Bug#319822: Crashes running vim in uxterm

[Andrew Moise <chops@demiurgestudios.com>]

Package: xterm
Version: 6.8.2.dfsg.1-4
Severity: important

  Every time I launch vim from within a uxterm, the xterm exits with
an X error:

[moise@mole ~]$ uxterm
xterm:  warning, error event received:
X Error of failed request:  BadValue (integer parameter out of range for operation)
  Major opcode of failed request:  77 (X_ImageText16)
  Value in failed request:  0x0
  Serial number of failed request:  216
  Current serial number in output stream:  261
[moise@mole ~]$

  Within the uxterm, I'm just typing 'vim' to cause the error.  I can
open some files with vim, but as soon as I switch to insert mode I get
that crash again.  Plain 'vim' crashes the xterm immediately.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.12-1-686
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)

Versions of packages xterm depends on:
ii  libc6                     2.3.2.ds1-22   GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii  libexpat1                 1.95.8-3       XML parsing C library - runtime li
ii  libfontconfig1            2.3.2-1        generic font configuration library
ii  libfreetype6              2.1.10-1       FreeType 2 font engine, shared lib
ii  libice6                   6.8.2.dfsg.1-4 Inter-Client Exchange library
ii  libncurses5               5.4-9          Shared libraries for terminal hand
ii  libselinux1               1.24-1         SELinux shared libraries
ii  libsm6                    6.8.2.dfsg.1-4 X Window System Session Management
ii  libxaw8                   6.8.2.dfsg.1-4 X Athena widget set library
ii  libxext6                  6.8.2.dfsg.1-4 X Window System miscellaneous exte
ii  libxft2                   2.1.7-1        FreeType-based font drawing librar
ii  libxmu6                   6.8.2.dfsg.1-4 X Window System miscellaneous util
ii  libxp6                    6.8.2.dfsg.1-4 X Window System printing extension
ii  libxpm4                   6.8.2.dfsg.1-4 X pixmap library
ii  libxrender1               1:0.9.0-2      X Rendering Extension client libra
ii  libxt6                    6.8.2.dfsg.1-4 X Toolkit Intrinsics
ii  xlibs                     6.8.2.dfsg.1-4 X Window System client libraries m
ii  xlibs-data                6.8.2.dfsg.1-4 X Window System client data

Versions of packages xterm recommends:
ii  xutils                    6.8.2.dfsg.1-4 X Window System utility programs

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