Bug#334505: (u)xterm crashes if started during session start, runs ok if session opened for several minutes

[Simon Raven <simon@nuit.ca>]

Package: xterm
Version: 6.8.2.dfsg.1-9
Severity: normal


hi,

ok. whenever i have an xterm started either via a session "manager",
like gnome-session, or startkde, or xfce4-session, or if i start one via
my .xsession file, it crashes with:

xterm:  warning, error event received:
X Error of failed request:  BadName (named color or font does not exist)
  Major opcode of failed request:  77 (X_ImageText16)
  Serial number of failed request:  190
  Current serial number in output stream:  218
zsh: 25545 exit 83    uxterm

and will continue to do this as long as it's in memory somewhere. but, 
if the x server has been running for a while (e.g., reading a whole
bunch of x bugs ;) it behaves normally, and starts up as if nothing's
wrong. this behaviour is repeatable.

machine runs sid, updated daily
processor       : 0
vendor_id       : GenuineIntel
cpu family      : 6
model           : 7
model name      : Pentium III (Katmai)

running "nVidia Corporation NV5 [RIVA TNT2/TNT2 Pro] (rev 15)" as main
video (AGPx2), and a trident "TGUI 9660/938x/968x (rev d3)" on a PCI slot, 
using 'nvidia' non-free driver (eew).

i assume it's because the full colour map is in the xserver, thus
(u)xterm can start normally (wild guess, and probably wrong).

simon

-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (1000, 'unstable'), (998, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.13-p3
Locale: LANG=en_CA.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_CA.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)

Versions of packages xterm depends on:
ii  libc6                     2.3.5-7        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.1-9 Inter-Client Exchange library
ii  libncurses5               5.5-1          Shared libraries for terminal hand
ii  libsm6                    6.8.2.dfsg.1-9 X Window System Session Management
ii  libxaw8                   6.8.2.dfsg.1-9 X Athena widget set library
ii  libxext6                  6.8.2.dfsg.1-9 X Window System miscellaneous exte
ii  libxft2                   2.1.7-1        FreeType-based font drawing librar
ii  libxmu6                   6.8.2.dfsg.1-9 X Window System miscellaneous util
ii  libxp6                    6.8.2.dfsg.1-9 X Window System printing extension
ii  libxpm4                   6.8.2.dfsg.1-9 X pixmap library
ii  libxrender1               1:0.9.0-2      X Rendering Extension client libra
ii  libxt6                    6.8.2.dfsg.1-9 X Toolkit Intrinsics
ii  xlibs                     6.8.2.dfsg.1-9 X Window System client libraries m
ii  xlibs-data                6.8.2.dfsg.1-9 X Window System client data

Versions of packages xterm recommends:
ii  xutils                    6.8.2.dfsg.1-9 X Window System utility programs

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