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gnome-terminal crashed with signal 5 in _XError() when Mutter is restarted

Bug #633303 reported by James Tatum
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This bug affects 74 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
GNOME Terminal
Fix Released
Medium
gnome-terminal (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
High
Chris Coulson
Ubuntu ubuntu-10.10
Maverick
Fix Released
High
Chris Coulson
Ubuntu ubuntu-10.10

Bug Description

Binary package hint: gnome-terminal

$ kill <pid for mutter>

terminal crashes. Wow, that's a new one on me :)

ProblemType: Crash
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
Package: gnome-terminal 2.31.91-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-20.29-generic 2.6.35.4
Uname: Linux 2.6.35-20-generic i686
Architecture: i386
Date: Wed Sep 8 08:40:40 2010
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gnome-terminal
ProcCmdline: gnome-terminal
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
Signal: 5
SourcePackage: gnome-terminal
StacktraceTop:
 ?? () from /usr/lib/libgdk-x11-2.0.so.0
 _XError () from /usr/lib/libX11.so.6
 ?? () from /usr/lib/libX11.so.6
 _XReply () from /usr/lib/libX11.so.6
 XGetWindowProperty () from /usr/lib/libX11.so.6
Title: gnome-terminal crashed with signal 5 in _XError()
UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout lpadmin plugdev sambashare

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James Tatum (jtatum) wrote :
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Apport retracing service (apport) wrote :

StacktraceTop:
 gdk_x_error (display=0x85f25f8, error=0xbff562bc)
 _XError (dpy=0x85f25f8, rep=0x8820868)
 process_responses (dpy=0x85f25f8,
 _XReply (dpy=0x85f25f8, rep=0xbff56450, extra=0, discard=0)
 XGetWindowProperty (dpy=0x85f25f8, w=170, property=364,

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Changed in gnome-terminal (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Medium
tags: removed: need-i386-retrace
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Pedro Villavicencio (pedro) wrote : Re: gnome-terminal crashed with signal 5 in _XError()

Thanks for the report, could you try to get a backtrace? please do the following in gdb:

gdb gnome-terminal
(gdb) break gdk_x_error
(gdb) run --sync
reproduce the crash and:
(gdb) thread apply all bt

Then please attach that resulting output to the report, thanks in advance.

visibility: private → public
Changed in gnome-terminal (Ubuntu):
status: New → Incomplete
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Milan Bouchet-Valat (nalimilan) wrote :
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Here's a trace with --sync, up-to-date Maverick as of today.

The crash occurs when window manager changes (or restarts), which triggers terminal_window_composited_changed_cb() and terminal_util_x11_set_net_wm_desktop().

