Security update of libx11-6 leads to crash of Opera 9.10 on Ubuntu 6.10 (edgy)

[pirx67]

Binary package hint: libx11-6

I'm running Ubuntu 6.10 (edgy) on my computer at work.

I installed this morning the security update for the following packets:

libx11-6 (2:1.0.3-0ubuntu4) to 2:1.0.3-0ubuntu4.1
libx11-data (2:1.0.3-0ubuntu4) to 2:1.0.3-0ubuntu4.1

After this starting Opera 9.10 immediately leads to a crash of Opera.

The installed Opera package is 9.10-20061214.6ubuntu2 from the edgy-commercial repository.

At the moment I cannot install (or test with) the Opera 9.20 package from the edgy-commercial repository
because it has broken dependencies.

I downgraded the libx11-6 (only this package, libx11-data was kept up to date) to "1.0.3-0ubuntu4". After
this downgrade Opera starts like before.

I remember to have done the security upgrade for this X client library on my computer at home yesterday.
I'm running Ubuntu 6.06 (dapper) there and also Opera 9.10. There was no problem. But I'll check it later
again when I'm home.

I'll try to append the crash log that was generated.

[Timo Aaltonen (tjaalton)]

Upstream bug. Wait for an update from Opera.

I'll leave this open for now.

[Timo Aaltonen (tjaalton)]

oh, there is a new one already? What problems do you have when you try to install it?

[pirx67 (pirx67)]

Thank you for pointing me to the Debian bug.

The Opera changelog for 9.20 @ http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/linux/920/ says
"Fixed an issue where the libX11 patch for CVE-2007-1667 causes Opera to crash on startup."

If I try to install opera release "9.20-20070409.6ubuntu2" from (edgy-commercial) I get the following
unresolved dependencies from Synaptic:

opera:
  Hängt ab: »libc6 (>=2.5-0ubuntu1)«, aber es wird »2.4-1ubuntu12.3« installiert.
  Hängt ab: »libgcc1 (>=1:4.1.2)«, aber es wird »1:4.1.1-13ubuntu5« installiert.
  Hängt ab: »libqt3-mt (>=3:3.3.8really3.3.7)«, aber es wird »3:3.3.6-3ubuntu3.1« installiert.
  Hängt ab: »libstdc++6 (>=4.1.2)«, aber es wird »4.1.1-13ubuntu5« installiert.

PS:
Tested Opera 9.10 on my dapper installation at home this morning. It also crashes in the same way.

[pirx67 (pirx67)]

Installation of Opera 9.20 from the opera website (opera_9.20-20070409.6-shared-qt_en_i386.deb)
is possible and fixes the problem.

But the broken package for opera 9.20 is still in the edgy-commercial repository as other people
already found out, too (https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/107655).

[Cruncher (ubuntu-wkresse)]

If for some reason you want to keep using 9.10, here is a workaround from http://my.opera.com/desktopteam/blog/ that might help:

"If you do not want to install a weekly release but continue running version 9.1, you can change the "DefaultDepth" option to 16 in your /etc/X11/xorg.conf file, as this will also work around the problem."

[TomasHnyk (sup)]

I mark this as fixed since it has been fixed upstream and that the upgrade is impossible from the comercial repositories (although think the packages coming from there are no better than those directly from opera.com, opera also maintains its own deb repository) is a different bug (https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/107655 - as was mentioned in the comments