vmplayer segfaults after MKSHostOps XCreateImage failed
Bug #114828 reported by
mheily
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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vmware-player (Ubuntu) |
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Bug Description
Binary package hint: vmware-player
After upgrading from Edgy to Feisty, vmware-player consistently segfaults with the following error message in vmware.log:
May 15 11:04:08.417: mks| MKSHostOps SHM create image failed
May 15 11:04:08.417: mks| MKSHostOps XCreateImage failed
May 15 11:04:08.427: mks| Caught signal 11 -- tid 14942
This thread on VMWare's support boards describes the problem:
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Downgrading to libx11- 6_1.0.3- 4ubuntu1_ i386.deb fixes the problem.
This is definitely the same kind of problem with a security fix to XCreateImage(3) that caused bug 144322:
https:/ /bugs.launchpad .net/debian/ +source/ rdesktop/ +bug/104332
If anyone has a support contract with VMWare, please report this bug to them.