmi.bios.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
dmi.bios.version: F.12
dmi.board.asset.tag: Base Board Asset Tag
dmi.board.name: 17FD
dmi.board.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
dmi.board.version: 10.56
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
dmi.chassis.version: Chassis Version
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnHewlett-Packard:bvrF.12:bd10/26/2011:svnHewlett-Packard:pnHPPaviliondv6NotebookPC:pvr0691210000204610000620100:rvnHewlett-Packard:rn17FD:rvr10.56:cvnHewlett-Packard:ct10:cvrChassisVersion:
dmi.product.name: HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook PC
dmi.product.version: 0691210000204610000620100
dmi.sys.vendor: Hewlett-Packard

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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

[rafik.rezine (rafik-rezine)]

I have the same error with the very similar numbers:

(cheese:3815): Gdk-WARNING **: The program 'cheese' received an X Window System error.
This probably reflects a bug in the program.
The error was 'BadRequest (invalid request code or no such operation)'.
  (Details: serial 146 error_code 1 request_code 154 minor_code 19)
  (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 GDK_SYNCHRONIZE environment
   variable to change this behavior. You can then get a meaningful
   backtrace from your debugger if you break on the gdk_x_error() function.)

[Paul White (paulw2u)]

We are sorry that we do not always have the capacity to review all reported bugs in a timely manner. You reported this bug some time ago and there have been many changes in Ubuntu since that time.

Ubuntu 12.04 (precise) reached end-of-life on April 28, 2017.

Do you still see a problem related to the one that you reported in a currently supported version of Ubuntu? Please let us know if you do and in which version of Ubuntu otherwise this report can be left to expire in approximately 60 days time.

Thank you for helping make Ubuntu better.

Paul White
[Ubuntu Bug Squad]

[Mattia Rizzolo (mapreri)]

Yeah, let me close this :)