xserver update stops regnum from starting.

[Mellion]

Ubuntu 7.10:
libxfont1 1:1.3.0-0ubuntu1.1
xserver-xorg-core 2:1.3.0.0.dfsg-12ubuntu8.1

with this security update RO doesn't start anymore. tested on 2 computers. with same resault.


MALLOC_CHECK_=1 ./rolauncher
doesn't work.


error messge:

The program 'rolauncher' received an X Window System error.
This probably reflects a bug in the program.
The error was 'BadAlloc (insufficient resources for operation)'.
(Details: serial 210 error_code 11 request_code 148 minor_code 5)
(Note to programmers: normally, X errors are reported asynchronously;
that is, you will receive the error a while after causing it.
To debug your program, run it with the --sync command line
option to change this behavior. You can then get a meaningful
backtrace from your debugger if you break on the gdk_x_error() function.)

[DeepThought]

I can confim this problem, and I get the same error since I installed that package.

EDIT: Mellion: should we file a Ubuntu-bug? I don't think that'd be needed, because it doesn't seem like an Ubuntu-bug, if I have understood the error message.. What do you think?

[Mellion]

I'm not an expert. I would like to hear, what ngd says about it first.

[Rolle]

I have a similar problem with openSuSE 10.2:

roland@rolle:~/regnum_online> ./rolauncher
The program 'rolauncher' received an X Window System error.
This probably reflects a bug in the program.
The error was 'BadAlloc (insufficient resources for operation)'.
(Details: serial 218 error_code 11 request_code 148 minor_code 5)
(Note to programmers: normally, X errors are reported asynchronously;
that is, you will receive the error a while after causing it.
To debug your program, run it with the --sync command line
option to change this behavior. You can then get a meaningful
backtrace from your debugger if you break on the gdk_x_error() function.)

I just had an update of these packages:

roland@rolle:~/regnum_online> rpm -qa --last | grep xorg
xorg-x11-server-7.2-30.11 Fr 18 Jan 2008 09:10:41 CET
xorg-x11-devel-7.2-25 Fr 18 Jan 2008 09:10:35 CET
xorg-x11-libs-7.2-25 Fr 18 Jan 2008 09:10:04 CET

[surak]

Can you run the launcher with gdb and post a backtrace from the crash?

[DeepThought]

surak: how?

gdb ./rolauncher

And then: run ?

[DeepThought]

Ok, I probably need to rethink, and perhaps we should file a bug anyway. I'll come by later on, to check if anything has changed..

Good luck in the meantime, and install the older package (you can do that in Synaptic by choosing force version [Ctlr-E] on that package).

[Mikka]

Gooling "Details: serial 210 error_code 11 request_code 148 minor_code 5" results in a lot of Compiz/Fusion (still not ready for prime time IMHO) hits.

You might want to try disabling the eye-candy and see if that fixes the problem.

If that cures the issue I'd file the bug against those packages.

Good Luck!

P.S.: I'll try on my machine(s) at home tonight.

[DeepThought]

Mikka: I'm on Xubuntu, and is not using any kind of eyecandy (Compiz Fusion etc.), and the composition is disabled in Xfce. So I guess that's not the problem. At least not for me.

[Mellion]

na, no compiz on this side.