Breakpoint 1, gdk_x_error (display=0x9cd5d90, error=0xbff3a2ac) at /build/buildd/gtk+2.0-2.21.7/gdk/x11/gdkmain-x11.c:439
439 /build/buildd/gtk+2.0-2.21.7/gdk/x11/gdkmain-x11.c: Aucun fichier ou dossier de ce type.
 in /build/buildd/gtk+2.0-2.21.7/gdk/x11/gdkmain-x11.c
(gdb) ba
#0 gdk_x_error (display=0x9cd5d90, error=0xbff3a2ac) at /build/buildd/gtk+2.0-2.21.7/gdk/x11/gdkmain-x11.c:439
#1 0x0043c2c9 in _XError (dpy=0x9cd5d90, rep=0x9d34cf0) at ../../src/XlibInt.c:3103
#2 0x0044299f in process_responses (dpy=0x9cd5d90, wait_for_first_event=<value optimized out>, current_error=0xbff3a3dc,
    current_request=4434) at ../../src/xcb_io.c:214
#3 0x00443036 in _XReply (dpy=0x9cd5d90, rep=0xbff3a410, extra=0, discard=1) at ../../src/xcb_io.c:464
#4 0x00436867 in XSync (dpy=0x9cd5d90, discard=0) at ../../src/Sync.c:46
#5 0x004369f5 in _XSyncFunction (dpy=0x9cd5d90) at ../../src/Synchro.c:35
#6 0x00415abc in XChangeProperty (dpy=0x9cd5d90, w=48234501, property=349, type=6, format=32, mode=0, data=0xbff3a508 "",
    nelements=1) at ../../src/ChProp.c:92
#7 0x0806f349 in terminal_util_x11_set_net_wm_desktop (window=0x9ce8218, desktop=0) at terminal-util.c:1115
#8 0x08071632 in terminal_window_composited_changed_cb (screen=0x9ce40d8, window=0x9d49088) at terminal-window.c:1689
#9 0x00312a1c in g_cclosure_marshal_VOID__VOID (closure=0x9e1b578, return_value=0x0, n_param_values=1,
    param_values=0x9ea9a08, invocation_hint=0xbff3a700, marshal_data=0x8071490)
    at /build/buildd/glib2.0-2.25.15/gobject/gmarshal.c:79
#10 0x003034b2 in g_closure_invoke (closure=0x9e1b578, return_value=0x0, n_param_values=1, param_values=0x9ea9a08,
    invocation_hint=0xbff3a700) at /build/buildd/glib2.0-2.25.15/gobject/gclosure.c:766
#11 0x0031c0e5 in signal_emit_unlocked_R (node=<value optimized out>, detail=<value optimized out>, instance=0x9ce40d8,
    emission_return=0x0, instance_and_params=0x9ea9a08) at /build/buildd/glib2.0-2.25.15/gobject/gsignal.c:3252
#12 0x0031d75c in g_signal_emit_valist (instance=0x9ce40d8, signal_id=5, detail=0, var_args=0xbff3a958 "")
    at /build/buildd/glib2.0-2.25.15/gobject/gsignal.c:2983
#13 0x0031da45 in g_signal_emit_by_name (instance=0x9ce40d8, detailed_signal=0x83b99d "composited-changed")
    at /build/buildd/glib2.0-2.25.15/gobject/gsignal.c:3077
#14 0x0080e54d in _gdk_x11_screen_process_owner_change (screen=0x9ce40d8, event=0xbff3abdc)
    at /build/buildd/gtk+2.0-2.21.7/gdk/x11/gdkscreen-x11.c:1228
#15 0x008016f9 in gdk_event_translate (display=<value optimized out>, event=<value optimized out>, xevent=0xbff3abdc,
    return_exposes=0) at /build/buildd/gtk+2.0-2.21.7/gdk/x11/gdkevents-x11.c:2105
#16 0x00801e91 in _gdk_events_queue (display=0x9ce10c0) at /build/buildd/gtk+2.0-2.21.7/gdk/x11/gdkevents-x11.c:2310
#17 0x0080240f in gdk_event_dispatch (source=0x9cea330, callback=0, user_data=0x0)
    at /build/buildd/gtk+2.0-2.21.7/gdk/x11/gdkevents-x11.c:2371
#18 0x00ae0015 in g_main_dispatch (conte...

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Changed in gnome-terminal (Ubuntu):
status: Incomplete → Triaged
Ubuntu QA Website (ubuntuqa)
tags: added: iso-testing
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Milan Bouchet-Valat (nalimilan) wrote :

Seems also to occur very often when Unity crashes, obviously for the same reason (mutter dies).

Changed in gnome-terminal (Ubuntu):
importance: Medium → High
summary: - gnome-terminal crashed with signal 5 in _XError()
+ gnome-terminal crashes when Mutter is restarted
summary: - gnome-terminal crashes when Mutter is restarted
+ gnome-terminal crashed with signal 5 in _XError() when Mutter is
+ restarted
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Salih EMIN (salih-emin) wrote :

I confirm that this also to occur very often in up-to-date Unity. Also it seems that Mutter restarts.

Didier Roche-Tolomelli (didrocks)
Changed in gnome-terminal (Ubuntu):
assignee: nobody → Canonical Desktop Team (canonical-desktop-team)
Chris Coulson (chrisccoulson)
Changed in gnome-terminal (Ubuntu Maverick):
assignee: Canonical Desktop Team (canonical-desktop-team) → Chris Coulson (chrisccoulson)
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Didier Roche-Tolomelli (didrocks) wrote :

just a note, as told on IRC: it happens with gnome-shell and unity.

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Chris Coulson (chrisccoulson) wrote :
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This is where it fails:

000:<:1297: 28: Request(18): ChangeProperty mode=Replace(0x00) window=0x06400103 property=0x15c("_NET_WM_DESKTOP") type=0x6("CARDINAL") data=0x00000000;
000:<:1298: 4: Request(43): GetInputFocus
000:>:1297:Error 3=Window: major=18, minor=0, bad=104857859

...but, this window had been destroyed already:

