Bug#421854: libx11-6: opera: xcb_xlib.c:52 xcb_xlib_unlock: Assertion 'c->xlib.lock' failed.Aborted

[Brice Goglin <Brice.Goglin@ens-lyon.org>]

Is there anything new about this bug?

Thanks,
Brice




Branden Robinson wrote:
> As I understand it, the XCB-linked Xlib has not yet propagated into
> unstable, so you must be running experimental libx11-6 packages.
>
> [Note to XSF: If I don't get to it first, please change the submitter on
> this report to "Charlie Kroeger <ckrogrr@frankensteinface.com>" as soon as
> it is convenient.]
>
> On Tue, May 01, 2007 at 11:43:09PM -0500, Charlie Kroeger wrote:
>   
>> Dear Mr. Robinson,
>>
>> This message I get when trying to start Opera from the command line:
>>
>> opera: xcb_xlib.c:52 xcb_xlib_unlock: Assertion
>>     
>>> 'c->xlib.lock' failed.Aborted
>>>       
>> I wrote the Opera Linux newsgroup and their man: Eirik Byrkjeflot Anonsen said:
>>
>> Ouch!  This is a bug in xlib.  Some people have been adding a new
>> interface to X with some improvements over the old xlib stuff.  The
>> error message above says that the sequence of calls into xcb (the new
>> interface) is wrong.  Opera doesn't use xcb directly, so this is
>> almost certainly a bug in xlib.
>>
>> I didn't know exactly where to file this report so I send it to you,
>>