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fglrx-installer package

xrandr crashed with SIGSEGV in __libc_start_main()

Bug #388601 reported by Micah Gersten
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fglrx-installer (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: x11-xserver-utils

I was trying to turn on my second screen with the following command without checking the modes of the monitor with xrandr -q first:
xrandr --output CRT1 --auto --right-of LCD

ProblemType: Crash
Architecture: amd64
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.04
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/xrandr
NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
Package: x11-xserver-utils 7.4+1
ProcCmdline: xrandr --output CRT1 --auto --right-of LCD
ProcEnviron:
 SHELL=/bin/bash
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
ProcVersion: Linux version 2.6.28-11-generic (buildd@crested) (gcc version 4.3.3 (Ubuntu 4.3.3-5ubuntu4) ) #42-Ubuntu SMP Fri Apr 17 01:58:03 UTC 2009
Signal: 11
SourcePackage: x11-xserver-utils
StacktraceTop:
 ?? ()
 ?? ()
 __libc_start_main (
 ?? ()
 ?? ()
Title: xrandr crashed with SIGSEGV in __libc_start_main()
Uname: Linux 2.6.28-11-generic x86_64
UserGroups: adm admin audio cdrom dialout dip floppy fuse lpadmin plugdev sambashare vboxusers video

[lspci]
00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] RS780 Host Bridge [1022:9600]
     Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:30fc]
01:05.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: ATI Technologies Inc RS780M/RS780MN [Radeon HD 3200 Graphics] [1002:9612]
     Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:30fc]

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Micah Gersten (micahg) wrote :
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Apport retracing service (apport) wrote : Stacktrace.txt (retraced)

StacktraceTop:get_outputs () at ../xrandr/xrandr.c:826
main (argc=<value optimized out>,

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Apport retracing service (apport) wrote : ThreadStacktrace.txt (retraced)
Changed in x11-xserver-utils (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Medium
tags: removed: need-amd64-retrace
Bryce Harrington (bryce)
tags: added: crash
Changed in x11-xserver-utils (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
Bryce Harrington (bryce)
description: updated
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Timo Aaltonen (tjaalton) wrote :

I don't think the fglrx driver supports that yet.

affects: x11-xserver-utils (Ubuntu) → fglrx-installer (Ubuntu)
visibility: private → public
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Micah Gersten (micahg) wrote : Re: [Bug 388601] Re: xrandr crashed with SIGSEGV in __libc_start_main()

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It works if I wait 20-30 seconds after connecting the external
monitor. But I would think that it shouldn't crash, but rather say
that an external device has not been detected yet, please try again.

Timo Aaltonen wrote:
> I don't think the fglrx driver supports that yet.
>
> ** Package changed: x11-xserver-utils (Ubuntu) => fglrx-installer
> (Ubuntu)
>
> ** Visibility changed to: Public
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package fglrx-installer - 2:8.632-0ubuntu1~bwh~1

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fglrx-installer (2:8.632-0ubuntu1~bwh~1) karmic; urgency=low

  * New upstream release.
    - X segmentation fault no longer occurs after applying reflections or
      rotations on some systems that support Xrandr 1.2 or higher
    - Catalyst Control Center hot plugging a secondary display no longer
      causes screen corruption in clone mode
      (LP: #388601)
    - Monitor are now disabled after removing the secondary display when
      system is in standby
    - Some systems now report CrossFire adapters available during driver
      re-install
    - On some multi-monitor configurations disabling one display no longer
      causes both displays to become disabled
    - X Server does not intermittently fail to start on some multi adapter
      configurations
      (LP: #367045, #360790, #370051)
    - Executing xrandr --prop no longer causes Ubuntu 9.04 X Server to stop
      responding
    - Segmentation fault no longer occurs with X server Xinerama is
      enabled
      (LP: #364497, #355841, #359880)
  * xorg-driver-fglrx.preinst: Switch obsolete
    --print-installation-architecture to --print-architecture.
    (LP: #403316)

 -- Bryce Harrington <email address hidden> Wed, 05 Aug 2009 01:38:39 -0700

Changed in fglrx-installer (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Fix Released
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