Since i upgraded to GNOME 2.8, the same day it came out, using the metacity window border (minimizing and right clicking) have taken down xorg two times. The only errors reported in the logfile are (don't know if the first lines are relevant): SetGrabKeysState - disabled SetGrabKeysState - enabled SetGrabKeysState - disabled SetGrabKeysState - enabled SetGrabKeysState - disabled SetGrabKeysState - enabled *** If unresolved symbols were reported above, they might not *** be the reason for the server aborting. Fatal server error: Caught signal 11. Server aborting Reproducible: Sometimes Steps to Reproduce: 1. 2. 3. Portage 2.0.51_rc9 (default-x86-2004.0, gcc-3.4.2, glibc-2.3.4.20040808-r1, 2.6.8-gentoo-r1 i686) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.8-gentoo-r1 i686 AMD Athlon(TM) XP 2400+ Gentoo Base System version 1.5.3 distcc 2.17 i686-pc-linux-gnu (protocols 1 and 2) (default port 3632) [disabled]ccache version 2.3 [enabled] Autoconf: sys-devel/autoconf-2.59-r5 Automake: sys-devel/automake-1.8.5-r1 Binutils: sys-devel/binutils-2.15.92.0.2 Headers: sys-kernel/linux26-headers-2.6.8.1-r1 Libtools: sys-devel/libtool-1.5.2-r5 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86 ~x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CFLAGS="-march=athlon-xp -O3 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" COMPILER="" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3.2/share/config /usr/kde/3.3/share/config:/usr/kde/3.3/env:/usr/kde/3.3/shutdown /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/lib/mozilla/defaults/pref /usr/share/config /var/qmail/control" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-march=athlon-xp -O3 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoaddcvs ccache distlocks fixpackages sandbox" GENTOO_MIRRORS="ftp://ftp.du.se/pub/os/gentoo http://ftp.du.se/pub/os/gentoo http://ds.thn.htu.se/linux/gentoo" MAKEOPTS="-j2" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/bmg-chosen /usr/local/my-chosen" SYNC="rsync://rsync.europe.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="3dnow 3dnow2 X alsa apache2 apm arts audiofile avi berkdb bitmap-fonts bluetooth bonobo bzlib cddb cdparanoia cdr chroot crypt cups dba dbus dga divx4linux dvb dvd dvdr eds encode esd evo exif f77 faad fam fbcon firefox flac foomaticdb freetype gd gdbm gif gimp gimpprint gnome gnome2 gnomedb gphoto2 gpm gstreamer gtk gtk2 gtkhtml hal ica imap imlib imlib2 jabber java jpeg kde kde3 lcms libg++ libgda libwww mad matroska mbox mikmod mmx mono motif mozilla moznocompose moznoirc moznomail mpeg msn mysql ncurses nls offensive oggvorbis opengl oscar osd oss pam pda pdflib perl php pic png python qt quicktime readline samba scanner sdl sftplogging slang soap sockets sox speex spell sse ssl svg tcpd theora tiff truetype unicode usb wifi wmf x86 xml xml2 xmms xprint xrandr xv xvid zlib"
Worth mentioning too is that I am running ~x86 and the nvidia drivers.
are you using the composite extension?
Yes, I am using it. But I am not using utilities like xcompmgr or transset. Disabling it now and testing.
metacity doesn't work very well with the composite extension(it has its own composite stuf built in, so even without those other apps running you will have problems. There is a very good reason the composite extension is disabled by default in xorg, so you get to keep both pieces of this one.
*** Bug 68637 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Just to confirm, disabling the composite extension solved it. Thanks.
Same for me (reporter of Bug #68637), disabling composite extension solves it.
*** Bug 69157 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
*** Bug 71254 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
*** Bug 71988 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
