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Bug 293769 - x11-drivers/xf86-video-ati-6.12.4 gtk-window-decorator causes X crash on startup
Summary: x11-drivers/xf86-video-ati-6.12.4 gtk-window-decorator causes X crash on startup
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: Gentoo Linux
Classification: Unclassified
Component: [OLD] Core system (show other bugs)
Hardware: AMD64 Linux
: High major (vote)
Assignee: Gentoo X packagers
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Reported: 2009-11-19 21:32 UTC by Mattias Nissler
Modified: 2010-03-15 23:25 UTC (History)
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Description Mattias Nissler 2009-11-19 21:32:09 UTC 
After upgrading to xorg-server-1.7.1 and xf86-video-ati-6.12.4 starting compiz will crash the X server (actually it is gtk-window-decorator that triggers the crash). I'm using the radeon driver on radeon x800 hardware.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. X :0
2. DISPLAY=:0 compiz --indirect-rendering &
3. DISPLAY=:0 gtk-window-decorator &

Actual Results:  
X crashes (segfault)

Expected Results:  
X doesn't crash ;-)
Comment 1 Mattias Nissler 2009-11-19 21:34:41 UTC 
The problem turned out to be a null pointer dereference in xf86-video-ati. It is already fixed in freedesktop.git. Patching xf86-video-ati-6.12.4 with http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/driver/xf86-video-ati/commit/?id=78fcbf577ad6eba6399cc39f74b7ce5f9c8e265e fixes the problem for me.
Comment 2 Tomáš Chvátal (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2010-03-15 23:25:52 UTC 
Fixed by xf86-video-ati-6.12.5.
Thanks for the bug. And headsup what the fix is.