Xorg crashed with SIGSEGV in strtol()

[Mitesha]

On Ubuntu karmic (development branch) Xorg crushed while update manager was running. This caused severe system damage which I had to fix via dpkg repair in recovery mode.

ProblemType: Crash
Architecture: i386
CrashCounter: 1
Date: Thu Oct 8 15:23:50 2009
Disassembly: 0x196f859c: Cannot access memory at address 0x196f859c
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/Xorg
MachineType: System manufacturer System Product Name
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.6.3-1ubuntu7 [modified: usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libglx.so]
ProcCmdLine: root=UUID=c6393764-b098-4c99-9fca-6c3b876c5a82 ro quiet splash
ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/X :1 -br -verbose -auth /var/run/gdm/auth-for-gdm-PzqLON/database -nolisten tcp
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 PATH=(custom, no user)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-12.41-generic
RelatedPackageVersions:
 xserver-xorg 1:7.4+3ubuntu5
 libgl1-mesa-glx 7.6.0-1ubuntu1
 libdrm2 2.4.13-1ubuntu1
 xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.8.1-1ubuntu3
 xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.12.99+git20090825.fc74e119-0ubuntu3
SegvAnalysis:
 Segfault happened at: 0x196f859c: Cannot access memory at address 0x196f859c
 PC (0x196f859c) not located in a known VMA region (needed executable region)!
SegvReason: executing unknown VMA
Signal: 11
SourcePackage: xorg-server
StacktraceTop:
 ?? () from /lib/libc.so.6
 strtol () from /lib/libc.so.6
 ?? ()
 ?? () from /lib/libc.so.6
Title: Xorg crashed with SIGSEGV in strtol()
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-12-generic i686
UserGroups:

dmi.bios.date: 12/20/2005
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: 1008.008
dmi.board.name: P4S8X-MX
dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer INC.
dmi.board.version: Rev 1.xx
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: Asset-1234567890
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: Chassis Manufacture
dmi.chassis.version: Chassis Version
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr1008.008:bd12/20/2005:svnSystemmanufacturer:pnSystemProductName:pvrSystemVersion:rvnASUSTeKComputerINC.:rnP4S8X-MX:rvrRev1.xx:cvnChassisManufacture:ct3:cvrChassisVersion:
dmi.product.name: System Product Name
dmi.product.version: System Version
dmi.sys.vendor: System manufacturer
fglrx: Not loaded
system:
 distro: Ubuntu
 architecture: i686kernel: 2.6.31-12-generic

[lspci]
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: nVidia Corporation G73 [GeForce 7600 GS] [10de:02e1] (rev a2)
     Subsystem: Giga-byte Technology Device [1458:3428]

[Apport retracing service (apport)]

StacktraceTop:*__GI_____strtol_l_internal (nptr=0xbfaa7a4d "001 GLX",
*__GI_strtol (nptr=0xbfaa7a4d "001 GLX", endptr=0xbfaa7a48,
RegisterExtensionNames (extEntry=0x87ee470)
AddExtension (name=0xde483c "GLX", NumEvents=17,
?? () from /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions//libglx.so

[Mitesha (mitesha)]

Hi, Bryce, wanted just to mention that I use 190.32 beta NVidia drivers, not the 180 ones.