Ubuntu
fglrx-installer package

fglrx causes X to segfault

Bug #554191 reported by John Dong on 2010-04-02

This bug affects 1 person

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	fglrx-installer (Ubuntu)	Fix Released	Medium	Alberto Milone

Bug Description

Just installed fglrx via Hardware Drivers, and noticed that although Flash works, OpenGL and XVideo do not. I found a segfault and backtrace in Xorg.log.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: fglrx 2:8.721-0ubuntu7
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-19.280-generic 2.6.32.10+drm33.1
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-19-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx wl
Architecture: amd64
Date: Fri Apr 2 15:44:44 2010
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 "Lucid Lynx" - Alpha amd64 (20100202)
MachineType: Apple Inc. iMac8,1
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-2.6.32-19-generic root=UUID=f1f57c33-eb26-437f-b126-7ab7fabf0a7f ro crashkernel=384M-2G:64M,2G-:128M quiet splash
ProcEnviron:
LC_CTYPE=C
PATH=(custom, user)
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/zsh
SourcePackage: fglrx-installer
dmi.bios.date: 02/09/08
dmi.bios.vendor: Apple Inc.
dmi.bios.version: IM81.88Z.00C1.B00.0802091538
dmi.board.asset.tag: Base Board Asset Tag
dmi.board.name: Mac-F226BEC8
dmi.board.vendor: Apple Inc.
dmi.board.version: PVT
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: Asset Tag#
dmi.chassis.type: 13
dmi.chassis.vendor: Apple Inc.
dmi.chassis.version: Mac-F226BEC8
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAppleInc.:bvrIM81.88Z.00C1.B00.0802091538:bd02/09/08:svnAppleInc.:pniMac8,1:pvr1.0:rvnAppleInc.:rnMac-F226BEC8:rvrPVT:cvnAppleInc.:ct13:cvrMac-F226BEC8:
dmi.product.name: iMac8,1
dmi.product.version: 1.0
dmi.sys.vendor: Apple Inc.
glxinfo: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
system:
distro: Ubuntu
codename: lucid
architecture: x86_64
kernel: 2.6.32-19-generic

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John Dong (jdong) wrote on 2010-04-02:

BootDmesg.txt Edit (52.6 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
CurrentDmesg.txt Edit (12.8 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dependencies.txt Edit (4.4 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DkmsStatus.txt Edit (412 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
GdmLog.txt Edit (434 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
GdmLog1.txt Edit (6.8 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
GdmLog2.txt Edit (6.8 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Lspci.txt Edit (14.3 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Lsusb.txt Edit (1.0 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
PciDisplay.txt Edit (741 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcCpuinfo.txt Edit (1.5 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcInterrupts.txt Edit (1.3 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcModules.txt Edit (4.1 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
RelatedPackageVersions.txt Edit (232 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
UdevDb.txt Edit (138.1 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
UdevLog.txt Edit (261.3 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
XorgConf.txt Edit (188 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
XorgLog.txt Edit (8.6 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
XorgLogOld.txt Edit (8.6 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Xrandr.txt Edit (3.5 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
setxkbmap.txt Edit (281 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
xdpyinfo.txt Edit (2.8 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
xkbcomp.txt Edit (44.1 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

Alberto Milone (albertomilone) on 2010-04-06

Changed in fglrx-installer (Ubuntu):
status:	New → Triaged
importance:	Undecided → Medium

Alberto Milone (albertomilone) on 2010-04-07

summary:

- fglrx segfaults, leaves XVideo and other capabilities unavailable
+ fglrx causes X to segfault

Alberto Milone (albertomilone) on 2010-04-11

Changed in fglrx-installer (Ubuntu):
assignee:	nobody → Alberto Milone (albertomilone)
status:	Triaged → In Progress

Revision history for this message

Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote on 2010-04-11:

This bug was fixed in the package fglrx-installer - 2:8.723.1-0ubuntu1

---------------
fglrx-installer (2:8.723.1-0ubuntu1) lucid; urgency=low

  * New upstream release:
    - Prevent the driver from causing X to segfault with
      certain cards (LP: #554191).
-- Alberto Milone <email address hidden> Sun, 11 Apr 2010 14:57:42 +0200

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

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