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  1. Bug #330052
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Adam Dickmeiss (adam-indexdata) wrote : Xvfb crashes with SIGSEGV

Binary package hint: xvfb

adam@durum:~$ cat /etc/lsb-release
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=8.10
DISTRIB_CODENAME=intrepid
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 8.10"
adam@durum:~$ apt-cache policy xvfb
xvfb:
  Installed: 2:1.5.2-2ubuntu3
  Candidate: 2:1.5.2-2ubuntu3
  Version table:
 *** 2:1.5.2-2ubuntu3 0
        500 http://dk.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

adam@durum:~$ echo localhost >hosts
adam@durum:~$ Xvfb :1 -auth hosts
Could not init font path element /usr/share/fonts/X11/cyrillic, removing from list!
(EE) config/hal: NewInputDeviceRequest failed
(EE) config/hal: NewInputDeviceRequest failed
(EE) config/hal: NewInputDeviceRequest failed
Segmentation fault
adam@durum:~$

The crash happens when an X client is shut down.. For example, when xeyes is shut down with Control-C.

adam@durum:~$ xeyes -display :1
^C

GDB session:

Starting program: /usr/bin/Xvfb :1 -auth hosts
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[Thread debugging using libthread_db enabled]
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[New Thread 0x7f677e5d06f0 (LWP 32363)]
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Could not init font path element /usr/share/fonts/X11/cyrillic, removing from list!
(EE) config/hal: NewInputDeviceRequest failed
(EE) config/hal: NewInputDeviceRequest failed
(EE) config/hal: NewInputDeviceRequest failed

Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault.
---Type <return> to continue, or q <return> to quit---
[Switching to Thread 0x7f677e5d06f0 (LWP 32363)]
0x0000000000507665 in FreeColormap ()
(gdb) bt
#0 0x0000000000507665 in FreeColormap ()
#1 0x000000000052a1cb in FreeClientResources ()
#2 0x000000000052a2b4 in FreeAllResources ()
#3 0x0000000000526adb in main ()
(gdb)