Bug#814607: xvfb-run crashes with "Floating point exception" when trying to run qt5 example programs
Control: severity -1 serious
Hi, this issue is preventing dspdfviewer from being correctly built, so I think it deserves an RC severity.
Cheers,
Gianfranco
On Sat, 13 Feb 2016 13:37:01 +0100 Danny Edel <debian@danny-edel.de> wrote:
> Package: xvfb
> Version: 2:1.18.1-1
> Severity: important
> Control: fixed -1 2:1.18.0-3
>
> Dear maintainer,
>
> after running the testsuite from my package failed with the xvfb version
> currently in sid, I found that the same problem also happens with the qt5
> examples, so it may be a bug in the new xvfb version.
>
> I am assuming this affects any application with a Qt5 gui component, so I
> believe this qualifies as "important".
>
> I hope I set the pseudo-headers above correctly to "The version in
> stretch is not affected, but sid is", please correct it if I did it
> wrong.
>
> --- How to reproduce ---
>
> 1. install xvfb xauth qtbase5-examples, all from sid
> 2. run xvfb-run -a /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/qt5/examples/gui/analogclock/analogclock
>
> Result: Immediately outputs "Floating point exception" and dies
>
> --- Known Workaround ---
>
> 3. Add stretch to sources.list
> 4. apt install xvfb/stretch
> 5. repeat above xvfb-run command
>
> Result: Lots of warnings about the painter not being active, but no
> "floating point exception" like with the sid version. Program seems to
> run, and has to be CTRL-C'd to quit.
> (Also, with the xvfb version in stretch, my test suite passes, so it
> seems to be operating normally.)
>
>
> Thank you for maintaining xvfb,
>
> - Danny
>
>
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