I think this is fixed since 1.6. The backtrace seems to point into the old dix save-under code, which no longer exists as of 1.6 (but did in 1.5, when these backtraces seem to originate).
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to xorg-server in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/274988 Title: Xorg crashed with SIGSEGV in miValidateTree if BackingStore option used - compUnredirectWindow+0x7b Status in X.Org X server: Fix Released Status in “xorg-server” package in Ubuntu: Invalid Bug description: Binary package hint: gnome-system-monitor Description: Ubuntu intrepid (development branch) Release: 8.10 gnome-system-monitor: Installed: 2.24.0-0ubuntu1 Candidate: 2.24.0-0ubuntu1 Version table: *** 2.24.0-0ubuntu1 0 500 http://mirror.anl.gov intrepid/main Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status When opening gnome-system-monitor, x will crash almost instantly. If it doesn't crash immediately, navigating to the Processes tab will instigate the crash. What log would have the relevant information for assessing this crash? dmesg just does this after: [ 7290.461941] [drm] Num pipes: 3 [ 7293.674548] [drm] Setting GART location based on new memory map [ 7293.677406] [drm] Loading R300 Microcode [ 7293.677453] [drm] Num pipes: 3 [ 7293.677464] [drm] writeback test succeeded in 1 usecs [ 7318.507945] CPU0 attaching NULL sched-domain. [ 7318.507969] CPU1 attaching NULL sched-domain. [ 7318.537119] CPU0 attaching sched-domain: [ 7318.537133] domain 0: span 0-1 level CPU [ 7318.537136] groups: 0 1 [ 7318.537140] domain 1: span 0-1 level NODE [ 7318.537144] groups: 0-1 [ 7318.537150] CPU1 attaching sched-domain: [ 7318.537151] domain 0: span 0-1 level CPU [ 7318.537153] groups: 1 0 [ 7318.537157] domain 1: span 0-1 level NODE [ 7318.537158] groups: 0-1 [lspci] 00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: ATI Technologies Inc RS480 Host Bridge [1002:5950] (rev 10) Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:01f5] 01:05.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: ATI Technologies Inc RS482 [Radeon Xpress 200M] [1002:5975] Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:01f5] To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/xorg-server/+bug/274988/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