000:<:1028: 8: Request(4): DestroyWindow window=0x06400103
000:<:1029: 4: Request(43): GetInputFocus
000:>:1029: Event DestroyNotify(17) event=0x06400103 window=0x06400103
000:>:1029: Event PropertyNotify(28) window=0x06400103 atom=0x19b(unrecognized atom) time=0x00c10b3c state=Deleted(0x01)
000:>:1029: Event PropertyNotify(28) window=0x06400103 atom=0x1bd(unrecognized atom) time=0x00c10b3c state=Deleted(0x01)
000:>:1029: Event PropertyNotify(28) window=0x06400103 atom=0x162("_NET_WM_STATE") time=0x00c10b3c state=Deleted(0x01)
000:>:1029: Event PropertyNotify(28) window=0x06400103 atom=0x17a("WM_STATE") time=0x00c10b3c state=Deleted(0x01)
000:>:1029: Event PropertyNotify(28) window=0x06400103 atom=0x159("_NET_FRAME_EXTENTS") time=0x00c10b3c state=Deleted(0x01)
000:>:1029: Event PropertyNotify(28) window=0x06400103 atom=0x15c("_NET_WM_DESKTOP") time=0x00c10b3c state=Deleted(0x01)
000:>:1029: Event PropertyNotify(28) window=0x06400103 atom=0x1a5(unrecognized atom) time=0x00c10b3c state=Deleted(0x01)
000:>:1029: Event PropertyNotify(28) window=0x06400103 atom=0x23("WM_HINTS") time=0x00c10b3c state=Deleted(0x01)
000:>:1029: Event PropertyNotify(28) window=0x06400103 atom=0x1cb("XdndAware") time=0x00c10b3c state=Deleted(0x01)
000:>:1029: Event PropertyNotify(28) window=0x06400103 atom=0x1cd("_MOTIF_DRAG_RECEIVER_INFO") time=0x00c10b3c state=Deleted(0x01)
000:>:1029: Event PropertyNotify(28) window=0x06400103 atom=0x15d("_NET_WM_ICON") time=0x00c10b3c state=Deleted(0x01)
000:>:1029: Event PropertyNotify(28) window=0x06400103 atom=0x156("WM_WINDOW_ROLE") time=0x00c10b3c state=Deleted(0x01)
000:>:1029: Event PropertyNotify(28) window=0x06400103 atom=0x16d("_NET_WM_SYNC_REQUEST_COUNTER") time=0x00c10b3c state=Deleted(0x01)
000:>:1029: Event PropertyNotify(28) window=0x06400103 atom=0x16e("_NET_WM_WINDOW_TYPE") time=0x00c10b3c state=Deleted(0x01)
000:>:1029: Event PropertyNotify(28) window=0x06400103 atom=0x175("_NET_WM_USER_TIME_WINDOW") time=0x00c10b3c state=Deleted(0x01)
000:>:1029: Event PropertyNotify(28) window=0x06400103 atom=0x151("WM_CLIENT_LEADER") time=0x00c10b3c state=Deleted(0x01)
000:>:1029: Event PropertyNotify(28) window=0x06400103 atom=0x160("_NET_WM_PID") time=0x00c10b3c state=Deleted(0x01)
000:>:1029: Event PropertyNotify(28) window=0x06400103 atom=0x153("WM_LOCALE_NAME") time=0x00c10b3c state=Deleted(0x01)
000:>:1029: Event PropertyNotify(28) window=0x06400103 atom=0x24("WM_CLIENT_MACHINE") time=0x00c10b3c state=Deleted(0x01)
000:>:1029: Event PropertyNotify(28) window=0x06400103 atom=0x28("WM_NORMAL_HINTS") time=0x00c10b3c state=Deleted(0x01)
000:>:1029: Event PropertyNotify(28) window=0x06400103 atom=0x154("WM_PROTOCOLS") time=0x00c10b3c state=Deleted(0x01)
000:>:1029: Event PropertyNotify(28) window=0x06400103 atom=0x43("WM_CLASS") time=0x00c10b3c state=Deleted(0x01)
000:>:1029: Event PropertyNotify(2...

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Chris Coulson (chrisccoulson) wrote :

Ok, I think what is happening here is that from terminal_window_composited_changed_cb, it is passing an invalid GdkWindow to terminal_util_x11_set_net_wm_desktop. It seems to be passing the one that was just destroyed when unrealizing the TerminalWindow.

I will test a patch for this in a minute

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Chris Coulson (chrisccoulson) wrote :

Ok, I've uploaded a fix for this now

Changed in gnome-terminal (Ubuntu Maverick):
status: Triaged → Fix Committed
milestone: none → ubuntu-10.10
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Chris Coulson (chrisccoulson) wrote :

Sent upstream now

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package gnome-terminal - 2.31.91-0ubuntu2

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gnome-terminal (2.31.91-0ubuntu2) maverick; urgency=low

  * Fix LP: #633303 - gnome-terminal crashed with signal 5 in _XError()
    when Mutter is restarted. Make sure gnome-terminal sets _NET_WM_DESKTOP
    on the new X window, rather than the one that was destroyed previously
    - add debian/patches/21_dont_crash_on_composite_change.patch
    - update debian/patches/series
 -- Chris Coulson <email address hidden> Mon, 20 Sep 2010 14:53:22 +0100

Changed in gnome-terminal (Ubuntu Maverick):
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
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Changed in gnome-terminal:
importance: Unknown → Medium
status: Unknown → New
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Changed in gnome-terminal:
status: New → Fix Released
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