I believe it was yesterday morning, or maybe this morning I did a aptitude upgrade and 2 or 3 nvidia packages were installed. I don't have any nvidia hardware, they do not seem to cause any problems for me but I removed them after installing.
On Sat, Mar 20, 2010 at 11:38 PM, Steve Langasek < steve.langa...@canonical.com> wrote: > Installed how? Are you being presented with a dialogue about restricted > drivers being available for your hardware? > > If so, please file a bug report against the jockey package. > > -- > glxinfo crashed with SIGSEGV in __libc_start_main() > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/256021 > You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber > of the bug. > > Status in “mesa” package in Ubuntu: Fix Released > Status in “mesa” source package in Jaunty: Fix Released > Status in “mesa” source package in Karmic: Fix Released > > Bug description: > [Impact] > > Fixes segmentation faults in glXGetFBConfigs() that happen frequently when > the nvidia binary drivers are present on the system (even if they are not in > use) by adding a null pointer check. While the SEGV seems innocuous since it > only happens with glxinfo, quite a few essential programs such as compiz use > glxinfo to detect GL capabilities and this causes problems. This is fixed in > Karmic which as of this time has mesa 7.4.1, but the issue still stands in > jaunty's 7.4. > > [Symptoms] > Segfaults in glxinfo. glxinfo reporting Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on > display. > > [Patch] > http://launchpadlibrarian.net/28340399/mesa_7.4-0ubuntu3.2.debdiff > > [Test Case] > In an affected system (such as one with nvidia drivers loaded) > 1. Run glxinfo > 2. Errors with a segfault > 3. Attempt to start compiz > 4. Fails to start because it can't run glxinfo > > [Regression Potential] > Essentially none. It simply adds a null pointer check right before > dereferencing it. > This fix has been tested in Karmic as well as upstream for some time, and > was included in the 7.4.1 bugfix release. > > UPDATE:Oct 8 2008. installed daily updates ( 2.6.27-6-generic ) and still > getting this same glxinfo error on boot > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > I was running PlayOnLinux and tried to install 3d acceleration from there > when glxinfo crashed. > > Description: Ubuntu intrepid (development branch) > Release: 8.10 > > mesa version : 7.1~rc3-1ubuntu2 (intrepid) > > ProblemType: Crash > Architecture: i386 > DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.10 > ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/glxinfo > NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia > Package: mesa-utils 7.1~rc3-1ubuntu2 > ProcAttrCurrent: unconfined > ProcCmdline: glxinfo > ProcEnviron: > SHELL=/bin/bash > > PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games > LANG=en_US.UTF-8 > Signal: 11 > SourcePackage: mesa > Stacktrace: > #0 0x0804ad66 in ?? () > #1 0xb7d66685 in __libc_start_main () from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6 > #2 0x08048e81 in ?? () > StacktraceTop: > ?? () > __libc_start_main () from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6 > ?? () > ThreadStacktrace: > . > Thread 1 (process 7142): > #0 0x0804ad66 in ?? () > #1 0xb7d66685 in __libc_start_main () from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6 > #2 0x08048e81 in ?? () > Title: glxinfo crashed with SIGSEGV in __libc_start_main() > Uname: Linux 2.6.26-5-generic i686 > UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout fuse lpadmin plugdev sambashare > > To unsubscribe from this bug, go to: > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mesa/+bug/256021/+subscribe > -- glxinfo crashed with SIGSEGV in __libc_start_main() https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/256021 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to mesa in ubuntu. _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat Post to : ubuntu-x-swat@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
