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Bug#409329: xserver-xorg-video-vesa causes X to crash randomly in 3D apps



Package: xserver-xorg-video-vesa
Version: 1.3.0-1

I have a portable Debian Etch system (on a USB drive), so I use the Vesa video driver. It normally works fine, but will crash at random times in certain 3D (or maybe just OpenGL) programs. This occurs on every system I've tried it on.
The file ~/.xsession-errors does not contain any usefull information, as it is not unlike what happens if you kill Xorg, except with one additional message (see below). 
This can be demonstrated by installing and running armagetron (any version available, in Debian or online); you will be able to play for 5-10 minutes, then X suddenly dies. I do not believe that this is a bug with armagetron, because it works great with any other driver I've tried, and I have had this happen with one or two other things, but I forgot what they were.
This also will occur on any desktop environment (KDE, GNOME, even TWM)
I think it might be some form of memory corruption, (maybe when drawing text?) because the additional error message in .xsession-errors is:
[username] left the game.
Which should never actually make it here... Also, when X starts, there is some bizzare text on VT7, reading something like:
*Glibc6 detected memory corruption*
With a bunch of extraneous, random characters scattered about the console. I can't get the exact message, because this screen is only displayed for ~100ms.
Kernel version: 2.6.17-2-486
Xorg version: 7.1.0-11
libc6 version: 2.3.6.ds1-10
Resolution I was using: 640x480x16-bit in full-screen (in any full-screen app), 1024x768x16-bit normally
Hardware tested on: everything from a high-performance nVidia card to a who-knows-what 1998 integrated graphics card
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