Bug#900550: xserver-xorg-core: X server segfaults for xfce4+nouveau after 2:1.19.6-1 -> 2:1.20.0-2 upgrade

[Michel Dänzer <michel@daenzer.net>]

On 2018-06-04 02:11 PM, Agustin Martin wrote:
> 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.

Great, thanks for testing. The fix has now landed on xserver upstream
Git master.


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