Public bug reported: Binary package hint: xorg
I have discovered a serious bug with X.org and handling of Multiple Displays (verified on 2 and 3 screens/displays.) No Xinerama, No TwinView; these are separated X Displays (:0.0, :0.1, :0.2, etc..) The issue seems to mostly affect applications with a common process/presence shared across multiple Displays. Steps to Reproduce a Full App-Crash (with Nautilus, or Thunar): 1 - Ensure nautilus is NOT already running by command: ps -afx | grep nautilus 2 - Launch Nautilus from Primary Display ( :0.0 ) 2a - Ensure "Pathbar Style" is in use: Click View -> Location Selector -> CHECK: Pathbar Style 3 - Navigate into sub-folders, until 3 or more Folders are shown in the Pathbar, as clickable buttons. 3a - You should be able to click among any of these folders/buttons without issue 4 - Launch Nautilus in Second (or third Display, :0.1 / :0.2) 4a - Pathbar Sytle should automatically be in use. 5 - Navigate into sub-folders, until 3 or more Folders are shown in the Pathbar 6 - You should be able to select one Location from the Pathbar, without moving your mouse out of the window, click on a different Pathbar location. Your mouse will also not cause auto-highlight, or trigger a change when clicking a selection. 6a - IMPORTANT: If you continue pressing these seeming in-active Pathbar folder buttons, you will eventually crash your Nautilus/Thunar app!! It will crash from both displays. You are also able to reproduce this bug in-reverse, by initially launching nautilus/thunar from an xterm in the :0.1 display. This will bind Nautilus/Thunar main process to Display: :0.1, and cause the un- desired behaviour and app-crash to manifest even in the Primary display :0.0. Simply launching nautilus Panel on :0.1 will not duplicate as panel's main/parent process is still in Display :0.0 Other related oddities and symptoms. * Gnome-Terminal: in secondary display, if you click a top-menu-bar item, then without mouse exiting menu-bar area, mouse-over other menu items, the context will NOT follow your mouse (as it does on the Primary Display.) If you simply move the mouse out of the window-area, then back in, menu-bar tracking resumes normal behaviour. * Gnome-Panel: in secondary display, if you click "Applications, Places, or System" at top of screen, then without moving mouse from TOP-panel, move mouse-over other the other options (Applications, Places, or System), the mouse-over focus will not change menu items. If you move mouse out of top-panel, mouse will resume normal behaviour. * Also in Gnome-Panel, you can go into Properties from Second display, change between General/Background tabs. Withouse moving moues out of this window, clicking on Help or Close buttons will have NO effect. * XFCE4 window manager and applications also behave the exact same! Since this issue affects multiple applications, window managers, and the crash-reports list X Libraries first; I have assigned the report to xserver-xorg;. I have discovered this in a system upgraded from 8.04 (hardy) to 9.10 (karmic); and also verified on a separate computer with a fresh install of 9.10 (karmic). Both systems have all current updates installed. ProblemType: Bug Architecture: amd64 Date: Mon Jan 18 19:00:38 2010 DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10 MachineType: HP ProLiant DL385 G2 NonfreeKernelModules: vmmon nvidia Package: xorg (not installed) ProcCmdLine: root=/dev/mapper/vg01-root ro crashkernel=384M-2G:64M,2G-:128M ProcEnviron: LANG=C SHELL=/bin/bash ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-16.53-server RelatedPackageVersions: xserver-xorg 1:7.4+3ubuntu10 libgl1-mesa-glx 7.6.0-1ubuntu4 libdrm2 2.4.14-1ubuntu1 xserver-xorg-video-intel N/A xserver-xorg-video-ati N/A SourcePackage: xorg Uname: Linux 2.6.31.4-customserver-vmware x86_64 dmi.bios.date: 04/15/2009 dmi.bios.vendor: HP dmi.bios.version: A09 dmi.chassis.type: 23 dmi.chassis.vendor: HP dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnHP:bvrA09:bd04/15/2009:svnHP:pnProLiantDL385G2:pvr:cvnHP:ct23:cvr: dmi.product.name: ProLiant DL385 G2 dmi.sys.vendor: HP fglrx: Not loaded glxinfo: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory system: distro: Ubuntu architecture: x86_64kernel: 2.6.31.4-customserver-vmware ** Affects: xorg (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug -- Xorg Multi Display - App Crashes due to improper mouse handling https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/509439 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs