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Bug#242427: further information on X server crash (with patch)



On Tue, Apr 06, 2004 at 08:41:39PM +0100, Richard Kettlewell wrote:
> I found a fairly reliable way to reproduce this - log in and hold down
> CTRL-F1 which in my window manager (sawfish) starts a pterm.  I was able
> to get a backtrace this time, having installed the debug version of the
> server.
> 
> AFAICS the problem is that an XKB-related bug fix doesn't take into
> account the possibility that you used the -kb option when invoking the
> server.  (Turning XKB back on makes the crash go away but also breaks
> all my keyboard configuration.)
> 
> I'm attempting a rebuild with this patch.  I'll let the bug report know
> how it goes.

Hi Richard,

This was already filed as #238408 and a fix has been applied to the SVN
trunk.

I am merging these two bugs in a separate message to the control bot.

-- 
G. Branden Robinson                |    Sometimes, getting your patch in is
Debian GNU/Linux                   |    just a matter of waiting for
branden@debian.org                 |    somebody else to reimplement it.
http://people.debian.org/~branden/ |    -- Jonathan Corbet

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