firefox: X Window System Error --> crash

[Michael R. Head]

This is almost certainly the flash plugin conflicting with the composite
extension problem. Here's the bug report:
https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/firefox/+bug/14911

The composite extension is enabled by default in Edgy, and flash really
doesn't like it.

A workaround is to put "export XLIB_SKIP_ARGB_VISUALS=1" in
your /etc/firefox/firefoxrc, which might be done like so:

$ echo export XLIB_SKIP_ARGB_VISUALS=1 | sudo tee /etc/firefox/firefoxrc

mike

On Mon, 2006-09-25 at 17:37 -0400, Matt Price wrote:
> Package: firefox
> Version: 1.99+2.0b2+dfsg-1ubuntu2
> Severity: normal
> 
> sorry I can't attach a backtrace; bt full reports "no stack"  when
> loading MOST web pages with complex content (gmail, nytimes.com ot
> name 2)  I get something like the following error:
> 
> (gdb) run
> Starting program: /usr/lib/firefox/firefox-bin -a firefox
> [Thread debugging using libthread_db enabled]
> [New Thread -1220310144 (LWP 10141)]
> [New Thread -1223648352 (LWP 10149)]
> [New Thread -1233806432 (LWP 10150)]
> [New Thread -1255253088 (LWP 10151)]
> [New Thread -1309848672 (LWP 10159)]
> [New Thread -1318241376 (LWP 10160)]
> [Thread -1318241376 (LWP 10160) exited]
> [New Thread -1326634080 (LWP 10161)]
> [Thread -1326634080 (LWP 10161) exited]
> [New Thread -1326634080 (LWP 10162)]
> [New Thread -1318241376 (LWP 10163)]
> [Thread -1326634080 (LWP 10162) exited]
> [New Thread -1326634080 (LWP 10164)]
> [Thread -1326634080 (LWP 10164) exited]
> [New Thread -1326634080 (LWP 10165)]
> [New Thread -1336943712 (LWP 10166)]
> [New Thread -1345991776 (LWP 10170)]
> [New Thread -1354409056 (LWP 10171)]
> [New Thread -1362801760 (LWP 10172)]
> [Thread -1345991776 (LWP 10170) exited]
> [Thread -1362801760 (LWP 10172) exited]
> [Thread -1354409056 (LWP 10171) exited]
> [New Thread -1354409056 (LWP 10173)]
> [New Thread -1362801760 (LWP 10174)]
> [New Thread -1345991776 (LWP 10175)]
> [Thread -1362801760 (LWP 10174) exited]
> [Thread -1354409056 (LWP 10173) exited]
> [New Thread -1362801760 (LWP 10176)]
> [Thread -1362801760 (LWP 10176) exited]
> ** Message: plugin_get_value 1 (1)
> 
> ** Message: plugin_get_value 2 (2)
> 
> ** Message: plugin_get_value 1 (1)
> 
> ** Message: plugin_get_value 2 (2)
> 
> ** Message: plugin_get_value 1 (1)
> 
> ** Message: plugin_get_value 2 (2)
> 
> ** Message: plugin_get_value 1 (1)
> 
> ** Message: plugin_get_value 2 (2)
> 
> ** Message: plugin_get_value 1 (1)
> 
> ** Message: plugin_get_value 2 (2)
> 
> [New Thread -1362801760 (LWP 10178)]
> [New Thread -1354409056 (LWP 10179)]
> [New Thread -1379693664 (LWP 10180)]
> [Thread -1379693664 (LWP 10180) exited]
> [Thread -1318241376 (LWP 10163) exited]
> [Thread -1354409056 (LWP 10179) exited]
> The program 'Gecko' received an X Window System error.
> This probably reflects a bug in the program.
> The error was 'BadMatch (invalid parameter attributes)'.
>   (Details: serial 118 error_code 8 request_code 142 minor_code 3)
>     (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.)
> 
> Program exited with code 01.
> 
> this is on ubuntu edgy, just dist-upgraded.  Hope this is going to the
> ubuntu devs!
> 
> matt
> 
> 
> -- System Information:
> Debian Release: testing/unstable
>   APT prefers edgy
>   APT policy: (500, 'edgy'), (500, 'dapper')
> Architecture: i386 (i686)
> Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
> Kernel: Linux 2.6.17-9-generic
> Locale: LANG=en_CA.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_CA.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
> 
> Versions of packages firefox depends on:
> ii  debi 2.16.2                              Miscellaneous utilities specific t
> ii  font 2.3.2-7ubuntu2                      generic font configuration library
> ii  liba 1.12.1-0ubuntu1                     The ATK accessibility toolkit
> ii  libc 2.4-1ubuntu10                       GNU C Library: Shared libraries
> ii  libc 1.2.4-1ubuntu1                      The Cairo 2D vector graphics libra
> ii  libf 2.3.2-7ubuntu2                      generic font configuration library
> ii  libf 2.2.1-5                             FreeType 2 font engine, shared lib
> ii  libg 1:4.1.1-13ubuntu3                   GCC support library
> ii  libg 2.12.3-1ubuntu1                     The GLib library of C routines
> ii  libg 2.10.3-0ubuntu1                     The GTK+ graphical user interface 
> ii  libj 6b-13                               The Independent JPEG Group's JPEG 
> ii  libm 1:3.1-16                            MySpell spellchecking library
> ii  libn 2:1.firefox1.99+2.0b2+dfsg-1ubuntu2 Netscape Portable Runtime Library
> ii  libn 2:1.firefox1.99+2.0b2+dfsg-1ubuntu2 Network Security Service Libraries
> ii  libp 1.14.4-0ubuntu1                     Layout and rendering of internatio
> ii  libp 1.2.8rel-5.1                        PNG library - runtime
> ii  libs 4.1.1-13ubuntu3                     The GNU Standard C++ Library v3
> ii  libx 2:1.0.3-0ubuntu3                    X11 client-side library
> ii  libx 2.1.10-1ubuntu1                     FreeType-based font drawing librar
> ii  libx 2:1.0.1-4build1                     X11 Xinerama extension library
> ii  libx 1:0.9.1-0ubuntu1                    X Rendering Extension client libra
> ii  libx 1:1.0.2-1ubuntu1                    X11 toolkit intrinsics library
> ii  psmi 22.2-1                              Utilities that use the proc filesy
> ii  zlib 1:1.2.3-13ubuntu1                   compression library - runtime
> 
> firefox recommends no packages.
> 
> -- no debconf information
> 
-- 
Michael R. Head <burner at suppressingfire.org>
suppressingfire.org