Bug#461781: xserver-xfree86: Last Xfree86 update (sarge6) break Gnucash sarge package (1.8.10-12)

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

Yojik77 wrote:
> Package: xserver-xfree86
> Version: 4.3.0.dfsg.1-14sarge6
> Severity: critical
> Justification: breaks unrelated software
>
>
> Gnucash will not start anymore since really recent xserver-xfree86
> update. Relation is quite certain for I ran two gdm sessions, the first
> one launched with sarge5 update of the xserver, and the problem firstly
> occured with the second session, launched for another user with the sarge6 update.
> After reboot, it doesn't work anymore, whatever user I use....
>
> A piece of log :
>
> yojik@nara:~$gnucash --nofile
> Gdk-ERROR **: BadAlloc (insufficient resources for operation)
> serial 56 error_code 11 request_code 146 minor_code 5
> Gdk-ERROR **: BadDrawable (invalid Pixmap or Window parameter)
> serial 57 error_code 9 request_code 55 minor_code 0
>   


The last security update brought a pretty big regression causing several
applications to fail like this. We are uploading packages for all
releases to fix the broken security fix.

I don't know what's the status of the new package for sarge, but I guess
it will arrive in the near future.

Brice