Bug#623461: xserver-xorg-core: when launching virtualbox (and some other X apps), the X server crashes

2011-04-20 Thread Andrew Chittenden
Package: xserver-xorg-core Version: 2:1.9.5-1 Severity: important When trying to start virtualbox when using a nvidia Quadro NVS 295 graphics card in a Dell Precision T3500 m/c, the X server crashes whether I'm using the proprietary nvidia driver or VESA one. Reverting to squeeze's version of

Bug#623461: xserver-xorg-core: when launching virtualbox (and some other X apps), the X server crashes

2011-04-20 Thread Cyril Brulebois
Hi, Andrew Chittenden achitten...@bluearc.com (20/04/2011): I attached gdb to the Xserver process and then tried to launch an offending X application. Here's the backtrace: thanks for doing so; just FYI, a full backtrace is always a nice idea; some more info available there:

Bug#623461: xserver-xorg-core: when launching virtualbox (and some other X apps), the X server crashes

2011-04-20 Thread Andy Chittenden
http://pkg-xorg.alioth.debian.org/howto/use-gdb.html Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault. 0x00427db0 in doListFontsAndAliases (client=0x2a230a0, c=0x2a23610) at ../../dix/dixfonts.c:614 614 ../../dix/dixfonts.c: No such file or directory. in