Bug#327219: libc6: FVWM bombs when KDE windows are resized if non-KDE audio players are running.
At Thu, 8 Sep 2005 06:26:19 -0700 (PDT),
Kokushoku Karasu wrote:
> This has to be the weirdest bug I've seen.
>
> Earlier I had a strange exit of FVWM, at the time I had been messing with
> the window for k3b, then I see the kdm greeting screen. Conclusion,
> something crashed.
>
> After two more unplanned exits, I did some investigating.
>
> Results:
>
> When trying to resize a KDE program's window in FVWM if I have xmms or
> plaympeg running, there's a (good) chance that FVWM will make a forced
> exit.
>
> KDE itself doesn't seem affected by this. Nor did any of the other WMs I
> tested.
>
> The programs I've seen it exit with:
> Konqueror,
> Kmail,
> k3b,
>
> I would call it grave, but an earlier version does not have this bug.
>
> I suppose it could be a bug in one of the main KDE system files, or in
> some
> dependancy of xmms' or plaympeg's.
There're a lot of fvwm variants. Please describe the actual package
name you use, because I can't reassign your report to the appropriate
package. I think this problem is not libc6 matter, but kde, fvwm and
X11 interaction issue.
Regards,
-- gotom
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