Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] warning: new thunberbird crashes nvidia and nvidia-470 (works with nvidia-390)
On 10/5/23 09:53, Bob Friesenhahn wrote: If a mere client application can cause the display server to crash, might this appear to be a severe security issue? We only saw application crashes here, not the display server. (Remember that the nvidia packages include not just the kernel & Xorg drivers, but also the OpenGL libraries loaded into applications on the X client side.) -- -Alan Coopersmith- alan.coopersm...@oracle.com Oracle Solaris Engineering - https://blogs.oracle.com/solaris ___ openindiana-discuss mailing list openindiana-discuss@openindiana.org https://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss
Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] warning: new thunberbird crashes nvidia and nvidia-470 (works with nvidia-390)
In my case thunderbird crashed, not the nvidia server. QP 5 Oct 2023, 18:53 by bfrie...@simple.dallas.tx.us: > If a mere client application can cause the display server to crash, might > this appear to be a severe security issue? > > Bob > -- > Bob Friesenhahn > bfrie...@simple.dallas.tx.us, http://www.simplesystems.org/users/bfriesen/ > GraphicsMagick Maintainer,http://www.GraphicsMagick.org/ > Public Key, http://www.simplesystems.org/users/bfriesen/public-key.txt > > ___ > openindiana-discuss mailing list > openindiana-discuss@openindiana.org > https://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss > ___ openindiana-discuss mailing list openindiana-discuss@openindiana.org https://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss
Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] warning: new thunberbird crashes nvidia and nvidia-470 (works with nvidia-390)
If a mere client application can cause the display server to crash, might this appear to be a severe security issue? Bob -- Bob Friesenhahn bfrie...@simple.dallas.tx.us, http://www.simplesystems.org/users/bfriesen/ GraphicsMagick Maintainer,http://www.GraphicsMagick.org/ Public Key, http://www.simplesystems.org/users/bfriesen/public-key.txt ___ openindiana-discuss mailing list openindiana-discuss@openindiana.org https://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss
Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] warning: new thunberbird crashes nvidia and nvidia-470 (works with nvidia-390)
The latest thunderbird update has fixed this problem - many thanks to author(s)! QP 5 Oct 2023, 07:05 by a.wackn...@gmx.de: > Am 04.10.23 um 18:26 schrieb Alan Coopersmith: > >> On 10/3/23 23:19, Andreas Wacknitz wrote: >> >>> After updating thunderbird to the latest version 115.3.1 I have >>> experienced instant crashes using either nvidia(-535) or nvidia-470 >>> drivers. >>> Going back to -390 makes thunderbird usable again. Thus, the problem >>> seems to be located at the newer NVIDIA drivers. >>> >> >> When our nvidia expert looked into it, he found the 115.x version of >> Firefox >> & Thunderbird were mixing OpenGL & EGL calls in a way that works with >> Mesa >> but not the Nvidia drivers, and applied a workaround to stop it from >> using >> EGL for now to avoid that: >> >> https://github.com/oracle/solaris-userland/blob/master/components/desktop/firefox/patches/firefox-115-glx-only.patch >> >> >> -alan- >> > Alain, thanks again for this valuable information. It fixed the problems > I had with the new thunderbird. > > Best regards, > Andrea > > ___ > openindiana-discuss mailing list > openindiana-discuss@openindiana.org > https://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss > ___ openindiana-discuss mailing list openindiana-discuss@openindiana.org https://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss
Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] warning: new thunberbird crashes nvidia and nvidia-470 (works with nvidia-390)
Am 04.10.23 um 18:26 schrieb Alan Coopersmith: On 10/3/23 23:19, Andreas Wacknitz wrote: After updating thunderbird to the latest version 115.3.1 I have experienced instant crashes using either nvidia(-535) or nvidia-470 drivers. Going back to -390 makes thunderbird usable again. Thus, the problem seems to be located at the newer NVIDIA drivers. When our nvidia expert looked into it, he found the 115.x version of Firefox & Thunderbird were mixing OpenGL & EGL calls in a way that works with Mesa but not the Nvidia drivers, and applied a workaround to stop it from using EGL for now to avoid that: https://github.com/oracle/solaris-userland/blob/master/components/desktop/firefox/patches/firefox-115-glx-only.patch -alan- Alain, thanks again for this valuable information. It fixed the problems I had with the new thunderbird. Best regards, Andrea ___ openindiana-discuss mailing list openindiana-discuss@openindiana.org https://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss
Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] warning: new thunberbird crashes nvidia and nvidia-470 (works with nvidia-390)
On 10/3/23 23:19, Andreas Wacknitz wrote: After updating thunderbird to the latest version 115.3.1 I have experienced instant crashes using either nvidia(-535) or nvidia-470 drivers. Going back to -390 makes thunderbird usable again. Thus, the problem seems to be located at the newer NVIDIA drivers. When our nvidia expert looked into it, he found the 115.x version of Firefox & Thunderbird were mixing OpenGL & EGL calls in a way that works with Mesa but not the Nvidia drivers, and applied a workaround to stop it from using EGL for now to avoid that: https://github.com/oracle/solaris-userland/blob/master/components/desktop/firefox/patches/firefox-115-glx-only.patch -alan- ___ openindiana-discuss mailing list openindiana-discuss@openindiana.org https://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss
Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] warning: new thunberbird crashes nvidia and nvidia-470 (works with nvidia-390)
On 10/4/23 08:19, Andreas Wacknitz wrote: After updating thunderbird to the latest version 115.3.1 I have experienced instant crashes using either nvidia(-535) or nvidia-470 drivers. Going back to -390 makes thunderbird usable again. Thus, the problem seems to be located at the newer NVIDIA drivers. Andreas Hi Andreas, I cannot reproduce it (OI upgraded this morning): :; pkg list thunderbird nvidia-470 NAME (PUBLISHER) VERSION IFO driver/graphics/nvidia-470470.199.2-2023.0.0.0 i-- mail/thunderbird 115.3.1-2023.0.0.1 i-- :; uname -rosv SunOS 5.11 illumos-1e091e43ab illumos Regards. ___ openindiana-discuss mailing list openindiana-discuss@openindiana.org https://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss -- Predrag Zečević ___ openindiana-discuss mailing list openindiana-discuss@openindiana.org https://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss
