Bug#900550: xserver-xorg-core: X server segfaults for xfce4+nouveau after 2:1.19.6-1 -> 2:1.20.0-2 upgrade
Control: tags -1 +patch
Control: affects -1 xfce4-session
On Fri, Jun 01, 2018 at 12:00:37PM +0200, Michel Dänzer wrote:
> On 2018-06-01 10:10 AM, Agustin Martin Domingo wrote:
> > Package: xserver-xorg-core
> > Version: 2:1.20.0-2
> > Severity: important
> >
> > Dear Maintainer,
> >
> > After 2:1.19.6-1 -> 2:1.20.0-2 xfce4-session+nouveau segfaults on startup
> > and cannot start sesion. Trying to start it manually with startxfce4
> > fails giving
> > they suggests that it may be the real cause, with a a fatal interaction
> > between the "compositor" option of xfwm4 and xorg-server-1.20.0. It is also
> > noted that this may be a problem not only with the nouveau driver, but also
> > with radeon driver, both with xfce4.
>
> It would happen with anything using EXA.
>
> https://patchwork.freedesktop.org/patch/226573/ fixes it.
Patch tested, problem gone with xfce4 composer enabled. Thanks.
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Agustin
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