Debian Bug report logs - #579910
"Xorg -configure" crashes (Segmentation fault) in vmware_drv.so

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Message #5 received at submit@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Jordi Pujol <jordipujolp@gmail.com>

To: submit@bugs.debian.org

Subject: vmware video driver breaks X configure

Date: Sun, 2 May 2010 11:15:41 +0200

Package: nvidia-kernel-source
Version: 1:11.0.1-1
Architecture: i386 amd64
Severity: normal

Hello,

my Live Debian OS uses the configure option of the X program to create a basic 
xorg.conf file and after sets some values in this file,

the command fails when loading the vmware driver, in i386 architecture and 
amd64 also,

X -configure -nolisten tcp
vmware: Please ignore above "FATAL: Module vmwgfx not found."

Backtrace:
0: X (xorg_backtrace+0x28) [0x4ac648]
1: X (0x400000+0x61839) [0x461839]
2: /lib/libpthread.so.0 (0x7f99463ed000+0xea60) [0x7f99463fba60]
3: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/vmware_drv.so (0x7f9943de2000+0xa20) 
[0x7f9943de2a20]
4: X (0x400000+0x116aee) [0x516aee]
5: X (xf86LoadModules+0xb6) [0x465a56]
6: X (DoConfigure+0x64) [0x46cc54]
7: X (InitOutput+0x197) [0x4676c7]
8: X (0x400000+0x25a75) [0x425a75]
9: /lib/libc.so.6 (__libc_start_main+0xfd) [0x7f9944efeabd]
10: X (0x400000+0x257c9) [0x4257c9]
Segmentation fault at address (nil)

Fatal server error:
Caught signal 11 (Segmentation fault). Server aborting


Please consult the The X.Org Foundation support 
	 at http://wiki.x.org
 for help. 
Please also check the log file at "/var/log/Xorg.0.log" for additional 
information.
Aborted

Thanks in advance,
 
Jordi Pujol

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GNU/Linux Live forever!
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Message #10 received at 579910@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Jordi Pujol <jordipujolp@gmail.com>

To: 579910@bugs.debian.org

Subject: reassign, incorrect package

Date: Sun, 2 May 2010 11:32:08 +0200

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reassign 579910 xserver-xorg-video-vmware
sorry, I have specified the incorrect package name

Jordi Pujol

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GNU/Linux Live forever!
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Message #15 received at 579910@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Andreas Beckmann <debian@abeckmann.de>

To: 579910@bugs.debian.org, Jordi Pujol <jordipujolp@gmail.com>

Cc: control@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Re: [pkg-nvidia-devel] Bug#579910: reassign, incorrect package

Date: Tue, 04 May 2010 16:17:11 +0200

reassign 579910 xserver-xorg-video-vmware
thanks

For processing commands you need to Cc: control@bugs.debian.org


Andreas

Jordi Pujol wrote:
> reassign 579910 xserver-xorg-video-vmware
> sorry, I have specified the incorrect package name
> 
> Jordi Pujol
> 
> Live never ending Tale
> GNU/Linux Live forever!
> http://livenet.selfip.com

Message #38 received at 579910@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Manuel Urbano Santos <murbano@opensistemas.com>

To: 579910@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Uninstalling vmware module

Date: Tue, 06 Jul 2010 13:07:57 +0200

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I had the same problem in several debian installations.

Xorg -configure works if you uninstall xserver-xorg-video-vmware
package.


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Message #43 received at 579910@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: "Alan W. Irwin" <irwin@beluga.phys.uvic.ca>

To: 579910@bugs.debian.org

Subject: vmware video driver breaks X configure

Date: Fri, 9 Jul 2010 10:28:18 -0700 (PDT)

I confirm the issue on my newly configured Debian squeeze box.

Since there is a workaround (uninstall xserver-xorg-video-vmware)
it probably is okay to leave this at normal severity level, but
the unimpeded use of X --configure is quite important these days to
obtain the core of a useful X configuration for a vastly changed X 
configuration landscape.  Therefore, if the workaround were not
available I would have requested classifying this bug at a much
higher severity level.

Alan
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Message #48 received at 579910-close@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>

To: 579910-close@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Bug#579910: fixed in xserver-xorg-video-vmware 1:11.0.1-2

Date: Tue, 13 Jul 2010 16:17:33 +0000

Source: xserver-xorg-video-vmware
Source-Version: 1:11.0.1-2

We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
xserver-xorg-video-vmware, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive:

xserver-xorg-video-vmware_11.0.1-2.diff.gz
  to main/x/xserver-xorg-video-vmware/xserver-xorg-video-vmware_11.0.1-2.diff.gz
xserver-xorg-video-vmware_11.0.1-2.dsc
  to main/x/xserver-xorg-video-vmware/xserver-xorg-video-vmware_11.0.1-2.dsc
xserver-xorg-video-vmware_11.0.1-2_amd64.deb
  to main/x/xserver-xorg-video-vmware/xserver-xorg-video-vmware_11.0.1-2_amd64.deb



A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.

Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed.  If you
have further comments please address them to 579910@bugs.debian.org,
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.

Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org> (supplier of updated xserver-xorg-video-vmware package)

(This message was generated automatically at their request; if you
believe that there is a problem with it please contact the archive
administrators by mailing ftpmaster@debian.org)


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Date: Tue, 13 Jul 2010 17:57:43 +0200
Source: xserver-xorg-video-vmware
Binary: xserver-xorg-video-vmware
Architecture: source amd64
Version: 1:11.0.1-2
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: low
Maintainer: Debian X Strike Force <debian-x@lists.debian.org>
Changed-By: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
Description: 
 xserver-xorg-video-vmware - X.Org X server -- VMware display driver
Closes: 579910
Changes: 
 xserver-xorg-video-vmware (1:11.0.1-2) unstable; urgency=low
 .
   [ Julien Cristau ]
   * Update xsfbs, use new ${xviddriver:Depends} substvar.
 .
   [ Cyril Brulebois ]
   * Cherry-pick e647511e4b9b924b0617171c56b3bb485674b3ff from upstream
     to stop crashing the server on Xorg -configure (Closes: #579910).
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