trackballs crashed with SIGABRT in __assert_fail_base()

[Mike Sandman]

It crashes on startup.

$ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu precise (development branch)
Release: 12.04

$ apt-cache policy trackballs
trackballs:
  Installed: 1.1.4-4build1
  Candidate: 1.1.4-4build1
  Version table:
 *** 1.1.4-4build1 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise/universe i386 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

ProblemType: Crash
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: trackballs 1.1.4-4build1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-17.27-generic-pae 3.2.6
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-17-generic-pae i686
NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
ApportVersion: 1.94-0ubuntu1
Architecture: i386
CrashCounter: 1
Date: Fri Mar 2 20:42:19 2012
ExecutablePath: /usr/games/trackballs
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Beta i386 (20120301)
ProcCmdline: /usr/games/trackballs
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
Signal: 6
SourcePackage: trackballs
StacktraceTop:
 raise () from /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libc.so.6
 abort () from /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libc.so.6
 ?? () from /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libc.so.6
 __assert_fail () from /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libc.so.6
 ?? () from /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libX11.so.6
Title: trackballs crashed with SIGABRT in raise()
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo

[Apport retracing service (apport)]

StacktraceTop:
 __assert_fail_base (fmt=0xb729d438 "%s%s%s:%u: %s%sAssertion `%s' failed.\n%n", assertion=0xb6c63d1f "!xcb_xlib_unknown_seq_number", file=0xb6c63cea "../../src/xcb_io.c", line=160, function=0xb6c63de7 "append_pending_request") at assert.c:94
 __GI___assert_fail (assertion=0xb6c63d1f "!xcb_xlib_unknown_seq_number", file=0xb6c63cea "../../src/xcb_io.c", line=160, function=0xb6c63de7 "append_pending_request") at assert.c:103
 append_pending_request (dpy=<optimized out>, sequence=17) at ../../src/xcb_io.c:158
 _XReply (dpy=0x8ea8cb8, rep=0xbfa043f0, extra=0, discard=1) at ../../src/xcb_io.c:584
 XQueryExtension (dpy=0x8ea8cb8, name=0xb7562728 "GLX", major_opcode=0xbfa04454, first_event=0xbfa04458, first_error=0xbfa0445c) at ../../src/QuExt.c:48

[Henrique de Moraes Holschuh (hmh)]

Very likely fixed by the new upload from Debian (version 1.2.3-1 and later).